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From Hon. W. P. Thomasson, of Kentucky, House of Represen- 

 tatives, January 22, 1844: Asking copy of constitution and last 

 annual report of the National Institute. 



From Wm. Oland Bourne, Brooklyn, Long Island, January 22, 

 1844 : Offering remarks and suggestions respecting the National and 

 Smithsonian Institutes ; stating that he has sent on a collection of min- 

 erals ; and that he will do any thing in his power to serve the Insti- 

 tute, &c. 



From Rev. Thomas S. Savage, M. D., Protestant Episcopal 

 Missionary to Cape Palmas, W. Africa, Fredericksburg, Virginia, 

 January 22, 1844. 



From Hon. Gov. Kemble, of New York, Washington, January 

 23, 1844. 



From Hugh B. Sweeny, Washington, January 24, 1844. 

 From W. D. Brackenridge, Washington, January 26, 1844. 

 From W. Wheelright, London, (received January 28, 1844 :) 

 Transmitting his report of steam navigation in the Pacific, and will 

 be happy to be useful to the Institute when he returns to South 

 America. 



From R. M. Harrison, U. S. Consul, Kingston, Jamaica, Octo- 

 ber 31, 1843. 



From Rev. John G. Morris, D. D., Baltimore, January 31, 

 1844. 



Rail Road Receipt, January 31, 1844: Accompanying a box 

 from New York. 



From Capt. G. P. Upshur, U. S. Navy, Philadelphia, February 

 3, 1844. 



From Howland k. Aspinwall, New York, February 6, 1844. 

 From Alexandre Vattemare, Paris, December 10, 1843: Ex- 

 plaining his system of exchanges as it concerns the National Insti- 

 tute, fee, forwarding a large collection of books, fee, in advance of 

 a still larger collection he has on hand for the Institute, on which he 

 expects expenses paid, &.c.; and accompanying his letter with various 

 printed and manuscript documents showing the steps he has been 

 taking to promote exchanges of books, works of art, &ic., 8tc., be- 

 tween France and the United States, &c. 



From Professor C. A. Holmboe, Christiania, Norway, October 12, 

 1843 : Expressing his high sense of the honor of membership con- 

 ferred upon him, and sending various contributions to the library and 

 cabinet of the Institute ; proposing, if acceptable, to send on a manu- 

 script copy of his grammar on the language of the Lappons, a noma- 

 dic people who dwell in the Northern parts of Sweden, Norway, and 

 Russia, and which appears to be of the same origin as the dialects of 

 the North American Indians; expressing a desire to obtain works on 

 the Indian languages from the United States. 



From Major General Tcheffkine, General Russian Mining Engi- 



