1881.J -^J" 



Stated Meeting, March 18, 1881. 



Present, 13 members. 



President, Mr. Fkaley, in the Chair. 



The resignation of Dr. C. J. Stille, dated February 17, 

 1881, was received and accepted. 



A letter of thanks for the gift of a copy in oil of the por- 

 trait of Michaux, was received from the Commissioners of 

 the Fairmount Park, dated March 12, 1881. 



A letter requesting the deposit of historical documents in 

 the hall of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania was referred 

 to the Library Committee, the Librarian and Dr. Horn, to 

 report. 



Letters of acknowledgment were received from the Lon- 

 don Statistical Society (106 and List) ; the Society of Anti- 

 quaries (106) ; iN'ew Bedford Library (107) ; and the Cincin- 

 nati Observatory (107). 



Letters of envoy were received from the Geological Sur- 

 vey of India, July, 1880 ; the Austrian Academy, Aug. 25 ; 

 Prof. W. F. Hewitt, Ithaca, March 16 ; and the U. 8. Coast 

 and Geodetic Survey, March 15, 1881. 



Donations for the Library were received from the Geo- 

 logical Survey of India ; the Academies at Turin, Rome, 

 Modena, Copenhagen and Brussels ; the Turin Observatory ; 

 the Institutes at Milan and Venice ; Prof. Gio. Capelliui, 

 Bologna ; the Geological Commission at Florence ; the Geo- 

 graphical Societies at Paris and Bordeaux ; the Flora 

 Batava ; the British Topographical Society ; London l^a- 

 ture ; the American Statistical Association ; Mr. Samuel 

 Scudder; Museum C. Z. Cambridge ; ISTew Bedford Library ; 

 Dr. Geo. W. Hawes ; American Journal A. and S. ; New 

 York Academy of Sciences, State Museum, and Prof. Jas. 

 Hall ; Prof. W. T. Hewett, Ithaca ; Buifalo Nat. Hist. So- 

 ciety ; Trenton Experimental Station ; Franklin Institute, 

 Num. and Antiq. Society, Journal of Pharmacy, Medical 

 News, Mr. Reuben Haines and Mr. H. Phillips, Jr., Philadel- 



PROC. AMER. PHILOS. SOC. XIX. 108. 2l. PRINTED MARCn 28, 18S1. 



