no [September. 



Edward Stanley, an eminent surgeon of London, died 

 May 24th, 1862, iet. 69. 



Duke Bernard, of Saxe Weimar, aet. 70. 



Dr. Bache presented a manuscript from the pen of our 

 venerable fellow-member, Samuel Break, entitled, "Recollec- 

 tions of my Acquaintance and Association with Deceased 

 Members of the American Philosophical Society," which was 

 referred to the Secretaries. 



Pending nominations Nos. 456 to 465 were read. 



And the Society was adjourned. 



Stated Meeting, September 19, 1862. 



Present, nine members. 

 Dr. Wood, President, in the Chair. 



Letters were received from S. P. Berry, New York, 

 August 23d, 1862, inviting members to attend the funeral of 

 their late fellow-member, G. W. Bethune, and from Louise 

 and Leopold M. and Heinrich Bronn, announcing the death 

 of their husband and father, Dr. H. G. Bronn, a member of 

 this Society, at Heidelberg. 



Letters, accepting election, Avere received from Andrew 

 Ramsay, London, July 1 ; J. A. Froude, Clinton Place, 

 Hyde Park, June 22 ; A. W. Hofmann, London, Royal 

 College of Chemistry, June 21 ; Dr. L. de Koninck, Liege, 

 August 18, 1862. 



Letters acknowledging donations in exchange, were re- 

 ceived from the Batavian Society of Sciences, the Botanical 

 Society of Canada, the Boston Public Library, the Connec- 

 ticut Historical Society, the New York State Library, the 

 Pennsylvania State Library, the Pennsylvania Historical 

 Society, the Smithsonian Institution, and the United States 

 National Observatory. 



Letters announcing donations to the Library, were re- 

 ceived from the R. Acad, at Lisbon, the R. Geog. Society at 



