OF WASHINGTON. 81 
APRIL 7, 1887. 
Nine persons present. President Howard in the chair. 
Mr. Schwarz read a paper entitled " In Memoriam of Thomas 
Say." After briefly narrating the circumstances of Say's removal 
from Philadelphia to New Harmony, Ind., and the death of the 
great naturalist at the latter place, he continued as follows : 
Until very recently I was quite ignorant of the fact that the last resting 
place of the " Father of American Entomology" was still recognizable or 
even marked by a monument. Some time last winter, however, I learned 
from Mr. C. Fleischmann, of this City, that during a few months' stay at 
New Harmony, he had every dav the opportunity of looking from his win- 
dow at the grave of Thomas Say. I begged Mr. Fleischmann for further 
particulars, and through his kindness I have come into possession of two 
photographs of the monument, which I. herewith exhibit, and of a copy of 
the inscriptions thereon. 
At New Harmony, Thomas Say lived and died in the house built by 
William Maclure, president of the Philadelphia Academy of Sciences, the 
life-long friend and adviser of Say, and the leading spirit in the New Har- 
mony colonization scheme. His house, a very stately building, was after 
Say's death occupied by Alexander Maclure, the brother of William, and 
is now owned by a Mrs. Owen, the widow of the son of one of the founders 
of New Harmony. It occupies one street corner in the centre of the present 
little town of New Harmony, and in the garden, which extends from the 
house through the entire block to the next street, is the grave of Say, 
about fifty yards distant from the rear porch of the house. The grave is 
marked by a mound about three feet high, from which the monument arises, 
and surrounded by handsome trees, thus forming a very conspicuous ob- 
ject. From the inscription on the west side we learn that the monument 
was erected in the year 1846 (12 years after Say's death) by Alexander 
Maclure in the name of his deceased brother William. It is of white 
marble, about six feet in height, of the quadrangular form still frequently 
seen in our cemeteries, and surmounted by a vase. It is quite imposing, al- 
though not a great success as a work of art. The photographs represent 
the east and north sides of the monument, which even after a lapse of 40 
years appears to be in an excellent state of preservation. 
The following inscriptions, which are incised on the four sides of the 
monolith which forms the middle piece of the monument, do not need any 
comment further than to state that the signature " A. M.," on the west in- 
scription, means Alexander Maclure : 
East Side. 
Thomas Say. The Naturalist. Born in Philadelphia, July 27th, 1787. 
Died at New Harmony. October loth, 1834. 
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