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PEAES Guide: Philadelphia Contributionship
PEAES Guide: Philadelphia Contributionship http://www.librarycompany.org/Economics/PEAESguide/contribution.htm Keyword Search Entire Guide View Resources by Institution Search Guide Institutions Surveyed - Select One Philadelphia Contributionship 212 South Fourth Street Philadelphia, PA 19106 (215) 627-1752 Contact Person: Carol Wojtowicz Smith, Curator/Archivist, [email protected] Overview: In 1752, Benjamin Franklin brought together a group of Philadelphians to create the first North American property insurance company. They met at the Widow Pratt's (The Royal Standard Tavern on Market Street), selected two surveyors, and laid down rules stipulating that at least one of them survey each house and write up reports that would be discussed by the entire Board, which would make decisions about the extent and rate of insurance. Franklin named the company The Philadelphia Contributionship for the Insurance of Houses from Loss by Fire. Already in 1736 he had helped to found Philadelphia's first fire brigade, the Union Fire Company. The Contributinship was a mutual insurance company that pooled risks. They based its method of operation (and name) on that of the Amicable Contributionship of London, founded in 1696. The new company was conservative in its underwriting, sending surveyors to inspect each building before insuring it. Accepted properties sported fire marks: four clasped gilded hands mounted on wood plaques. The actual cost of the survey was presumably deducted from the 10 shillings earnest money paid by every person insuring in the society. This also covered the costs of the policy and the "badge" or fire mark. Insurance at this time was limited to properties in Pennsylvania located within a ten mile radius from the center of Philadelphia. -
National Register of Historic Places Inventory
Form No. ^0-306 (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR FEDERAL PROPERTIES SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOWTO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS NAME HISTORIC Independence National Historical Park AND/OR COMMON LOCATION STREET & NUMBER 313 Walnut Street CITY. TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT t Philadelphia __ VICINITY OF STATE CODE COUNTY CODE PA 19106 CATEGORY OWNERSHIP STATUS PRESENT USE ^DISTRICT —PUBLIC —OCCUPIED —AGRICULTURE 2LMUSEUM -BUILDING(S) —PRIVATE X-UNOCCUPIED —^COMMERCIAL 2LPARK .STRUCTURE 2EBOTH —WORK IN PROGRESS —XEDUCATIONAL ^.PRIVATE RESIDENCE -SITE PUBLIC ACQUISITION ACCESSIBLE —ENTERTAINMENT —RELIGIOUS -OBJECT —IN PROCESS X-YES: RESTRICTED ^GOVERNMENT —SCIENTIFIC —BEING CONSIDERED — YES: UNRESTRICTED —INDUSTRIAL —TRANSPORTATION —NO —MILITARY —OTHER: REGIONAL HEADQUABIER REGION STREET & NUMBER CITY. TOWN STATE PHILA.,PA 19106 VICINITY OF COURTHOUSE, ____________PhiladelphiaREGISTRY OF DEEDS,ETC. _, . - , - , Ctffv.^ Hall- - STREET & NUMBER n^ MayTftat" CITY. TOWN STATE Philadelphia, PA 19107 TITLE DATE —FEDERAL —STATE —COUNTY _LOCAL CITY. TOWN CONDITION CHECK ONE CHECK ONE ^EXCELLENT —DETERIORATED —UNALTERED 2S.ORIGINALSITE _GOOD h^b Jk* SANWJIt's ALTERED _MOVED DATE. —FAIR _UNEXPOSED Description: In June 1948, with passage of Public Law 795, Independence National Historical Park was established to preserve certain historic resources "of outstanding national significance associated with the American Revolution and the founding and growth of the United States." The Park's 39.53 acres of urban property lie in Philadelphia, the fourth largest city in the country. All but .73 acres of the park lie in downtown Phila-* delphia, within or near the Society Hill and Old City Historic Districts (National Register entries as of June 23, 1971, and May 5, 1972, respectively). -
University of Pennsylvania Catalogue, 1835
