Circular Letter. xxxvii 



'the Society having appointed a Committee to collet informa- 

 tion refpe^ing the pajl and prefcnt Jlatc of this country, 

 the Committee during the lajl year addrejfed the follotmng 

 letter to fuch peifot/s as 'joere likely^ in their opinion to ad- 

 vance the objcci of the Society. 



[CIRCULAR.] 



PHILOSOPHICAL HALL, PHILADELPHIA. 



Sir, 



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HE American Ph^ofophicai Society have always 

 confidered the antiquity, chiinges, and prelent ftate of their 

 own country as primary objetSs of their refearch ; and 

 with a view to facihtate fuch dil'coveries, a permanent 

 committee has been eftabUflied, among whofe duties the 

 following have been recommended as requiring particular 

 attention. 



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1. To procure one or more entire fkeletons of the Mam- 

 moth, fo called, and of luch other unknown animals as 

 cither have been, or hereafter may be difcovered in America. 



2. To obtain accurate plans, drawings and defcriptions of 

 whatever is interelling, (where the originals cannot be had) 

 and efpecially ot ancient Fortifications, Tumuli, and other 

 Indian works of art : ufcertarning the materials compofing 

 them, their contents, the purpofes for which they were 

 probably defigned, &c. 



3. To invite refearches into the Natural Hill:ory of the 

 Earth, the changes it has undergone as to Mountains, 

 Lakes, Rivers, Prairies, &c. 



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