8 HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGIN OF THE 



another Society should have adopted the same name; 

 It would have been contrary to all the rules of 

 delicacy and mutual respect. 



Dr. Smith in his Eulogium of Franklin says that 

 the Junto &quot;became at last the foundation of the 

 American Philosophical Society, now assembled to 

 pay the last tribute to his memory.&quot;^ 



If there would still be any doubt upon this point, 

 we have the testimony of Dr. William Smith, which 

 is conclusive. Dr. Smith was a member of the 

 &quot; Philosophical&quot; Society (not that which had before 

 been the Junto) and was the Secretary at the time 

 of the Union in the year 1768. He was very active 

 in promoting the Union of the two associations, and 

 must have known their respective origin. In 1792, he 

 pronounced an Eulogium of Franklin before our So 

 ciety, which was printed and is in our Library. In 

 that Eulogium he says: &quot;For the purpose of aiding 

 and increasing the materials of information, one of 

 the first Societies formed by Franklin was in the 

 year 1728, 10 about the 22nd [year] of his age, and was 



9a I do not know whether in my quotation I have added the part 

 underlined. It ought to be inserted. Nor do I remember whether I 

 have said that Smith, at the time of the Union, was Secretary to the 

 Society opposed to the Junto. That is material. [Note added by 

 Mr. Du Ponceau.] 



10 We are informed by Dr. Franklin, that the Junto was estab 

 lished in the autumn of 1727, but many writers date its establish 

 ment in the following year. Thus our Society is said to have 

 begun in 1769, though the two Societies were united in December 

 preceding. 



