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great stress in his address before the Society in 1843, as having given 'to 

 this Society for the first time a legal position which it now occupies,' and 



" Whereas, The 15th day of March, 1880, will mark the hundredth anni- 

 versary of such incorporation, therefore be it 



"Resolved, That the Board of Officers and members in Council be re- 

 spectfully requested to make suitable arrangements for celebrating this an- 

 niversary." 



And the meeting was adjourned. 



Stated Meeting, February 20, 1880. 



Present, 17 members. 



President, Mr. Fraley, in the Chair. 



A letter accepting his appointment to prepare a eulogy on 

 Dr. Wood, was received from Dr. Henry Hartshorne, dated 

 on the 9th instant. 



A letter of envoy from the Harvard College Observatoiy 

 was received, dated Jan. 29. 



An acknowledgment of the receipt of Proceedings, No. 

 104, was received from Prof. Wm. P. Blake. 



A circular letter of invitation to send delegates to the 

 Centennial Anniversary of the American Academy of Arts 

 and Sciences, on the 26th of May next, in Boston, Mass., 

 was read and its consideration postponed to the next meet- 

 ing. 



A circular letter of invitation to attend the celebration of 

 the two-hundredth anniversary of the discovery of the 

 Falls of St. Anthony, at 10 o'clock, a. m., on the 3d day of 

 July, 1880, on the Universit}^ Campus, Minneapolis, Minne- 



