An Historical Account of the Origin and Formation of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful KnowledgeAmerican philosophical society, 1914 - 194 pages |
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... meeting . not think that they were adopted , or , if they were , they cannot have remained long in use , as it would have taken up the whole time of each meeting for each member to answer them , and they would have led to conversations ...
... meeting . not think that they were adopted , or , if they were , they cannot have remained long in use , as it would have taken up the whole time of each meeting for each member to answer them , and they would have led to conversations ...
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... meetings . It is useless to enter into details upon this subject , the proceedings will speak for themselves . I shall only take notice of what appears the most worthy of remark . At the date when the volume begins , the members were ...
... meetings . It is useless to enter into details upon this subject , the proceedings will speak for themselves . I shall only take notice of what appears the most worthy of remark . At the date when the volume begins , the members were ...
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... meetings of the Junto , with few interruptions , regularly took place on the Friday of every week , and business was transacted in the usual manner , until the latter end of the year 1760 , when their num- ber was reduced to six , who ...
... meetings of the Junto , with few interruptions , regularly took place on the Friday of every week , and business was transacted in the usual manner , until the latter end of the year 1760 , when their num- ber was reduced to six , who ...
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... meetings . 19 This strengthens my conjectures that there existed a book of minutes including the two years when its founder was in this City . How interesting it would be to read what passed at those meetings when Franklin was present ...
... meetings . 19 This strengthens my conjectures that there existed a book of minutes including the two years when its founder was in this City . How interesting it would be to read what passed at those meetings when Franklin was present ...
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... it appears that they are the continuation of former proceedings of the old Junto . Little was done at the meetings , until the 23rd of May , when it appears that Owen Biddle and Isaac 24 HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGIN OF THE.
... it appears that they are the continuation of former proceedings of the old Junto . Little was done at the meetings , until the 23rd of May , when it appears that Owen Biddle and Isaac 24 HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGIN OF THE.
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An Historical Account of the Origin and Formation of the American ... Peter Stephen Du Ponceau,J. Francis Fisher No preview available - 2017 |
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