FRED. H. PLOUFF, lamp, with bull's eye, tavern sign of Corporal Foster 1806. CHAS. B. RICE, D. D., autograph of Whittier. JAS. E. RICHARDSON, loan, Indian implements, price-list, 1777, fractional currency, picture, Rowley Common 1839. JOHN ROBERTS, blue glasses. THOS. EDWARD ROBERTS, writing desk used by Daniel Webster, and engraving of Webster from his library. TIMOTHY ROSs, copies of Ipswich Clarion. JACOB C. SAFFORD, Indian implements. MRS. HENRY SALTONSTALL, Boston, water color, old Whipple house, often called the Saltonstall house. RICH. M. SALTONSTALL, Boston, "Sir Richard Saltonstall of New England, Ancestry and Descendants." ANGUS L. SAVORY, jar, ploughed up in N. R Underhill's land, wood from witch-house, called, in Salem. SO CHARLES A. SAYWARD, Esq., pistol holster used in Ipswich Troop, lock of old post-office. GEORGE A. SCHOFIELD, newspapers, pamphlets. JOHN T. SHERBURN, old family chest, state bank bill. COL. NATH. SHATSWELL, his commission as colonel in Civil War, old documents, ancient spit. EDWARD A. SMITH, Salem, facsimile Trumbull's Battle of Bunker Hill. wheel, 1751, box iron. EDWARD SULLIVAN, button. JOHN E. TENNEY, loan, Springfield rifle, and canteen carried by him in the Civil War, brush and primer. MRS. JOHN E. TENNEY, loan, towel, spun and woven by the mother of Daniel Webster. MRS. SUSAN L. THOMAS, piece of ancient embroidery. HON. ROBT. B. TEWKSBURY, Methuen, pamphlet "The Merrimack Valley. FRANCIS H. WADE, Wool-cards, Col. Nath. Wade's Revolutionary orderly books, Col. Wade's fire bucket, ancient pocketbooks. MISSES WAIT, flag of Denison Light Infantry. MRS. CARRIE L. WARNER, loan, proclamation 1779, Commercial Advertiser. T. FRANK WATERS, loan, Washington pitcher, exhibit from shell-heap in Treadwell's Island, roofing tile, glass from old Burnham house. CHAS. H. WELLS, school readers. MRS. CHAS. H. WELLS, Indian relics. BY-LAWS. I. THIS Society shall be called the Ipswich Historical Society. II. The objects of the Society are to investigate, record and perpetuate the history of the town of Ipswich, and to collect, hold and preserve documents, books, relics and all other matter illustrating its history, or that of individuals or families identified with it. III. The Society shall be composed of resident, honorary and life members; and all the members shall have the right to attend all meetings, and to enjoy full use of the historical collections of the Society, subject to the ordinary regulations, but the management and disposal of the Society's affairs and property, and the right to vote shall belong only to resident and life members. IV. All members shall be nominated by the Directors and shall be elected by ballot at any regular meeting by a majority of the votes cast. V. Any member of kindred societies, and any person, who has especial interest in the objects of the Society, or who has rendered it valuable service, is eligible for honorary membership. Every person elected an honorary member shall become such by signifying acceptance to the Recording Secretary, in writing. VI. Any donor to the funds of the Society to the amount of twenty-five dollars may be elected a life member, and shall be exempt from the payment of the annual fee. VII. Every resident member shall pay an annual fee of two dollars, which shall be due on the first of December, and failure to pay this fee for two years shall forfeit membership unless the Directors shall direct otherwise. VIII. An annual meeting for the election of officers shall be held on the first Monday of December and regular meeting on the first Monday of February, May and October. Special meetings may be held on the call of the Directors. Due notice of all meetings shall be given by the Recording Secretary. IX. The officers of the Society shall be a President, two Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, a Recording Secretary, a corresponding Secretary and a Librarian, and they shall form collectively a Board of Directors. These officers shall be elected by ballot at the annual meeting, and their term of office shall be for one year from the date of that meeting, and until their successors are elected. Vacancies in the Board of Directors shall be filled for the remainder of the year by the remaining Directors. The duties of all these officers shall be those usually belonging to offices they hold. X. The Directors shall determine the use to be made of the income and funds of the Society, shall endeavor to promote the especial objects of the Society in such ways as may seem most appropriate, shall appoint such committees as may seem expedient, and shall have the charge and custody of all the property and collections of the Society. XI. These by-laws may be amended at any regular meeting or the annual meeting, on recommendation of the Directors, by a vote of two-thirds of the members present, provided that due notice has been given of the proposed change at a previous meeting. |