PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



AMERICAN ACADEMY 



OF 



ARTS AND SCIENCES. 



VOL. 1. 



FROM MAY. lS4fi. TO MAY, 184?. 



ISELECTED FROM THE RECORD.S 



BOSTON AND rAMBRIDGL: 

 M E T C A L V A N D C O iM T A N Y. 



1848. 



