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Dr. E. K. Kane, U. S. N., in his first and second expeditions to the 

 Polar Regions — with descriptions and remarks. By Elias Durand. 

 (Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia). 4to. 1856.— From the 

 Author. 



Papers relating to Public Events in Massachusetts, preceding the 

 American Revolution: Printed for the Seventy-six Society. Phi- 

 ladelphia, 1856. 8vo.— From Dr. A. L. Elwyn. 



Mr. Quincy's Remarks on Mr. Choate's Letter to the Whig State 

 Committee of Maine. Boston, 1856. 8vo. — From the Author, 



The Medical News and Library. Vol. XIV. No. 165. Sept. 1856. 

 Philadelphia. 8vo. — From Blanchard <5" Lea. 



Report and Announcement of the Medical Department of the Univer- 

 sity of Pennsylvania, for the Session of 1856-7. Philadelphia, 

 June, 1856. 6vo. — Donor unknown. 



Mr. Trego announced the decease of F. Andre Michaux, a 

 mennber of this Society, which took place in the month of 

 November last, at Vaureal, near Pontoise, in France, at the 

 age of S5 years. Whereupon Mr. E. Durand was appointed 

 to prepare an obituary notice of Mr. Michaux. 



Mr. Trego recalled the attention of the Society to the fact 

 that on the 19th day of November, 1852, Mr. Michaux had 

 deposited in the archives of the Society a sealed paquet, con- 

 taining, as it was said, an instrument of writing of a testament- 

 ary character: — And the original packet being thereupon pro- 

 duced from the archives, — it was ordered that a committee be 

 appointed to inquire what action should be taken by the Soci-s 

 ety in relation to the sealed paquet deposited with it by Mr. 

 Michaux. The committee consists of Judge Kane, Judge 

 Sharswood, Mr. Lea and Mr. Durand. 



On motion of Mr. Durand, it was ordered that the Curators 

 be authorized to grant the request of Mr. Saunders, contained 

 in his letter read this evening, for a loan of the portrait and 

 the bust of Mr. Jefferson, in possession of the Society. 



The Society being informed that Mr. Tobias Wagner, one 

 of its members, is about to visit Europe, where he expects to 

 remain for some time, the Secretary^ was instructed to furnish 

 him with an attested certificate of his membership in this So- 

 ciety. 



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