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The Plough, the Loom and the Anvil. Vol. VI. No. 2. Aug. 1853. 

 New York. 8vo. — From the Editors. 



Mr. Ord having declined the preparation of obituary notices 

 of Dps. Caldwell and Tidy man, deceased members of the So- 

 ciety, — it was resolved that Dr. Holbrook, of Charleston, S, C. 

 be requested to prepare a notice of Dr. Tidyman, and Dr. Ben- 

 jamin H. Coates one of Dr. Caldwell. 



Dr. B. H. Coates announced the decease of Mr. John Price 

 Wetherill, a member of this Society, who died on the 24th of 

 July, 1853, aged 59: — and, on motion of Dr. Harris, Judge 

 Kane was requested to prepare a notice of the deceased mem- 

 ber. 



The minutes of the Board of Officers and Council of the 

 Society, at their late meeting, were reported. 



Stated Meeting, September 16. 



Present, thirteen members. 



Dr. DuNGLisoN, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Letters were read: — 



From Dr. Franklin Bache, President of the Society, dated 

 St. Petersburg, July 24, 1853, in relation to the members of 

 this Society resident in Russia, and giving information of the 

 decease of several of them, of which no announcement had 

 been previously made to the Societ}': and — 



From Ch. Fr. Gauss, dated Gottingen, 2d July, 1853, ac- 

 knowledging the receipt of notice of his election as a mem- 

 ber. 



The following donations were announced: — 



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FOR THE LIBRARY. 



Quarterly Journal of the Chemical Society. No. XXI. April 1, 1853. 



London. 8vo. — From the Society. 

 The African Repository. Vol. XXIX. No. 8. August, 1853. Wash- 



ington. 8vo.-— F/*o?« the Am. Colonization Society. 



