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Pastor of the First Church in Fairfield. 8vo. Bridgeport, 1839. 

 8. Report of the Agricultural Meeting held in Boston, Jan. 13, 

 1840, containing the Remarks of Mr. Webster and Prof. Silliman, 

 with Notes by Henry Colman, Commissioner for the Agricultural 

 Survey of the State. 8vo. Salem, 1840. A Discourse delivered 

 in Norfield, May, 29, 1836. By John Noyes, at the close of the 

 50th year of his Ministry. 8vo. New Haven, 1839. — From 

 Prof. Silliman. 



Tableau Theorique de la Succession et de la Disposition la plus 

 generate en Europe des Terrains et Roches qui composent 

 l'Ecorce de la Terre ; ou Exposition Graphique du Tableau des 

 Terrains, public en 1829; par M. Alexandre Brongniart, Pro- 

 fesseur de Mineralogie au Museum d'Histoh'e Naturelle de Paris. 

 From the Author. 



Third Annual Report of the Board of Education, together with the 

 Third Annual Report of the Secretary of the Board. 8vo. Bos- 

 ton, 1840. — From Dr. Thomas H. Webb, of Boston. 



Original Journal of a Council of War, held at Perth Amboy, Sept. 

 17, 1776 ; General Mercer, President, in which he proposed an 

 Attack on the British Posts at Staten Island. MS. — Fro?n his Son, 

 Col. Hugh Mercer. 



FOR THE CABINET. 



A Plaster Bust of Alexander Hamilton. — From Mrs. Astley. 



Specimens of Crystallized Carbonate of Lime and Pipe Iron Ore ; 

 found at the Iron Works of William Reed, Perrysville, Mifflin 

 County, and. by him deposited at the Bank of the United States, 

 with N. Biddle, Esq. — From Mr. Durilap, with the assent of 

 Mr. Biddle. 



Two Daguerrotype Portraits, the one of Mr. Du Ponceau, the other 

 of Mr. Vaughan, taken by Mr. Cornelius. — From Dr. Goddard. 



The Committee to whom was referred the paper of Dr. 

 Hare, entitled "Engraving and description of an apparatus and 

 process for the rapid congelation of water," &c. reported in 

 favour of its publication in the Society's Transactions, which 

 was ordered accordingly. 



A communication was read from Professor Bonnycastle, of 

 the University of Virginia, entitled " On the insufficiency of 

 Taylor's Theorem, as commonly investigated, with objections 



