Patriot-Improvers Volume One

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Patriot-Improvers: Members of the American Philosophical Society, Volume One: 1743-1768 (Memoir 226)

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By Whitfield J. Bell
Year: 1997
Pages: 531
Binding Hardcover
ISBN 0871692260

Product Code: 0871692260

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Whitfield J. Bell (au). When Benjamin Franklin adopted John Bartram's 1739 idea of bringing together the "virtuosi" of the colonies to promote inquiries into "natural secrets, arts & syances," the result was, in 1743, the founding of the American Philosophical Society. Bell records the early years of the Society through sketches of its first members, those elected between 1743 & 1769. This volume includes biographies of some of the Society's best known members such as Franklin, David Rittenhouse, John Bartram, Benjamin Rush, John Dickinson, Thomas Hopkinson & many lesser known merchants, artisans, farmers, physicians, lawyers & clergymen with familiar surnames such as Biddle, Colden, & Morris. Illustrations.

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