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Letters were read : — 



From the Geological Society of London, dated 4th Novem- 

 ber, 1841, — the Society of Antiquaries of London, dated 19th 

 Nov. and 3d Dec. 1841, — the Imperial Medico-Chirurgical 

 Academy of Moscow, dated y^th June, 1841, — and the Bos- 

 ton Society of Natural History, dated 2d June, 1841, acknow- 

 ledging the receipt of copies of the Transactions and Proceed- 

 ings of the Society: — 



From the Institute of the Netherlands, dated 2Sth February, 



1840, stating that duplicate copies of the sixth, seventh, eighth 

 and ninth volumes of the Memoirs of the Institute had been 

 forwarded to the Society: — 



From Mr. William Vaughan, of London, addressed to Mr. 

 John Vaughan, relating to documents received from the So- 

 ciety: — 



From Mr. Peter Force, of Washington, dated 28th Dec. 



1841, stating that he had forwarded three volumes of the 

 American Archives to the Society: — 



From Mr. Du Ponceau, dated 6th Jan. 1842, inclosing let- 

 ters from Mr. Alcott: — and 



From Mr. Jacob Snider, Jun., dated 7th Jan. 1841, transmit- 

 ting a copy of the will of the late John Vaughan, Esq. 



The following donations were announced: 



FOR THE LIBRARY. 



Nieuwe Verbandelingen der Eerste Klasse van het Koninklijk Neder- 

 landsche Instituut van Wetenschappen, Letterkunde en Schoone 

 Kunsten. Seven Parts. 4to. Amsterdam, 1837-38-39-40. — ■ 

 From the Institute of the Netherlands. 



Verhandeling over het Verschil Tusschen de Algemeene Grond- 

 krachten der Natuur en de Levenskracht. Door C. G. Ontijd. 

 8vo. Amsterdam, 1840. — From the Author. 



A Discourse in Commemoration of the Life and Character of the 

 Hon. Nicholas Brown, delivered in the Chapel of Brown Univer- 

 sity, Nov. 3d, 1841. By Francis Wayland, D.D. 8vo. 1841. 

 From the Author. 



Bulletin de la Societe Imperiale des Naturalists de Moscou. Nos. 

 1 to 4 for 1840, and No. 1 for 1841. 8vo. Moscow. — From 

 the Society. 



