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seums, for the sum of thirty-seven thousand two hundred and 

 fifty dollars, suhject to certain incumbrances; and upon his 

 motion it was unanimously Resolved, that the Society ratifies 

 the purchase made in its name by the Committee, and that the 

 Committee be authorized to take all necessary measures for 

 carrying it into effect. Other resolutions were also adopted 

 on motion of Dr. Patterson, making provision for paying the 

 purchase money, and constituting a Committee to make ar- 

 rangements for the accommodation of the Society in the new 

 building, &c. This Committee consists of Dr. Patterson, Dr. 

 Bache, Mr. Kane, Mr. Richards, and Dr. Hays. 



Stated Meeting, August 20. 



Present, twenty-two members. 



Mr. Du Ponceau, President, in the Chair. 



Letters were received and read — 



From Major Edward Sabine, dated Woolwich, May 19, 

 1841, and from George Bancroft, Esq., dated Boston, July 10, 

 1841, making acknowledgments for the honour of their elec- 

 tion to membership: — 



From the Cambridge Philosophical Society, dated May 24, 

 1841; the Royal Asiatic Society, dated November 7, 1840; 

 and the Geological Society of London, dated May 20, 1841, 

 acknowledging the receipt of copies of the Society's Transac- 

 tions and Proceedings: — ■ 



From the Rev. Dr. Samuel Miller, of Princeton, dated July 

 5, 1841, and Mr. Moncure Robinson, dated May 23, 1841, ac- 

 companying donations to the Society's Library: — 



From His Excellency the Chevalier Pierre de Gotz, 

 Counsellor of State, &c. &c, dated St. Petersburg, Jf June, 

 1839, accompanying donations to the Library from the Im- 

 perial Academy of Sciences, from the Minister of Public 

 Instruction of Russia, from Admiral Schisckow, and from 

 himself, and requesting the Society to distribute, on behalf of 

 the Imperial Academy, four copies of a work, entitled "Untur- 



