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acceptance of membership by letter, dated St. Petersburg, 

 March 3-15, 18G2. 



Letters acknowledging the receipt of publications, and re- 

 questing the completion of their sets, were received from the 

 Essex Institute, dated Salem, Massachusetts, March 28 ; from 

 Harvard College, April 7 ; from the ISTew York State Library, 

 April 5 ; from the Astor Library, April 5 ; from the New 

 York Lyceum, April 14 ; and from the Chicago Historical 

 Society, April 7, 1862. 



A letter announcing a large donation for the Librar}^, was 

 received from the Royal Academy of History, dated Madrid, 

 March 12, 1862. 



A letter "was read from Dr. Wood, the President of the 

 Society, to the Secretary, dated Florence, March 17, 1862. 



A letter from Wm. Jones, Librarian of the Buffalo Young 

 Men's Association, Avas read and referred to the Library 

 Committee with power to take action. 



Donations for the Library were received from the Aca- 

 demies at Paris and Philadelphia ; the Societies of Science at 

 Emden and Hobarton ; the Royal Astronomical Society, 

 Geological Society, Society of Arts, and Board of Trade at 

 London; the Listitutes at Dresden, Utrecht, and Philadel- 

 phia ; the University at Christiania, and of New York ; the 

 Museums at Nurnberg, and Peel Park ; the Free Public Li- 

 brary at New Bedford ; the booksellers Voight and Glinther, 

 of Weimar ; Schmidt, Muldener, and Zuchold, of Gcittingen ; 

 Norton, of New York ; and Leypoldt, of Philadelphia. 



Mr. Fraley announced the death of a member, Mr. George 

 M. Justice, on the 14th inst., in the 70th year of his age. 

 Mr. Letchworth was appointed to prepare an obituary notice 

 of the deceased. 



A letter Avas read from Dr. Tafel, of St. Louis, dated March, 

 1862, accompanying a manuscript history of the English 

 Language, offered for publication by the Society, which, on 

 motion, was referred to the same committee, consisting of Dr. 

 Coates, Professor Alexander, and Professor Copp^e, that had 

 charge of the memoir of Dr. Tafel, lately published in the 

 Proceedings. 



