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From R. W. Fox, U. S. Consul, Plymouth, England, November 
23,1843. 
From Major G. W. Butler, Dumboyne Plantations, Bayou Gould 
Post office, Louisiana, November 28, 1843. 
From Henry G. Andrews, Boston, December 7, 1843. 
From L. H. Sheldon, Andover, Massachusetts, December 7, 
1843 : Applauding the objects of the Institute, and promising to send 
on to it, from time to time, communications and objects of natural his¬ 
tory, & c. 
From Dr. Gideon B. Smith, Baltimore, December 10, 1843: 
Describing and giving a sketch of a simple hygrometer made with 
vegetable and animal fibre, &c., &c. 
From Thomas Balch, New York, December 11, 1843. 
From Wm. Oland Bourne, Brooklyn, Long Island, December 11, 
1843. 
From J. Coppinger, New York, (received December 12, 1843.) 
From Robert Walsh, Paris, December 12,1843 : Stating that the 
French Minister of Commerce had sent to him, for the Institute, the 
eight quarto volumes of statistics published by his department, and 
recommending the Minister and others as members, &c. 
From P. S. Duponceau, Philadelphia, December 13, 1843. 
From Howland & Aspinwall, New York, December 13, 1843. 
From H. Ledyard, U. S. Charge d’Affaires, Paris, December 14, 
1843 : Apprizing the Institute that he has induced M. Vattemare to 
send to it three boxes of books, &c., upon which he (Mr. Ledyard) 
had paid the expenses to Havre. 
From H. W. Garland, of Lynchburg, Virginia, Washington, De¬ 
cember 18, 1843. 
From S. M. E. Goheen, Lebanon, Illinois, December 18, 1843: 
Acknowledging Secretary’s letter, and a copy of the National Intelli¬ 
gencer, containing list of presents made by him to the Institute; has 
removed to Illinois, and will explore the Indian mounds of that State, 
and give the results to the Institute. 
From J. Dille, Newark, Ohio, December 18, 1843: On the phe¬ 
nomena of drift in the Western country, &c. 
From Capt. P. St. George Cooke, U. S. Dragoons, Fort Leaven¬ 
worth, December 20, 1843. 
From Messrs. Zachrisson & Co., New York, December 23,1843. 
From Bronson Murray, Ottawa, Illinois, December 23, 1843. 
From Henry Ledyard, Charge d’Affaires, Paris: Enclosing bill of 
lading for one trunk, one case, and one package, shipped at Havre 
on board the Oneida, to New York, for the Institute. 
From W. B. Hodgson, Savannah, Georgia, December 28, 1843. 
From Francis Lieber, L. L. D., Columbia, South Carolina, De¬ 
cember 29, 1843: Expressing his desire to serve the cause of the 
Institute in his approaching travels in Europe. 
From Professor John Locke, Cincinnati, Ohio, December 30, 
