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delphia, from photographic impressions made directly upon the 

 stone. Mr. L. referred to the uses to which this process may 

 be applied; its fidelity, and its cheapness as compared with 

 other modes of obtaining copies of objects in natural history, 

 and for other purposes. 



A vacancy having occurred in the committee on the bequest 

 of the late F. A. Michaux, by the death of Judge Kane, it was 

 resolved that Judge King be appointed in his place, and that 

 the committee be directed to communicate with M. Hector 

 Bossange, of Paris, in relation to the legacy bequeathed to the 

 Society by M. Michaux. 



Stated Meeting, October 15, 1S5S. 



Present, twenty-one members. 



Prof Cresson, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Letters were read: — 



From the Department of State, dated Washington, Oct. 9, 

 1858, accompanying a donation for the Library of the Society: 

 and — 



From the Historical Society of Massachusetts, dated Boston, 

 Oct. 1, 1858, acknowledging the receipt of the Society's Pro- 

 ceedings, No. 59. 



The following donations were announced: — 



FOR THE LIBRARY. 



Paraguay and Uraguay Sheet Maps. Nos. 8, 9, 1, 2, and reference 



chart. — From the U, S. Navy Department. 

 American Journal Med. Sci. Oct. 1858, and 

 Medical News, No. 190. — From Blanchard d^ Lea. 

 Diocesan Miss. Soc. First, Fourth and Fifth Annual Meetings. 



Philadelphia, 1853'4'7'8. 8wo.—From Jas. J. Barclay. 

 Episcopal Miss. Ass. for the West. Annual Reports for 1856'8. 8vo. 

 Hospital of the P. Epis. Church. Annual Reports for 1856'7'8. 8vo. 

 Appeal of the Friends in behalf of the Coloured Races. Philadelphia, 



1858. (48 pages.) 8vo. — From the same. 

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