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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  CALIFORNIA 
  

  

  alogical 
  Society, 
  July 
  9th, 
  1873, 
  by 
  George 
  Henry 
  Preble. 
  The 
  

   correspondence 
  referred 
  to 
  is 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  (Jommandant's 
  Office, 
  Navy 
  Yard, 
  ) 
  

   Philadelphia, 
  June 
  6th, 
  1874. 
  ) 
  

   James 
  Lick, 
  Esq. 
  

  

  Dear 
  Sir 
  : 
  Seeing 
  in 
  the 
  paper 
  this 
  morning 
  an 
  account 
  of 
  your 
  having 
  left 
  

   several 
  thousand 
  dollars 
  to 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  San 
  Francisco 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  erect- 
  

   ing 
  a 
  monument 
  to 
  the 
  author 
  of 
  the 
  " 
  Star 
  Spangled 
  Banner," 
  I 
  am 
  prompted 
  

   to 
  send 
  you 
  a 
  copy 
  of 
  my 
  pamphlet, 
  ''Three 
  Historic 
  Flags," 
  which 
  will 
  give 
  

   you 
  a 
  history 
  of 
  the 
  flag 
  of 
  Fort 
  McHenry, 
  and 
  a 
  heliotype 
  of 
  the 
  flag. 
  I 
  also 
  

   enclose 
  a 
  few 
  fragments 
  of 
  the 
  flag 
  itself, 
  which 
  is 
  now 
  in 
  my 
  charge, 
  at 
  the 
  

   rooms 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  England 
  Historic 
  Genealogical 
  Society, 
  to 
  which 
  my 
  friend, 
  

   Captain 
  William 
  0. 
  Parker, 
  U. 
  S. 
  N., 
  not 
  long 
  since 
  proposed 
  you 
  as 
  a 
  cor- 
  

   responding 
  member. 
  Excuse 
  this 
  intrusion 
  from 
  a 
  stranger 
  in 
  admiration 
  of 
  

   your 
  noble 
  generosity, 
  and 
  I 
  am, 
  

  

  Very 
  truly, 
  yours, 
  

  

  GEO. 
  HENRY 
  PREBLE, 
  

   Commodore 
  U. 
  S. 
  N., 
  Commandant 
  Naval 
  Station, 
  Philadelphia, 
  Penn. 
  

  

  Prof. 
  Geo. 
  Davidson, 
  President 
  California 
  Academy 
  of 
  Sciences. 
  

  

  Dear 
  Sir 
  : 
  Through 
  the 
  kindness 
  of 
  Commodore 
  George 
  Henry 
  Preble, 
  Com- 
  

   mandant 
  of 
  the 
  Naval 
  Station 
  at 
  Philadelphia, 
  I 
  am 
  favored 
  with 
  three 
  small 
  

   fragments 
  or 
  pieces 
  of 
  the 
  battle-flag 
  which 
  waved 
  over 
  Fort 
  McHenry, 
  at 
  

   Baltimore, 
  during 
  the 
  bombardment, 
  on 
  the 
  13th 
  and 
  14th 
  of 
  September, 
  1814 
  ; 
  

   and, 
  in 
  presenting 
  them 
  to 
  the 
  Academy, 
  I 
  do 
  so, 
  regarding 
  them 
  as 
  precious 
  

   mementoes 
  of 
  a 
  great 
  event, 
  and 
  trust 
  they 
  will 
  be 
  carefully 
  preserved 
  and 
  

   cherished 
  by 
  the 
  Academy 
  as 
  among 
  their 
  most 
  interesting 
  relics. 
  

  

  That 
  they 
  will 
  be 
  so 
  preserved 
  I 
  am 
  assured, 
  as 
  well 
  from 
  the 
  fact 
  of 
  their 
  

   being 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  original 
  Star 
  Spangled 
  banner, 
  which 
  floated 
  so 
  triumph- 
  

   antly 
  over 
  Fort 
  McHenry, 
  "Amid 
  the 
  rocket's 
  red 
  glare 
  and 
  bombs 
  bursting 
  

   in 
  air," 
  and 
  which 
  inspired 
  Francis 
  Scott 
  Key 
  in 
  writing 
  our 
  noble 
  anthem, 
  

   as 
  for 
  the 
  thoughtful 
  kindness 
  of 
  Commodore 
  Preble 
  in 
  presenting 
  them. 
  

   Yours 
  respectfully, 
  

  

  JAMES 
  LICK. 
  

  

  Donations 
  to 
  the 
  Library 
  : 
  Professor 
  Davidson 
  presented 
  " 
  Comparison 
  of 
  the 
  

   methods 
  of 
  determining 
  heights 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  leveling, 
  vertical 
  angles, 
  and 
  baro- 
  

   metrical 
  measures, 
  from 
  observations 
  at 
  Bodega 
  Head 
  and 
  Ross 
  Mountain, 
  by 
  

   George 
  Davidson 
  and 
  Charles 
  A. 
  Schott, 
  Assistants 
  U. 
  S. 
  Coast 
  Survey." 
  Pro- 
  

   fessor 
  Edward 
  S. 
  Morse 
  presented 
  " 
  Remarks 
  on 
  the 
  Relations 
  of 
  Anomia 
  "; 
  

   " 
  On 
  the 
  Tarsus 
  and 
  Carpus 
  of 
  Birds" 
  ; 
  " 
  On 
  the 
  Systematic 
  position 
  of 
  the 
  

   Brachwpodn 
  " 
  ; 
  " 
  Embryology 
  of 
  Terrehratulina 
  "; 
  " 
  On 
  the 
  Early 
  Stages 
  of 
  

   Ascidian" 
  ; 
  "On 
  the 
  Early 
  Stages 
  of 
  Terebmtulina 
  septentrionalis." 
  From 
  

  

  