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AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, 



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Vol. XXVIII. April 17, 1890. No. 133. 



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Resolutions of the Society 161, 162 



Commemoration of the Centennial Anniversary of the Decease of 



Benjamin Franklin 161 



Remarks by Mr. Talcott Williams 162, 172, 176, 198, 207, 225 



Address by Prof. John Bach McMaster 16<i 



Address by Hon. Frederick Fraley 173 



Address by Dr. G. Brown Goode 177 



Address by Dr. J. W. Holland 199 



Address by Dr. Henry M. Baird 209 



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