Manuscript collecting: the first 101 years, 1980.

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Manuscript collecting: the first 101 years, 1980.

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This article is a history of manuscript collecting at the American Philosophical Society, from 1743 to 1844.

31 p. : photocopy of typescript.

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American Philosophical Society

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Benjamin Franklin founded the American Philosophical Society in 1743 in Philadelphia, patterning it after the Royal Society of London. It's purpose was the promotion of the study of science and the practical arts of agriculture, engineering trades, and manufactures. Subjects of today's "philosophy" were generally excluded from the societies of the 17th and 18th centuries and the word "philosophy" meant to them "love of knowledge," and was essentially the equivalent of today's "science." Interest...

Smith, Murphy D.

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Murphy D. Smith was Associate Librarian at the American Philosophical Society. From the description of Manuscript collecting: the first 101 years, 1980. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122347501 ...