PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



AMERICAN ACADEMY 



OF 



ARTS AND SCIENCES. 



SELECTED FROM THE RECORDS. 



VOL. lY. 



Four hundred and fortietli meeting. 



May 26, 1857. — Annual Meeting. 



The President in the chair. 



Dr. A. A. Gould, from the Committee on the Library, made 

 the annual report upon the condition of the library. 



Professor Lovering, in behalf of the Committee on Publi- 

 cations, made his annual report. 



The Treasurer presented his annual report upon the finances 

 of the Academy; which was ordered to be entered in full 

 upon the record-book. 



The President read a list of the Fellows, Associate Fel- 

 lows, and Foreign Honorary Members chosen during the 

 past year. Also a list of those deceased since the last annual 

 meeting, as follows : — 



Resident Fellows. 



Hon. Samuel Hoar, of Concord. 

 Hon. Francis C. Gray, of Boston. 

 Rev. Dr. Ephraim Peabody, of Boston. 



Associate Felloiv. 

 Prof. Jacob Whitman Bailey, of West Point. 



Foreign Honorary Member. 

 Dr. Buckland, the late Dean of Westminster. 



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