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The Essex County Natural History Society (1833–1848) in
Salem, Massachusetts
Salem ( ) is a historic coastal city in Essex County, Massachusetts, located on the North Shore of Greater Boston. Continuous settlement by Europeans began in 1626 with English colonists. Salem would become one of the most significant seaports tr ...
, was formed "for the purpose of promoting the science of natural history." It endeavored "to form a complete collection of natural productions, curiosities. &c, particularly of this
county
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; and, to form a library of standard books on the natural sciences."
[James R. Newhall]
Essex memorial, for 1836
embracing a register of the county. Salem: published at the bookstore of Henry Whipple, 1836 The society incorporated in 1836; Andrew Nichols, William Oakes, and William Prescott served as signatories. Other members included Samuel B. Buttrick, Samuel P. Fowler, John M. Ives, John C. Lee, George Osgood, Charles G. Page, Gardner B. Perry, George Dean Phippen, William P. Richardson,
John Lewis Russell, Henry Wheatland.
By 1836 some 100 members belonged to the society.
In Salem its "cabinets and library were first deposited in Essex Place, then in Franklin Building, then in Chase's Building, Washington Street, and finally removed to Pickman Place, in 1842."
Act of incorporation, constitution and by-laws of the Essex Institute
incorporated February, 1848: With a catalogue of the officers and members. W. Ives and G.W. Pease, Printers, 1855 In 1848 the society merged with the Essex Historical Society to form the Essex Institute
The Essex Institute (1848–1992) in Salem, Massachusetts, was "a literary, historical and scientific society." It maintained a museum, library, historic houses; arranged educational programs; and issued numerous scholarly publications. In 1992 th ...
.
See also
* Essex Institute
The Essex Institute (1848–1992) in Salem, Massachusetts, was "a literary, historical and scientific society." It maintained a museum, library, historic houses; arranged educational programs; and issued numerous scholarly publications. In 1992 th ...
(1848–1992), successor to the Natural History Society
References
Further reading
Journal of the Essex County Natural History Society
1836-ca.1852
* Samuel P. Fowler. An historical sketch. Bulletin of the Essex Institute
v.16
1884.
External links
Phillips Library
Peabody Essex Museum. Essex County Natural History Society Records, 1833-1873.
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1833 establishments in Massachusetts
1848 disestablishments in the United States
History of Salem, Massachusetts
Natural history museums in Massachusetts
Libraries in Essex County, Massachusetts
Essex County, Massachusetts
Natural history societies