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forth, the advancement of all the departments of positive knowledge, 

 and the promotion of intercourse between those who are zealous for 

 their cultivation. In the reorganization the name adopted was "The 

 American Association for the Advancement of Science." The meet- 

 ings have been held annually (except during the years 1861 to 1865, 

 inclusive) in different cities of the Union, and have contributed large- 

 ly to the progress of American Science. 



Candidates for membership were proposed. 



Adjourned. 



LETTERS ANNOUNCED. 



Akhurst, J., Brooklyn, X. T., Jan. 25; Aldrich, T. H., Troy, N. Y., Jan. 19, 23; 

 Allen, B. R., Marblehead, Feb. 4; Almy, James F., Salem, Jan. 29; American 

 Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, Feb. 5; Atkinson, F. P., Cambridge, Feb. 10; 

 Boardman, Samuel L., Augusta, Me., Feb. 5; Boston Public Library, Boston, Jan. 

 23; Brown, W. B., Marblehead, Feb. 1; Ball, W. H., Washington, D. C., Jan. 20; 

 Beane, R., Cambridge, Feb. 4; Dreer, F. J., Philadelphia, Feb. 5; Elder, J. G., 

 Lewiston, Me., Feb. 8; Fellows, R. J., New Haven, Conn., Feb. 13; Freiburg, Die 

 Naturforshend(S Gesellschaft, Oct. 18, 1868 ; Goodwin, W.F., Richmond, Va., Jan*12, 

 28; Harvard College, Corporation of, Cambridge, Jan. 19; Hazeltine, Amos, jr., 

 Haverhill, Jan. 29; How, Moses, Haverhill, Jan. 28; Howard, Charles D., Peabody, 

 Jan. 25; Jenks, E. H., Pawtucket, R. I., Nov. 30, 1868; Kennedy, George G., Rox- 

 bury, Feb. 5; Langworthy, I. P., Boston, Feb. 5; London, Society of Antiquaries, 

 Nov. 23, 1888 ; London Zoological Society, Nov.16, 1868 ; Lugduno-Batavse, Bibliotheca 

 Universitatis, Sept. 14, 1868; Lynn Public Library, Feb. 2; Maine Historical 

 Society, Brunswick, Jan. ; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Jan. 

 19; Mead, Theodore L., New York, Jan. 19; Newhall, Josiah, Lynnfleld, Feb. 5; 

 New York Lyceum of Natural History, New York, Jan. 25; Nurnberg, Die Natur- 

 historische, Gesellschaft, Oct. 1, 1868; Owen, Richard, Bloomington, Ind., Jan. 23, 

 Feb. 10; Park, Frank, Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 16; Peabody Institute, Baltimore, 

 Md., Jan. 30; Perkins, Henry C., Newburyport, Jan, 28; Poole, Stephen D., Lynn, 

 Jan. 20, Feb. 3; Putnam, Moses W., Haverhill, Jan. 29; Quebec Literary and 

 Historical Society, Quebec, Jan. 21; Reakirt, John, Philadelphia, Jan. 5; Runkle, 

 J. D., Boston, Jan. 26; Sampson, Davenport & Co., Boston, Feb. 3; Thornton, J. 

 Wingate, Boston, Mch. 15; Uhler, P. R., Baltimore, Md., Jan. 27> Veatch, Charles, 

 Keytesville, Mb., Feb. 6; Verrill,A.E., New Haven, Conn., Jan. 16, Feb. 2; Waters, 

 J. Linton, Chicago, 111., Jan. 15; Warren, G. K., St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 18, 1868. 



ADDITIONS TO THE LIBRARY. 



BY DONATION. 



BUTLER, B. F., M. C. Sherman's Speech in U. S. Senate, Jan. 6, 1869, on " Char- 

 tering of Railroad Companies," 8vo. pamph ; Shank's Speech in U. S. House of 

 Representatives, Jan. 7, 1869, on "Recognition of Crete, 8vo. pamph.; Logan's 

 Speech in U. S. House of Representatives, Jan. 8, 1869, on "Tenure of Office," Svo, 

 pamph.; Cary's Speech in U. S. House of Representatives, Jan. 5, 1869, 8vo, 



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