 | Henry Dilworth Gilpin - 1827 - 342 pages
...Deorum est." In a few years — on the fourteenth of May, 1 743 — the Library was succeeded by " A proposal for promoting useful knowledge among the British Plantations in America." It was a plan to institute a correspondence among ingenious men, " to be addressed to Benjamin Franklin... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 666 pages
...Philosophical Society was undoubtedly first made by Franklin. In a paper, dated May 14th, 1743, and entitled A Proposal for Promoting Useful Knowledge among the British Plantations in America, he explains largely the objects and advantages of such an association. After mentioning the obstacles... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - 1838 - 632 pages
...1703, by Mr. Thoresby ; or, lastly, those in New England, in 1663 and 1670, by Dr. Mather. VOL. VI. A PROPOSAL FOR PROMOTING USEFUL KNOWLEDGE AMONG THE BRITISH PLANTATIONS IN AMERICA.* Philadelphia, 14 May, 1743. THE English are possessed of a long tract of continent, from Nova Scotia... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 674 pages
...Philosophical Society was undoubtedly first made by Franklin. In a paper, dated May 14th, 1743, and entitled A Proposal for Promoting Useful Knowledge among the British Plantations in America, he explains largely the objects and advantages of such an association. After mentioning the obstacles... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 640 pages
...England, in 1703, by Mr. Thoresby ; or, lastly, those in New England, in 1663 and 1670, by Dr. Mather. A PROPOSAL FOR PROMOTING USEFUL KNOWLEDGE AMONG THE BRITISH PLANTATIONS IN AMERICA.' Philadelphia, 14 May, 1743. THE English are possessed of a long tract of continent, from Nova Scotia... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - 1848 - 676 pages
...Philosophical Society was undoubtedly first made by Franklin. In a paper, dated May 14th, 1743, and entitled A Proposal for Promoting Useful Knowledge among the British Plantations in America, he explains largely the objects and advantages of such an association. After mentioning the obstacles... | |
 | Abraham Rynier Van Nest - 1867 - 464 pages
...should be greater, and be more markedly a scientific body ; and accordingly Franklin in 1743, issued a circular entitled ' A proposal for promoting useful...knowledge among the British Plantations in America 7 ; and this was the real origin of ' The American Philosophical Society. 7 It appears, however, that... | |
 | Abraham Rynier Van Nest - 1867 - 482 pages
...should be greater, and be more markedly a scientific body ; and accordingly Franklin in 1743, issued a circular entitled ' A proposal for promoting useful...knowledge among the British Plantations in America ' ; and this was the real origin of ' The American Philosophical Society.' It appears, however, that... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1868 - 434 pages
...4th vol. of Sfarks' Works of Franklin, p. 14. It Iicars date the I4th of May, 1743, Old Style. It is entitled, " A proposal for promoting useful knowledge among the British Plantations in America." It commences by speaking of the great extent of the colonial possessions, " having dilTcrent climates... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1868 - 426 pages
...4th vol. of Sparks' Works of Franklin, p. 14. It bears date the I4th of May, 1743, Old Style. It is entitled, " A proposal for promoting useful knowledge among the British Plantations in America." It commences by speaking of the great extent of the colonial possessions, " having different climates... | |
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A Proposal for Promoting Useful Knowledge among the British Plantations in America. 
