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Coins, (copper.) — From Martin Johnson. 



Medal, (copper.) — From Robert Graham. 



Mineralized Wood. — From Robert Graham. 



White Marble, of which the new General Post Office is built. — 



From Robert Brown. 



Potomac Marble, (breccia.) — From Robert Brown. .1 



Fossils, from James River. — From Robert Brotvn, 



Fuligula marila, two specimens. — From J. G. Bell, of New- York. 



Coin of United States, 1783. — From George W. Palmer, Baltimore. 



Bust of Cuvier. — From Dr. Richard Harlan, of Philadelphia. 



Ostrea virginica, (cluster.) — From Mr. Walker. 



Beaver, (tail,) (castor fiber.) — From R. Coltman. 



Coins, of United States. — From James CaUaghan. 



Sulphuret of Lead. — From Dr. T. B. J. Frye. '1 



Squalus, (teeth.) — From Dr. T. B. J. Frye. 



Astrea, (star fish.) — From Dr. T. B. J. Frye. 



Continental Paper Monej^, (1776.) — From Dr. T. B. J. Frye. 



Coins, Silver and Copper, (eleven pieces.) — From Wm. Shoemalcer. 



Coins, Copper, (thirty-eight pieces.) — From R. B. Fowler. 



Medal, Spanish. — From George Shoemaker. 



Carapex and Plastron, of Terrapin, (Emys.) — From John Bertzel. 



Antlers of Elk, (cervus canadensis.) — From Col. Joseph Tuley, of 



■ Virginia. 



For the Library. 



Nouveau Dictionnaire des Passagers, in German and French, by J. 

 L. Frisch; Leipsig, 1746; 4to. — From Col. J. J. Abert. 



Lectures on Electricity, by G. C. Morgan ; Norwich, 1794; 2 vols. 

 8vo. — From the same. 



New British Traveller, or Complete Modern Universal Display of 

 Great Britain and Ireland, by G. A. Walpole ; London ; folio. — 

 From the same. 



Document No. 158, House of Representatives, 20th Congress, 1st 

 Session ; in relation to the growth and manufacture of Silk, adapt- 

 ed to the different parts of the Union. — From the same. 



Elements of the Geometry of Planes and Solids, with plates, by F. 

 R. Hassler; 1828; 8vo. — From the same. 



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