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Staled Meeting, February 19. 



Present, thirty-two members. 



Mr. Du Ponceau, President, in the Chair. 



Letters were read — 



From the Secretary of the London Society of Antiquaries, 

 dated 20 Nov., 1840, acknowledging the receipt of Vol. VII. 

 Part 1, of the Transactions, and of Nos. 11 and 12 of the Pro- 

 ceedings of this Society. 



From His Excellency, the French Minister, M. de Bacourt, 

 dated Washington, 29 Jan., 1841, presenting to the Society a 

 copy of the new edition of the Dictionary of the French Aca- 

 demy. 



From Mr. William B. Wood, of Philadelphia, dated 17 Feb., 

 1841, presenting to the Society a volume of the Canton Regis- 

 ter, edited by his son, Mr. Wm. W. Wood, the first newspaper 

 printed in the Empire of China in the English language. 



From Mr. David B. Warden, dated Paris, 22 Dec, 1840, in 

 relation to certain works ordered by him for the Society. 



The following additions to the Library were announced: — 



BY DONATION. 



Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London. Second series. 



Vol. II. Part 5. 4to. — From the Society. 

 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, for the 



year 1840. Part 2. 4to. — From the Society. 

 Proceedings of the Royal Society. Nos. 41 to 44 inclusive, 1839- 



1840. 8vo. — From the same. 

 Proceedings of the Horticultural Society of London. Nos. 7 and 8. 



From the Society. 

 List of the Horticultural Society of London, corrected to 12 August, 



1840. — From the same. 

 Proceedings of the Numismatic Society of London. 1838-39. — 



From the Society. 

 Dictionnaire de PAcademie Francaise. Sixieme Edition. 2 Vols. 



4to. Paris, 1835. — From H. E. Ad. de Bacourt, Minister 



Plenipotentiary of France. 

 Congressional Documents. 26th Congress, 2d Session. Doc. No. 2. 



8vo. Dec, 1840.— From Hon. G. W. Toland. 



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