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Society, and to give such information as he may deem impor- 

 tant in relation to the scientific results of the Expedition. 

 Seconded by Dr. Bache, and the motion was agreed to. 



A letter of the President, Dr. "Wood, to the Honorable 

 Cassius M. Clay, Minister of the United States at the Court 

 of St. Petersburg, was then read. 



And the Society was adjourned. 



Stated Meeting, Becemher 6, 1861. 



Present, thirty-four members. 



Judge Sharswood, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



A letter was read from the President, Dr. Wood, dated 

 Breslau, November 4, 1861. 



Donations for the Library were announced from the Bureau 

 des Ponts et Chaussdes, the London Chemical and Boyal As- 

 tronomical Societies, the^Essex Institute, the American Journal 

 of Science, and Professor Twining, of New Ilaven, the Medi- 

 cal News, the Academy of Natural Sciences, Professor Trego 

 and Mr. H. C. Carey, of Philadelphia, citizens of Chicago, 

 and booksellers in London and New York. 



The committee appointed by the American Philosophical 

 Society in relation to an invitation to Dr. Isaac I. Hayes, re- 

 ported that they addressed to Dr. Hayes a note, of which the 

 following is a copy : 



Hall of the Americak Philosophical Society, 

 Philadelphia, November 16, 1861. 



Sir: 



The undersigned, a Committee of the American Philosophical So- 

 ciety, have the pleasure of communicating to you the following reso- 

 lution of that Society, unanimously adopted at a meeting held on 

 the 15th instant. 



'•'■ Resolved, that the Committee on the Arctic Expedition, under 

 the command of Dr. Isaac I. Hayes, be requested to invite Dr. Hayes 

 to be present at the next meeting of the Society, and to give such 



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