Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1800.

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Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1800.

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Letter dated 20 January 1800 in Philadelphia to George Fox of Lancaster, Pa. Vaughn discusses the books and materials needed by the Philosophical Society.

1 item (1 leaf).

University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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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...

Vaughn, John W., 1926-

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Librarian of the American Philosophical Society. From the description of John Vaughn correspondence, 1838 June 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981266 ...

Fox, George.

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