PROCEEDINGS 



AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



Vol. IX. JANUARY, 1863. No. 69. 



Stated Meeting, January 2, 1863. 



Present, fourteen members. 

 Dr. Wood, President, in the Chair. 



Letters acknowledging the receipt of publications were re- 

 ceived from the American Oriental Society, dated December 

 27th, and from the Smithsonian Institution, dated April 25th, 

 1862. 



A letter was received from M. d'Hericourt, dated Rue 

 Royer-Collard, No. 9, Paris, December 15th, respecting re- 

 views. 



Donations for the Library were received from the British 

 Association, the Royal Astronomical, Royal Geographical 

 and Geological Societies, and Society of Arts in London, the 

 Historical and Literary Society in Quebec, the Academies 

 at Boston and Philadelphia, Dr. George B. Wood, Dr. Ed- 

 ward Jarvis of Dorchester, and Thomas E. Blackwell, Esq., 

 of London. 



The death of Col. Charles Ellet, at Cairo, Illinois, June 

 21st, 1862, a member of the Society, was announced by the 

 Secretary. 



Dr. Wood, the President, presented to the Society a mar- 



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