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Referring to various works presented by him to the Institute, and 

 asking for a copy of third bulletin. 



From P. S. Duponceau, Philadelphia, June 5, 1843 : Acknowledg- 

 ing letters, &,c., and enclosing programme of papers, &ic., read be- 

 fore the hundredth anniversary meeting of the American Philosophi- 

 cal Society ; also a copy of the Royal Institute of France, for 

 1841. 



From Col. J. G. Totten, Washington, June 7, 1843. 



From P. A. Browne, Philadelphia, June 7, 1843 : Enclosing 

 railroad receipt for the box containing the specimen of rock referred 

 to in a former letter, and a deposition respecting it by ]\lr. Mervine, 

 and a geological profile of the formation of rock between Philadel- 

 phia and Norristown, in which the specimen was discovered. 



From Chev. G. de Lisboa, Minister of Brazil, to the President of 

 the Institute, Washington, June 8, 1843 : Presenting to the Institute, 

 in the name of the Government of Brazil, a copy of the Flora Flu- 

 minensis, published by that Government, in eleven folio volumes, and 

 index. 



From Henry Wheaton, American Minister, Berlin, April 26, 

 1843 : On the errors of Dr. Robinson's account of the last days of 

 the Emperor Charles V. 



From William Anderson, Washington, June 12, 1843: Enclosing 

 copy of a charge delivered by his father. Judge Anderson, to the 

 grand jury of the district of Hamilton, in the territory south of the 

 Ohio, at the October term, 1794. 



The letter of the Chev. de Lisboa accompanying the Flora Flu- 

 minensis, presented to the Institute, and the letter in reply, were 

 read. 



Whereupon the Corresponding Secretary ofTered the following re- 

 solutions, which were adopted : 



Resolved, That the Chevalier G. de Lisboa, Minister of Brazil, 

 near the Government of the United States, be requested to convey 

 to the Government of Brazil the thanks of the National Institute, 

 for the splendid work called the Flora Fluminensis, presented by 

 it to the Institute. 



Resolved, That the thanks of the Institute be presented to the 

 Chevalier de Lisboa, for the polite manner In which he has executed 

 the wishes of his Government in this regard, and for the friendly 

 terms in which those wishes have been communicated by him. 



Mr. Nicollet addressed the meeting at length on the subject of the 

 valuable work presented to the Institute by the Government of Bra- 

 zil, and moved, " That the work, and the resolutions just passed on 

 the subject, be referred, for examination and report, to a special com- 

 mittee of three persons, to be appointed by the Chair;" which was 

 carried. 



And Mr. Nicollet, Dr. Pickering, and Mr. Rich, were ap- 

 pointed. 



