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1817, fossils from Huntsville, Alabama, were presented by Mr. 

 J. D. Clifford, and a considerable collection from Europe, by Mr. 

 Wm. Maclure ; and in 1818, the latter gentlemen made import- 

 ant donations. During the same year, Dr* R. E. Griffith, and 

 Mr. A. Jessup, presented collections of fossils. 



Subsequently, a series of vegetable impressions from the coal 

 districts of Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, and Rhode Island, 

 was presented by Drs. Hays, Griffith, Morton, and Mr. B. Say. 



Mr. Samuel Hazard presented a collection of pentremite, 

 encrinite, and other fossils from the vicinity of Huntsville, Ala- 

 bama. 



A series of fossil shells, illustrating all the formations of the 

 Paris basin, was presented by Messrs. Keating, Vanuxem, 

 M'Euen, Lesueur, and Pennock. 



A series of fossils from the oolite of England, was presented 

 by Dr. R. E. Griffith. 



Mr/ and Mrs. T. Say, presented a series of European and 

 American fossils, chiefly from the eocene strata. 



Dr. S. G. Morton presented fossil shells, Crustacea, and zoo- 

 phytes, illustrative of the cretaceous deposits of the United States. 



Mr. T. A. Conrad presented an extensive series of the tertiary 

 fossils of Maryland, Virginia, Alabama, &c., chiefly collected by 

 himself. 



Mr. J. Price Wetherill deposited two distinct collections. 



The Steinhaur collection, which was made in England about 

 forty years ago, by the late Rev. Henry Steinhaur, is particularly 

 rich in fossil plants, from the coal basin of Yorkshire, and in 

 testacea and zoophytes from the lias, oolitic, and cretaceous 

 formations of various parts of Great Britain. 



The Clifford collection was made by the late Mr. Clifford, of 

 Cincinnati, and purchased by Mr. Wetherill. It contains an ex- 

 tensive and beautiful series of fossil remains from the carbonife- 

 rous deposits of the valley of the Mississippi ; together with the 

 skeleton of the Megalonyx laqueatus of Dr. Harlan, and nume- 

 rous bones and teeth of the mastodon, elephant, &c. 



In 1837, the collection of fossils was estimated to contain 

 nearly 4,000 specimens, including those on deposit. In July, 

 1846, Mr. Wetherill presented his entire collections, which had 

 been previously deposited ; and at the same time, conjointly with 



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