OFFICERS AND STUDENTS OF THE Wm,: 'mmr' Wf UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. PHILADELPHIA: February, 1835. jMk m TRUSTEES. THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE, Ex Officio, President of the Board. RT. REV. WILLIAM WHITE, D. D. WILLIAM RAWLE, LL. D.V BENJAMIN R. MORGAN, JAMES GIBSON, HORACE BINNEY, LL. D. WILLIAM MEREDITH, * ROBERT WALN, JOHN SERGEANT, LL. D. THOMAS CADWALADER, PETER S. DUPONCEAU, LL. D. NICHOLAS BIDDLE, CHARLES CHAUNCEY, LL. D. JOSEPH HOPKINSON, LL. D. JOSEPH R. INGERSOLL, REY. PHILIP F. MAYER, D.D. PHILIP H. NICKLIN, RT. REV. HENRY U. ONDERDONK, J). D. JAMES S. SMITH, EDWARD S. BURD, JOHN KEATING, GEORGE VAUX, REV. WILLIAM H. DE LANCEY, D. D. REV. ALBERT BARNES, JOHN M. SCOTT, JAMES C. BIDPLE, Secretary and Treasurer. FACULTY OF ABTS. REV. JOHN LUDLOW, D. D. Professor of Moral Philosophy and Provost. REV. SAMUEL B. WYLIE, D. D. Professor of the Hebrew, Greek, and Latin Languages. ALEX. DALLAS BACHE, A. M. Professor of Natural Philosophy and Chemistry. EDWARD H. COURTENAY, A. M. Professor of Mathematics. HENRY REED, A. M. Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature. A. D. BACHE, Secretary of the Faculty. HENRY D. ROGERS, A. M. Professor of Geology and Mineralogy. AUGUSTUS DE VALVILLE, Instructor in French. HERMANN BOKUM, Instructor in German. FREDERICK DICK, Janitor. ACADEMICAL DEPARTMENT. REV. SAMUEL W. CRAWFORD, A. M. Principal and Teacher of Classics. THOMAS M'ADAM, Teacher of English. JOHN M'KINLEY, A. B. ROBERT H. BEATTIE, A. B. Assistants in the Classics. THOMAS M'ADAM, JR. Assistant in the English School. FACULTY OF MEDICINE. PHILIP SYNG PHYSICK, M. D. Emeritus Professor of Surgery and Anatomy. -
Dr. Franklin, Citizen Scientist
DR. FRANKLIN, FRANKLIN, DR. CITIZEN SCIENTIST CITIZEN CITIZEN SCIENTIST CITIZEN SCIENTIST Janine Yorimoto Boldt With contributions by Emily A. Margolis and Introduction by Patrick Spero Edited by the Contents 5 INTRODUCTION Patrick Spero Published on the occasion of the exhibition 8 Dr. Franklin, Citizen Scientist April–December ACKNOWLEDGMENTS American Philosophical Society South Fifth Street 10 Philadelphia, PA ESSAY amphilsoc.org Dr. Franklin, Citizen Scientist is exhibition catalog was made possible by a grant from the Janine Yorimoto Boldt National Endowment for the Humanities. 41 A BENJAMIN FRANKLIN TIMELINE 42 ILLUSTRATED CHECKLIST Any views, ndings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication do not necessarily represent those of the Janine Yorimoto Boldt / Emily A. Margolis National Endowment for the Humanities. 106 EDITED BY the American Philosophical Society SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY PROJECT MANAGEMENT Mary Grace Wahl DESIGN barb barnett graphic design llc PRINTING Brilliant Graphics, Exton, PA Front cover: Charles Willson Peale, Portrait of Benjamin Franklin (detail), , APS. Inside front cover and last page: Adapted illustrations from Benjamin Franklin, Experiments and Observations on Electricity, rd ed. ( ), APS. Copyright © by the American Philosophical Society Library & Museum All rights reserved. Identiers: ISBN -- - - | LCCN Also available as a free downloadable PDF at: https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/franklinsenlightenment/ Introducti In , Benjamin Franklin and a group of other civically minded individuals got together to form something called the “American Philosophical Society.” Philosophy, at the time, had a much di¡erent meaning than it does today. To be a philosopher was to be one who systematically inquired into nature, often in ways that we would today consider science. e Society’s purpose was thus to “promote useful knowledge” by bringing the greatest thinkers in the British colonies together to share all that they knew and were learning. -
National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Philadelphia Contributionship
Form No. 10-300 (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OE THE INTERIOR ; NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOWTO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS ____________TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS______ NAME HISTORIC Philadelphia Contributionship AND/OR COMMON Philadelphia Contributionship LOCATION STREETS NUMBER 212 South Fourth Street -NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY, TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT Philadelphia — VICINITY OF STATE CODE COUNTY CODE Pennsylvania Philadelphia 101 HCLASSIFICATION CATEGORY OWNERSHIP STATUS PRESENT USE _ DISTRICT —PUBLIC 2LOCCUPIED _ AGRICULTURE _ MUSEUM X-BUILDING(S) ^-PRIVATE _ UNOCCUPIED X-COMMERCIAL —PARK —STRUCTURE —BOTH —WORK IN PROGRESS _ EDUCATIONAL _ PRIVATE RESIDENCE —SITE