ORIGIN AND FORMATION OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY HELD AT PHILADELPHIA FOR PROMOTING USEFUL KNOWLEDGE BY PETER STEPHEN DU PONCEAU WITH THE COMMUNICATION OF J. FRANCIS FISHER, Esq. AND THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE TO WHICH THESE PAPERS WERE REFERRED READ OCTOBER 15, 1841 AND THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE DATE OF THE FOUNDATION OF THE SOCIETY ACCEPTED MAY 1, 1914 PHILADELPHIA THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY 1914 |