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JOURNAL of the Essex County Natural History Society. 8vo, 1836-1852,
PROCEEDINGS of the Essex Institute. 8vo:-

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COLE'S Infusoria of Salem. Pamphlet, 8vo, 1853,*

ALLEN'S Victoria Regia, or the Great Water Lily of America. Royal folio, six colored plates, 1854,

WHITE'S Covenant of the First Church. Pamphlet, 8vo, 1856,*
STREETER'S Account of the Newspapers and other Periodicals published
in Salem. Pamphlet, Svo, 1856,*

ENDICOTT'S Account of Leslie's Retreat. Pamphlet, 8vo, 1856,*
FOWLER'S Account of the Life, Character, &c., of the Rev. Samuel Parris,
and of his connection with the Witchcraft Delusion of 1692.
Pamphlet, Svo, 1857,*

Pamphlet, 8vo, 1857,

WHITE'S Memoir of the Plummer Family.
DEDICATION of Plummer Hall. Pamphlet, 8vo, 1857,
WEINLAND'S Egg Tooth of Snakes and Lizards. Pamphlet, Svo, with a
plate, 1857,*
ENDICOTT'S Account of the Piracy of the ship Friendship of Salem in
1831. Pamphlet, 8vo, 1858,*

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THE WEAL-REAF, a Record of the Essex Institute Fair. Pamph., 8vo, 1860, 0 30 WHITE'S New-England Congregationalism. 1 Vol. 8vo, 1861. 1.00 UPHAM'S Memoir of Gen. John Glover, of Marblehead. Pamphlet, 8vo, 1863,* 0 50 BRIGGS' Memoir of D. A. White. Pamphlet, 8vo, 1864.*

PACKARD'S Notes on the Family Zygænida. Pamphlet, 8vo, with two plates, 1864,*

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PUTNAM'S AND PACKARD'S Notes on Humble Bees, &c. Wild Bees of
New England, their Parasites, &c., with a plate. Pamph., Svo, 1865,*
MCILWRAITH'S List of Birds of Hamilton, C. W. Pamphlet, 8vo, 1866,*
HISTORICAL NOTICE of the Essex Institute, with the Constitution, By-
Laws and lists of the Officers and Members. Pamph., 8vo, 1866,
THE AMERICAN NATURALIST, a popular illustrated Monthly Magazine
of Natural History. One volume a year, 8vo. Vol. I. 1867,

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THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE ESSEX INSTITUTE, CONTAINING the Records of the Meetings; Quarterly Lists of additions to the Museum and Library; COMMUNICATIONS read before the Institute on Natural History and Horticulture, illustrated with plates and wood-cuts; and the NATURALISTS' DIRECTORY, are now issued in Quarterly Numbers, at $3.00 a year. 8vo. Two years to a volume. The fifth volume now publishing. Communications for publication in the Proceedings received by H. WHEATLAND, Secretary, or F. W. PUTNAM, Editor, Salem, Mass. Additions, corrections, etc., for the Naturalists' Directory received by F. W. PUTNAM, Editor, Salem, Mass.

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CONTENTS.

Number Four.

Almanacs and their Authors. Communicated by Mathew A. Stickney (continued),
Baptisms of the First Church in Salem. Communicated by Henry Wheatland (con-

tinued),

Diary of Rev. Joseph Green, of Salem Village. Communicated by Samuel P. Fowler.
Browne Family. By William P. Upham,

A Journey to the West in 1817; Notes of Travel by a Salem Mechanic on his way to
the Ohio Fifty Years ago. Selected from his Journal by James Kimball,
An Account of the Dwelling-houses of Francis Higginson, Samuel Skelton, Roger
Williams, and Hugh Peters. Communicated by William P. Upham,
Index of Names,

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OF THE

Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.

JOURNAL of the Essex County Natural History Society. 8vo, 1836-1852,
PROCEEDINGS of the Essex Institute. 8vo:-

NATURALISTS' DIRECTORY:

Part I. North America and the West Indies. Alphabetical ar-
rangement. Pamphlet, 12mo, 1865,

Part II. North America and the West Indies. Systematical
arrangement,

Part III. North America and the West Indies. Geographical arrangement, HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS of the Essex Institute. Small 4to:

Vol. I. (Bi-monthly) 1859,

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ings, vol 5.

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COLE'S Infusoria of Salem. Pamphlet, 8vo, 1853,*

ALLEN'S Victoria Regia, or the Great Water Lily of America. Royal folio, six colored plates, 1854,

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WHITE'S Covenant of the First Church. Pamphlet, 8vo, 1856,* STREETER'S Account of the Newspapers and other Periodicals published in Salem. Pamphlet, 8vo, 1856,*

0 10

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0 25

ENDICOTT'S Account of Leslie's Retreat. Pamphlet, 8vo, 1856,*
FOWLER'S Account of the Life, Character, &c., of the Rev. Samuel Parris,
and of his connection with the Witchcraft Delusion of 1692.
Pamphlet, 8vo, 1857,*

WEINLAND'S Egg Tooth of Snakes and Lizards. Pamphlet, 8vo, with a plate, 1857,*

ENDICOTT'S Account of the Piracy of the ship Friendship of Salem in 1831. Pamphlet, Svo, 1858,*

THE WEAL-REAF, a Record of the Essex Institute Fair. Pamph., 8vo, 1860, 0 30
WHITE'S New-England Congregationalism. 1 Vol. 8vo, 1861.
1 00
UPHAM'S Memoir of Gen. John Glover, of Marblehead. Pamphlet, 8vo, 1863,* 0 50
BRIGGS' Memoir of D. A. White. Pamphlet, 8vo, 1864.* .

PACKARD'S Notes on the Family Zygænidæ. Pamphlet, 8vo, with two plates, 1864,*

PUTNAM'S AND PACKARD'S Notes on Humble Bees, &c. Wild Bees of
New England, their Parasites, &c., with a plate. Pamph., 8vo, 1865,*
MCILWRAITH'S List of Birds of Hamilton, C. W. Pamphlet, 8vo, 1866,*
HISTORICAL NOTICE of the Essex Institute, with the Constitution, By-
Laws and lists of the Officers and Members. Pamph., 8vo, 1866,
THE AMERICAN NATURALIST, a Popular Illustrated Monthly Magazine
of Natural History. One volume a year, 8vo. Vol. I. 1867,
Extra copies from the PROCEEDINGS and HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS.

Price of a complete set of the above Publications, not including extras, $43 00.