'^'*4 [Sept. 15, 



wick, Me. ; Maine Historical Society, Society of Natural His- 

 tory, Portland, Me. ; Prof. C. H. Hitchcock, Hanover, N. H. ; 

 Vermont Historical Society, Montpelier; State Library of 

 Massachusetts, Boston Society of Natural History, Massachu- 

 setts Historical Society, Atheneeura, Marine Biological Labo- 

 ratory, Prof. T. M. Drown, Mr. Robert C. Winthrop, Boston, 

 Mass. ; Harvard College, Museum of Comparative Zoology, 

 Profs. A. Agassiz, G. L. Goodale, Mr. Robert N. Toppan, 

 Cambridge, Mass. ; Free Pablic Library, New Bedford, Mass. ; 

 Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. ; Prof. Elihu Thomson, Swamp- 

 scott, Mass.; Ames Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Mass.; 

 Agricultural Experiment Station, Kingston, R. I. ; Providence 

 Franklin Society, Rhode Island Historical Society, Provi- 

 dence ; Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford ; Yale Uni- 

 versity, New Haven Colony Historical Society, New Haven, 

 Conn.; Agricultural Experiment Station, Storrs, Conn.; New 

 York State Library, Albany, N. Y. ; Society of Natural 

 Science, Buffalo, N. Y. ; Prof. Edward North, Clinton, N. Y. ; 

 Profs. J. M. Hart, J. W. Oliver, B. G. Wilder, Ithaca, N. Y. ; 

 Meteorological Observatory, Ames Museum Natural History, 

 Ames Geographical Society, Historical Society, Profs. Isaac 

 H. Hall, John J. Stevenson, New York ; Vassar Brothers' In- 

 stitute, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. ; Geological Society of America, 

 Rochester, N. Y. ; Prof. W. Le Conte Stevens, Troy, N. Y. ; 

 Oneida Historical Society, Utica, N. Y. ; Free Public Library, 

 Jersey City, N. J. ; Historical Society, Newark, N. J. ; Prof. 

 Charles A. Young, Princeton, N. J. ; Prof. H. D. Gregory, 

 Philadelphia ; Agricultural Experiment Station, Newark, 

 Del. 



Donations to the Library were announced. 



Mr. W. P. Tatham presented to the Society, on the behalf of 

 Mrs. MifiElin Wistar, a handsomely bound collection of letters 

 to the late Dr. Caspar Wistar, accompanied by the following 

 letter : 



To THE President and Managers op 



The American Philosophical Society . 

 Oentlemen: — The IMauuscripts described ia the accompanying list have 



