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of the Institute. The society dedicated the Hall on the evening of September 21st, and on September 29th the first lecture was given within its walls by Dr. James Jackson, on the art of preserving health. On the list of names of those who have lectured before this Institute during its first half century, will be found the names of the most brilliant and successful orators, authors, and men of science our country has produced. Everett and Emerson were among the earliest, and Bancroft, R. H. Dana, Agassiz, Holmes, T. Starr King, Whipple, Sparks, Sumner, Saxe, Hill, and a host of others, have here addressed large and appreciative audiences. Hon. N. P. Banks made his first public speech before this Institute. November 16, 1830, the Boston Manufacturing Company gave to the Institute the use of the books of the Manufacturers' Library and deposited them in Rumford Hall. The library increased till it numbered several thousands of volumes, and on the establishment of the public libra