. Bulletin of the Essex Institute. Essex Institute; Natural history; genealogy. 26 BULLiaiN OF THE ESSEX INSTITUTE. House, before the Council, to be present, the Governor had delegated him to represent the Commonwealth, and to convey his regrets that he could not attend so notable an occasion. General Appleton expressed his own gratification at being permitted to come back to his former home, Salem, in this capacity, which he esteemed a high honor. He regretted that he must pre- sent himself in a somewhat an- tiquated, l)ut so historic, form of uniform, which he hoped he might soon have an opp
. Bulletin of the Essex Institute. Essex Institute; Natural history; genealogy. 26 BULLiaiN OF THE ESSEX INSTITUTE. House, before the Council, to be present, the Governor had delegated him to represent the Commonwealth, and to convey his regrets that he could not attend so notable an occasion. General Appleton expressed his own gratification at being permitted to come back to his former home, Salem, in this capacity, which he esteemed a high honor. He regretted that he must pre- sent himself in a somewhat an- tiquated, l)ut so historic, form of uniform, which he hoped he might soon have an opportunity to pre- sent to the Institute, not as a relic of himself but as a reminder of nrodstreet ^^^ many brave officers wdio have fought for the Nation's unity in this dress ; but General Miles has just proposed a dress of new design far better adapted to the needs of the service. General Appleton then said:— The value of institu- tions, like this Institute, to a State and Nation cannot be too highly spoken of; it advances the idea of value of history and art, as a power in promoting cultivation in man, and a more cultivated taste among people generally. have been assigned in tlie first instance to Governor Endecott. (Bulletin, Vol. I, p. 79; Historical Collections, Vol. xxiv, p. 24t.) It certainly was the domicile of Governor Bradstreet, for in 1676 he married the widow of Captain Joseph Gard- ner, a niece of Governor Winthrop, who had it for a marriage portion, and here, Bradstreet, who had landed in Salem with Winthrop in 1630, came back to pass the closing twenty years of his life, and to die and be entombed in 1697. On this estate, from 1836 until 1867, lived Colonel Francis Peabody with his wife Martha, and she was an Endicott descended, in the eighth generation, from the Governor. Governor Wolcott married a granddaughter of William Hickling Prescott. Prescott was born on this estate. She was also a granddaughter of Joseph Augustus Peabody, and for him the Peabody man
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