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PROCEEDINGS OF 
[1844. 
From B. B. Minor, editor Southern Literary Messenger, Rich¬ 
mond, Virginia, June 22, 1844: Acknowledging membership, enclo¬ 
sing $5 fee, and expressing warm interest in the Institute. 
From Robert A. Parrish, Jr., Philadelphia, June 24, 1844. 
From R. M. Harrison, U. S. Consul, Jamaica, June 24, 1844. 
From B. L. C. Wailes, Washington, Mississippi, June 25, 1844. 
From Lieut. W. D. Porter, U. S. Navy, Norfolk, Virginia, June 
26,1844. 
From C. S. Triplet’, M. D., U. S. Army, Detroit, June 27,1844: 
Acknowledging membership, &c.; suggesting a plan of forming a 
military anatomical museum, consisting of specimens of normal and 
morbid anatomy, Sic., to be deposited in the Institute. 
From C. Serruys, Belgian Minister, June 29, 1844: Presenting, 
in the name of his Government, several statistical books on Bel¬ 
gium. 
From S. W. Dana, Fayetteville, Lincoln County, Tennessee, 
June 29, 1844. 
From Hon. J. R. Poinsett, South Carolina, June 30, 1844: 
Transmitting letter from Dr. Meisser, President of the Society Vesa- 
lienne, &c., of Brussels, and requesting the Secretary to reply to it; 
inquiring what Congress has done for the Institute. 
From W. B. Hodgson, Philadelphia, July 2, 1844. 
From H. Wheaton, American Minister, Berlin, July 3, 1844: 
Musical celebration given by the Academy of Arts of Berlin, in 
honor of the memory of Thorwaldsen, &,c. 
From Lieut. W. D. Porter, U. S. Navy, Norfolk, Virginia, July 
3, 1844: Describing the butterfly-fish presented by him, and calling at¬ 
tention to his former suggestions about establishing cabinets on board 
our ships of war and at our navy yards, in aid of the Institute’s col¬ 
lections, &c. 
From H. & W. Delafield, New York, July 6, 1844: Sending bill 
of lading for a large box from Major Chase. 
From C. Edwards Lester, U. S. Consul, Geneva, July 10, 1844: 
Proposing several distinguished persons who would well and gladly 
represent the Institute at the meeting of Italian Savans, to take 
place at Milan, on the 12th of September, of the present year, with 
whom he would be happy to be associated. 
From Major William Turnbull, Washington, July 11, 1844. 
From Professor W. R. Johnson, Philadelphia, July 11, 1844. 
From Robert Wickliffe, U, S. Charge d’Affaires, Turin, July 12, 
1844: On American artists in Florence. 
From Dr. Louis Cavalli, Detroit, July 15, 3 844. 
From N. S. Jarvis, M. D., to Col. Abert, U. S. Army, Fort 
Jesup, July 16, 1844: Stating that he has packed and sent on for 
the Institute another collection, embracing nearly all the reptiles of 
Louisiana. 
From A. D. Chaloner, M. B., Philadelphia, July 18, 1844: 
