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Early Journal Content on JSTOR, Free to Anyone in the World Early Journal Content on JSTOR, Free to Anyone in the World This article is one of nearly 500,000 scholarly works digitized and made freely available to everyone in the world by JSTOR. Known as the Early Journal Content, this set of works include research articles, news, letters, and other writings published in more than 200 of the oldest leading academic journals. The works date from the mid-seventeenth to the early twentieth centuries. We encourage people to read and share the Early Journal Content openly and to tell others that this resource exists. People may post this content online or redistribute in any way for non-commercial purposes. Read more about Early Journal Content at http://about.jstor.org/participate-jstor/individuals/early- journal-content. JSTOR is a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary source objects. JSTOR helps people discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content through a powerful research and teaching platform, and preserves this content for future generations. JSTOR is part of ITHAKA, a not-for-profit organization that also includes Ithaka S+R and Portico. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [email protected]. 1 LIST OF THE MEMBERS OF THE AMERICANPHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, HELD AT PHILADELPHIA, FOR PROMOTINGUSEFUL KNOWLEDGE, Formed on the 2d of Yanuary, 1769, by a Union of the "Ameri- can Philosophical Society," and the "American Society held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge." ORIGINAL MEMBERS, OR MEMBERS AT THE TIME OF UNION. I. Members common to the two ComponentSocieties. I. Benjamin Franklin. Original member of the A. P. S. I743. Elected member of the A. S. Feb. 19, 1768. Died April I7, 1790, set. 84. 2. John Bartram. F. R. S. and Botanist to his Majesty, orig. mem. A. P. S. 1743. Mem. A. S. Feb. I9, 1768. Died Sept. 1777, set. 76. 3. Dr. Cadwalader Evans. A. P. S. Nov. 1767. A. S. Jan. 19, 1768. Died 1773, et. 57- 4. John Lukens. Surveyor-Generalof Pennsylvania. A. P. S. Jan. 12, 1768. A. S. Oct. 3, 1766. Died 1789. 5. Joseph Galloway, Speaker of the Assembly of Pennsylvania. A. P. S. Jan. 19, 1768. A. S. Dec. 2, 1768. Died 1803, Oet.74. 6. Dr. Thomas Cadwalader. A. P. S. Jan. 19, 1768. A. S. Oct. 14, 1768. Died Nov. 14, 1779, set. 72. 7. Dr. John Redman. A. P. S. Jan. 19, 1768. A. S. Oct. 14, 1768. Died March 19, 1808, aet. 86. 8. John Dickinson. A. P. S. Jan. 19, 1768. A. S. Jan. 19, I768. Died Feb. 14, i808, Set. 75. 9. Dr. Charles M. Moore. A. P. S. Jan. 26, 1768. A S. April 8, 1768. Died Dec. 15, 1778, aet. 66. 2 10. Francis Hopkinson. A. P. S. Jan. 26, 1768. A.S. April 8, I768. Died May 9, 179I, set. 53. I . Dr. Alexander Garden, Charleston, S. C. A. P. S. Jan. 26, 1768. A. S. April 15, 1768. Died April 15, 1792, set. 64. 