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membership, and stating that he has directed his publishers to for¬ 
ward, as a present, his “ Conquest of Mexico.” 
From Hon. Edmund Burke, House of Representatives, Washing¬ 
ton, June 4, 1844: Presenting a box of minerals from Henry Neal, 
of Unity, New Hampshire. 
From N. C. Brooks, President of the High School, Baltimore, 
June 4, 1844: Asking contributions for the museum of the high 
school. 
From Lieut. J. H. Ward, U. S. Navy, Washington, June 5, 
1844: Communicating letter from the Connecticut Historical So¬ 
ciety, appointing him a delegate to the April meeting. 
From Alex. Vattemare, Paris, June 6, 1844: Forwarding further 
letters of thanks from persons elected members ; asking for money to 
aid in defraying his expenses in behalf of the Institute; fears he will 
be obliged to abandon his enterprise on this account; complaining 
that his labors are not appreciated in the United States, and wishing 
the presents he sends to be considered as for exchanges, &c. 
From Major E. G. W. Butler, Dumboyne Plantation, Bayou 
Gould Post Office, Louisiana, June 7, 1844: Has sent a box of 
plants of the cherry, wild peach, swamp dogwood, &c., and details 
curious changes which the cherry has undergone by expatriation, and 
hopes experiments may be made on it by the Institute. 
From W. B. Hodgson, (of Savannah,) New York, June 8, 1844: 
Remarks on M. Gustave d’Eichthal’s memoir on the primitive his¬ 
tory of the Oceanic (Polynesian) and American races. 
From Hon. Dixon H. Lewis, U. S. Senate, June 10, 1844. 
From John C. Brent, Washington, June 10, 1844. 
From B. B. Minor, editor Southern Literary Messenger, Rich¬ 
mond, Virginia, June 10, 1844: Asking information about the Insti¬ 
tute. 
From Professor M. Jacobs, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, June 12, 
1844. 
From Hon. Sidney Breese, U. S. Senate, to Mr. Choate, June 
13, 1844. 
From Hon. Rufus Choate, U. S. Senator, June 14, 1844. 
From P. Thompson, Washington, June 14, 1844: Enclosing 
$105, subscribed forM. Vattemare. 
From Hon. L. Woodbury, U. S. Senator, to Mr. Townsend, June 
17, 1844 : Consenting to deliver the next annual address, and re¬ 
gretting that the House did not concur with the Senate in granting 
the appropriation asked for by the Institute. 
From Hon. J. J. Crittenden, U. S. Senator, June 17, 1844. 
From G. Bernard, New York, June 20, 1844. 
From George Moore, U. S. Consul, Trieste, June 22, 1844: Re¬ 
ferring to former letters respecting a box of plants sent to the Insti¬ 
tute, by Signor Tommasini, and presenting a collection of ancient 
coins, which he has shipped by the Camilla to New York. 
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