2 70 [December. 



The Committee to aid in obtaining subscriptions to the So- 

 ciety's building fund were announced to be S. V. Merrick, 

 Joseph Harrison, William Sellers, Franklin Peale, Henry 

 Winsor, S. W. Roberts, and Robert Cornelius. 



On motion of Mr. Fraley, permission was granted to the 

 Historical Society of Pennsylvania to copy and publish the 

 Logan manuscripts, in the possession of this Society, pro- 

 vided the copying be done in the Hall, under the supervision 

 of the Secretaries of the Society. 



The proposition of the Board of Officers and Council to 

 offer a premium "for the best invention for utilizing Anthra- 

 cite coal dust," was considered, and the following resolution 

 was offered by Mr. Fraley, and adopted : 



^^ Mesolved, That the Board of Officers and Council be au- 

 thorized to offer a premium of Five Hundred Dollars for any 

 successful process by which the Anthracite coal-dust may be 

 economically utilized. Such premium to be competed for and 

 awarded in such manner as the Board of Officers and Council 

 may designate ; and the premium, if awarded, to be paid out 

 of the accumulated income of the Magellanic Premium Fund." 



Mr. Marsh called the attention of the Society to some dis- 

 .play of meteors on the night of the 13th inst., that had been 

 seen at New Haven, and asked whether they had been ob- 

 served by any one in this city. He described the path and 

 appearance of the meteors. 



And the Society was adjourned. 



I 



Stated dieeting, December 7, 1866. 



Present, twenty-three members. 



Dr. Wood, President, in the Chair. 



Letters were read from the Society of Antiquaries of Lon- 

 don, November 16; from Harvard College, December 3; from 

 the New York Historical Society, December 3, and the Vau- 

 dois Society of Katural Sciences, February 27, 1866, ac- 



