lished in 1786, yet, as there had existed one before 

 the Revolutionary War, with the same title and of 

 somewhat similar character, it was resolved in the 

 following year to make eligible and to invite, as new 

 members, any of the antecedent Association, or 

 their immediate descendants or friends, though 

 natives of this country, who might be desirous of 

 enrolling themselves, and thus evincing respect for 

 the land of their ancestors and manifesting their 

 sentiments of charity and benevolence. 



" The few lines of introduction to these sheets 

 were from the pen of the late Richard Harison, 

 Esq., of this city, to whose memory, whether we 

 regard individual worth or professional renown, 

 every tribute of respect, every token of our esteem 

 is due. Of capacious mind and expanded imagina- 

 tion, it was natural that the associations he indulged 

 in should draw and fix his admiration upon the land 

 whence were derived the precepts which had been 

 the subjects of his ardent and unwearied studies, and 

 that with this enlighted bias, he should look with a 

 friendly eye and a feeling heart toward an insti- 

 tution of this character, and he became one of the 

 Society. 



" In like manner, a most exemplary and estimable 

 personage, long since deceased, the Rev. Dr. Moore, 

 afterwards the venerated Bishop of the Diocese, 

 was an early, cheerful and efficient member, long 

 actingf as one of the Charitable Committee.- 



