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case of a few large cities. The four societies are indicated by the 

 initials of the headquarters of each, P, B, N and W. Eesident mem- 

 bership is indicated by italics. 



The discussion of Table I. is complicated by the fact that several 

 men were elected as residents, and later moving to another state, were 

 made associates. Three men were made honorary members of the New 

 York Academy. In all these cases, the first election is that entered in 

 the table. Twenty-one men, including the three just mentioned, are 

 members of all four societies, and will be designated below as of class A. 



From the second column, it appears that the birthplaces are dis- 

 tributed as follows : Massachusetts, 22 ; New York, 18 ; Connecticut, 10 ; 

 Pennsylvania, 7; Maine and Ohio, 4 each; Michigan and Vermont, 3 

 each; foreigners, 13, of whom 5 came from Great Britain, and 4 from 

 Germany. The only cities furnishing more than one member are 



