PROCEEDINGS 



AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



Vol. I. NOVEMBER & DECEMBER, 1839. No. 9. 



Stated Meeting, November 1. 

 Present, twenty-two members. 

 Mr. Du Ponceau, President, in the Chair. 

 The following donations were received: — 



FOR THE LIBRARY. 



Astronomical Observations, made at the Royal Observatory, Edin- 

 burgh. By Thomas Henderson, F.R.S.E., &c. Vol. II. For 

 the year 1836. Edinburgh, 1839. — From, the Royal Society of 

 London. 



Nieuwe Verhandelingen der Eerste Klasse van het Koninklijk- 

 Nederlandsche Instituut van Wetenschappen, Letterkunde en 

 Schoone Kunsten te Amsterdam. Vols. I. to V. inclusive. Am- 

 sterdam, 1827 to 1836. From the Royal Institute. 



Proceedings and Debates of the Convention of the Commonwealth of 

 Pennsylvania, to propose Amendments to the Constitution, com- 

 menced and held at Harrisburg, on the second of May, 1837. 

 Thirteen Volumes. Harrisburg, 1837 to 1839.— From Mr. C. 

 J. Ingersoll. 



Journal of the Convention of the State of Pennsylvania, to propose 

 Amendments to the Constitution, commenced and held at the state 

 capitol in Harrisburg, on the second of May, 1837. Two Vols. 

 Harrisburg, 1837, and Philadelphia, 1838. — From the same. 



Third Annual Report on the Geology of the State of Maine. By 

 Charles T. Jackson, M. D. Augusta, 1839.— From Mr. John 

 Sergeant. 



