I 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



Vol. IV. APRIL, MAY & JUNE, 1847. No. 38. 



Stated Meeting, Jipril 2. 



Present, eleven members. 



Dr. Patterson, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



A letter was received and read: — 



From P. de Angelis, dated Buenos Ayres, 14th January, 

 1847, announcing the transmission of certain documents rela- 

 tive to events on the Rio de la Plata. 



The following donations were announced : — 



FOR THE LIBRARY. 



Collections of the New Jersey Historical Society. Vol. II. New 

 York, 1847. 8vo. This Volume contains the Life of William 

 Alexander, Earl of Stirling, Major General of the Army of the 

 United States during the Revolution. By William Alexander 

 Duer, LL.D. — From the New Jeisey Historical Society. 



The Medical News and Library. Vol. V. April, 1847. No. 52. 

 8vo. — From Messrs. Lea d^ Blancliard. 



The Constitution of the United States of America; the Proximate 

 Causes of its Adoption and Ratification ; the Declaration of In- 

 dependence, &c. &c. Two Copies. Washington, 1846. 12mo. 

 From the Hon. George M. Dallas. 



Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a Report from 

 the Register of the Treasury, on Commerce and Navigation. 

 Senate, 29th Congress, 2d Session, Document No. 7. — From the 

 same. 



Mr. Webster's Vindication of the Treaty of Washington, of 1842; 

 in a Speech deUvered in the Senate of the United States, on the 

 6th and 7th of April, 1846. A revised and corrected Copy. — 

 From Major James D. Graham. 



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