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From Hon. W. P. Thomasson, of Kentucky, House of Represen¬ 
tatives, January 22, 1844: Asking copy of constitution and last 
annual report of the National Institute. 
From Wm. Oland Bourne, Brooklyn, Long Island, January 22, 
1844 : Offering remarks and suggestions respecting the National and 
Smithsonian Institutes ; stating that he has sent on a collection of min¬ 
erals ; and that he will do any thing in his power to serve the Insti¬ 
tute, &c. 
From Rev. Thomas S. Savage, M. D., Protestant Episcopal 
Missionary to Cape Palmas, W. Africa, Fredericksburg, Virginia, 
January 22, 1844. 
From Hon. Gov. Kemble, of New York, Washington, January 
23, 1844. 
From Hugh B. Sweeny, Washington, January 24, 1844. 
From W. D. Brackenridge, Washington, January 26, 1844. 
From W. Wheelright, London, (received January 28, 1844:) 
Transmitting his report of steam navigation in the Pacific, and will 
be happy to be useful to the Institute when he returns to South 
America. 
From R. M. Harrison, U. S. Consul, Kingston, Jamaica, Octo¬ 
ber 31, 1843. 
From Rev. John G. Morris, D. B., Baltimore, January 31, 
1844. 
Rail Road Receipt, January 31, 1844: Accompanying a box 
from New York. 
From Capt. G. P. Upshur, U. S. Navy, Philadelphia, February 
3, 1844. 
From Howland & Aspinwall, New York, February 6, 1844. 
From Alexandre Vattemare, Paris, December 10, 1843: Ex¬ 
plaining his system of exchanges as it concerns the National Insti¬ 
tute, &c., forwarding a large collection of books, &c., in advance of 
a still larger collection he has on hand for the Institute, on which he 
expects expenses paid, &e.; and accompanying his letter with various 
printed and manuscript documents showing the steps he has been 
taking to promote exchanges of books, works of art, &c., &c., be¬ 
tween France and the United States, &c. 
From Professor C. A. Holmboe, Christiania, Norway, October 12, 
1843 : Expressing his high sense of the honor of membership con¬ 
ferred upon him, and sending various contributions to the library and 
cabinet of the Institute ; proposing, if acceptable, to send on a manu¬ 
script copy of his grammar on the language of the Lappons, a noma¬ 
dic people who dwell in the Northern parts of Sweden, Norway, and 
Russia, and which appears to be of the same origin as the dialects of 
the North American Indians; expressing a desire to obtain works on 
the Indian languages from the United States. 
From Major General TchefFkine, General Russian Mining Engi- 
