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love for natural history made him a naturalist and man of science. 
Indeed, he was a scholar of no ordinary attainments, and will be missed 
by the philosophers and thinkers of this city, and his associates in al- 
most every branch of natural history, where he was always at home in 
conversation with our best and ablest specialists. 
He was a friend, a scholar, and a gentleman. 
S. A. MILER, 
S. E. Wriceut, } Committee. 
L. 8. Corron, 
Mr. V. T. Chambers called attention to the recent death of Prof. J. 
B. Chickering, and on his motion a committee, consisting of Prof. G. 
W. Harper, J. W. Hall, Jr., and J. B. Mickelborough, was appointed to 
draft a suitable testimonial to his memory. 
Dr. A. J. Howe, in the absence of the chairman of the committee, 
made the following report: 
The recent death of Mrs. Abigail Warren recalls to the older mem- 
bers of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History, the pleasing remem- 
brance of a generous donation in money, made by the deceased to the 
Society when it was in its infancy, poor and much in need. This do- 
nation, when received, called forth a universal expression of thankful- 
ness, and is still remembered as an important stepping stone in the 
Society’s progress. 
We know little of the history of this estimable lady. She was born 
at Needham, Mass., and after coming to Cincinnati, was married to 
George Warren, an old and respected citizen, who died several years 
before her demise. She left no children and no relatives here. 
The Society has enrolled her name among its honored benefactors. 
The few members who enjoyed the pleasure of her acquaintance 
gladly testify to her social eminence, refinement and intelligent benevo- 
lence, and this Society expresses its sorrow at the demise of its bene- 
factress, and tenders its sympathy to her surviving relatives. 
L. S. Corton, 
A. J. Howe, Committee. 
J. W. SHORTEN, 
The following donations were announced: From G. D. Richardson, 
an illustration of the historical elm tree on Boston Common, upon a 
thin board made from the wood of the tree; from Mrs, 8S. A. Kendrick, 
25 fossils and 16 minerals; from S. T. Carley, a very fine slab of Glypto- 
crinus decadactylus, and a piece of wood showing borings of the Car- 
penter bee; from Miss Ellison, ten species of ferns, an Indian tobacco: 
pouch, some sea weeds and some fossils; from Joseph F. James, the 
- skin of a snow bird (Junco hyemalis), and eight acorns of Quercus 
macrocarpa; from Davis L. James, eight species of seeds; from Prof. 
F. W. Putnam, one volume and two pamphlets on archeology; from 
the Smithsonian Institution, the proceedings of the U. S. National 
Museum for 1881; and from the Department of the Interior two 
volumes and seven pamphlets on Natural History. 
