PROCEEDINGS OF 
284 
[ 1843 . 
27th and 28th numbers of “ Journal de PEcole Polytechnique,” for 
the Institute. 
From James Tod, Secretary Royal Scotch Society of Arts, Edin¬ 
burg, December 13, 1842: Presenting thanks of the R. S, S. A. 
for the first and second bulletins, &c. 
From the Highland Agricultural Society of Scotland, Charles 
Gordon, Secretary, Edinburg, December 16, 1842: Thanking the 
Institute for first and second bulletins, &c. 
From H. A. S. Dearborn, Boston, December 23, 1S42: Commu¬ 
nicating a paper addressed to Hon. Mr. Preston and Mr. Poinsett, 
on the subject of a Government Horticultural and Agricultural Es¬ 
tablishment, &c. 
From Stephen Taylor, Mineral Point, Wisconsin, December 9, 
1842: Stating that he and General Smith had shipped in October 
last a box for the Institute. 
From Theodore F. Moss, Philadelphia, December 13,1842: 
Acknowledging letter, and sending on a volume presented by Capt. 
Smyth, Royal Navy. 
From Michael Chevalier, Paris, December 13, 1842: Returning 
thanks for the honor of membership, and expatiating on the value 
and importance of the National Institute. 
Fi 'om Dr. C. Pickering, Curator, Washington, December 12, 
1842: Enclosing a letter from Henry Moore, of Baltimore, to Mr. 
Ellsworth, offering to deposit a collection of plants, minerals, fossils, 
&c., of the United States, for which he hopes the Institute will give 
him some compensation. 
From Peyton A. Southall, Baltimore, December 15, 1842: Pre¬ 
senting specimen of the hand flower in a bottle, from the Imperial Bo¬ 
tanic Garden, of the palace in Mexico, with a description, &c. 
From Thomas B. Thorp, St. Francisville, La., December 16, 
1842: Acknowledging letter of 12th of October. Is collecting cu¬ 
riosities, &c., of Lousiana, for the Institute, whose cause he is 
anxious to serve. 
From C. P. Patterson, Lieut. U. S. Navy, Washington, December 
20, 1842: Presenting two jars of fish and centipedes, and skin of a 
sea wolf. 
From Rev. J. J. Robertson, (Missionary to Greece,) December 
27, 1842. 
From A. H. Palmer, American and Foreign Agency, New York, 
December 23, 1842: Acknowledging letter of 11th of October. 
Has charged against the Institute sundry postages on communications 
received for it. 
From Lewis C. Beck, (Mineralogist, New York Survey,) New 
Brunswick, New Jersey, January 5, 1843: Respecting the double 
invitation from the Institute to the Association of American Geologists, 
&c., to meet at Washington; and offering minerals of New York 
State. 
