PROCEEDINGS 



AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



Vol, II. MARCH & APRIL, 1841. No. 17. 



Stated Meeting, March 5. 



Present, twenty-eight members. 



Mr. Du Ponceau, President, in the Chair. 



A letter was received from Mr. William B. Wood, dated 1st 

 March, 1841, accompanying a further donation of newspapers 

 published in the English language, at Canton. 

 The following donations were announced: — • 



TO THE LIBRARY. 



Flora Batava, ou Figures et Descriptions de Plantes Belgiques, &c. 



Liorn, 120. 4to. — From H. M. the King of the Netherlands. 

 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, N. S. Nos. 91 to 96, July 



to Dec, 1836, inclusive. 8vo. — From the Society. 

 The American Journal of Science and the Arts, conducted by Profes- 

 sor Silliman and Benjamin Silliman, Jr. Vol. XL. No. 1. 



Jan. 1841. 8vo. — From the Editors. 

 Journal of the Franklin Institute. 3d Series. Vol. I. Nos. 1 & 2. 



Jan. and Feb., 1841. 8vo.— From the Institute. 

 Lithographic Plates, illustrative of the Geology of New York. — From 



Mr. Vanuxem. 

 M'Elroy's Philadelphia Directory, and Williams's New York Annual 



Register, for 1840. — From Mr. Du Ponceau. 

 Catalogue of the Pennsylvania State Library, &c. 1839. 8vo. — 



From the Hon. J. B. Anthony. 

 The Canton Register, from Jan. 1830, to Aug. 1833. Fob— From 



Mr. William B. Wood. 



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