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Stated Meeting^ January 15, 1869. 



Present, ten members. 



John C. Ceesson, Yice-President, in tTie Chair. 



Letters of acknowledgment were received from tlie Society 

 of Emulation of Abbeville and the E,oyal Institution. 



Letters of envoi were received from the Meteorological 

 Office of the Eoyal Society, and from the Society of Physical 

 and Natural Sciences at Bordeaux, recj[uesting an exchange 

 of publications, which was referred to the Secretaries with 

 power to act. 



A request for the loan of Mariana's History of Spain for 

 six months from President Coppee, was referred to the Li- 

 brary Committee with power to act. 



A copy of No. 80 of the Proceedings, just published, was 

 laid on the table by the Secretaries. 



Donations for the Library were received from M. Foucou, 

 Mr. O. Warner, Secr'y Com. Massachusetts, Dr. B. A. Gould, 

 Mr. S. Scudder, Boston Public Library, New Jersey Histori- 

 cal Society, Dr. Joseph Parrish, the Blind Asylum, Medical 

 News, Librarian of Congress, Treasuiy Department, and Dr. 

 Rushenberger. 



The death of C. F. P. von Martins, at Munich, Decem- 

 ber 13, 1868, was announced by letter from his son, Dr. C. 

 A. Martins. 



The death of John Cassin, at Philadelphia, January 10, 

 1869, aged 55, Avas announced by Dr. Le Conte, and on mo- 

 tion of Dr. Eushenberger, Dr. Bridges was requested to pre- 

 pare an obituary notice of the deceased. 



The following communication was received from Prof. 

 T. C. Porter, dated, Easton, Pa., Jan. 6, 1869. 



Mr. Boyd's letter has arrived, and the following extracts contain all 

 the information he can now give concerning the Indian inscriptions near 

 Peach Bottom : 



"The rocks from which I copied the figures sent you are granitic, very 



