292 PROCEEDINGS OF £ 1843. 
circular of the Institute, and sending copies of the annual reports of 
the Asylum for the Institute. 
Fi •orn Dr. James P. Screven, Savannah, Georgia, February 13, 
13, 1843 : Sending fossil molar teeth of megatherium, belonging to 
the Institute. 
From John C. Brown, Custom House, Boston, February 13, 
1843: As there are no vessels sailing from Boston to Washington at 
this season, he asks whether the box he wrote about in a former let¬ 
ter may not be sent by Hamden’s express line. 
From L. Warrington Sloat, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Fe¬ 
bruary 14, 1843. 
From E. H. Barton, New Orleans, February 14, 1843. 
From James Hall, Geologist, New York, Albany, February 18, 
1843: Acknowledging second bulletin. Will send to the Institute a 
collection of specimens. Encloses circular notice of the meeting of 
the Association of American Geologists and Naturalists at Albany. 
Will bring the subject of the next meeting at Washington before the 
Association. 
From John C. Brown, Custom House, Boston, February 21, 
1843: Acknowledging letter of the 16th, and forwarding a box from 
Smyrna, by Harden’s express, &c. 
From A. H. Palmer, American and Foreign Agency, New York, 
February 21, 1843: Enclosing bill of postages against the Institute, 
and referring to former expenses by Mr. Everett, in London ; also, a 
letter to him from the Atenco Literario y Cientifico of Madrid, ac¬ 
cepting correspondence of the Institute, stating that certain numbers 
of the first bulletins never reached him. 
From F. Horner, M. D., Warrenton, Virginia, February 23,1843: 
Acknowledging medical circular and replying to its interrogatories, 
&c. 
From Hon. Levi Woodbury, U. S. Senate, to Mr. Force, Fe¬ 
bruary 23, 1843: Enclosing letter from Dr. C. T. Jackson, on the 
subject of the tin ores of New Hampshire, with an ingot of pure tin, 
extracted from them, and presented to the National Institute. 
From Hon. Osmyn Baker, House of Representatives, February 
25, 1843: Asking copies of publications of the Institute, especially 
those of its Medical Department, for a friend in Massachusetts, who 
will be useful to the Institute. 
From Professor Lewis R. Gibbes, College, Charleston, South 
Carolina, February 21,1843: Offering thanks for membership. Will 
forward soon a parcel of plants and a box of shells of South Caro¬ 
lina, acknowledging medical circular, and will place it in good hands, 
&c. 
From W.Byrd Powell, Little Rock, Arkansas, to Col. Abert, Fe¬ 
bruary 25, 1843: Forwarding, in compliance with Mr. Williams’ 
advice, a box containing one hundred and five mineralogical and geo¬ 
logical specimens, with a catalogue and description of the country 
