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PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, 



BELD AT PHILADELPHIA, FOR PROMOTING USEFUL KNOWLEDGE. 



Vol. XXX[. Januauy, 1893. No. 140. 



January 6, 1893. 



The annual meeting for election of Officers and Councilors 

 was held this afternoon between the hours of 2 and 5 o'clock, 

 after due public notice. The result of the ballot was reported 

 by the Judges and the Clerks to the Society at its evening 

 meeting. 



Stated Meeting^ January 5, 1893. 

 Mr. Thomas H. Dudley in the Chair. 



Mr. Harold Goodwin, a newly elected member, was pre- 

 sented to the Chair and took his seat. 



Dr. Elliott Coues requested by letter a further extension for 

 three months of the time during which he could retain the 

 Lewis and Clark MSS. Upon motion, the request was granted. 



Acceptances of membership were read from Dr. Samuel 

 G. Dixon, Philadelphia ; Dr. James Macfarlane, Lansdowne, 

 Pa., and Dr. James Ellis Humphrey, Amherst, Mass. 



An invitation from the Wadsworth Athenaeum, at Hartford, 

 to be present at the opening of the new Libraries and Art 

 Galleries, was read. 



PROC. AMER. PHILOS. SOC. XXXI. 140. A. PRINTED MARCH 3, 1893. 



