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Stated Meeting, November 1 9. 



Present, twenty-one members. 



Judge Kane, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Letters were read : — 



From C. C. Rain, Secretary of the Royal Society of North- 

 ern Antiquaries, dated Copenhagen, July 29, 1852, accompa- 

 nying a programme of a proposed publication by that Society, 

 on British and Irish Antiquities, from records contained in old 

 northern manuscripts; — and also a printed sketch of "the 

 Discovery of America by the Northmen:" — 



From Mr. Isaac Lea, dated Paris, Oct. 27, 1852, on trans- 

 mitting a communication from M. Michaux: — 



From M. F. Andre Michaux, dated Vaureal pres Pontoise, 

 25th Oct. 1852, in relation to the cultivation of trees; also 

 expressing his grateful feelings towards this Society and the 

 people of the United States, referring to the kindness and hos- 

 pitality shown to his father and to himself, many years since, 

 during their travels in the United States. This letter is accom- 

 panied by a sealed paquet, to be preserved by the Society, un- 

 opened, until after the decease of Mr. Michaux: — 



From the Imperial Academy of Sciences at Vienna, dated 

 20th December, 1851, returning thanks for Nos. 40 to 46 of 

 the Proceedings of this Society, and expressing a wish to be 

 supplied with the previously published numbers: — 



From the Connecticut Historical Society, dated Hartford, 

 Nov. 8, 1852, acknowledging the receipt of No. 47 of the 

 Proceedings: and — 



From Lieut. M. F. Maury, dated National Observatory, 

 Nov. 12, 1852, acknowledging the receipt of notice of his 

 election as a member of the Society. 



On motion of Col. Biddle, it was resolved that a letter be 

 written by the Secretary, acknowledging to Mr, Michaux the 

 receipt of the sealed document sent by him to the Society, and 

 informing him that it will be carefully preserved, in accordance 

 with his wishes. 



