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Slated Meeting, October 18, 1878. 



Present, 16 members. 



Vice-President, Mr. Fraley, in the Chair. 



Dr. Muhlenberg, a newly elected member, was presented 

 to the presiding officer and took his seat. 



Letters accepting membership were received from Dr. 

 Morris Longstreth, dated Philadelphia, 333 S. 12th street, 

 October 7; Mr. J. B. Knight, Hall of the Franklin Insti- 

 tute October 7 ; and Mr. Samuel H. Scudder, Cambridge, 

 Mass., October 4, 1878. 



A letter acknowledging diploma of membership was re- 

 eeived from Mr. A. Agassiz, dated Cambridge, Mass., July 

 9, 1878. 



Letters of acknowledgment for publications received were 

 read as follows: from the Holland Society of Sciences, Jan. 

 7, 1877 (T-VI, i ; Proc. I, XLV, XVI) ; Royal Society, New 

 South Wales, Sydney, September 9 (100 ; List). 



The following receipts for Proceedings No. 101 : Essex 

 Institute ; Providence Franklin Society and Society for the 

 Encouragement of Industry; New Bedford Library; Am- 

 herst College; Yale College; Surgeon-General's Office; U. 

 S. Naval Academy ; Smithsonian Institution ; Kansas State 

 Historical Society ; Messrs. G. L. Vose, Jacob Bigelow, M. 

 D., Dr. Walcott Gibbs, T. P. James, Dr. Asa Gray, E. X. 

 Horsford, Jas. B. Francis, Dr. Pliny Earle, Jas. 1). Dana. 

 0. C. Marsh, H. A. Newton, Geo. G. Brush, Wm. P. Blake, 

 J. S. Newberry, Dr. W. A. Hammond, W. H. Green, Wm. 

 Blasius, Pliny E. Chase, T. P. Porter, George Smith, C. F. 

 Himes, J. F. Carll, F. V. Hayden, Simon Newcomb, Dr. 

 Theodore Gill, C. A. Schott, Admiral J. Downes, E. Good- 

 fellow, W. B. Taylor, J. II. C. Coffin, J. M. Hart, J. L. 

 Campbell, Daniel Kirkwook, A. H. Worthen, Dr. Robt. 

 Peter, J. D. Whitney, J. F. Clarke, and Dr. E. Jarvis. 



