PROCEEDINGS 



AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



Vol. II. AUGUST, SEPT. & OCT., 1842. No. 23. 



Stated Meeting, August 19. 



Present, twenty-seven members. 



Mr. Du Ponceau, President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Fraley, a member elect, was presented to the President, 

 and signed the laws. 



Letters were read: — 



From the Baron de Ladoucette, dated Paris, 19th March, 

 1S42, acknowledging the honour of his election as a member: — 



From the Baron de Ladoucette, dated Paris, 5th May, 1842, 

 Count Graberg de Hemso, dated Florence, 30th May, 1842, — 

 the Hon. J. R. Ingersoll, dated Washington 13th July, 1842, 

 and the Dutch Society of Sciences at Harlem, dated 2Sth July, 

 1842, severally announcing the transmission of donations to 

 the Library: — ■ 



From Dr. Harlan, dated 19th Aug. 1842, announcing the re- 

 turn of the fossil bones of the Megalonyx, borrowed by him 

 from the Society some time since, and requesting that his paper 

 on the Orycterotherium Missouriense might be returned to 

 him: — and 



From Mr. Picot, consul of France, dated 19th Aug. 1842, 

 inviting the Society to attend the funeral services in honour of 

 H. R. H. the late Duke of Orleans, on the 26th instant. 



On motion, the request contained in Dr. Harlan's letter was 

 granted. 



The invitation to attend the funeral services in honour of the 

 Duke of Orleans was accepted. 

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