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Mr. Kane, Reporter, laid upon the table a copy of the Pro- 

 ceedings of the Society, No. 17, for March and April, 1841. 



Stated Meeting, May 21. 



Present, twenty-five members. 



Mr. Du Ponceau, President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Peter, a member elect, was introduced, and signed the 

 Laws. 



Letters were read — 



From William Peter, Esq., dated 10th May, 1841, making 

 acknowledgments for the honour of his election to member- 

 ship: — ^ 



From Josiah Quincy, President of Harvard University, 

 dated 6th May, 1S41, acknowledging, on behalf of the corpo- 

 ration, the receipt of Vol. VII. Part 3, of the Transactions: — 



From the Corresponding Secretary of the Georgia Histori- 

 cal Society, dated Savannah, 20th Jan. 1841, communicating 

 the appointment of Dr. William B. Stevens as historian of the 

 State of Georgia, and asking access for him to any historical 

 documents in the library of the Society. 



On motion of Mr. Kane, it was resolved, that Dr. William 

 B. Stevens, of the Georgia Historical Society, be allowed the 

 unrestricted use of the library of the Society; and the Com- 

 mittee on the Historical Sciences was instructed to inquire 

 whether there are any documents in the Society's collections 

 which may elucidate the early history of Georgia, and to com- 

 municate with Dr. Stevens in regard to them. 



The following donations were announced:- — 



FOR THE LIBRARY. 



Flora Batava, of Afbeelding en Beschryving van Nederlandsche Ge- 



wassen, &c, 121 aflevering. 4to. — From His Majesty, the 



King of the Netherlands. 

 Memoire sur la Bibliotheque Royale, &c Paris, 1835. 4to. — From 



Mr. John Penington. 

 Second Memoire sur la Bibliotheque Royale, &c. Paris, 1838. 



4to. — From the same. 



