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Letters were read: — 



From the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, dated Phila- 

 delphia, February 6: from the New York Historical Society, 

 dated February 10: from the Connecticut Historical Society, 

 dated Hartford, February 11: from the Antiquarian Society, 

 dated Worcester, February 11: from the New Jersey Histori- 

 cal Society, dated Newark, February 16, 1857: all acknow- 

 ledo-ing the receipt of No. 56 of the Proceedings of this So- 

 ciety. 



The following donations were announced: — 



FOR THE LIBRARY. 



Messat^e from the President of the United States to the two Houses 

 of Congress, at the commencement of the third session of the 34th 

 Congress: with accompanying documents. 2 Vols. VVash- 

 inston, 1856. 8vo. — From the Hon. J. R. Tyson. 



Chaplains of the General Government; with objections to their em- 

 ployment considered. Also a List of all the Chaplains to Con- 

 gress, in the Army, and in the Navy, from the formation of the 

 government to this time. By George D. Johnson. New York, 

 1856. 8vo. — From the same. 



The History of the United States, from their colonization to the end 

 of the 26th Congress in 1831. By George Tucker. Vols. I. II. 

 Philadelphia, 1856. 8\o.— From the Author. 



The U. S. Naval Astronomical Expedition to the Southern Hemis- 

 phere, during the years 1849, 50, 51, 52. Vol. VI. Magnetical 

 and Meteorological Observations, under the direction of Lieut. J. 

 M. Gilliss, L.L.D. Superintendent. Washington, 1856. 4to. 

 — From the Author. 



Annual Report of the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Insti- 

 tution for the Deaf and Dumb, for 1856. Philadelphia. 8vo. — 

 From James J. Barclay, Esq. 

 Criminal Insane : Insane Transgressors and Insane Convicts. By 

 Edward Jarvis, M.D, — and Address delivered at the laying of the 

 corner stone of the Insane Hospital at Northampton, Mass. By 

 Edward Jarvis, M.D. Boston, 1856-7. S\o.— From the Au- 

 thor. 

 Twenty-second Annual Report of the Young Men's Library Asso- 

 ciation of Cincinnati, for the year 1856. Cincinnati. 8vo. — 

 From the Association. 