PUBLIC ACQUISITION ACCESSIBLE —ENTERTAINMENT —RELIGIOUS —OBJECT _ IN PROCESS X_YES: RESTRICTED _ GOVERNMENT —SCIENTIFIC —BEING CONSIDERED _YES: UNRESTRICTED —INDUSTRIAL —TRANSPORTATION _NO —MILITARY —OTHER: OF PROPERTY Contact: Walter L. Smith, Jr. NAME The Philadelphia Contributionship for Secretary & Treas. the Insurance of Houses from Loss by Fire__________________ STREETS NUMBER 212 South Fourth Street CITY, TOWN STATE Philadelphia VICINITY OF Pennsylvania LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC Division of Records STREETS NUMBER Philadelphia City Hall CITY, TOWN STATE Philadelphia Pennsylvania 3REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS TITLE Historic American Buildings Survey; Pennsylvania Historical & ____Commission; Nationa 1 Register_______________________Museum -
George Washington's Farewell Address My Account | Register | Help
George Washington's farewell address My Account | Register | Help My Dashboard Get Published Home Books Search Support About Get Published Us Most Popular New Releases Top Picks eBook Finder... SEARCH G E O R G E W A S H I N G T O N ' S F A R E W E L L A D D R E S S Article Id: WHEBN0001291578 Reproduction Date: Title: George Washington's Farewell Address Author: World Heritage Encyclopedia Language: English Subject: Collection: Publisher: World Heritage Encyclopedia Publication Date: Flag as Inappropriate Email this Article GEORGE WASHINGTON'S FAREWELL ADDRESS George Washington's Farewell Address is a letter written by the first American [1] Washington wrote the This article is part of a series about letter near the end of his second term as President, before his retirement to his home Mount Vernon. George Washington Originally published in Daved Claypole's American Daily Advertiser on September 19, 1796, under the title "The Address of General Washington To The People of The United States on his declining of the Presidency of the United States," the letter was almost immediately reprinted in newspapers across the country and later in a pamphlet form.[2] The work was later named a "Farewell Address," as it was Washington's valedictory after 20 years of service to the new nation. It is a classic statement of republicanism, warning Americans of the political dangers they can and must avoid if they are to remain true to their values. The first draft was originally prepared in 1792 with the assistance of James Madison,[3] as Washington prepared to retire following a single term in office. -
Dinner with Ben Franklin: the Origins of the American Philosophical Society1
Dinner with Ben Franklin: The Origins of the American Philosophical Society1 LINDA GREENHOUSE President, American Philosophical Society Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law, Yale University e gather today to celebrate the American Philosophical Soci- ety’s 275th anniversary. But in fact, our story begins 16 years W earlier, in 1727, here in Philadelphia, and it is that origin story that is my focus this afternoon. The measure of my success in telling that story will be whether at the end of the next 20 minutes you will be left wishing—as I was when I first encountered this tale—that you could have been a guest at the young Benjamin Franklin’s table during those years when the notion of the APS was taking shape in his incredibly fertile mind. In 1727, Franklin was 21 years old and working in Philadelphia as the manager of a printing house. He invited those whom he called his “ingenious acquaintances” to join a “club of mutual improvement” that he called The Junto, from the Latin iungere, meaning “to join.”2 Members of the Junto met on Friday evenings in a local tavern. This was not a casual invitation. Here is how Franklin described the club in his Autobiography: The Rules I drew up, requir’d that every Member in his Turn should produce one or more Queries on any Point of Morals, Poli- tics or Natural Philosophy, to be discuss’d by the Company, and once in three Months produce and read an Essay of his own Writing on any Subject he pleased. Our Debates were to be under the Direction of a President, and to be conducted in the sincere Spirit of Enquiry after Truth, without fondness for Dispute, or Desire of Victory; and to prevent Warmth, all Expressions of Posi- tiveness in Opinion, or of direct Contradiction, were after some time made contraband & prohibited under small pecuniary Penalties.3 1 Read 26 April 2018. -
