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Letters were received: — 



From Judge Story, dated Jan. 23, 1844,— Mr. John C. 

 Trautwine, dated Philadelphia, Feb. 1, 1844, — Professor Nor- 

 ton, dated Delaware College, Jan. 23, 1844, — Professor T. 

 Strong, dated New Brunswick, Jan. 26, 1844, — Professor 

 Hart, dated Philadelphia, Jan. 20, 1844,— Mr. Redfield, dated 

 New York, Jan. 29, 1844,— Dr. J. W. Draper, dated New 

 York, Jan. 24, 1844, — Dr. Robert Bridges, dated Philadelphia, 

 Jan. 29, 1844, severally acknowledging their election as mem- 

 bers of the Society: — 



From the Institute of France, dated Paris, Nov. 13, 1843, — 

 the Royal Society of Sciences, Agriculture and Arts, of Lille, 

 dated Lille, May 10, 1843, — the Royal Academy of Sciences 

 and Belles Lettres of Bruxelles, dated Bruxelles, Sept. 12, 

 1843, — the Linnean Society, dated London, Nov. 23, 1843, — 

 the Royal Asiatic Society, dated London, Nov. 11, 1843, — 

 the London Electrical Society, dated London, March 1 and 

 July 4, 1842; Jan. and July 4, 1843, accompanying Proceed- 

 ings of that Society, and a number of a periodical edited by 

 the Honorary Secretary, Mr. Charles V. Walker, — Mr. E. 

 Newman, dated London, Nov. 2, 1843, acknowledging the re- 

 ceipt of Transactions and Proceedings of this Society, and 

 transmitting certain works to this Society: — 



From M. Quetelet, dated Bruxelles, Sept. 12, 1843, on 

 transmitting certain works to the Society, — the Meteorologi- 

 cal Society of Great Britain, dated London, Jan. 1843, in re- 

 ference to the objects, &c. of that Society, — the Royal Poly- 

 technic Union of London, dated London, Sept. 1842, in refer- 

 ence to certain works which they propose to publish, — a Com- 

 mittee appointed at a meeting of certain stockholders of the 

 Philadelphia Museum Company, dated Philadelphia, Jan. 22, 

 1844, — the Consul of the United States, Mr. Aspinwall, dated 

 London, July 20, 1843, in reference to certain parcels from 

 the London Electrical Society which he had forwarded to this 

 Society,— Mr. W. Wheelwright, dated London, Dec. 4, 1843, 

 accompanying a donation to the Library. 



