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father of our Society and as such will forever be 

 entitled to our veneration and grateful remembrance. 

 In a secondary degree, this Society is also indebted 

 to the talents and labours of Charles Thomson, with- 

 out whose exertions the Junto would not have been 

 placed in a situation to contend with the Philosoph- 

 ical Society, which probably would not have been 

 revived but for the jealousy which the Junto under 

 his direction excited, and this Society would not have 

 been formed and consequently would not now exist. 



In writing this narrative, I have endeavored to 

 preserve the strictest impartiality. The passions of 

 those times have long since subsided, and it is far 

 from my wish to revive them. 



If this essay should ever be published, some of the 

 most important documents might be added by way 

 of appendix. 



It may not be out of place to mention here the 

 names of the officers of our Society for the years 

 1769 and 1770, as they are not in our printed Trans- 

 actions, which begin only with 1771. 



For 1769. 



President, Benjamin Franklin 



Vice-Presidents, Dr.. Thomas Cadwalader, Dr. 

 Thomas Bond, and Joseph Galloway 



Secretaries, Charles Thomson, Eev. Wm. Smith, 

 Thomas Mifflin, and John Ewing 



Curators, Dr. Adam Kuhn, Dr. John Morgan, 

 Lewis Nicola 



Treasurer, Philip Syng. 



