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Sending his paper on the petrified forest near Cairo, read at the April 

 meeting. 



From Alexander H. Everett, Springfield, Massachusetts, July 23, 

 1844. 



From R. K. Haight, New York, July 24, 1844. 



From Hon. John C. Spencer, New York, July 26, 1844 : Offering 

 suggestions in regard to the publication of the proceedings of the 

 April meeting. 



From the same, same date and place : Acknowledging honorary 

 membership, &ic. 



From J. W. Dana, Fayetteville, Lincoln County, Tennessee, 

 July 27, 1844: Enclosing ^5 for the proceedings about to be pub- 

 lished. 



From Professor M. Jacobs, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 29, 

 1844. 



From Asbury Dickins, Secretary of Senate, July 29, 1844. 



From Professor B. Halloweil, Sandy Spring, Maryland, July 30, 

 1844 : Enclosing his essay read before the April meeting. 



From Hon. J. R. Poinsett, South Carolina, July 30, 1844 : 

 Transmitting letter from T. Lloyd Halsey, who has presented a 

 picture to the Institute, which he left at Rome. 



From Gales & Seaton, Washington, July 30, 1844: Enclos- 

 ing note from Hon. Mr. Payne, of Alabama, in which he requests 

 copies of the publications of the Institute for the Hon. Chief Justice 

 of Alabama, Henry W. Collier. 



From Rev. John G. Morris, D. D., Baltimore, July 30, 1844 : 

 Giving an account of what he and Mr. Townsend have done to 

 preserve Count Castelnan's collection of insects, and the condition 

 in which they found it. 



From Dr. Frederick A. Davisson, Hillsborough, Loudon County, 

 Virginia, August 1, 1844: Acknowledging membership, and sending 

 two boxes, one of bivalve shells, the other of minerals, &c. 



From Joseph T. Dutton, Brooklyn, Long Island, August 1, 1844: 

 Describing certain meteorological phenomena observed by him ; the 

 mirage. 



From F. J. Grund, U. S. Consul, Antwerp, Philadelphia, August 

 7, 1844. 



From Hugh A. Goldsborough, Washington, August 10, 1844. 



From W. B. Hodgson, New York, 1844. 



From Caleb Cushing, American Minister to China, Aden, Arabia, 

 November 3, 1843: Describing the British stronghold of Aden, in 

 Arabia. 



From the same, Bombay, November 26, 1843: Description of 

 Bombay, &ic. 



From A. B. Russell, to Hon. J. R. Ingersoll, New York, March 

 16, 1844: On the advantages of a National Institute, he, &c. 



From F, Boott, M. D., London, .March 29, 1844. 



