1897.] MINUTES. 143 



Stated Meeting^ March 19^ IS 97. 



Vice-President, Dr. Pepper, in the Chair. 



Present, 12 members. 



Acknowledgments of election to membership were received 

 from Mr. John Sartain, Dr. W. H. Furness, 3d, Mr. II. H. 

 Furness, Jr. 



The announcement of the decease of the following mem- 

 bers was made and obituary notices of them were ordered to 

 be prepared : 



Mr. Arthur Biddle, at Atlantic City, on March 8, ret. 44. 



Prof. James J. Sylvester, at London, Eng., on March 15, 

 tet. 83. 



Prof. George Stuart, at Philadelphia, on March 16, tet. 66. 



Donations to the Library and Cabinet were announced, and 

 in connection with the latter. Dr. Morris moved " That Mr. 

 Patterson's deposit of the Illustrated Catalogue of the Peale 

 Collection of the Stone Age to be returned on his demand, 

 be accepted, and that it be placed in charge of the Curators." 

 Adopted. 



Prof. Edwin J. Houston and Dr. A. E. Kennelly read a 

 paper entitled " The Insulating Medium surrounding a Con- 

 ductor, the Keal Path of its Current." 



Dr. Hays moved that a Committee of five members be 

 appointed to consider and report upon the advisability of 

 the Society publishing a Calendar of the Franklin Correspon- 

 dence in its possession, and if found advisable, to recommend 

 a plan for such a calendar and its publication. Also to con- 

 sider and report on the historic relation to the original docu- 

 ment of the manuscript copy of the Declaration of Indepen- 

 dence sent by Jefferson to Kichard Henry Lee, and now in 

 the possession of this Society, and whether its historic im- 

 portance renders desirable its reproduction by the Society. 

 Adopted. 



Dr. Pepper, Judge Mitchell, Mr. Carson, Mr. Stone and Dr. 

 Bache were appointed the committee under the above reso- 

 lution. 



