^"^ [May l!l. 



Stated Meeting^ May 19, 1882. 



Present, 9 members. 



President, Mr. Fealey, in tlie Chair. 



A letter accepting membership was received from C. W. 

 King, dated Trinity College, Cambridge, England, May 5, 

 1882. 



Letters of acknowledgment were received from Messrs. 

 Downes, Hilgard, Goodfellow, Schott (109) ; American Eth- 

 nological Society (109); F. S. Naval Observatory (109); 

 State Historical Society "Wisconsin (110) ; Asaph Hall (110) ; 

 C. H. F. Peters (HO); Kansas State Historical Society (110); 

 American Ethnologicol Society (HO) ; Boston Pnblic Library 

 (110) ; Marj^land Historical Society (110), and Poughkeepsie 

 Society of Natural History (109, 110). 



Donations, for the Library were received from the Acade- 

 mia dei Lincei ; SocieteGeographique, Paris; S. C.Geog., Bor- 

 deaux ; London Nature ; Academy, Brussels ; Museum of Com- 

 parative Zoology ; Cincinnati Observatory, and the Geological 

 Survey of Canada. 



Prof. Rothrock read, by appointment, an obituary notice of 

 Thomas P. James. 



Mr. Lesley read, by appointment, an obituary notice of Ed- 

 ward Desor. 



The Rev. C. G. Ames was requested to prepare an obituary 

 notice of Ralph Waldo Emerson. 



The death of Wm. S, Vaux, at Philadelphia, May 5, aged 

 60, was announced, and Mr. Law appointed to prepare an 

 obituary notice of the deceased. 



The death of Chas. M. Wheatley, at Phoenixville, May 6, 

 aged 60, was announced. 



The death of Dr. George Smith, at Media, Delaware County, 

 March 10, 1882, aged 78, was announced, and Dr. Brinton waS 

 appointed to prepare an obituary notice of the deceased. 



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