Membership applications, 1842-1843.

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Membership applications, 1842-1843.

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Contains 73 applications for membership in the American Institute. The majority of applicants used a standard form that required the name of the sponsoring member (often the corresponding secretary, Thadeus B. Wakeman) and the occupation, place of residence, and signature of the applicant. The applicant's name and date of admission were written on the back of the slips. The participants represented a wide range of occupations, including accountants, attorneys, chemists, clerks, craftsmen, gardeners, manufacturers, merchants, physicians, ship builders, tavern keepers, teachers, etc.

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Wakeman, Thadeus B.

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American institute of the City of New York

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The American Institute of the City of New York, also known as the American Institute of the City of New York for the Encouragement of Science and Invention, was an association of inventors which organized exhibitions, lecture series and radio broadcasts to inform the public about new technologies and served as a locus for inventors' professional activities. It was chartered in 1829 and merged with the New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS) in the 1980s. From the description of American ...