PROCEEDINGS 



AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



Vol. II. JANUARY, 1841. No. 15. 



Stated Meeting, January 1. 



Present, twenty members. 



Dr. Patterson, Vice President, in the Chair. 



The judges of the annual election, held this day, reported 



that the following officers had been chosen for the present 



year: — 



President. 



Peter S. Du Ponceau, LL.D. 



Vice Presidents. 

 Nathaniel Chapman, M.D., 

 Joseph Hopkinson, LL,D., 

 Robert M. Patterson, M.D. 



Secretaries. 

 Franklin Bache, M.D., 

 John K. Kane, 



Alexander Dallas Bache, LL.D., 

 Robley Dunglison, M.D. 



Counsellors for Three Years. 

 Robert Hare, M.D., 

 William Hembel, 

 Charles D. Meigs, M.D., 

 Henry Vethake, LL.D. 



Counsellor for One Year, 

 (In the place of William H. Keating, deceased.) 

 Joseph Henry, LL.D. 



Curators. 

 John P. Wetherill, 

 Isaac Hays, M.D., 

 Franklin Peale. 



Treasurer. 

 John Vaughan. 



