PROCEEDINGS 



AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



Vol. 1. JANUARY & FEBRUARY, 1840. No. 10. 



Stated Meeting, January 3. 



Present, twenty-seven members. 



Mr. Du Ponceau, President, in the Chair. 



The Judges and Clerks of the Election, held this day, re- 

 ported the appointment of the following officers: — 



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., 

 Robley Dunglison, M. D. 



Counsellors for Three Years. 

 Nicholas Biddle, 

 Thomas Biddle, 

 Gouverneur Emerson, 

 J. Francis Fisher. 



Curators. 

 John P. Wetherill, 

 Isaac Hays, M. D., 

 Franklin Peale. 



Treasurer. 

 John Vaughan. 



