At a Special Meeting of the Trustees, held March 10th, 1874, 

 the following letter was received : 

 To the Trustees of the American Museum of Natural History. 



Gentlemen — My father's official connection with your Board, and his 

 warm interest in the original inception and foundation of the Museum of 

 Natural History, have enlisted in it my own interest and led me to desire, 

 if I might, to contribute in some way to its enlargement and improvement. 



An opportunity to do this has presented itself in connection with the 

 collection of works on Oonchology and of specimens illustrating those works, 

 amounting in all to some fifty thousand in number, collected by Dr. John 

 0. Jay, and worthy, in the opinion of those most competent to judge, of a 

 place among the other objects of interest in Natural History, already as- 

 sembled within the walls of the Museum. 



Having purchased this Library and the collection of shells connected with 

 it, I beg to ask from your Board, the acceptance of both as a contribution to 

 the Museum of Natural History, and as a gift by which I am anxious to 

 perpetuate the memory of one who was its earliest President, and one of its 

 warmest friends. 



So soon as I may be apprised of the acceptance of this gift, I shall take 

 measures for its delivery to the Curator of the Museum, and meantime I 

 am, with sincere wishes for the prosperity of the important enterprise com- 

 mitted to you, 



Gentlemen, 



Very Truly Yours, 



[Signed.] CATHARINE L. WOLFE. 



New York, March 6, 1874. 



The following Resolutions were unamimously adopted : 

 Resolved — That the Trustees of the American Museum of 

 Natural History acknowledge with feelings of the warmest satis- 

 faction the note of Miss Catharine L. Wolfe, of March 6th, 1874, 

 proposing to present to the Museum the collection of works on 

 Conchology and of specimens illustrating those works, amounting 

 to fifty thousand, collected by Dr. John C. Jay, and they accept 

 the same in grateful remembrance of its first President, John 

 David "Wolfe, and as a gratifying evidence of the continued 

 interest in the Museum of the donor herself. 



Resolved — That the Collection be accordingly named the Wolfe 

 Memorial Gift, and be as such, separately placed and preserved in 

 the Museum. 



Resolved — That these Resolutions be engrossed, and signed by 

 the President, and be presented by him in person in the name and 

 on behalf of the Board of Trustees, 



