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Offering to publish at his own expense, with illustrations, his paper 

 on the uiegatherioid fossils of the United States, read at the meeting 

 of April, l'844. 



From D. Groux, INew York, June 15, 1845 : On the subject of 

 his large and valuable cabinet of coins, medals, &c.j offered by him 

 for sale to the Institute. 



*Froin Verina S. Moore, Newbern, North Carolina, June 20, 

 1845: Description of the manner in v4iich one of the bolts to which 

 Columbus was chained when a prisoner at St. Domingo, was pro- 

 cured by the hue Purser R. S. Moore, U. S. Navy, in 1844. 



*From C. S. Todd, American minister in Russia, July 4, 1845 : 

 Describing an undecayed body*that was buried one hundred and 

 thirty years ago at Revel, in Russia, &c. 



*From C. Edwards Lester, U. S. consul, Genoa, July 29, 1845 : 

 On the scientific meetings of Italian savans. 



*From J. G. BrufF, Washington, August 12, 18-15: Description 

 of the effects of lightning on a house near Washington, by which 

 three persons were destroyed, with an illustrative drawing. 



♦From Captain J. H. 'Aulick, U. S. Navy, August 19, 1845: 

 Notice of Mr. Wheelright, an American, who first introduced steam 

 navigation into the Pacific, &.c. 



From Robert Wilson, Louisiana, August 22, 1845: Describing 

 the silk plant of Louisiana, &c. 



*From J. C. Pickett, late U. S. minister to Lima, Peru, August 

 23, 1845 : On the subject of guano of Peru, &c. 



From M. G. de Lisboa, Envoy Extraordinary, Sic, Brazil, Au- 

 gust 24, 1845: Proposing to establish relations of correspondence, 

 &.C., between the National Institute, and the Historical and Geogra- 

 phical Institute of Brazil. 



*From W. Maxwell Wood, M. D., U. S. Navy, (enclosed in 

 letter from Mr. Pickett,) August 25, 1845 : Description of the 

 volcano of Kilaiiea, or Pele's Den, Sandwich Islands. 



From Mr. McGuigan, Philadelphia, August 30, 1845: Proposing 

 to buy the animals sent to the Institute by the Hon. Mr. Wise, U. S. 

 n)inisterin Brazil, or to exchange objects of natural history for them. 



From T. W. Bacot, Postmaster, Charleston, September 3, 1845: 

 Annoimcing that he has a fine rattlesnake, sent for the Institute by 

 Mr. Tharin, and asking how he is to send it on, &c. 



*From General Thomas H. Bradley, of Tennessee, September 4, 

 1845: Correspondence respecting the military coat worn by General 

 Jackson at the battle of New Orleans, and the remarks of N. P. 

 Trist, chief clerk. Department of State, made before the Institute on 

 the occasion of the presentation of the coat by General Bradley, in 

 the name of the citizens of Tennessee. 



*From the Rev. George Duffield, Detroit, September 8, 1845: 

 Observations on the mineral region of Lake Superior, &ic. 



*From Captain Phil. St. George Cooke, first regiment U. S. dra- 

 goons, September 9, 1845: Describing the recent expedition to the 

 Rocky Mountains by the dragoons, under Colonel Kearney, and the 



