40o [May 20, 



Stated Meeting, May 20, 1881. 



Present, 5 members. 



President, Mr. Fraley, in the Chair. 



Letters accepting membership were received from E. Male- 

 zieuz, dated Paris, March 4th ; from Claudio Jannet, 38 Rue 

 de Varennes, Paris, May 7th ; and from Paul Leroj Beau- 

 lieu, Paris, 27 Avenue de Bois de Boulogne, May 4th. 



A letter acknowledging diploma was received from J. 

 Ericsson, dated New York, May 14th. 



, A letter of envoy was received from the Royal Geological 

 Society of Cornwall, May 3d, 1881. 



Donations for the Library were received from the Royal 

 Prussian Academy; the Botanisches Centra] blatt, Kassel ; 

 Zoologischer Anzeiger ; the Geographical Societies in Paris 

 and Bordeaux ; Editors of the Revue Politique ; Revista 

 Euskara ; the Journal of Forestry, London ; Royal Geologi- 

 cal Society of Cornwall ; Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. ; 

 Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge ; Boston So- 

 ciety of Natural History ; Young Men's Association, Buf- 

 falo ; Mr. A. R. Grote, Buffalo ; Zoological Society and 

 Franklin Institute, Philadelphia ; U. S. ISTational Museum, 

 Washington ; American Antiquarian, Chicago ; Kansas 

 Historical Society, Topeka ; Revista Cientiiica Mexicana, 

 and the Ministerio de Fomento, Mexico. 



Mr. Price presented in the name of Mrs. Ellen Keene 

 Mitchell a certificate of membership of John Lukeus, dated 

 the 20th day of January, 1786, and signed by the officers. 

 John Lukens was Surveyor General of Pennsylvania from 

 December 17th, 1761, until his death in October, 1789. Mrs. 

 Mitchell is his lineal descendant. 



On motion of Mr. Price, 



Resolved, That this Society present their thanks to Mrs. Ellen Eeene 

 Mitchell for the certificate of membership in this Society of her ancestor, 

 John Liikens, Surveyor General of Pennsylvania, dated the 20th January, 

 1786, signed by the officers of that date. 



