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[Oct. 16, 



' League, inviting the Society to its reunion on October 12 and 

 13, 1891, at the State House and Academy of Music. 



A circular from the Naturhistorische Gesellschaft zu Niirn- 

 berg, announcing the celebration of its ninetieth year. 



A circular from the Academie Royale des Sciences de Lis- 

 bonne, announcing the death of its Secretary, Jose Maria 

 Latino Coelho, on August 29, 1891. 



Mr. Paul Leicester Ford requested by letter the permission 

 to consult the draft of the Declaration of Independence, now 

 stored away with other valuable papers of the Society. 



Letters from the President and Mr. W. S. Baker were read 

 in support of the request. 



On motion, the Curators were authorized to restore to 

 a place in the fireproof building of the Society its manu- 

 script of the Declaration of Independence in the autograph 

 of Thomas Jefferson. 



Dr. Hays moved as an amendment " that it be kept in a 

 fireproof safe." 



The amendment, being put to a vote, was not agreed to, 

 and the original motion was adopted by the Society. 



On motion, it was resolved that Mr. Ford be permitted to 

 hdve access to the document in question in the presence of one 

 of the Curators of the Society. 



Letters of envoy were received from the Academie Royale 

 des Sciences, etc., de Belgique, Bruxelles; Societe des Sciences 

 Physiques et Naturelles, Bordeaux ; Bureau des Longitudes, 

 Ecole Polytechnique, Musee Guimet, Ministere des Travaux 

 Publiques, Paris. 



Letters of acknowledgment were received from the Royal 

 Society of N. S. Wales, Sydney, Australia (131) ; Accaclemia 

 degli Agiati, Rovereto, Austria (134) ; K. K. Naturhistorisches 

 Hofmuseum, Dr. Aristicles Brezina, Vienna (135); Dr. Caspar 

 Rene Gregory, Leipzig (135) ; Academie des Sciences, Belles 

 Lettres et Arts, Bordeaux (134) ; Societe' de Geographic, 

 Lille, France (135); Ecole d' Agriculture, Montpellier (135); 

 . Museum d'Histoire Naturelle (128) ; M. Victor Duruy, Prof. 

 A. de Quatrefages, Paris (135) ; Natural History and Philo- 



