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menibeislii|), and staling that he has directed his publishers to for- 

 ward, as a present, his " Conquest of Mexico." 



From Hon. Edmund Burke, House of Representatives, Washing- 

 ton, June 4, 1844: Presenting a box of minerals from Henry Neal, 

 of Unity, New Hampshire. 



From J\. C. Brooks, President of (he High School, Baltimore, 

 June 4, 1844 : Asking contributions for the museum of the high 

 school. 



From Lieut. J. H. Ward, U. S. Navy, Washington, June 5, 

 1844 : Communicating letter from the Connecticut Historical So- 

 ciety, appointing him a delegate to the April meeting. 



From Alex. Vattemare, Paris, June 6, 1844: Forwarding further 

 letters of thanks from persons elected members ; asking for money to 

 aid in defraying his expenses in behalf of the Institute ; fears he will 

 be obliged to abandon his enterprise on this account; complainino- 

 that his labors are not appreciated in the United States, and wishing 

 the presents he sends to be considered as for exchanges, &c. 



From Major E. G. W. Butler, Dumboyne Plantation, Bayou 

 Gould Post Office, Louisiana, June 7, 1844: Has sent a box of 

 plants of the cherry, wild peach, swamp dogwood, &c., and details 

 curious changes which the cherry has undergone by expatriation, and 

 hopes experiments may be made on it by the Institute. 



From W. B. Hodgson, (of Savannah,) New York, June 8, 1844: 

 Remarks on M. Gustave d'Eichthal's memoir on the primitive his- 

 tory of the Oceanic (Polynesian) and American races. 



From Hon. Dixon H. Lewis, U. S. Senate, June 10, 1844. 



From John C. Brent, Washington, June 10, 1844. 



From B. B. Minor, editor Southern Literary Messenger, Rich- 

 mond, Virginia, June 10, 1844: Asking information about'' the Insti- 

 tute. 



From Professor M. Jacobs, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, June 12 

 1844. 



From Hon. Sidney Breese, U. S. Senate, to Mr. Choate, June 

 13, 1844. 



From Hon. Rufus Choate, U. S. Senator, June 14, 1844. 



From P. Thompson, Washington, June 14, 1844: Enclosino- 

 ^105, subscribed for M. Vattemare. " 



From Hon. L. Woodbury, U. S. Senator, to Mr. Townsend, June 

 17, 1844 : Consenting to deliver the next annual address, and re- 

 gretting that the House did not concur with the Senate in granting 

 the appropriation asked for by the Institute. 



From Hon. J. J. Crittenden, U. S. Senator, June 17, 1844. 



From G. Bernard, New York, June 20, 1844. 



From George Moore, U. S. Consul, Trieste, June 22, 1844 : Re- 

 ferring to former letters respecting a box of plants sent to the Insti- 

 tute, by Signer Tommasini, and presenting a collection of ancient 

 coins, which he has shipped by the Camilla to New York. 

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