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by him, of Dr. Franklin, for William Alexander's grandson, Henry J. 

 Williams, Esq., of Philadelphia. The copy was placed by Franklin, 

 about 1765, in the keeping of the Supreme Executive Council of Penn- 

 sylvania, and upon the abolition of that body at the time of the Revo- 

 lution came into the hands (probably) of Mr. Peale when his Museum 

 was in the Hall of the American Philosophical Society, and was by him 

 there left at the removal of the Museum to the State House. This state- 

 ment is made to Dr. Carson by Mr. Williams, who has the original. 



Stated Meeting, April 2, 1875. 



Present 15 members. 



Mr. Eli K. Price, ia the chair. 



Letters of envoy were received from the Meteorological 

 Office of the Royal Society, London, March, 1875; and the 

 U. S. Department of the Interior, Washington, March 19, 

 1875. 



A letter from Harvard College Library was received re- 

 questing a missing signature, pages 225-232 of the Proceed- 

 ings, Vil. XIIL 



Donations for the Library were received from the Prus- 

 sian and Belgian Academies ; the Editors of the Revue 

 Politique and Nouvelles Meteorologiques ; the Astronomical 

 Society ; Meteorological Committee of the Royal Society ; 

 the Cobden Club; and the Editors of "J^ature;" the 

 Chief Greologist of Canada ; Essex Institute ; College of Phar- 

 macy ; Academy of Natural Sciences ; and Mr. Delmar, of 

 Philadelphia ; the IT. S. Department of the Interior ; and U. 

 S. Department of Engineers ; and the Academy of Sciences 

 at St. LoLiis. 



The death of Dr. D. Francis Condie, March 21,1875 aged 

 9, was announced by Dr. Bridges. 



Pending nominations Nos. 766 to 779, and new nomina- 

 tion 780 were read. 



And the meeting was adjourned. 



