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Stated Meeting, April 1 7. 

 Present, twenty-nine members. 

 Mr. Du Ponceau, President, in the Chair. 

 The following donations were received. 



FOR THE LIBRARY. 



Sundry Chinese Works, consisting of 29 volumes, or pamphlets, 8vo. 

 From the Rev. Mr. Gutzlaff, Missionary at Canton. 



Flora Batava, of Afbeelding en Beschryving van Nederlandsche 

 Gewassen, door Jan Kops, Hoogleeraar te Utrecht; en F. A. W. 

 Miquel. 118 aflevering, 4to. Te Amsterdam, 1839. — From 

 His Majesty the King of the Netherlands. 



Bulletin de la Societe de Geographie, Deuxieme Serie. Tom. 

 Heme. 8vo. Paris, 1839.— .From the Society of Geography of 

 Paris. 



Charles d'Este, ou Trente Ans de la Vie d'un Souverain. 2 Tom. 

 Paris, 1836 — From Mr. Du Ponceau. 



Considerations on the Principal Events of the French Revolution, 

 Posthumous Work of the Baroness de Stael. Edited by the 

 Duke de Broglie, and the Baron de Stael. 8vo. 2 vols. New 

 York, 1818. — From the same. 



The History of the Origin, Progress, and Termination of the Ameri- 

 "can War. By C. Stedman, who served under Sir W. Howe, Sir 

 H. Clinton, and the Marquis Cornwallis- 2 vols. 4to. London, 

 1794. — From Mr. Vaughan. 



The American Journal of Science and Arts. Conducted by Ben- 

 jamin Silliman, M.D., LL.D., aided by Benjamin Silliman, Jr., 

 A. B., &c. &c. Vol. XXXVIII. No. 2. April, 1840.— From 

 the Editors. 



Annales des Mines, ou Recueil de Me moires sur l'Exploitation des 

 Mines, &c. &c. redigees par les Ingenieurs des Mines, &c. &c. 

 Tom. XVI. 5 e Livraison de 1839. 8vo. Paris, 1839.— From 

 the Ingenieurs des Mines. 



Catalogue of the Library of the late Dr. Thomas Cooper. 8vo. Co- 

 lumbia, 1839. — From Dr. Hays. 



A Report on the History and Causes of the Strangers', or Yellow 

 Fever of Charleston, read before the Board of Health. By 



