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veneration, the moderation evinced in his reply was thoroughly 

 characteristic. 



His active interest in the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society 

 appears in his contributions made from time to time. 



On January 15th, 1884, the friends of Mr. James J. Barclay 

 gathered at the Philadelphia House of Refuge to celebrate his 

 ninetieth birthday. Mr. Price spoke effectively and affection- 

 ately on the occasion. Listening to what was said of Mr. Bar- 

 clay, Mr. Price could hardly avoid recognizing that much of it 

 was also applicable to himself. Age, fidelity, exemplary private 

 life, recognition by the best citizens as Philadelphia's most re- 

 spected men, came in equal measure to them both. 



Of those who began life with Mr. Price, but few survive. 

 Among them Dr. Ezra Michener stands pre-eminent as a public- 

 spirited citizen and as a scientist. The tribute paid by this 

 venerable gentleman to Mr. Price, who was once his room-mate 

 and always his friend, is of the warmest character. 



For many years Mr. Price was an active member of the Board 

 of Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania. He gave no 

 stinted measure of care and interest to that great institution, 

 and more than once aided it from his own financial resources. 

 It is not too much to say that his legal knowledge was of the 

 greatest importance in the administration of its real estate. He 

 was also President of the Preston Retreat, one of our noblest 

 charitable institutions. He was also one of the original members 

 of the Park Commission, and, as chairman of its committee on 

 land damages and purchases, passed under his personal supervis- 

 ion all the titles to the large area now occupied by the people's 

 pleasure ground, which aggregates in value nearly eight millions 

 of dollars, this, too, without any charge whatever for his services. 



In concluding what is here said of Mr. Price as a public char- 

 acter, it appears proper to quote from a letter written by him 

 to a relative twenty years ago. There was no suspicion in his 

 mind that any part of the letter would ever be published. Hence 



