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Stated Meeting^ February 5, 1875. 



Present, 13 members. 



Vice-President, Mr, Fraley, in the chair. 



A letter enclosing his carte cle visite photograph for the 

 album was. received from Dr. Robert Peter, dated Lexington, 

 Ky., Jan. 28, 1875. 



A letter of acknowledgment (92) was received from the 

 Rantoul Literary Society, Jan. 26, 1875. 



A letter of envoy was received from Mr. Alex. Agassiz, 

 dated Cambridge, Jan., 1875, stating that missing numbers 

 of his father's works, for the Society's set, were sent by 

 express to supply the deficiency, and requesting the return 

 of any duplicate parts in the possession of the Society. 



Donations for the Library were received from Dr. Max. 

 Marques de Carvalho, of Rio Janeiro ; Mr. P. W. C. Traf- 

 ford, of Zurich; the R. Belgian Academy; the Editors of 

 Revue Politique, and Nature, and the British Trade Jour- 

 nal ; the Royal Astronomical Society ; Mr. Alex. Agassiz, of 

 Cambridge, Mass.; the Franklin Institute ; Editors of 

 Penn Monthlj^, Medical J^ews, Journal of the Medical 

 Sciences, Journal of Pharmacy, and the American Chemist ; 

 Mr. H. C. Carey ; the Chief of Engineers of the United States ; 

 and the Geological and Agricultural Survey of Texas. 



The death of Mr. Nathaniel Bradstreet Shurtleff, at Bos- 

 ton, Oct. 17, 1874, aged 63, was announced by the Secretary. 



The death of Mr. Francis Kiernan, F.R.S.,Dec. 31, 1874, 

 was announced by the Secretary, 



Mr., Coleman Sellers announced that he was prepared to 

 read an obituary notice of the late Joseph Harrison at the 

 next meeting. 



A letter was received from Daniel B. Smith, of German- 

 town, Philadelphia, quoting a letter from Mrs. Davidson, 

 dated Nagasaki, Dec. 10, 1874, describing the scene of ob- 

 servations at the time of transit : 

 To THE American Philosophical Society : 



I have this morning received a letter fioni Prof. Davidson's wife, 

 dated. Nagasaki, Dec. 10, 1874, wliich I transcribe for tlie Society : 



