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Stated Meeting, January 21. 



Present, thirty-nine members. 



Mr. Du Ponceau, President, in the Chair. 



Letters were read: — 



From the National Institution of Washington, dated 15th 

 Jan. 1842, — from the Albany Institute, — and from Mr. Re- 

 bello, dated Rio Janeiro, 25th Nov. 1841, acknowledging 

 the receipt of the Society's Proceedings. 



From Mr. E. C. Bridgman, dated Macao, 2d July, 1841, 

 transmitting a copy of the second part of a Chinese Chrestoma- 

 thy, of which he is the author: — and 



From Mr. Jacob Snider, Jun., dated 21st Jan. 1842, present- 

 ing the cast from Chantrey's bust of William Vaughan, of Lon- 

 don, owned by the late librarian of the Society. 



The Society passed a vote of thanks to Mr. Snider for this 

 donation. 



The following donations were announced: — 



FOR THE LIBRARY. 



American Archives: Consisting of a Collection of Authentick Re- 

 cords, State Papers, Debates and Letters and other Notices of 

 Publick Affairs, &c. Prepared and published under Authority of 

 an Act of Congress. 3 Vols. Folio. Washington, 1837, 39-40. 

 From Mr. Peter Force. 



A Digest of the Ordinances of the Corporation of the City of Phila- 

 delphia, and of the Acts of Assembly relating thereto. 8vo. 

 Philadelphia, 1841. — From the City Councils. 



Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal : edited by the Secretary. 

 Nos. 22 to 29, inclusive. 8vo. Calcutta, 1841. — From the 

 Society. 



O Auxiliador da Industria Nacional, &c. Vol. IX. Nos. 1 to 6, in- 

 clusive. 8vo. Rio de Janeiro, 1841. — From Mr. J. S. Re- 

 hello. 



Objections to Mr. Redfield's Theory of Storms, with some Strictures 

 upon his Reasoning. By Robert Hare, M.D. Svo. — From the 

 Author. 



