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A Sketch of the Life of Benjamin Banneker, — from Notes taken in 

 1836. Read by J. Saurin Norris, before the Maryland Histori- 

 cal Society, Oct. 5, 1854. 8vo. — From the Maryland Hist. 

 Socie'y. 



International Coinage for Great Britain and the United States : a 

 Note inscribed to the Hon. James A. Pearce, — by J. H. Alexan- 

 der, Esq. Baltimore, 1855. 8vo. — From the Author. 



Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society. Vol. VII. No. 3. 

 1854. Newark. 8vo. — From the Society. 



Nota intorno ad una scaricatore elettrico-telegrafico ; del M. E. Fran- 

 cesco Zantedeschi. — Apparecchio per I'elettricita dinamica che si 

 sviluppa nolle chimiche reazioni : nota di Francesco Zantedeschi. — 

 Delle correnti elettriche simultanee che passano in direzioni op- 

 poste sul medesimo filo : esperienze di Zantedeschi. — Sur le prin- 

 cipe electrostatique de Palagi et ses esperiences : lettre de M. le 

 Prof. Zantedeschi de Padoue a M. Quetelet. — Dei Fenomeni dell 

 Endosmoscopio capillare analoghi ai Fenomeni del movimento 

 ascendente della linfa nei veoretabile : di Zantedischi. 4to and 



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8vo. — From the Author. 



The Florist and Horticultural Journal. Vol. IV. No. 1. Philadel- 

 phia, 1855. 8vo. — From H. C. Hanson, Editor. 



Report of the Sanitary Committee of New Orleans on the Epidemic 

 Yellow Fever of 1853. Published by authority of the City Coun- 

 cil of New Orleans. New Orleans, 1854. 8vo. — From Dr. 

 E. H. Barton. 



The Committee appointed at last meeting on Dr. Wetherill's 

 paper on Jidipocire, reported in favour of its publication in the 

 Transactions of the Society, which was ordered accordingly. 



Mr. Trego announced the death of Petty Vaughan, of Lon- 

 don, a member of the Society, who died July 30, 1854, aged 

 66. 



Judge Kane announced, for the information of the Societ}', 

 that the expedition to the Polar seas, for the relief of Dr. Kane 

 and his party, which had been solicited by this and other So- 

 cieties of the United States, had been authorized by Congress, 

 and would set out on its mission at an early day in the coming 

 summer. 



He further remarked, that he had received a chart from 

 Lady Franklin, which included the lands discovered by Com. 



