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The Committees went on very harmoniously. They 

 had several meetings, discussed various points, and 

 exchanged lists of the members of their respective 

 Societies. At last, on the 20th of December, the 

 following treaty was concluded between the contend- 

 ing parties: 



"Whereas two Societies subsist in this City, whose 

 views and ends are the same, viz; the advancement 

 of useful knowledge, and it being judged that their 

 union would be of public advantage, it was agreed 

 that such a union should take place, on terms of 

 perfect equality, and for that purpose it was thought 

 reasonable 



1. That a new name, made out of the former names 

 of both, should be fixed for the united Society, and 

 the following was accordingly agreed to : viz, The 

 American Philosophical Society, held at Philadelphia 

 for promoting useful knowledge, 



2. That besides the members which stand proposed, 

 no new members be proposed or elected by either 

 Society till the Treaty is finished, 



3. That the first meeting of the United Society, be 

 at the College on Monday, the 2nd of January next, 

 at six o'clock in the evening, 



4. That there shall be one Patron, one President, 



5. To endeavor to have a meeting with the other Committee as 

 early next week as they can, and if possible report the result of 

 their conference next Friday. 



It will hereafter appear that the Society carried all their points. 



