96 METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVERS. 



DEATHS OF OBSERVERS. 



Samuel Brown, Bedford, Pa., died in end of 1858 or beginning of 

 1859. He commenced observing before 1854. The last register re- 

 ceived from him was for October, 1858. 



John Lefferts. observer at Farmer, Seneca county, N. Y., died 

 on the 14th of January, 1859. 



William Cranch Bond, an eminent American astronomer and di- 

 rector of the Cambridge observatory, died on the 29th of January, 

 1859, in the 69th year of his age. 



Dr. J. W. Tuck, secretary of the Board of Health, Memphis, Tenn., 

 died about the first of June, 1859. Observer since 1857. 



Dr. E. H. Barton, formerly of New Orleans, died at Charleston, 

 S. C, in September, 1859. 



Dr. John James, Upper Alton, Illinois, observer since 1854, died 

 October 11, 1859. 



Dr. John F. Posey, Savannah, Ga., died in January, 18G0. Ob- 

 server since previous to 1854. 



