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PROCEEDINGS OP 
[ 1843 . 
One old Land Chart of 1142.—From James R. Furgeson . 
Two Indian Arrow-Heads, from Virginia; one Shell, and one Stone 
Tomahawk, from Virginia ; one Stalactite, from Wier’s Cave.— 
From Carr Thornberry. 
Eight Copper Coins, six Silver Coins, and eleven Tokens .—From 
James Howks. 
One Corporation Note of Washington City .-—From S. P. Frank¬ 
lin, 
Plaster Bust of Hon. Levi Woodbury .—From H. L. Ellsworth. 
One Silver Coin of Prussia, 127 years old .™From Maurice Whail, 
Baltimore. 
Several old Newspapers relating to the City of Washington .—From 
John Sessford . 
Stated Meeting , March 13, 1843. 
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The Corresponding Secretary announced the following contribu¬ 
tions and deposites: 
For the Cabinet. 
Box, containing Coal, Fossils, and Huano .—From W. Wheelright, 
Chile. 
Box of Minerals, &c., from South America .-—From General Sem¬ 
ple, late Charge d’Affaires, Bogota . 
Box of Minerals, Fossils, &c., from Wisconsin .™From Stephen 
Taylor and General Smith, Mineral Point, Wisconsin. 
Bottle, containing specimen of the Hand Flower of Mexico .—From 
Peyton A. Southall, Baltimore. 
Jar, containing Fish; Jar, containing Centipedes; Skin of a Sea 
Wo U.—From C. P. Patterson, U. S. Navy. 
Package of dried Plants, from the highest Mountains of South Ame¬ 
rica .—From Professor Jameson , Quito, by the hands of Seth 
Sweetzer, Consul of the United States, Guayaquil . 
Box of Minerals and Silurian Fossils of New York .™From Iona 
Pearson, Librarian and Curator of Museum of Natural History, 
Union College, Schenectady. 
Specimens of Bitumen, pure and mixed with pebbles, from Cuba.—- 
From the Hon. Daniel Webster. 
Box of Minerals, &c., from the Hon. Daniel Webster .™From T. 
B. Livingston, U. S. Consul, Halifax, Nova Scotia . 
For the Library . 
American Quarterly Register and Journal of the American Educa¬ 
tion Society of Boston, (series complete.)—-LVowi Samuel H. 
Riddell, Secretary of the Society. 
Estatutos de la Sociedad Economica Barcelonesa de Amigos del Pais, 
