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Movement of the International Literary Exchanges, between France and North America from January 1845 to May, 1846: With Instructions for Collecting, Preparing, and Forwarding Objects of Natural History Written by The Professors Administrators of The Museum Of Natural History At Paris. And Instructions Relative to Anthropology and Zoology — John Shaqi

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Movement of the International Literary Exchanges, between France and North America from January 1845 to May, 1846: With Instructions for Collecting, Preparing, and Forwarding Objects of Natural History Written by The Professors Administrators of The Museum Of Natural History At Paris. And Instructions Relative to Anthropology and Zoology

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introduites par le typographe ont ete corrigees. Cependant, le texte
anglais a ete ecrit par des personnes dont la langue maternelle etait
le francais et leurs erreurs d'orthographe--et il y en a beaucoup--ont
ete conservees.

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repaired. However, the English text was written by people whose native
language was French and their spelling mistakes--and there are a great
many--have been preserved.




MOVEMENT

OF THE

INTERNATIONAL LITTERARY EXCHANGES,

BETWEEN

FRANCE AND NORTH AMERICA,

From January, 1845, to May, 1846.

WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOR

COLLECTING, PREPARING, AND FORWARDING

OBJECTS OF NATURAL HISTORY

Written by the Professors Administrators of the Museum of natural
History at Paris.

AND INSTRUCTIONS RELATIVE TO

ANTHROPOLOGY AND ZOOLOGY,

BY

M. ISIDORE GEOFFROY St-HILAIRE,

(Both series translated by an American Lady.)

PUBLISHED BY REQUEST.

PARIS:

PRINTED BY PAUL DUPONT.

1846




INTRODUCTION.


In the month of January last, I received the following letter:

   Paris, December 24th, 1845.

   MONSIEUR ALEXANDRE VATTEMARE,

   Sir,

   The undersigned young men, citizens of the United States of
   America, now in Paris, have heard so much about the successful
   realisation of your scheme of international exchanges between
   France and their native land, that they are induced to take the
   liberty of requesting from you a narration of the results of your
   indefatigable exertions in the cause of science during the past
   twelve months. They avail themselves of the occasion to testify
   their gratitude for your desinterested toil and the high respect
   with which they have the honor to subscribe themselves,

   Your very obedient and humble servants,

   BENJ. PERLEY POORE, of Massachusetts.
   W. C. ALLAn, of Kentucky.
   F. S. AINSWORTH, M. D., of Massachusetts.
   J. HUNT, of Massachusetts.
   BENJ. APTHORP GOULD, of Massachusetts.
   EDWARD MONROE, of New-York.
   JAMES M. HOPPIN, of Rhode-Island.
   GEO. H. HALL, of North-Carolina.
   BENJ. CHAMPNEY, of Massachusetts.
   HENRY WILLARD, of Massachusetts.
   W. J. PARKERSON, of Massachusetts.
   H. H. J. GIBSON, of New-York.
   SAMUEL WANSLOW, New-York.
   GEO. C. MASON, Rhode-Island.
   JNO. C. MARTIN, New-York.
   FLELCHER DERBY, New-York.
   J. SUMNER, Massachusetts.
   HENDERSON POPE, So. Carolina.
   J.-S. HARRIS, Mississipi.
   THOMAS DUSTIN, Indiana.
   E. HARTSHORN, Pennsylvania.
   JOHN S. MILLER, Pennsylvania.
   J. C. CROSS, Kentucky.
   NORWOOD PENROSE, New-Jersey.
   MORTON STILLE, Pennsylvania.
   GEO. CATLIN, New-York.

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