PROCEEDINGS 



AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



Vol. X. JULY, 1865. No. 74. 



Stated Meeting, July 21, 1865. 



Present, five members. 

 Dr. B. H. COATES in the Chair. 



Donations for the library were received from the Essex 

 Institute, American Antiquarian Society, Messrs. Natali and 

 Bond, Mr. Samuel "Wilkinson, Dr. "William Elder, the Mer- 

 cantile Library Association at Cincinnati, the London Geo- 

 logical Society, the Franklin Institute, the Holland Academy 

 of Sciences, Prof. Thomas Chase, and the Union League of 

 Philadelphia. 



The death of Mr. William Parker Foulke, at 1827 Pine 

 Street, Philadelphia, aged 50, on the 19th ult., was an- 

 nounced by Dr. Ruschenberger, and Mr. A. H. Smith ap- 

 pointed to prepare an obituary notice of the deceased. 



The death of Admiral Dupont, at the La Pierre House, 

 Philadelphia, on the 23d ult., aged 63, was announced by 

 Prof. Trego. 



The death of Dr. Christicn Jlirgensen Thomsen, Director 

 of the Musde des Antiquit^s Nationals, &c., at Copenhagen, 

 May 21st, at the age of 76, was announced by letter. 



The death of Mr. James Dundas, at Philadelphia, on the 

 4th inst., aged 80, was announced by Prof. Trego. 



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