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Andre Michaux, on the 19th Nov. 1852, made a report, ac- 

 companied by the following resolution, which was read, consi- 

 dered and adopted. 



Resolved, That the testamentary writing entrusted to the care of 

 this Society by the late F. Andre Michaux, be deposited by the Trea- 

 surer with the Register of Wills, in the presence of the Chancellor 

 of the French Consulate, for probate; — and that the Treasurer take, 

 thereafter, all necessary measures for giving it legal operation and 

 effect. 



Prof. Frazer having taken the chair, Judge Kane, after some 

 remarks upon the subject of procuring a suitable location for the 

 accommodation of the Society, offered the following resolu- 

 tion: — 



Resolved, That the Committee which was constituted to negotiate 

 terms and make sale of the Hall of the Society, be authorized and 

 empowered to negotiate for the purchase of a suitable property for 

 the Society's accommodation : — 



And the question on this resolution being taken, the yeas were 

 seven, and the nays one; so the resolution was adopted. 



All other business having been concluded the ballot box was 

 opened by the presiding officer, who declared that Dr. Robert 

 P. Harris, of Philadelphia, was duly elected a member of the 

 Society. 



Stated Meeting, Novembei" 7. 



Present, twenty-one members. 



Dr. DuNGLisoN, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Dr. Robert P. Harris, a recently elected member, was intro- 

 duced and took his seat. 



Letters were read: — 



From H. Burmeister, dated Southampton, Oct. 8; and from 

 Robert P. Harris, dated Philadelphia, Oct. 8, 1856, acknow- 

 ledging the receipt of notice of their election as members of 

 the Society : — 



