292 PROCEEDINGS OF [1843. 



circular of ilie Institute, and sending copies of the annual reports of 

 t!)e Asylum for the Institute. 



From Dr. James P. Screven, Savannah, Georgia, February 13, 

 13, 1843: Sending fossil molar teeth of megatherium, belonging to 

 the Institute. 



From John C. Brown, Custom House, Boston, February 13, 

 1S43: As there are no vessels sailinof from Boston to AVashinuton at 

 this season, he asks whether the box be wrote about in a former let- 

 ter may not be sent by Harnden's express line. 



From L. Warrington Bloat, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Fe- 

 bruary 14, 1843. 



From E. H. Barton, New Orleans, February 14, 1843. 



From James Hall, Geologist, New York, Albany, February 18, 

 1843: Acknowledging second bulletin. Will send to the Institute a 

 collection of specimens. Encloses circular notice of the meeting of 

 the Association of American Geologists and Naturalists at Albany. 

 Will bring the subject of the next meeting at Washington before the 

 Association. 



From John C. Brown, Custom House, Boston, February 21, 

 1843: jVcknowledging letter of the 16th, and forwarding a box from 

 Smyrna, by Harden's express, &c. 



From A. H. Palmer, American and Foreign Agency, ^ew York, 

 February 21, 1843: Enclosing bill of postages against the Institute, 

 and referring to former expenses by Mr. Everett, in London ; also, a 

 letter to him from the Atenco Literario y Cienti6co of Madrid, ac- 

 cepting correspondence of the Institute, stating that certain numbers 

 of the first bulletins never reached him. 



From F. Horner, M. D., Warrenton, Virginia, February 23, 1843: 

 Acknowledging medical circular and replying to its interrogatories, 

 &c. 



From Hon. Levi Woodbury, U. S. Senate, to Mr. Force, Fe- 

 bruary 23, 1843: Enclosing letter from Dr. C. T. Jackson, on the 

 subject of the tin ores of New Hampshire, with an ingot of pure tin, 

 extracted from them, and presented to the National Institute. 



From Hon. Osmyn Baker, House of Representatives, February 

 25, 1843: Asking copies of publications of the Institute, especially 

 those of its Medical Department, for a friend in Massachusetts, who 

 will be useful to the Institute. 



From Professor Lewis R. Gibbes, College, Charleston, South 

 Carolina, February 21, 1S43: Offering thanks for membership. Will 

 forward soon a parcel of plants and a box of shells of South Caro- 

 lina, acknowledging medical circular, and will place it in good hands, 

 &c. 



From W.Byrd Powell, Little Rock, Arkansas, to Col. Abert, Fe- 

 bruary 25, 1843: Forwardinjr, in compliance with Mr. Williams' 

 advice, a box containing one hundred and five mineralogical and geo- 

 logical specimens, with a catalogue and description of the country 



