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Stated Meeting, June 21st, 1878. 
Present, 16 members. 
Vice-President, Mr. Prics, in the chair. 
Dr. Pierce, a newly elected member was introduced 
and took his seat. 
The resignation of Mr. J. Imbrie Miller was received and 
accepted. 
Photographs were received from Mr. L. Louthian Bell, 
dated Rounton Grange, Northallerton, England, May 17th, 
and of M. M. Chevalier, and Mr. Moneure Robinson, from 
the latter. 
Letters of acknowledgment were received from R. I. Kin- 
derdine, Furman Sheppard, R. W. Raymond, H. 8. Hagert, 
Wee. Tatham, W. A. inelam, W. M'" Roberts, Wiebe 
McKean, F. Prime, Jr., C. W. Shields, R. Thayer, and Elihu 
Thomson (Diplomas). Also from the Nassau Association (90 
to 99); Luxembourg Institute (96, 98, 99), and the Daven- 
port Academy (81 to 100). 
Letters of envoy were received from the Royal Academy, 
Stockholm, and Royal Academy, Lisbon. 
A circular letter of invitation to the funeral of [saiah 
Thomas, was received from the Mayor of Worcester, Mass. 
Chairman of a Committee of Invitation ; the funeral to take 
place June 24th. A donation of $500 to the American Phil- 
osophical Society is mentioned among the bequests in the 
will of the deceased. On motion the Secretaries were re- 
quested to respectfully reply. 
Donations for the Library were received from the Acade- 
mies and Societies at St. Petersburg, Moscow, Copenhagen, 
Berlin, Leipsic, Frankfort, Wiesbaden, Luxembourg, Lau- 
sanne, Rome, Lyons, Cherbourg, Dijon, Lille, Bruxelles, and 
Salem, Mass. ; also from the Observatories at St. Petersburg, 
San Fernando, Oxford University, and Mexico; also from 
the Statistical Bureau at Stockholm; German Geological 
Society ; Magazine of General Science, Berlin; Prof. Riiti- 
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