PROCEEDINGS 



AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



Vol. V. JANUARY— MARCH, 1849. No. 42. 



Stated Meeting, January 5. 



Present, twenty members. 



Dr. Franklin Bache, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The returns of the election for officers, held this day, were 

 presented and read, when it appeared that the following gen- 

 tlemen had been elected: — 



President. 

 Dr. Robert M. Patterson. 



Vice-Presidents. 

 Dr. Franklin Bache, 

 Alexander Dallas Bache, 

 John K. Kane. 



Secretaries. 

 Dr. Robley Dunglison, 

 John F. Frazer, 

 Charles B. Trego, 

 E. Otis Kendall. 



Members of the Council for Three Years. 

 Thomas Biddle, 

 Isaac Lea, 

 Hartman Kuhn, 

 Alfred L. Elwyn. 



Curators. 

 Franklin Peale, 

 John Price Wetherill, 

 John C. Cresson. 



Treasurer. 

 Benjamin W. Richards. 



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