PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES 



OF PHILADELPHIA. 

 Vol. I. JULY, 1841. No. 4. 



SPECIAL MEETING, July 1. 



William Hembel Esq., President, in the Chair. 



Pursuant to appointment at the last meeting, Dr. Morton 

 read " A Memoir of William Maclure, Esq., late President of 

 the Academy ;" whereupon, on motion of Prof. Johnson, it was 

 unanimously 



Resolved, That the members of this Academy have listened 

 with deep interest and entire satisfaction to the discourse which 

 has just been pronounced. 



Resolved, That the thanks of the Academy be presented to 

 Dr. Samuel George Morton for the able, faithful and eloquent 

 memoir of our late lamented President, William Maclure, this 

 evening read to the society ; and that he be requested to fur- 

 nish a copy of the same for publication. 



Resolved, That Prof. Walter R. Johnson, John Price Weth- 

 erill, Esq. and Dr. Robert Bridges, be a committee to commu- 

 nicate to Dr. Morton the foregoing resolutions. 

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