12. John Kidd, Bucks Co., Pennsylvania. A. P. S. March 8, 1768. A. S. April I, 1768. Died 13. William Franklin, Governor of New Jersey. A. P. S. March 8, 1768. Orig. mem. A. S. 1758. Died Nov. 17, I813, set. 82. 14. Stephen Watts. A. P. S. March 8, 1768. A. S. April 8, 1768. Died I1. Rev. Jacob Duche. A. P.S. March 8, 768. A. S. April 8,1768. Died Jan. 3,I798, aet. 60. I6. John Foxcroft. A. P. S. March 8, 1768. A. S. April 8, 1768. Died I7. John Sellers, Surveyor, Derby, Chester Co., Pa. A. P. S. March 8, 1768. A. S. April I, 1768. Died Feb. 2, 1804, set. 76. I8. Dr. Thomas Graeme. A. P. S. March 8, 1768. A. S. Oct. 14, I768. Died Sept. 4, 1772, aet. 84. (I794 ?) 19. Capt. Oswell Eve. A. P. S. March 22, I768. A. S. Feb. 26, I768. Died 20. James Wright, Lancaster Co., Pa. A. P. S. May 8, 1768. A. S. April 8, 1768. Died 21. Hon. Charles Read, Esq., Burlington, N. J. A. P. S. May I8, 1768. A. S. June 3, 1768. Died 22. John Smith, Burlington, N. J. A. P. S. May r8, I768. A. S. June 3, I768. Died March 26, I77I, set. 49. 23. Hon. Edward Antill, Esq., New Jersey. A. P. S. Aug. I6, 1768. A. S. April 8, 1768. Died 24. Dr. Benjamin Gale, Killingsworth, Conn. A. P. S. Aug. I6, 1768. A. S. Aug. 13, 1768. Died 1793, aet. 75. 25. Dr. Ashton Warner, Antigua. A. P. S. Aug. I6, 1768. A. S. April I5, 1768. Died 26. William Cullen, M. D., Edinburgh. A. P. S. Oct. I8, 1768. A. S. April 15, 1768. Died II. Members belonging exclusively to the American Pzzlosophical Society. 27. William Coleman. Original member. Died 28. Dr. Thomas Bond. Original member. Died March 26, 1784, oet. 72. 29. Dr. Phineas Bond. Original member. Died June, 1773, Set. 56. 30. Samuel Rhoads. Original member. Died April? 29, 1784 31. Hon. Cadwalader Colden. Lt. GQvernorof New York. Original mem- ber. Died Sept. 28, I776, Set. 88. 32. Rev. Dr. Francis Alison, Vice-Provost of the College of Philadelphia. Original member. Died Nov. 28, 1779 (I780?), set. 72. Elected November, 1767. 33. Dr. William Shippen. Died Nov. 4, I80o, set. 89. 34. Dr. William Shippen, Jr., Prof. Anat. Coll. Phil. Died July Ii, 80o8. 3 Elected 7anuary 12, 1768. 35. Philip Syng, Sen. Died May 8, I789, aet. 85. 36. Rev. Dr. William Smith, Provost C. Phila. Died May 14, I803, aet. 76. 37. George Bryan, Esq. Died Jan. 28, 1791, cet. 60. 38. Rev. John Ewing. Died Aug. 28, I802, et. 70. 39. Edward Shippen, Jr., Esq. Died April x6, I806, ret. 77. Elected 7anuary 19, 1768. 40. David Rittenhouse. Died June 26, 1796, aet. 64. 41. Hugh Roberts. Died July 23, 1786, Cet. 80. 42. Israel Pemberton. Died April 22, I779, set. 64. 43. James Tilghman, Esq. Died Aug. 24, 1793, set. 76. 44. William Logan, Esq. Died Oct. 28, I776, set. 58. 45. Joseph Shippen, Jr., Esq. Died Feb. II, 18o1, set. 78. 46. Thomas Willing, Esq. Died Jan. 19, 1821, set. 89. 47. Benjamin Chew, Esq. Died Jan. o1, i8Io, eat. 87. 48. Dr. Adam Kuhn, Prof. Bot. and M. M. C. Phil. Died July 5, 1817, aet. 75. 49. James Pemberton. Died Feb. 9, 1809, aet. 86. 50. Thomas Pryor. Died 51. Dr. Hugh Williamson. Died May 22, 1819, ret.85. 