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PROCEEDINGS OF 
[ 1844, 
The medal voted to Capt. Stewart has not been recovered. 
No. 1, Washington ; No. 2, Wayne ; No. 3, Fleury; No. 4, Col. Washington; 
No. 5, Captors of Andrd ; No. 6, Howard ; No. 7, Green ; No. 8, Preble ; No, 
9, Jones.—Whole number, 3. 
Additional Series. 
No. 1, State of Pennsylvania to Perry; No. 2, Inauguration, Van Buren ; No. 
3, Visit to the Mint, Tyler.—Whole number, 3. 
Aggregate number, 49. a 
From Abbott Lawrence, Boston, March 29, 1844: Contributing 
$100 towards the expenses of the meeting of the Institute, he. 
From Hon. Richard Rush. Philadelphia, March 30, 1844 : Sending 
a communication on the Smithson legacy to be read at the April 
meeting, and contributes $5 towards the expenses, he. 
From Capt. J. H. Aulick, U. S. Navy, Washington, March 30, 
1844: Presenting a volume, he. 
From Samuel H. Tyson, Custom House, Philadelphia, March 30, 
1844 : Has forwarded a box to the Institute, &c. 
From Professor J. W. Bailey, (to Col. Totten,) West Point, 
March 30, 1844: Enclosing a paper on American polythalamia, to 
be read at the April meeting of the Institute, and subscribing $5, he. 
From Professor S. S. Haldeman, Columbia, Pennsylvania, March 
30, 1844. 
From Com. W. C. Nicholson, U. S. Navy, Boston, March 30, 
1844.: Respecting the box of antique vases, he., left in the care of 
Com. Morris, &c. 
From J. H. Alexander, Baltimore, March 30, 1844. 
From Professor H. St. George Tucker, University, Virginia, April 
1, 1844: Presenting several works from his own pen, &c. 
From Dr. R. Dunglison, Secretary American Philosophical So¬ 
ciety, Philadelphia, April 1, 1844: Announcing the death of Mr. 
Duponceau, late President of the American Philosophical Society, 
and an honorary member of the Institute, &c. 
From Robert Serrell Wood, of Philadelphia, Washington, April 
1, 1844: Presenting his work on electricity to be distributed among 
the members, he. 
From D. J. M. Loop, (to Mr. Spencer,) Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 
April 1, 1844: Asking for information respecting the Institute, &c. 
From Henry Wheatland, Salem, Massachusetts, April 1, 1844: 
Subscribing $10 for two volumes of the publication, if made, of the 
proceedings of the meeting in April, and will forward minerals, shells, 
&c., &c., if they will be acceptable. 
From Dr. M. C. Buck, Washington, April 2, 1844: Sending 
specimens of copper ore, he., from an old mine in Warren County, 
Virginia, with a letter from his nephew describing them. 
From Robert A. Parrish, Jr., Philadelphia, April 2, 1844: Com¬ 
municating to the Institute a paper entitled “ Solution of the princi¬ 
ple of the rotation and divergence of a watch crystal when placed on 
a drop of water upon an inclined glass plane,” &,c. 
