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PROCEEDINGS OF 
[1844. 
Abstract of Correspondence. 
Letters— 
To Hon. G. M. Bower, House of Representatives, January 13, 
1844: In answer to inquiries respecting the communication of H. 
Peake, of Hannibal, Mo., on the subject of the inscriptions on brass 
plates found in a Mound at the West. 
Letters and Communications 
From Domenico Bartolini, Vice Consul at Civita Vecchia, to Hon. 
Mr. Upshur, Secretary of State, June 1, 1843 : Asking the Secre¬ 
tary of State to present to the Institute, in his name, a collection of 
Etruscan, Greek, and Egyptian vases, he., of great value. 
From Thomas Lloyd Halsey, Milan, July 27, 1843. 
From General Isidrio Barriga, Quito, August 9, 1843. 
From Seth Sweetzer, U. S. Consul, Guyaquil, September 4, 
1843: Enclosing letter from General Barriga, and a box of dried 
plants from the equator, and adding that he is preparing for a journey 
into the interior, for the purpose of collecting relics and curiosities of 
the ancient Incas, which he will forward in 1844 to the Institute. 
From M. Cesar Moreau, Paris, September 20, 1843. 
From Dr. Thomas Chalmers, Edinburg, October 9, 1843. 
From Dr. Boyd Reilly, Constantinople, October 18, 1843. 
From George A. Porter, U. S. Consul, Constantinople, October 
18, 1843: Apprizing the Secretary that he has put on board the 
United States brig Truxton a box, containing portrait of Abd-ul- 
Medjid-Khan, the present Sultan of Turkey, said to be an excellent 
likeness, and the only one ever sent to the United States. 
From Dr. Boyd Reilly, Constantinople, October 26, 1843. 
From M. Borkh, Secretary of the Royal Academy of Sciences, 
Berlin, October 31, 1843: Communicating thanks of the Academy 
for the first and second bulletins of the Institute. 
From W. W. Andrews, U. S. Consul, Malta, November 2,1843. 
From M. Von Raumer, Berlin, November 15, 1843: Expressing 
his pleasure at being made a member of the Institute, as it appears 
to give a welcome to his intended visit to America, and making stric¬ 
tures upon travellers who have visited the United States. 
From James Tod, Secretary Scotch Royal Society of Arts, Edin¬ 
burg, November 16, 1843: Transmitting the transactions of the So¬ 
ciety. 
From C. W. Dabney, U. S. Consul, Fayal, November 20, 1843 : 
Advising the Secretary of his purpose to forward a suite of volcanic 
specimens, from the Azores, to supply the place of those collected 
by Mr. Cushing, Minister to China, which were lost in the Missouri; 
and that he will send on his own collections, if they would be accept¬ 
able. 
