PROCEEDINGS 



AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



Vol. I. NOVEMBER & DECEMBER, 1840. No. 14. 



Stated Meeting, November 6. 

 Present, twenty-four members. 

 Mr. Du Ponceau, President, in the Chair. 

 The following donations were received : — 



FOR THE LIBRARY. 



The History of the late Province of New York, from its Discovery 

 to the Appointment of Governor Colden in 1762. By the Hon. 

 William Smith, formerly of New York, and late Chief Justice of 

 Lower Canada. 2 Vols. 8vo. New York, 1830. — From the 

 New York Historical Society. 



A Full Report of the Case of Stacy Decow and Joseph Hendrickson 

 vs. Thomas L. Shotwell; decided at a Special Term of the New 

 Jersey Court of Appeals, held at Trenton in July and August, 

 1833, &c. &c. [This law case grew out of the division existing 

 in the Society of Friends.] 8vo. Philadelphia, 1839. — From 

 Mr. Vaughan. 



The Case of the Seneca Indians in the State of New York, illustrated 

 by Facts ; printed for the Information of the Society of Friends, 

 &c. &c. 8vo. Philadelphia, 1840. — From Mr. Justice. 



Notice of the Oolitic Formation in America, with Descriptions of 

 some of its Organic Remains. By Isaac Lea. Read before the 

 American Philosophical Society, May 15, 1840. — From the Au- 

 thor. 



L'Europa ; Quadra Fisiografico facilmente inteso. Opera del Prof. J. 

 C. Schow, Danese, notommizata da Jacopo Graberg da Hemso. 

 8vo. Milano, 1839.- — From J. Graoberg da Hemso. 



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