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Coins, (copper.)— From Martin Johnson . 
Medal, (copper.)— From Robert Graham. 
Mineralized Wood.— From Robert Graham. 
White Marble, of which the new General Post Office is built.— 
From Robert Brown. 
Potomac Marble, (breccia.)— From Robert Brown. 
Fossils, from James River.— From Robert Brown. 
Fuligula marila, two specimens.— From J. G. Bell , of New-York, 
Coin of United States, 1783.— From George W. Palmer, Baltimore, 
Bust of Cuvier.— From Dr. Richard Harlan , of Philadelphia. 
Ostrea virginica, (cluster.)— From Mr. Walker. 
Beaver, (tail,) (castor fiber.)— From R. Coltman. 
Coins, of United States.— From James Callaghan. 
Sulphuret of Lead.— From Dr. T. B. J. Frye. 
Squalus, (teeth.)— From Dr. T. B. J. Frye. 
Astrea, (star fish.)— From Dr. T. B. J. Frye. 
Continental Paper Money, (1776.)— From Dr. T. B. J. Frye. 
Coins, Silver and Copper, (eleven pieces.)-— From Wm. Shoemaker , 
Coins, Copper, (thirty-eight pieces.)— From R . B. Fowler. 
Medal, Spanish.— From George Shoemaker. 
Carapex and Plastron, of Terrapin, (Emys.)— From John Bertzel. 
Antlers of Elk, (cervus canadensis.)— From Col. Joseph Tuley , of 
Virginia. 
For the Library. 
Nouveau Dictionnaire des Passagers, in German and French, by J. 
L. Frisch; Leipsig, 1746; 4to.— From Col. J. J. Abert. 
Lectures on Electricity, by G. C. Morgan; Norwich, 1794; 2 vols. 
8vo.— From the same. 
New British Traveller, or Complete Modern Universal Display of 
Great Britain and Ireland, by G. A. Walpole; London; folio.— 
From the same. 
Document No. 158, House of Representatives, 20th Congress, 1st 
Session; in relation to the growth and manufacture of Silk, adapt- 
ed to the different parts of the Union.— From the same. 
Elements of the Geometry of Planes and Solids, with plates, by F. 
R, Hassler; 1828; 8vo.— From the same . 
