Notes, [ca. 1961], on portraits at the American Philosophical Society.

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Notes, [ca. 1961], on portraits at the American Philosophical Society.

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These notes were the working papers used by Rutledge for her published guide, "Catalogue of Portraits . . . American Philosophical Society" (1961).

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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...

Rutledge, Anna Wells

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Anna Wells Rutledge is an historian. From the description of Notes, [ca. 1961], on portraits at the American Philosophical Society. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122632867 From the guide to the Notes, [ca. 1961], on portraits at the American Philosophical Society, Circa 1961, (American Philosophical Society) Art historian of Charleston, S.C.; author of "Artists in the Life of Charleston"; b. 1907; d. 1996. From the descrip...