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on their list of members, would not their names 

 occurring in the Philosophical Society's list, remind 

 them, of their omission; or, finally, if the American 

 Society were not aware of their membership, would 

 not the individuals themselves remind them of it! 

 But the supposition that Syng and Ehoads were 

 members of the American Society becomes more 

 difficult to believe, when we find them on the Com- 

 mittee of conference, appointed by the Philosophical 

 Society, to treat with the American Society. This 

 conference would have brought them so decidedly 

 in contact with the American Society that their 

 membership in it could not be overlooked; unless it 

 be assumed that neither they themselves nor the 

 American Society knew that they were members! 



The Committee have said that Syng and Rhoads 

 were active members of the Philosophical Society up 

 to the time of union, and, afterwards, of the United 

 Society. They were repeatedly present at the meet- 

 ings of the former in the year 1768, and also frequent 

 attendants of the United Society, of which Syng was 

 elected first Treasurer, and Ehoads repeatedly chosen 

 a Vice-President. Are these the kind of men that 

 would probably have been entirely unnoticed by the 

 American Society, if they had really been members 

 of it? 



The Committee believe that all of the difficulties 

 connected with this subject will disappear upon the 

 supposition of the distinct, and for a part of the 



