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H. Cook and Col. M. J. Cohen, the latter sending a carte de 
visite of the late Dr. Joseph I. Cohen, of Baltimore. 
Letters of envoi were received from the Central Observa- 
tory of Russia, and the office of the Chief of the U.S. Engi- 
neers at Washington. 
Letters acknowledging the receipt of Publications of the 
Society were received from the Russian Central Observatory ; 
the Leeds P. & L. Society, August 24 (xiv. i. 88, 84, 85,); the 
Society of Antiquaries, London, August 26 (xiv, i. 83, 85); 
the Society of Arts at Batavia, May 31, 1869 (xiii. 2, Proc. 
July, 1865); the Radclifte Observatory, August 10th, (88, 84, 
85); the Geological Committee of Italy, at Florence, August 
12 (Proc. vol. xi. 2); the Glasgow Philosophical Society, 
August 10th (83, 84, 85); the Regents of the New York, Uni- 
versity, August 7 (Proc. vol. x, xi); the Boston Public Li- 
brary, August 28 (86); Rhode Island Society for the encour- 
agement of Domestic Industry (86); Georgia Historical 
Society, Savannah, August 24 (86); Wisconsin Historical 
Society, Madison, August 25 (86); New York Historical 
Society, New York, September 1 (86); New Jersey Historical 
Society, Newark, Sept. 1 (86); Essex Institute, Salem, 
Mass., Sept. 2, 1871 (86). 
Donations for the Library were received from the Acade- 
mies at St. Petersburg, Berlin and Bruxelles ; the Societies at 
Batavia and Riga; Herr Von Frauenfield, of Vienna; the 
Geological Committee of Italy; Geographical Society in Paris ; 
Zoological Society and Society of Antiquarians in London ; 
London Nature; the Essex Institute; Boston Natural History 
Society; R. I. Society for the Encouragement of Domestic 
Industry, at Providence; the American Journal of Science; 
Mr. J. H. Trumbull; the American Chemist; President Bar- 
nard of Columbia College; the Franklin Institute; American 
Journal Medical Science ; Journal of Pharmacy ; Penn Month- 
ly; and Dr. Richard J. Dunglison, of Philadelphia. 
A communication for the Proceedings was received, entitled 
“On the Formation and Primitive Structure of the Solar Sys- 
tem,” by Professor Daniel Kirkwood, of Bloomington, Indiana. 
And the meeting was adjourned. 
