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146 Association of American Geologists and Naturalists. 
Art. XIV.—Third Annual Meeting of the Association of Amer- 
ican Geologists and Naturalists.* 
Monday, April 25th, 1842, 9 o’clock, A. M.—Association met 
at Boston, pursuant to adjournment of last meeting. 
Dr. Morton (the chairman) not having arrived, Prof. Locke 
was called to the chair. Dr. C. T. Jackson, secretary. Mr. 
Josiah D. Whitney and Mr. Moses B. Williams were appoint- 
ed assistant secretaries. 
Letters were then read by the secretary from Messrs. W. W. 
Mather, Robert Gilmore, H. H. Hayden, Baron Lederer, Francis 
Markoe, Jr., R. Harlan. An extract from a letter received from 
Dr. Douglas Houghton, was read by Prof. Beck. It was then 
Resolved, That all those gentlemen, whether of this or any 
other country, who are interested in geology and the allied branch- 
es of science, and who may be present on this occasion, be invi~ 
ted to unite with the Association in its deliberations. 
A letter being read by the secretary from Prof. Silliman, sta- 
ting his readiness to comply with the wishes of the Association, 
either to deliver a address before the Association alone or before 
to public :-—It w: 
Resolved, hat the address of Prof, Silliman be delivered to 
the Association in presence of the public. 
Resolved, That the local committee be authorized to make all 
necessary arrangements for the accommodation of the audience 
during the delivery of this address. 
Resolved, That any gentleman requesting permission to read 
a paper, on condition that it be returned to him without an ab- 
stract of its contents having been entered on the minutes, may 
have the privilege, on merely allowing its title to be recorded. 
* Asa rule of the Association excludes mere oral remarks from the records on 
account of the difficulty of reporting them correctly, but sanctions the subsequent 
‘aieeey nine of them by their authors, and as these minutes were thus fur- 
some gentlemen and not b y otbeta, this will account for the very dis- 
minutes were ; communicated, although the Association 
g I periods when he favored 
