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28, 1862 ; the Royal Society of Edinburgli, dated December 

 21, 1861 ; the Batavian Society at Rotterdam, dated Sep- 

 tember 30, 1861 ; the Boston Library, dated April 15, 1862. 



A letter accepting the appointment to prepare an obituary 

 notice of Mr. Justice, was received from A. S. Letchworth, 

 dated Philadelphia, May 12, 1862. 



Two letters respecting a communication offered for publi- 

 cation in the Transactions, were received from Dr. F. V. 

 Hayden, dated Washington, April 29, and May 1, 1862. 



A letter respecting the Michaux legacy was read from Dr. 

 Wood, dated Paris, April 15, 1862, addressed to Judge King, 

 as chairman of the special committee on that subject, 



A letter requesting the librarian to make up a deficiency 

 in the third volume of the Transactions for the Imperial Aca- 

 demy at St. Petersburg, was read from Baron R. Ostensac- 

 ken, dated Washington, April 30, 1862. 



A letter requesting the completion of the set of the Trans- 

 actions from Volume III onwards (inclusive) for the Royal In- 

 stitution, and to be placed on the list for the Transactions, 

 was received from the Assistant Secretary and Keeper of the 

 library, Benjamin Vincent, dated Albemarle Street, London, 

 September 12, 1861. The librarian was directed to furnish 

 the Transactions. 



Donations for the library were received from the Bureau 

 of Civil Engineers at Paris, the Royal Academy of Edin- 

 burgh, the Massachusetts Historical Society, the Franklin 

 Institute, the New Jersey Historical Society, the Managers 

 and Superintendents of the House of Refuge, Deaf and 

 Dumb Institute, State Lunatic Asylum, Pennsylvania School 

 for Feeble-minded Children, James J. Barclay, Ed. C. Jones, 

 C. Sherman, and Joseph Lesley, of Philadelphia, Col. Hart- 

 man Bache, and Charles Ellet, Jr., of Washington. 



Judge Sharswood announced the death of a member, Mr. 

 Charles J. Ingersoll, at Philadelphia, on the 14th inst., aged 

 79. Judge Sharswood was appointed to prepare an obituary 

 notice of the deceased. 



Dr. Bache announced the death of another member. Dr. 

 George W. Bethune, at Florence, on the 28th of April, aged 



