AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE 

 ORIGIN AND FORMATION 



OF THE 



AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY 



HELD AT PHILADELPHIA 

 FOR PROMOTING USEFUL KNOWLEDGE 



BY 



PETER STEPHEN DU PONCEAU 



President of the Society 



WITH THE 



COMMUNICATION OF J. FRANCIS FISHER, ESQ. 



AND THE 



REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE TO WHICH 



THESE PAPERS WERE REFERRED 



READ OCTOBER 15, 1841 



AND 



THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE 



ON THE 



DATE OF THE FOUNDATION OF THE SOCIETY 

 ACCEPTED MAY 1, 1914 



PHILADELPHIA 



THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY 

 1914 



