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On motion of tlie Vice-President that the letter of Dr. 

 Le Conte be referred to a special committee to consist of the 

 members of the standing committees on Finance and on the 

 Hall, Dr. Le Conte was called upon for a history of the 

 formation of the Committee of the Academy of which he was 

 chairman, and the subject was thereupon discussed by Mr. 

 Barnes, Mr. Price, Mr. Fraley, Dr. Bell, and Mr. Peale. 

 Mr. Fraley's amendment that the presiding ofificer appoint 

 a special committee of seven, was accepted by Mr. Cresson, 

 and adopted. The President then appointed the following 

 members: Mr. Fraley, Mr. Cresson, Mr. Price, Mr. J. F. 

 James, Mr. Marsh, Mr. Peale, and Mr. Chase. 



Mr. Fraley made a statement respecting the correspondence 

 of the Society with the Society of United Brethren, stating 

 that the latter desired to regain possession of the Zeisberger 

 MSS. in order to publish them under their own auspices. 



And the Society was adjourned. 



Stated Meeting, March 16, 1866. 



Present, fourteen members. 



Dr. Wood, President, in the Chair. 



Letters of envoi were received from the Royal Academy at 

 Lisbon, dated November 26th, and the Haarlem Society, 

 January 30th ; the latter requesting to have certain deficien- 

 cies in their set of A. P. S. Trans, and Proc. supplied; which, 

 on motion of Mr. Fraley, was so ordered. 



A letter respecting the Zeisberger MSS. was received from 

 H. A. Brickenstein, dated Bethlehem, March 7th, 1866. 



A letter respecting the Odjibowe-Frangois Vocabulary of 

 Father Belcourt, and other matters, Avas received from Joseph 

 Henry, dated Smithsonian Institution, Washington, March 

 8th, 1866. 



Donations for the Library were received from the Royal 

 Academy at Lisbon ; the Society at Lille ; the Royal Astro- 

 nomical, Meteorological, and Statistical Societies of London; 

 the Essex Institute and Harvard College ; Professors Zante- 