01. Franklin Intro 9/04
Franklin and Electrostatics- Ben Franklin as my Lab Partner A Workshop on Franklin’s Experiments in Electrostatics Developed at the Wright Center for Innovative Science Teaching Tufts University Medford MA 02155 by Robert A. Morse, Ph.D. ©2004 Sept 2004 Benjamin Franklin observing his lightning alarm. Described in Section VII. Engraving after the painting by Mason Chamberlin, R. A. Reproduced from Bigelow, 1904 Vol. VII Franklin and Electrostatics version 1.3 ©2004 Robert A. Morse Wright Center for Science Teaching, Tufts University Section I- page 1 Copyright and reproduction Copyright 2004 by Robert A. Morse, Wright Center for Science Education, Tufts University, Medford, MA. Quotes from Franklin and others are in the public domain, as are images labeled public domain. These materials may be reproduced freely for educational and individual use and extracts may be used with acknowledgement and a copy of this notice.These materials may not be reproduced for commercial use or otherwise sold without permission from the copyright holder. The materials are available on the Wright Center website at www.tufts.edu/as/wright_center/ Acknowledgements Rodney LaBrecque, then at Milton Academy, wrote a set of laboratory activities on Benjamin Franklin’s experiments, which was published as an appendix to my 1992 book, Teaching about Electrostatics, and I thank him for directing my attention to Franklin’s writing and the possibility of using his experiments in teaching. I would like to thank the Fondation H. Dudley Wright and the Wright Center for Innovative Science Teaching at Tufts University for the fellowship support and facilities that made this work possible. -
Philadelphia's First Fire Defences 355
Philadelphia's First Fire Defences 355 PHILADELPHIA'S FIEST FIKE DEFENCES By HARROLD E. GILLINGHAM History fails to reveal who first produced fire, mean- ing thereby the friendly fire for warmth and cooking; and it is equally uncertain who first thought of fire prevention, when the friendly fire became antagonistic. In the year 59 A. D., Lyons, in France, was destroyed by fire and Nero offered to have the city rebuilt, yet in 64 A. D., Rome itself suffered from a fire which burnt for eight days and two-thirds of the city was destroyed; during which time Nero is reputed to have fiddled instead of attempting to save the city. London experienced five great fires. In 798, most of the city was destroyed; in 982, it again was almost completely consumed. The years 1086 and 1212 are to be remembered, as then other great fires occurred. The "Great Fire of London," which started September 2, 1666, and continued four days, burnt over four hun- dred acres of buildings, entailing a property loss of more than fifty million dollars, is generally spoken of when the subject of fires and fire prevention are under discussion. During all these years the matter of fire prevention was carefully considered. In 1068, William I. (The Conqueror), introduced the curfew, when all fires and lights had to be extinguished as a means of safety. In 1189, Richard I. (Cour de Leon), had ladders kept near all the great houses of London, that the owners thereof could "succour their neighbors in case mis- adventure should occur from fire";1 and between the feast of Pentecost and the feast of St. -
Nov. 1988 Vol. XXXV, No. 4
A Big Top in a Small Place: At the Sign of, COII I illtled from page 15 ITA A Model Hobby the Prevemion of Drug and Alcohol Abuse Among Children symbolizes the care that we, as Freemasons, give our decorated to duplicate the circus designs youth. It was inspired by a window at the exactly. They are set up in three rings, William A. Carpenter Chapel at the under a big tent; a sideshow completes Patton Campus. AN OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE RIG HT WORSHIPFUL G R AN D LODGE OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASO NS OF P ENNSYLVANIA the display. The layou t is currently on display at a friend's private m useum in VOLUME XXXV NOVEMBER • 1988 N UMBER4 Be thlehem, P e nnsylvania, w h ere "children of a ll ages" come to see his incredible work. Bro. Stugard, who is