they might be useful, in carrying out the objects of the Insti¬ 
tution ; 
And, from the Corresponding Secretary, notifying Corres¬ 
ponding Members of their election, and soliciting their co-op¬ 
eration. 
The Department of Geology and Mineralogy was requested 
to make a Geological and Mineralogical survey of the District 
of Columbia; to cause a Geological Map to be executed, and a 
suite of Specimens to be prepared for the Institution. 
The Department of Natural History was requested- to pre¬ 
pare catalogues of the Animals and Vegetables of the District 
of Columbia, and to collect specimens. 
Stated Meeting , September 14, 1840. 
Present, twenty-three members. 
Hon. Joel R. Poinsett in the Chair. 
The following donations were received : 
A specimen of ‘ Fucoides Alleghaniensis ? from the Gap in 
Wills 5 Mountain, near Cumberland, Maryland.— From J, 
H. Causten, jr. 
Iron and Copper ores from West Stockbridge, Massachusetts.— 
From Hon. Gouverneur Kemble. 
Selenite, Marl, Fossils, &c. from St. Mary’s river; Argillaceous 
oxide of Iron, from Piney Point, Maryland; and a Bottle, in- 
crusted. with Balani, from the bed of the Potomac, 70 miles 
below Washington.— From Pishey Thompson. 
Two publications on the Daguerreotype, by J. Monticello, of 
Naples.-— From the Author. 
Geological Survey of Virginia, 1839. By Professor W, B. 
Rogers.— -From the Author. 
MS. Collection of one hundred papers and documents, con¬ 
sisting of a series of Proclamations, Correspondence, Ad¬ 
dresses, Garrison and Police orders, &c., illustrating the His¬ 
tory of South Carolina, from the capitulation of Charleston, 
