American Philosophical Society

[[Philosophical Hall]], the headquarters of the American Philosophical Society in [[Philadelphia]] The American Philosophical Society (APS), founded in 1743 in Philadelphia, is a scholarly organization that promotes knowledge in the sciences and humanities through research, professional meetings, publications, library resources, and community outreach. It was founded by Benjamin Franklin and is considered the first learned society in the United States.

The society has about 1,000 elected members. As of April 2020, 5,710 members had been inducted since its creation. Through research grants, published journals, the American Philosophical Society Museum, an extensive library, and regular meetings, the society supports a variety of disciplines in the humanities and the sciences.

Philosophical Hall, now a museum, is just east of Independence Hall in Independence National Historical Park. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1965. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Eulogium on Benjamin Franklin, L.L.D : President of the American Philosophical Society, Held at Philadelphia, for Promoting Useful Knowledge, fellow of the Royal Society of London, member of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris, of the Royal Society at Gottingen, the Batavian Society in Holland, and of many other literary societies in Europe and America; late minister plenipotentiary for the United States of America at the court of Paris, sometime president, and for more than half a century a revered citizen, of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Delivered Marc 1, 1791, in the German Lutheran Church of the city of Philadelphia, before the American Philosophical Society, and agreeably to their appointment, by William Smith, D.D. one of the vice-presidents of the said society, and provost of the College, and Academy of Philadelphia. The memory of the deceased was honored also, at the delivery of this eulogium, with the presence of the president, Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the corporation, and most of the public bodies, as well as respectable citizens, of Philadelphia.
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    Experiments and observations on the mineral waters of Philadelphia, Abington, and Bristol, in the province of Pennsylvania : Read June 18, 1773, before the American Philosophical Society, held at Philadelphia. By Benjamin Rush, M.D. professor of chemistry in the College of Philadelphia.
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    Remarks on education : illustrating the close connection between virtue and wisdom. To which is annexed, a system of liberal education. Which, having received the premium awarded by the American Philosophical Society, December 15th, 1797, is now published by their order. By Samuel Harrison Smith, A.M. member of the Am. Phil. Society.
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    Memoir on the analysis of the black vomit, ejected in the last stage of the yellow fever : By Isaac Cathrall.
    by Cathrall, Isaac, 1764-1819
    Published 1800
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    An oration, delivered February 24, 1775 : before the American Philosophical Society, held at Philadelphia, for Promoting Useful Knowledge. By David Rittenhouse, A.M. member of the said society.
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    An essay on the causes of the variety of complexion and figure in the human species : To which are added strictures on Lord Kaims's discourse, on the original diversity of mankind. By the Reverend Samuel Stanhope Smith, D.D. Vice-president, and professor of moral philosophy in the College of New-Jersey; and member of the American Philosophical Society, Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge.
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    Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.
    Published 1838
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    An account of the sugar maple-tree, of the United States, and of the methods of obtaining sugar from it : together with observations upon the advantages both public and private of this sugar. : In a letter to Thomas Jefferson, Esq. secretary of state of the United States, and one of the vice presidents of the American Philosophical Society. : Read in the American Philosophical Society, on the 19, of August, 1791, and extracted from the third volume of their Transactions now in the press. /
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    Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Held at Philadelphia, for Promoting Useful Knowledge.
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    Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Held at Philadelphia, for Promoting Useful Knowledge.
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    Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Held at Philadelphia, for Promoting Useful Knowledge.
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    Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Held at Philadelphia, for Promoting Useful Knowledge.
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    The Pyramid of the Sun at Teotihuacan : 1959 investigations /
    by Millon, René, 1921-
    Published 1965
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    Early transactions of the American Philosophical Society /
    Published 1969
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    Grantees' reports.
    Published 1985
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    Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society held at Philadelphia for promoting useful knowledge.
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    Year book - The American Philosophical Society.
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    Leon Abbett's New Jersey : the emergence of the modern governor /
    by Hogarty, Richard A.
    Published 2001
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    Africans and Europeans in West Africa : Elminans and Dutchmen on the Gold Coast during the eighteenth century /
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    The order Microsauria /
    by Carroll, Robert Lynn, 1938-
    Published 1978
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