Dr. CHAPMAN, Vice-President, in the Chair. Letters were received: From the Secretary of the Zoological Society of London, dated 4th Oct. 1842, acknowledging the receipt of the Pro-. ceedings of this Society: From B. Silliman, Jr. Esq., dated New Haven, 5th June, 1843; Robert Gilmor, Esq., dated Baltimore, 20th April, 1848; Rev. Alonzo Potter, dated Union College, 5th June, 1843; and J. H. Alexander, Esq., dated Baltimore, 12th June, 1843, in reference to the centennial celebration; and John W. Gibbs, Esq., dated Philadelphia, 26th May, 1843, presenting a fac simile of certain writings of Franklin. The following donations were announced: FOR THE LIBRARY. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. No. 56. Dec. 8, 1842, to March 23, 1843. 8vo.-From the Society. The Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy. Vol. XIX. Part II. Dublin, 1843. 4to.-From the Academy. Journal de Pharmacie et de Chimie. 8vo. Troisième Série. Tome 2. Nov. Dec. 1842. Tome 3. Jan. Fev. 1843.-From the Society. Statistics of the United States of America, as collected and returned by the Marshals of the several Judicial Districts under the 13th VOL. IV.-A OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, HELD AT PHILADELPHIA, FOR PROMOTING USEFUL KNOWLEDGE. VOL. IV. JUNE, 1843, TO DECEMBER, 1847. PHILADELPHIA: By John C. Clark, 60 Dock Street. |