564 PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY. 



John E. Wolff, of Class II. 



Henry P. Talbot, of Class I. 



George L. Kittredge of Class III. 



The following gentlemen were appointed a Committee to 

 revise the Statutes : — 



Charles R. Lanman. 



Charles R. Cross. 



Frederic J. Stimson. 



The following communication was given: — 



" Some New Factors in Determining the Location of Wineland 

 the Good." By M. L. Fernald. 



Mr. Henry H. Edes gave an account of " Some Lacunae in the 

 Archives of the Academy." These Lacunae were letters written 

 to the Academy by the following: — 



George Washington, March 22, 1781 ; Count Rumford, Feb- 

 ruary 15, 1797 ; Marquis de Chastellux, five letters in 1781 and 

 '82; Chevalier de la Luzerne, March 20,1781 - ; Peter Wargentin, 

 March 20, 1781; Marquis de Marbois, May 20, 1781; Richard 

 Price, three letters in 1781 and '83; J. J. L. Delalande, Novem- 

 ber 30, 1781 ; J. L. D'Alembcrt, December 11, 1781 ; Leonardus 

 Euler, March 11, 1782 ; Count de Gobelin, June 24, 1782 ; E. S. 

 Jeaurat, three letters in 1782 and '83; Thomas Brand Hollis, 

 two letters in 1783; Joseph Priestley, June 23, 1785; John C. 

 Lettsom, February 1, 1793; J. F. Blumenbach, November 29, 

 1795; Nathaniel Bowditch, August 28, 1797, and were pro- 

 cured from the descendants of Joseph Willard, former Secre- 

 tary and Vice President of the Academy. 



On motion of Professor Webster, it was 



Voted, That in view of the unusual nature of the Communi- 

 cation, the Academy depart from its usual custom of not express- 

 ing an opinion on communications presented to it, and give a 

 hearty vote of thanks to Mr. Edes for his success in restoring 

 to the Academy these valuable documents. 



It was then 



Voted, That the thanks of the Academy be given to the de- 

 scendants of Dr. Joseph Willard, its first Corresponding Secre- 

 tary, for restoring to its files a collection of papers, mostly 

 letters accepting Fellowship in the Academy. 



