1890.] 



No MEETING of the Society was held on April 4, 1890, 

 it being Good Friday. 



APRIL 17, 1890. 



The One-hundredth Anniversary of the death of Benjamin 

 Franklin was commemorated at Association Hall, by the 

 Society. Addresses were delivered as follows : 



A Short Biography of Dr. Franklin, by John Bach McMas- 

 ter, Professor of American History in the University of Penn- 

 sylvania ; " His Literary Labors," by G. Brown Goode, Assist- 

 ant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, at "Washington ; 

 " His Scientific Work," by Prof. J. W. Holland, Professor of 

 Medical Chemistry and Toxicology in the Jefferson Medical 

 College ; " His Association With the Society," by Frederick 

 Fraley, LL.D., President of the Society ; " His Diplomatic 

 Services," by Prof. Henry M. Baird, Professor of ^English Lit- 

 erature and Greek in the University of the City of New 

 York. 



A full account will be published in Proceedings, No. 133. 



Stated Meeting, April 18, 1890. 



Present, 14 members. 

 President, Mr. FKALEY, in the Chair. 



Correspondence was submitted as follows : 



Letters of envoy were received from the Australasian Asso- 

 ciation for the Advancement of Science, Sydney ; Societas Pro 

 Fauna et Flora Fennica, Helsingfors ; Observatoire Astrono- 

 mique et Physique, Tashkend; Physikalische Gesellschaft, 

 Berlin; Bureau des Longitudes, Paris; Bath and West of 



PROC. AMER. PHILOS. SOO, XXVIII. 132. M. PRINTED MAY 26, 1890. 



