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was authorized to enter into negotiations with persons having 

 claims against the Society, arising out of the purchase of the 

 Museum property, and to conclude certain arrangements re- 

 specting the same. 



Stated Meeting, February 17. 



Present, twenty members. 



Dr. Bache, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Letters were read: — 



From the Geological Society of London, dated 3d Nov. 

 1842, — and the Royal Asiatic Society, dated 5th Nov. 1842, — 

 severally acknowledging the receipt of donations from this So- 

 ciety. 



The following donations were announced: — 



FOR THE LIBRARY. 



Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society. New Series. 



Vol. VIII. 8vo. Boston, 1843.— From the Society. 

 The African Repository. Vol. XIX. No. 2. 8vo. Washington, 



1843. — From the American Colonization Society. 

 Third Annual Report of the New York Lyceum. 12mo. New 



York, 1842. — From the Lyceum. 

 Journal of the Franklin Institute. Third Series. Vol. V. No. 1. — 



From Dr. Patterson. 

 Report on the Geology of the State of Connecticut. By James G. 



Percival. 8vo. New Haven, 1842. — From the Author. 



On motion of Dr. Chapman, it was resolved, that a Commit- 

 tee of five members be appointed, to consider the expediency 

 of celebrating the centennial anniversary of the Society, in May 

 next: — and 



Dr. Chapman, Mr. Kane, Dr. Dunglison, Dr. Ludlow, and 

 Mr. Fraley, were appointed. 



The list of outstanding Committees was called over, and ac- 

 tion had in regard to them. 

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