now eighty-six Construction Begins on Independent Living Community Models years old, has resided a t the Masonic Bro. Lawrence Stugard is a lifelong Homes at Elizabethtown for the past T he em b lem of the Libra ry a nd enthusiast of the circus. Bro. Stugard saw twelve years. He has been a member of Museum of the Grand Lodge of Pennsyl his first circus when he was four, and his Muncy Lodge No. 299 for the past sixty vania has been used since the early part of interest never waned. H e has followed years. He also holds m embership in the this century. It contains the ever-burning the "Big T op " for his entire life, and has Scottish Rite and in the Shrine. -
At the Instance of Benjamin Franklin: a Brief History of the Library Company of Philadelphia
At the Instance of Benjamin Franklin: A Brief History of The Library Company of Philadelphia On July 1, 1731, Benjamin Franklin and a number of his fellow members of the Junto drew up "Articles of Agreement" to found a library. The Junto was a discussion group of young men seeking social, economic, intellectual, and political advancement. When they foundered on a point of fact, they needed a printed authority to settle the divergence of opinion. In colonial Pennsylvania at the time there were not many books. Standard English reference works were expensive and difficult to obtain. Franklin and his friends were mostly mechanics of moderate means. None alone could have afforded a representative library, nor, indeed, many imported books. By pooling their resources in pragmatic Franklinian fashion, they could. The contribution of each created the book capital of all. Fifty subscribers invested forty shillings each and promised to pay ten shillings a year thereafter to buy books and maintain a shareholder's library. Thus "the Mother of all American Subscription Libraries" was established. A seal was decided upon with the device: "Two Books open, Each encompass'd with Glory, or Beams of Light, between which water streaming from above into an Urn below, thence issues at many Vents into lesser Urns, and Motto, circumscribing the whole, Communiter Bona profundere Deum est." This translates freely: "To pour forth benefits for the common good is divine." The silversmith Philip Syng engraved the seal. The first list of desiderata to stock the Tin Suggestion shelves was sent to London on March 31, 1732, and by autumn that Box, ca. -
United States Declaration of Independence from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
United States Declaration of Independence From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Second Continental United States Declaration of Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State Independence House (Independence Hall) in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies,[2] then at war with the Kingdom of Great Britain, regarded themselves as thirteen newly independent sovereign states, and no longer under British rule. Instead they formed a new nation—the United States of America. John Adams was a leader in pushing for independence, which was passed on July 2 with no opposing vote cast. A committee of five had already drafted the formal declaration, to be ready when Congress voted on independence. The term "Declaration of Independence" is not used in the document itself. 1823 facsimile of the engrossed copy John Adams persuaded the committee to select Created June–July 1776 Thomas Jefferson to compose the original draft Ratified July 4, 1776 of the document,[3] which Congress would edit to produce the final version. The Declaration was Location Engrossed copy: National Archives ultimately a formal explanation of why Congress Rough draft: Library of Congress had voted on July 2 to declare independence Author(s) Thomas Jefferson et al. from Great Britain, more than a year after the (Engrosser: Probably Timothy outbreak of the American Revolutionary War. Matlack) The next day, John Adams wrote to his wife Abigail: "The Second Day of July 1776, will be the Signatories 56 delegates to the Continental most memorable Epocha, in the History of Congress America."[4] But Independence Day is actually Purpose To announce and explain celebrated on July 4, the date that the separation from Great Britain[1] Declaration of Independence was approved.