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STATED MEETING, September 20, 1842. 



Vice President Morton in the Chair. 



DONATIONS TO MUSEUM. 



Dried Specimens of Ilydroilyctum pentagonum. From Dr. 

 Goddard. 



Two Specimens of Arseniuret of Antimony and Iron from 

 Leominster, Worcester Co., Mass. Presented by Mr. 

 W. It. Kendal), through Prof. Johnson. 



A Specimen, in spirits, of L'lestiodon erythroccphalus, from 

 Virginia. Presented by Mr. Josiah Curtis, through Dr. 



.Morton. 



DONATIONS TO LIBRARY. 



Transactions of the Linncan Society, Vol. XIX, Part I, with 

 a list of the members of the Society for 1842. From the 

 Society. 



Constitution and First Annua] Report of the Northern Aca- 

 demy of Arts and Sciences. Hanover, New Hampshire, 

 1842. From the Academy. 



WRITTEN COMMl NICATIONS. 



The Corresponding Secretary read letters 



From Mr. William Vaughan, dated London, August 5, 

 1842, accompanying the presentation of the Transactions of 

 the Linncan Society: 



From the same gentleman, dated London, August 8, 1S42, 

 acknowledging the receipt of the letter of the Corresponding 

 Secretary, enclosing the Resolutions adopted by the Aca- 

 demy, having reference to the decease of his relative, the lat 

 John Vaughan, Esq., of Philadelphia. 



