54 [May, 



May 28th. 

 Dr. Bridges in the Chair. 



The Committee appointed at a meeting of the Society in January, to 

 have such alterations made in the room adjoining the i^ibrary, as would 

 adapt it to the extension of the latter, and the better accommodation of 

 the books, reported that they had performed that duty according to the 

 plan submitted to the Society, and that said room was now ready for 

 the reception of the books. 



Mr. J. D. Sergeant read a memorial, praying that a geologist be 

 attached to the party accompanying the Commissioners appointed to 

 survey the boundary of Mexico, and moved that copies signed by the 

 officers of the Academy be forwarded to both Houses of Congress; 

 which was agreed to. 



Dr. Zantzinger offered the following, which was adopted : Resolved, 

 That the thanks of the Society be tendered to Henry Bond Dewey, 

 Esq., of Para, Brazil, for the elegant collection of insects from that 

 country, presented by him at the last meeting. (See page 61.) 



ELECTION. 



Clement Biddle, Jr., Esq., of Philadelphia, and Mr. Samuel G. 

 Rosengarten, of Philadelphia, were elected Members; and Henry Bond 

 Dewey, Esq., of Brazil, was elected a Correspondent of the Academy. 



June 4/A. 

 Dr. Carson in the Chair. 



On leave granted, Mr. Vaux, on behalf of Dr. Morton, offered the 

 following resolutions. 



Resolved, That this Society has learned with sincere regret, the death 

 of their esteemed and venerable fellow member, Alexander Maclure, 

 at New Harmony, in Indiana, on the 9th of April last. 



Resolved, That his name should be indelibly recorded in the annals 

 of our Institution, as well for his various personal benefactions, as for 

 his faithful and literal fulfilment of those most important objects which 

 his brother, William Maclure, had designed, but did not live to ac- 

 complish. 



Resolved, That we further cherish the memory of Alexander 

 Maclure for the moral excellence of his character, his exacting probity, 

 and his practical benevolence. 



The resolutions were unanimously adopted. 



Mr. Vaux read from the North American and United States Gazette, 

 the following printed letter relating to the death of Dr. William 

 Gambel.* 



* Dr. Gambel'sdeath was announced ata former meeting of the Academy, 

 but the information was not then sufficiently authentic to .authorize any 

 action on the subject by the Academy. 



