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Letters were received and read: — 



From the Royal Academy of Sciences of France, dated 19th 

 November, 1846, acknowledging the receipt of the Society's 

 Transactions, Vol. IX. Part 2, New Series: the Transactions 

 of the Historical and Literary Committee of the Society, Vol. 

 III. Part 1: the Bulletin of the Society, Vol. IV. Nos. 30, 34, 

 &c. &c. : and, — 



From the Western University of Pennsylvania, stating the 

 destruction of their Library by fire, together with their appa- 

 ratus and Cabinet, and asking aid from the Society to restore 

 their Library. 



Which letter was, on motion, referred to the Librarian. 



The following donations were announced: — 



FOR THE LIBRARY. 



Astronomical Observations made at the Radcliffe Observatory, Ox- 

 ford, in the Year 1844. By Manuel J. Johnson, M.A., Radcliffe 

 Observer. Published by order of the Radcliffe Trustees. Vol. V. 

 Oxford, 1846. 8vo. — From the Radcliffe Trustees. 



Twenty-sixth Report of the Council of the Leeds Philosophical and 

 Literary Society, at the close of the Session, 1845-46. Leeds, 

 1846. 8vo. — From the Society. 



The American Journal of Science and Arts. Conducted by Prof. 

 Silliman and B. Siliiman, Jr., and J. D. Dana. Second Series. 

 Vol. III. No. 7. January, 1847. 8vo. — From the Editors. 



Sound and Sanctified Scholarship: An Address delivered at the Dedi- 

 cation of the New Edifice of the Western University of Pennsyl- 

 vania, &c. By David H. Riddle, D.D. Pittsburgh, 1846. 8vo.— 

 From the Trustees. 



Reports of the Surveyors General, accompanying the Annual Report 

 of the Commissioner of the General Land Office of Nov. 29, 

 1845. Doc. No. 12. Part 2.— From the Hon. Jos. R. Inger- 

 soil. 



Treaties of Peace between Great Britain, the United States of Ame- 

 rica, and France, in the English, French, and Chinese Languages. 

 Reprinted from the Chinese Repository. 8vo. — From Andrew 

 P. Happer. 



A Committee, consisting of G. W. Smith, Dr. R. M. Patter- 

 son, and F. Peale, was appointed to inquire into and report 