52. Hon. John Penn, Esq. Died February, I795. 53. Hon. James Hamilton, Esq. Died Aug. 14, I783. 54. Hon. William Allen, Esq., Chief Justice Penna. Died September, 1780. Elected 7anuary 26, 1768. 55. Rev. Ebenezer Kinnersley, Prof. Eng., &c., Coll. Pennsylvania. Died July 4, 1778, oet. 67. 56. John Reynell. Died Sept. 3, 1784. 57. Lynford Lardner, Esq. Died Oct. 6, I774, ret. 59. 58. Joseph Richardson, Merchant. Died 59. Richard Penn, Esq. Died Jan. 29, I771, ret. 67. 60. John Ross, Esq. Died May? 6, I776. 6I. Andrew Allen, Esq. Died March 7, 1825, Set. 75. 62. Thomas Coombe, Esq. Died Sept. 29, 1799, ret. 78. 63. James Alien, Esq. Died Sept. I8, 1778. 64. Jonathan B. Smith. Died June I6, 1812, zet. 71. 65. John Allen, Esq. Died Feb., I778. 66. Alexander Stedman, Esq. Died 67. Daniel Dulaney, Esq., Annapolis, Md. Died March I9, I797, et. 76. 68. Dr. Arthur Lee, Virginia. Died Dec. 14, I792, ret. 42. 69. Rev. Dr. Ezra Stiles. Died May 12, 1795, aet. 68. 70. John Winthrop, Esq., F. R. S. Hollis. Prof. Math. Cambridge, N. Eng. Died May 3, 1779, set. 65. 4 Elected M.arch 8, I768. 71. Edward Duffield. Died July 12, 1803, set. 73. 72. Samuel Mifflin, Esq. Died 73. David Hall, Printer. Died 1773. 74. Rev. Thomas Barton, Lancaster, Pa. Died May 25, 1780, ret. 50. 75. Robert Smith, Architect. Died 76. Thomas Smith. Died May 23, 1795, aet. 84. 77. Thomas Barnsley, Bucks Co., Pennsylvania. Died 78. Thomas Bond, Jr. Died (between I777 and 1789 ?) 79. William West. Died (during the Revolutionary War?) 80. Robert Proud. Died July 5, I813, set. 86. 81. Joseph Fox, Esq. Died Dec. 9, 1779, ret. 70. 82. James Dickinson. Died 83. John Rhea. Died 84. Isaac Jones, Esq. Died 85. Robert Strettell Jones. Died March i6, 1792, set. 65. 86. Samuel Caldwell. Died 1794. 87. Edward Shippen, Esq., Lancaster, Pennsylvania Died 88. Thomas McKean, Esq., Newcastle, Del. Died June 24, 1817, ret. 83. 89. Rev. Rich. Peters, Rector of Christ Church and St. Peter's, Philadelphia. Died 1775 (1776?). go. John Kearsley, Sen. Died Jan. rI, I772, Set. 88. g9. Samuel Purviance, Jr. Died Elected May 8, 1768. 92. Rev. Robert Harding. Died Aug., I772. 93. Thomas Potts, Philadelphia Co. Died March 22, 1785. 94. Alexander Wilcocks, Esq. Died July 22, I801, ret 59. 95. Thomas Bradford. Died May 7, I838, ret. 93. 96. James Biddle, Esq. Died 97. Hon. William Smith, Esq.,,N. Y. Died Nov. 22, I769, ret. 93. 98. William Livingston, Esq., N. Y. Died July 25, 1790, ret. 67. 99. John Morin Scott, Esq., N. Y. Died Sept. 14, 1784. Ioo. Richard Stockton, Esq., N. J. Died Feb. 28, 1781, ret. 50. IO1. William Peartree Smith, Esq., N. J. Died Nov. 20, I80o, ret. 78. 102. Hon. Samuel Smith, Esq., Burlington, N. J. Died 1776. 103. Joseph Reed, Esq. Died March 5, I785, ret. 44. Io4. Richard Hockley, Esq. Died 105. Rev. James Davidson, Prof. Lang. C. Phil. Died June 28, I809, Set. 77. Elected August x6, 1768. io6. William Rumsey, Esq., Maryland. Died I831 ? 107.
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