JUN 2 1897 



PKOCEEDINGS 



AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, 



HELD AT PHILADELPHIA, FOR PROMOTING USEFUL KNOWLEDGE. 



Vol. XXXVI. January, 1897. No. 154. 



Stated Meeting^ January 1, 1897. 



The President, Mr. Fraley, in tlie Cliair. 



Present, 16 members. 



Correspondence Avas submitted and letters of acknowledg- 

 ment presented. 



Letters of acceptance of membership were received from 

 Prof. W. F. Magie, Princeton, N. J.; Mr. G. Albert Lewis, 

 Philadelphia ; Prof. B. W. Frazier, South Bethlehem, Pa. 



The death was announced of Gen. John Meredith Eead, 

 Paris, France ; born Feb. 21, 1837 ; died, Dec. 27, 1896, ^t. 59. 



The Judges and Tellers of the annual election reported the 

 following officers elected for the ensuing year. 



President. 



Frederick Fraley. 



Vice- Presidents. 



E. Otis Kendall, J. P. Lesley, William Pepper. 



Secretaries. 



George H. Horn, Persifor Frazer, I. Minis Hays, 



Frederick Prime. 



Curators. 



J. ChestonMorris, Benjamin S. Lyman, Henry Pettit. 



Treasurer. 



J. Sergeant Price. 



PROC. AMER. PHILOS. SOC. XXXVI. 154. A. PRINTED APRIL 5, 1897. 



