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Sixty-sixth Annual Report of the Regents of the University of the 



State of New York: — transmitted to the Legislature, March 1, 



1853. Albany. 8vo. — Frovi the Regents. 

 Journal of the Franklin Institute. Third Series. Vol. XXVI. No. 1. 



July, 1853. Philadelphia. 8vo. — From the Institute. 

 The African Repository. Vol. XXIX. No. 6. June, 1853. Wash- 



ington. 8vo. — From the American Colonization Society. 

 The American Journal of Science and Arts. Second Series. Vol. 



XVI. No. 46. July, 1853. New Haven. 8vo.— From the 



Editors. 

 The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. No. LI. New Se- 

 ries. July, 1853. Philadelphia. 8vo. — From Dr. Isaac Hays, 



Editor. 

 The Medical News and Library. Vol. XI. No. 127. July, 1853. 



Philadelphia. 8vo. — From Blanchard <Sf Lea. 

 The Medical Examiner. New Series. Vol. IX. No. 7. July, 1853. 



Philadelphia. 8vo. — From Drs. Smith and Biddle, Editors. 

 Remarks on a " Reprint of the Original Letters from Washington to 



Joseph Reed, during the American Revolution, referred to in the 



Pamphlets of Lord Mahon and Mr. Sparks." By Jared Sparks. 



Boston, 1853. 8vo. — From the Author. 

 Examination of Fusel Oil from Indian Corn and Rye. By Charles 



M. Wetherill, Ph. D. M. D. Philadelphia, 1853. Svo.— i^rom 



the Author. 

 Astronomical Journal. Vol. III. No. 12. June 27, 1853. Cambridge. 



4to. — From B. A. Gould, jr. Editor. 

 The Plough, the Loom and the Anvil. Vol. VI. Part 1. July, 1853. 



New York. 8vo. — From the Editors. 



Dr. Hays announced the decease of Dr. Nathaniel Chapman, 

 formerly President of this Society, v^'ho died in Philadelphia 

 on the first of the present month, aged 74: — 



And, on motion, it was resolved, that Mr. Thomas Dunlap 

 be requested to prepare an obituary notice of Dr. Chapman. 



Mr. Trego announced the death of Don Lucas Alaman, a 

 member of this Society, who died in the city of Mexico, June 

 2, 1853. 



Senor Alaman was Secretary of Foreign Affairs for the Republic 

 of Mexico, and his death caused a great sensation and sorrow through 

 the capital as soon as it was announced. He had lost his conscious- 



