William Mugford Papers, 1804-1805.

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William Mugford Papers, 1804-1805.

Salem, MA ship captain. Collection consists of letters from American Philosophical Society; answer to the libel of Mr. Schwartz, and French certificate.

1 box (.5 linear foot).

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SNAC Resource ID: 7938207

Peabody Essex Museum

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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...

Mugford, William

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