PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



Vol. IV. SEPT.— DEC. 1845. No. 34. 



Special Meeting, September 5. 



Present, twenty-eight members. 



Dr. Franklin Bache, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The Vice-President announced that the meeting had been 

 called in consequence of certain legal proceedings taken against 

 the Society. 



On motion, the subject was referred to a Committee, con- 

 sisting of Messrs. T. I. Wharton, Mr. Williams, Mr. Kane, 

 Mr. C. C. Biddle, and Mr. Vanderkemp, who were authorized 

 to take such steps as might seem to them conducive to the in- 

 terests of the Society. 



Stated Meeting, September 1 9. 



Present, thirty members. 



Dr. Franklin Bache, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Letters were announced and read: — 



From the Royal Astronomical Society, dated London, 4th 

 June, 1845: the Royal Asiatic Society, dated London, 19th 

 April, 1845: the Linnaean Society, dated London, 4th June, 

 1845: respectively acknowledging the receipt of Vol. IV. 

 Nos. 30, 31, of the Proceedings, and of Dr. Dunglison's Ad- 

 dress in Commemoration of Mr. Du Ponceau: and, — 



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