PROCEEDINGS 



AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



Vol. VI. JULY— DECEMBER, 1854. No. 52. 



Stated Meetings July 21. 



Present, nine members. 



Dr. Franklin Bache, President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Constant Guillou, a recently elected member, was pre- 

 sented and took his seat. 



A letter was read from the Connecticut Historical Society, 

 dated Hartford, June 17, 1854, accompanying a donation for 

 the library : — and one from the Academy of Natural Sciences, 

 of Philadelphia, dated July 18, 1S54, returning thanks for No. 

 51 of the Proceedings of this Society. 



The following donations were announced: — 



FOR THE LIBRARY. 



Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. Vol. VI. Washington, 

 1854. 4to. — From the Smithsonian Institytion. 



History of Ancient Woodbury, Connecticut, from the first Indian 

 Deed in 1659, to 1854, including the present towns of Washing- 

 ton, Southbury, Bethlem, Roxbury, and a part of Oxford and 

 Middlebury. By William Cothren. Waterbury, Conn. 1854. 

 8vo. — Fi'om the Connecticut Historical Society. 



Minutes of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania, from its 

 organization to the termination of the Revolution. Published by 

 the State. Vol. XI. 1776 to 1779. Harrisburg, 1852. 8vo.— 

 From the State of Pennsylvania, 



Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, in Boston, April 

 26, 1854. Boston. 8vo. — From the Society, 



Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History: No. 26, 

 April, 1854. Boston. 8vo. — From the Society. 



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