274 



12. _ United States Agricultural Society, 7th annual Exhi- 

 bition, Chicago, 1859. 



13. Boston Society of Nat. History— Vol VII, p. 65-128. 

 M.^First Ciixular'of Law School of Chicago, 1859-60. 



15. Mercantile Library Association Report, N. Y., 1858-9. 



16. Map and Chart for United States Coast Survey. 



All the above works were presented by their several pub- 

 lishers. 



In default'of an original communication for the evening, 

 the president called the attention of the Institute to the 

 official account of the successful expedition in search of Sir 

 John Franklin, as published in the London Examiuer. The 

 secretary, at the request of the president, read the commu- 

 nication. 



At the close of this paper, Mr. Munsell exhibited to the 

 Institute an original Orderly Book of Gen. Burgoyne's army 

 in the expedition;from Canada. At the close of this orderly 

 book, there is a paper supposed to be in the hand-writing of 

 Gen. Jas. Clinton, giving the estimate of the losses, &c, of 

 the army from its first setting out. 



Adjourned. 



November 1, 1859. 

 The vice-president, R. Y. DeWitt, and the president, Hon. 

 J. Y. L. Pruyn, successively presided. 



The following donations were announced by the secretary : 



Historical Collections of Essex Institute, Sept. 1859. 



Historical Magazine, Notes and Queries — No. 1 1. 



Mr. von Steinwehr proposed Richard M. Strong as a 

 member of this Institute. 



Prof. Murray proposed Horace Averill of Albany, and 

 Jacob Wilson of Canajoharie. 



Mr. von Steinwehr then read a paper upon a Method of 

 permanently removing the obstructions of the Hudson river. 



Mr. von S. described the different methods which had 

 been resorted to, for narrowing the current of rivers, and 

 thus increasing the depth. He pointed out why the lougi- 



