[Nov. 6, 



Joseph G. Rosengarten, Philadelphia; Kansas Academy of 

 Science, Topeka. 



Accessions to the Library were reported from the Societe 

 Imp. Russe de Geographic, St. Petersburg ; Tnstitut Meteoro- 

 logique de Roumanie, Bucharest; Bataviaasch Genootschap 

 van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, Batavia ; K. Akademie van 

 Wetenschappen, Amsterdam ; Institute y Observatorio de 

 Marina, San Fernando ; Philological Society, Cambridge, Eng- 

 land ; Meteorological Council, London ; Mr. Samuel Timmins, 

 Arley, near Coventry, England ; Mr. James B. Francis, Lowell, 

 Mass.; Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston; Hartford 

 Theological Seminary, Mr. J. A. Spalding, Hartford ; Geologi- 

 cal Survey of Penrsylvania, Harrisburg ; American Society 

 for Extension of University Teaching, University Marine Bio- 

 logical Association, Prof. Edwin J. Houston, MacCalla & Com- 

 pany, Philadelphia ; Commissioner of Pensions, Bureau of 

 Education, U. S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Dr. 

 Albert S. Gatschet, Washington, D. C. 



The death of Hon. William Morris Davis at Philadelphia, 

 was announced as having occurred in October, 1891. 



On motion of Secretary Brmton, the paper of Dr. Boaz, on 

 "Indian Languages," was ordered to be printed in the Proceed- 

 ings. 



A communication on " The Electrolysis of Metallic For- 

 mates," by Hill Sloane Warwick, was presented by Secretary 

 Barker. 



Curator Patterson Du Bois presented the following report 

 on the examination, by Mr. Paul Leicester Ford, of the auto- 

 graph copy of the Declaration of Independence owned by the 

 Society. 



Notes on the Various Copies of the Declaration of Independence in Jeffer- 

 son's Handwriting. 



According to order the Society's copy of the Declaration of Independ- 

 ence was examined by Mr. Paul Leicester Ford, in the meeting room of 

 the Society, on Wednesday, October 21, 1891, in my presence as Curator. 

 The following facts were obtained from Mr. Ford. 



