PROCEEDINGS 



AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



Vol. I. JAN. FEB. & MAR. 1839. No. 6. 



Stated Meeting, January 4. 



Present, fifteen members. 



Dr. Patterson, Vice President, in the chair. 



The result of the annual election for officers, held this day, 

 was reported as follows: — 



President. 

 Peter S. Du Ponceau, LL. D. 



Vice Presidents. 

 Nathaniel Chapman, M. D., 

 Joseph Hopkinson, LL. D., 

 Robert M. Patterson, M. D. 



Secretaries. 

 Franklin Bache, M. D., 

 John K. Kane, 



Alexander D. Bache, LL. D., 

 J. Francis Fisher. 



Counsellors for Three Years. 

 William Short, 

 William H. Keating, 

 George Ord, 

 C. C. Biddle. 



Curators. 

 J. P. Wetherill, 

 Isaac Hays, M. D., 

 Franklin Peale. 



Treasurer. 

 John Vaughan. 



