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ries. By Elias Loomis. Extracted from Vol. VIII. New Series, 

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A History of British Ferns. By Edward Newman, F.L.S., B.S., &c. 

 Parts 1 and 2. Second Edition. London, 1844. 8vo. — From, 

 the Author. 



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 XIII. XIV. XV. Jan. to March, 1844. 8vo.— From Edward 

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An Essay on the Laws of Trade, in Reference to the Works of In- 

 ternal Improvement in the United States. By Charles Ellet, Jr. 

 Richmond, 1839. 8vo. — Fro7n the Author. 



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An obituary notice of Professor John Sanderson was read 

 by Professor Hart, pursuant to appointment. 



Mr. Sanderson was born on the banks of the Conedogwinit, near 

 the village of Carlisle, in Cumberland County, about the year 1786. 

 His grandfather, Alexander Sanderson, emigrated from Carlisle, 

 Cumberland County, England. Fle and his companions were the 

 first settlers in that part of Pennsylvania, and they named the county 

 and the town after their birth-place. Professor Sanderson's father, 

 m 1798, sold his share of the paternal estate, and purchased a plan- 

 tation on the banks of the Juniata, opposite Mifflintown, where Pro- 

 fessor Sanderson received the rudiments of his education. At an 

 early age he evinced such a disposition for study, and so great a dis- 

 like for farming, that his father determined to prepare him for a pro- 

 fession. At the age of 20, in 1806, he entered the office of Wm. 

 More Smith, Esq., of Philadelphia, to study the law; but at the expi- 

 ration of two years he abandoned the study, and soon after accepted 



