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The Departments of the Institution were requested to collect* 
without delay, “all Reports made by Committees of Congress, 
and by Executive officers of the Government, illustrating 
the Geography, History, Geology, Manufactures, Commerce, 
&c., of the United States. ” 
Stated Meeting , November 9, 1840. 
Present, thirty-nine members. 
Hon. Joel R. Poinsett in the Chair. 
The following donations were received : 
Tooth of a Mastodon, found in Arkansas.-— From Col. J. H\ 
Hook , U. S. A. 
Specimen of “ Bird’s eye Marble,” or Encrinital Limestone, 
from Iowa city.— From Mr. New hall. 
Map of the Empire of Russia. —From Hon. J. R. Poinsett. 
Fossil Specimen, from the Tunnel of the Chesapeake and Ohio 
canal, at the Paw-paw Bend, in Alleghany county, Mary¬ 
land.— From Robert Barnard. 
Collection of Pamphlets, relating to the Revolution in 1776.— 
From Robert Barnard. 
Specimens of the Printing used in teaching Reading and Music 
to the Blind.— From J. H. Causten, jr. 
Geological and Agricultural Survey of Rhode Island, by Dr. 
C. T. Jackson. —From the Author. 
Volume of Ancient Maps. —From Colonel James Kearney , 
U. S. A. 
History of Embalming, by J. N. Gannal, translated by R. Har¬ 
lan, M. D., Philadelphia.— From the Translator. 
Recent Shells.— From Isaac Lea , Philadelphia. 
Paper on “ the Oolitic formation of America,” read before the 
American Philosophical Society May 15, 1840, by Isaac 
Lea.— From the Author. 
Synopsis of the Family of the Naiades, by Isaac Lea,— 
From the Author. 
