OF ARTS AND- SCIENCES : MAY 30, 1871. 327 



Dear Sir, — I inclose herein a check for two hundred dollars, 

 which I request you to present to the American Academy of Arts and 

 Sciences, to be expended in procuring an accurate and copious index 

 to the works of Count Rumford, which the Academy is now collecting 

 and publishing. 



I am very sincerely, 



Your friend and servant, 



Daniel Treadwell. 



Voted, That the thanks of the Academy be presented to Mr. 

 Treadwell for his generous and thoughtful gift. 



The following gentlemen were elected Members of the 

 Academy : — 



Francis L. Pourtales, of Cambridge, to be a Resident Fellow 

 in Class II., Section 3. 



Robert Amory, of Brookline, to be a Resident Fellow in Class 

 II., Section 3. 



Samuel W. Johnson, of New Haven, to be an Associate Fel- 

 low in Class I., Section 3. 



Charles A. Young, of Hanover, N. H., to be an Associate 

 Fellow in Class I., Section 2. 



Leo Lesquereux, of Columbus, Ohio, to be an Associate Fel- 

 low in Class II., Section 2. * 



The Corresponding Secretary read the report of the Commit- 

 tee of Publication, which was accepted and ordered to be placed 

 on record. 



The President read a Report of the Librarian ; also a note 

 from him declining re-election as Librarian or Member of the 

 Rumford Committee. 



The President read a Report of the Treasurer, and stated 

 that the latter also declined re-election. 

 ' The Report was accepted and ordered to be placed on 

 record. 



"It was voted that this meeting adjourn, at its close, to the 

 evening of Tuesday, June 6, when the subject of the funds 

 of the Academy would be discussed. 



It was voted that the cordial thanks of the Academy be pre- 



