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Sending his paper on the petrified forest near Cairo, read at the April 
meeting. 
From Alexander H. Everett, Springfield, Massachusetts, July 23, 
1844. 
From R. K. Haight, New York, July 24, 1844. 
From Hon. John C. Spencer, New York, July 26, 1844 : Offering 
suggestions in regard to the publication of the proceedings of the 
April meeting. 
From the same, same date and place: Acknowledging honorary 
membership, &c. 
From J. W. Dana, Fayetteville, Lincoln County, Tennessee, 
July 27, 1844: Enclosing $5 for the proceedings about to be pub¬ 
lished. 
From Professor M. Jacobs, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 29, 
1844. 
From Asbury Dickins, Secretary of Senate, July 29, 1844. 
From Professor B. Hallowed, Sandy Spring, Maryland, July 30, 
1844: Enclosing his essay read before the April meeting. 
From Hon. J. R. Poinsett, South Carolina, July 30, 1844: 
Transmitting letter from T. Lloyd Halsey, who has presented a 
picture to the Institute, which he left at Rome. 
From Gales & Seaton, Washington, July 30, 1844: Enclos¬ 
ing note from Hon. Mr. Payne, of Alabama, in which he requests 
copies of the publications of the Institute for the Hon. Chief Justice 
of Alabama, Henry W. Collier. 
From Rev. John G. Morris, D. D., Baltimore, July 30, 1844: 
Giving an account of what he and Mr. Townsend have done to 
preserve Count Castelnau’s collection of insects, and the condition 
in which they found it. 
From Dr. Frederick A. Davisson, Hillsborough, Loudon County, 
Virginia, August 1,1844: Acknowledging membership, and sending 
two boxes, one of bivalve shells, the other of minerals, &c. 
From Joseph T. Dutton, Brooklyn, Long Island, August 1,1844: 
Describing certain meteorological phenomena observed by him; the 
mirage. 
From F. J. Grund, U. S. Consul, Antwerp, Philadelphia, August 
7, 1844. 
From Hugh A. Goldsborough, Washington, August 10, 1844. 
From W. B. Hodgson, New York, 1844. 
From Caleb Cushing, American Minister to China, Aden, Arabia, 
November 3, 1843: Describing the British stronghold of Aden, in 
Arabia. 
From the same, Bombay, November 26, 1843: Description of 
Bombay, &c. 
From A. B. Russell, to Hon. J. R. Ingersoll, New York, March 
16, 1844: On the advantages of a National Institute, &c., &c. 
From F. Boott, M. D., London, March 29, 1844, 
