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February 5, 1845. 

 Dr. A. A. Gould in the Chair. 



Dr. Gould read extracts from a letter from Mr. James 

 Hall, Geologist of New York, making corrections in the 

 report of his remarks at the meeting of the Society on the 

 21st February last, published in the Proceedings, page 173. 

 The knob of Serpentine in the neighborhood of Syracuse, 

 N. Y. was stated to have been first noticed by Professor 

 Vanuxem, and not as there reported, by Mr. Hall himself. 



A letter was read, addressed to the President of the Society, 

 by John J. Dixwell, Esq. executor, giving notice that by the 

 last will and testament of the late John Parker, Esq. a be- 

 quest of two thousand dollars had been made to the Society, 

 which sum the executors were ready to pay to such person 

 as the Society might authorize to receive it in its behalf. 

 The following votes were then passed : 



Voted, That the Society will accept the legacy of two 

 thousand dollars bequeathed to it by the late John Parker, 

 Esq. 



Voted, That the President be authorized to receive from 

 the executors the amount of the legacy bequeathed to this 

 Society by said will, and to execute to said executors, in 

 the name and behalf of this society, a receipt or other in- 

 strument in full discharge and satisfaction of the same. 



Voted, That the Secretary be requested to communicate 

 to the representatives of Mr. Parker the high sense which 

 this Society entertains of the honorable motives which dic- 

 tated the bequest, and their grateful acknowledgment of the 

 liberal aid thus rendered to the Society, and to the cause of 

 science. 



Voted, That the President be directed to pay over the 

 amount of said legacy to John J. Dixwell, Esq. Treasurer of 

 this Society, to be by him permanently invested in such 

 securities as he may think proper, with the concurrence of 



