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9. That there shall be a new book, of the future 

 transactions of the united Society, beginning with the 

 following preface or declaration, viz: 



Whereas two Societies did heretofore subsist in 

 this City, whose views and ends were the same, viz: 

 the advancement of useful knowledge; and it having 

 been judged that their union would be of public ad- 

 vantage, they have agreed to unite accordingly on 

 terms of perfect equality, and for that purpose have 

 taken the following new name "The American Philo- 

 sophical Society, held at Philadelphia, for promoting 

 useful knowledge. " 



This book, therefore, is to contain only the trans- 

 actions of the United Society under the name afore- 

 said. What further relates to the terms of Union, 

 as well as to the former transactions of each Society, 

 being antecedent to the commencement of this book, 

 may be found in the old books deposited in the 

 Cabinet. 



In pursuance of this agreement the first election 

 of the officers of the United Society was held at the 

 College in 4th Street on the 2nd of January 1769. 

 I have said that lists of the members of the respective 

 Societies had been exchanged. Those lists are ex- 

 tant. From them it appears that at the time of the 

 Union, the Philosophical Society had 92 resident and 

 36 corresponding members, and the American had 

 78 resident members or Fellows and 67 Correspond- 

 ents. The two Societies had been actively employed 



