190 



Stated Meetings ^pril 4. 



Present, twenty members. 



Mr. Lea was called to the Chair. 



Letters were read : — 



From J. F. and A. F. Svanberg (without date), announcing 

 the death of their late father, Professor Jo'ns Svanberg, a 

 member of this Society, who died at Upsal on the 15th Janu- 

 ary, in the 80th year of his age: — 



From Mr. Townsend Ward, dated Philadelphia, 2d April, 

 1851, asking permission, on behalf of the Historical Society of 

 Philadelphia, to have a copy painted of the portrait of the 

 Rev. John Heckewelder, which is in possession of this Society: 

 and — 



From G. M. Totten, dated Manzanilla Island, 8th February, 

 1851, acknowledging the receipt of notice of his election as a 

 member of this Society. 



The following donations were announced: — 



FOR THE LIBRARY. 



Journal of the Franklin Institute. Third Series. Vol. XXI. No. 3. 

 March, 1851. Philadelphia. 8vo. — From the Institute. 



The Pennsylvania Journal of Prison Discipline and Philanthropy. 

 Vol. VI. No. 2. April, 1851. Philadelphia. 8vo.— From the 

 Philadelphia Prison Society. 



The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. No. XLII. New 

 Series. April, 1851. Philadelphia. 8vo. — From Dr. Isaac 

 Hays, Editor. 



The Medical News and Library. Vol. IX. No. 100. April, 1851. 

 Philadelphia. 8vo.—Fi'om Blanchard <^ Lea. 



The Harmony of Interests: Agricultural, Manufacturing and Com- 

 mercial. By Henry C. Carey. Philadelphia, 1851. 8vo. — From 

 the Author. 



The Prospect : Agricultural, Manufacturing, Commercial and Finan- 

 cial, at the opening of the Year 1851. By Henry C. Carey. 

 Philadelphia. Svo. — From the same. 



Annual Reports of the Trustees of the Astor Library of the City of 



