356 PROCEEDINGS OF [1844. 



The medal voled to Capt. Stewart has not been recovered. 



No. 1, Washington ; No. 2, Wayne ; No. 3, Fleury ; No. 4, Col. Washington ; 

 No. 5, Captors of Andr^ ; No. 6, Howard ; No. 7, Green ; No. 8, Preble ; No. 

 9, Jones. — Whole number, 9. 



Additio.val Series. 



No. 1, State of Pennsylvania to Perry; No. 2, Inauguration, Van Buren ; No. 

 3, Visit to the Mint, Tyler.— Whole number, 3. 



Aggregate number, 49 . 



Ffoni Abbott Lawrence, Boston, March 29, 1844 : Contributing 

 $100 towards the expenses of the meeting of the Institute, &c. 



From Hon. Richard Rush, Philadelphia, March 30, 1844 : Sending 

 a communication on the Smithson legacy to be read at the April 

 meeting, and contributes ^'5 towards the expenses, he. 



From Capt. J. H. Aulick, U. S. Navy, Washington, March 30, 

 1844: Presenting a volume, &ic. 



From Samuel H. Tyson, Custom House, Philadelphia, March 30, 

 1844: Has forwarded a box to the Institute, &c. 



From Professor J. W. Bailey, (to Col. Totten,) West Point, 

 March 30, 1844: Enclosing a paper on American polythalamia, to 

 be read at the April meeting of the Institute, and subscribing ^5, &ic. 



From Professor S. S. Haldeman, Columbia, Pennsylvania, March 

 30, 1644. 



From Com. W. C. Nicholson, U. S. Navj', Boston, March 30, 

 1844 : Respecting the box of antique vases, SiC, left in the care of 

 Com. Morris, &c. 



From J. H. Alexander, Baltimore, March .30, 1844. 



From Professor H. St. George Tucker, University, Virginia, April 

 1, 1844: Presenting several works from his own pen, &ic. 



From Dr. R. Dunglison, Secretary American Philosophical So- 

 ciety, Philadelphia, April 1, 1844: Announcing the death of Mr. 

 Duponceau, late President of the American Philosophical Society, 

 and an honorary member of the Institute, &c. 



From Robert Serrell Wood, of Philadelphia, Washington, April 

 1, 1844: Presenting his work on electricity to be distributed among 

 the members, &c. 



From D. J. M. Loop, (to Mr. Spencer,) Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 

 April 1, 1844: Asking for information respecting the Institute, &tc. 



From Henry Wheatland, Salem, Massachusetts, April 1, 1844: 

 Subscribing .9 10 for two volumes of the publication, if made, of the 

 proceedings of the meeting in April, and will forward minerals, shells, 

 &c., &tc., if they will be acceptable. 



From Dr. M. C. Buck, Washington, April 2, 1844: Sending 

 specimens of copper ore, &:c., from an old mine in Warren County, 

 Virginia, with a letter from his nephew describing them. 



From Robert A. Parrish, Jr., Philadelphia, April 2, 1844 : Com- 

 municating to the Institute a paper entitled " Solution of the princi- 

 ple of the rotation and divergence of a watch crystal when placed on 

 a drop of water upon an inclined glass plane," he. 



