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[May 



Letters of acknowledgment were received as follows : Eev. 

 H. Clay Trumbull and Eev. Daniel R. Goodwin of Philadel- 

 phia ; Mr. John Haines of Germantown ; Maryland Historical 

 Society ; Mr. Charles V. Riley of "Washington ; Cincinnati 

 Observatory ; Universities of Tennessee and California ; Mr. 

 George Davidson of California (122) ; Royal Society of Vic- 

 toria (116, 117, 118 and Register of Papers) ; R. Accademia 

 dei Lincei and R. Istituto Lombardo (117-120); Royal In- 

 stitution and Radcliffe Observatory (121); Society of Anti- 

 quaries of London (120, 121) ; Mr. Robert N. Toppan of Cam- 

 bridge, Mass. (119) ; Oneida Historical Society (96-122 and 

 miscellaneous pamphlets). 



Letters of envoy were received as follows: Oneida Histori- 

 cal Society, Utica, N. Y., and the Chief Signal Officer, U. S. 

 Army, "Washington, D. C. 



Photographs were received for the Society's Album from 

 Charles V. Riley of "Washington, D. C, and Dr. Traill* Green 

 of Easton, Pa. 



The death of John Welsh was announced as having taken 

 place at Philadelphia on the 10th day of April, 1886, in the 

 82d year of his age, and on motion the President was author- 

 ized to appoint a suitable person to prepare an obituary 

 notice. 



The Committee on Prof. Cope's paper was continued. 



Pending nominations Nos. 1081 to 1108, and new nominations 

 Nos. 1109, 1110, 1111, were read, and the Society was adjourned 

 bv the President. 



Stated Meeting, May 7, 1886. 



Present, 4 members. 



Mr. Law, in the Chair. 



Donations were announced to the library from the follow- 

 ing sources : Mining Department, Melbourne ; Physical Cen- 

 tral-Observatorium, St. Petersburg ; K. K. Geologische Reichs- 



