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PROCEEDINGS OF 
[ 1842 , 
Letters and Communications . 
From C. A. Hassler, IJ. S. S. Decatur, Buenos Ayres, March 
8, 1842. 
From Chapman Billingsley, St. Mary’s County, Maryland, July 
1, 1842: Transmitting fossil bones and shells to be presented to the 
Institute, in the name of Mr. Joseph Simms, his neighbor. 
From Baron du Boa Vista, Pernambuco, Brazil, September 26, 
1842: Acknowledging membership, and offering his services. 
From John P. Brown, First Drogaman, Constantinople, September 
27, 1842: Stating that he has forwarded to the Collector at Boston a 
series of coins of the Ottoman Empire, one hundred and ninety-three 
in number; and that he will forward other coins as he collects them. 
From Theodore S. Fay, Secretary of Legation, Berlin, October 
19, 1842: Enclosing a letter to him from the Secretary General of 
the Royal Museum, which contained one from Mr. Olfers, the Di¬ 
rector of the Museum, acknowledging letter and documents from the 
Institute, and sending catalogues of the Museum. 
From Joachim Lelewel, Brussels, October 19, 1842: Acknow¬ 
ledging with thanks the honor of membership conferred upon him, 
and presenting several works of which he is the author. 
From General Jose Maria Tornel, Minister of War and Marine, 
Mexico, November 3, 1842: Presenting to the Institute by the 
hands of Mr. Brantz Mayer, three boxes of valuable minerals, Sic., 
&c., from the silver mines of Guanajuato. 
From Elias Loomis, West. Reserve College, November 10, 1842. 
From D. Appleton Si Co., (to Mr. Webster,) New York, No¬ 
vember 12, 1842: Transmitting Gov. Reid’s (of Bermuda) work 
on the law of storms, presented by the author. 
From Hon. Abbott Lawrence, Boston, November 15,1842 : Has 
received the circular of the Secretary of War, and asks for more 
copies of it for distribution. 
From Seth Sweetzer, U. S. Consul, Guayaquil, Washington, 
November 16, 1842: Presenting a dried flower in seed from a 
height on Chimborazo to which Humboldt ascended, which he hopes 
may be attempted to be cultivated in the District. 
From Bevan & Humphreys, Philadelphia, November 16, 1842: 
Informing Secretary that a box of minerals from Franklin Litchfield, 
Consul Puerto Cabello, had been received by them for the Insti¬ 
tute. 
From John Wyman, Baltimore, November 16, 1842: Offering 
for sale to the Institute curiosities, &c. 
From Bevan Si Humphreys, Philadelphia, November 18, 1842: 
Acknowledging letter, and enclosing bill of lading for box of minerals 
received by them from Mr. Litchfield. 
From J. Henshaw Belcher, Philadelphia, November 18, 1842: 
Stating that he had presented to the Institute, through Mr. Adams, 
