280 PROCEEDINGS OF [1843. 



One old Land Chart of 1742. — From James R. Furgeso7i. 



Two Indian Anow-Heads, from Virginia; one Shell, and one Stone 



Tomahawk, from Virginia ; one Stalactite, from Wier's Cave. — 



From Carr Thornbernj. 

 Eight Copper Coins, six Silver Coins, and eleven Tokens. — From 



James Hawks. 

 One Corporation Note of Washington City. — From S. P. Frank- 



Ivi. 

 Plaster Bust of Hon. Levi Woodbury. — From H. L. Ellsworth. 

 One Silver Coin of Prussia, 127 years old. — From Maurice Whail, 



Baltimore. 

 Several olu Newspapers relating to the City of Washington. — From 



John Sessford. 



Stated Meeting, March 13, 1843. 



The Corresponding Secretary announced the following contribu- 

 tions and deposites : 



For the Cabinet. 



Box, containing Coal, Fossils, and Huano. — From fV. JVheelright, 



Chile. 

 Box of Minerals, &z.c., from South America. — From General Sem- 



ple, late Charge d' Affaires, Bogota. 

 Box of Minerals, Fossils, &c., from Wisconsin. — From Stephen 



Taylor and General Smith, Mineral Point, Wisconsin. 

 Bottle, containing specimen of the Hand Flower of Mexico. — From 



Peyton A. Southall, Baltimore. 

 Jar, containing Fish ; Jar, containing Centipedes ; Skin of a Sea 



Wolf. — From C. P. Patterson, U. S. Navy. 

 Package of dried Plants, from the highest Mountains of South Ame- 

 rica. — From Professor Jameson, Q^uito, by the hands of Seth 



Sn'eetzer, Consul of the United States, Guayaquil. 

 Box of Minerals and Silurian Fossils of New York. — From Jona 



Pearson, Librarian and Curator of Museum of Natural History, 



Union College, Schenectady. 

 Specimens of Bitumen, pure and mixed with pebbles, from Cuba. — 



From the Hon. Daniel Webster. 

 Box of Minerals, &ic., from the Hon. Daniel Webster. — From T. 



B. Livingston, U. S. Consul, Halifax, Nova Scotia. 



For the Library. 



American Quarterly Register and Journal of the American Educa- 

 tion Society of Boston, (series complete.) — From Samuel H. 

 Riddell, Secretary of the Society. 



Esiatuios de la Sociedad Economica Barcelonesa de Amigos del Pais, 



