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inviting the American Philosophical Society to their fortieth 

 anniversary celebration, on Wednesday, the 20th of Novem- 

 ber. On motion, a special letter of acknowledgment was di- 

 rected to be addressed to the Society. 

 The following donations were announced: — 



FOR THE LIBRARY. 



Report intended to illustrate a Map of the Hydrographical Basin of 

 the Upper Mississippi River, made by J. N. Nicollet, while in 

 employ under the Bureau of the Corps of Topographical Engi- 

 neers. Washington, 1843. Two copies. 8vo. Senate, 26th 

 Congress, 2d Session, No. 237. — From Colonel J. J. Ahert, 

 U. S. Topographical Engineers. 



Quarterly Summary of the Transactions of the College of Physicians 

 of Philadelphia. Vol. 1. Nos. VII. and VIII. From May, 

 1843, to October, 1844, inclusive. 8vo. — From the College of 

 Physicians. 



Encyclopaedia Britannica: or, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and 

 Miscellaneous Literature ; enlarged and improved. The Sixth 

 Edition. Illustrated with nearly six hundred Engravings. Edin- 

 burgh, 1823. 23 Volumes. 4to. 



Supplement to the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Editions of the Encyclo- 

 paedia Britannica, with Preliminary Dissertations on the History 

 of the Sciences. Illustrated by Engravings. Edinburgh, 1844. 

 6 Volumes. 4to. — From Clement C. Biddle, Esq. 



An Oration deliverved at Cambridge, before the Phi Beta Kappa 

 Society in Harvard University, August 29th, 1844. By George 

 Putnam. Boston, 1844. 8vo. — From Henry D. Rogers. 



Descriptio Anatomico-Pathologica Uteri duplicis, quorum uterque 

 vario tempore gravidus erat. With a Plate. By Professor Bu- 

 jalsky. St. Petersburg, 1832. A folio pamphlet in the Russian 

 Language. — From the Author. 



An Account of the Transposition of the Human Viscera. By Profes- 

 sor Bujalsky. In Russian. St. Petersburg, 1829. A folio 

 pamphlet. — From the Author. 



On motion of the Librarian, the thanks of the Society were 

 given to Col. Biddle, for the valuable present of a copy of the 

 Encyclopaedia Britannica; Sixth Edition, with Supplements. 



The Committee, consisting of Mr. Walker, Dr. Patterson, 



