Note de transcription: La ponctuation et les erreurs clairement introduites par le typographe ont été corrigées. Cependant, le texte anglais a été écrit par des personnes dont la langue maternelle était le français et leurs erreurs d'orthographe—et il y en a beaucoup—ont été conservées.
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Transcriber's note: Punctuation and obvious printer errors have been 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.
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TABLE OF CONTENT
INTRODUCTION
PRESENT STATE
STATE OF MARYLAND
STATE OF MAINE
STATE OF MICHIGAN
STATE OF ILLINOIS'S
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
STATE OF VIRGINIA
STATE OF NEW-YORK
STATE OF RHODE-ISLAND
COMPARATIVE
TABLE
INSTRUCTIONS
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
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.
Considering myself highly honored by this kind invitation, I felt it necessary to endeavour at once to gratify a desire expressed in such flattering terms.
But, after mature reflection, I resolved to confine myself to the publication of
It can be easily understood, that, obliged even to reduce the number of documents which each testified to the positive results of the system of exchanges, I have entirely omitted those which merely contain promises. In the present state of things, I can only with propriety present the public with accomplished facts.
Why should I add any reflection to these authentic documents which I publish? It does not become me to tell the care and anxiety which the already acquired results have cost me. As for the kindness and liberality of which so many proofs have been given me both in France and America, it is visible enough through this publication. If, on this occasion, I express my unbounded gratitude, I cannot nevertheless forget that these favors have been granted less to my exertions than in consequence of the hopes thereby created, and the ends foreseen.
I hope that this pamphlet will not be without fruit. From what has been done, we can judge of what may be done, and inspired by the confidence imparted by the success of the three past years, I confidently trust that these facts will give the system of exchange a new impulse.
For this reason, I have determined to conclude the publication by the instructions prepared by the administrative professors of the Museum of natural history. Our American Brethren will be kind enough to follow the advice of these literati in prosecuting their researches, and sending their fruits.
I beg leave to recommend them to the particular attention of those societies and gentlemen in the new world who make natural history a special study.
The French and English languages being so familiar to the two nations, I thought it better to keep the following Documents in the language they were writt, fearing they might lose their originalety by being translated.
Paris, may 1846.
A. Vattemare.
PRESENT STATE
OF THE
SYSTEM OF INTERNATIONAL LITERARY EXCHANGES
BETWEEN
FRANCE AND NORTH AMERICA.
Extract from the Journal de l'instruction publique (March 4. 1846.) (Published under the auspices of the Department of public instruction.).