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another; we are grown gray together, and yet it is 

 too early to part. Let us sit till the evening of life is 

 spent. The last hours are always the most joyous. 

 When we can stay no longer, it is time enough then 

 to bid each other good night, separate, and go quietly 

 to bed." 7 Sparks, 300. 



1766. Feb. 27. "Remember me affectionately to the 

 Junto. " Franklin to H. Roberts, 7 Sparks, 308. 



March 1. "The Junto fainted last summer in the 

 hot weather, and has not yet revived; your presence 

 might reanimate it without which I apprehend it will 

 never recover." P. Syng to Franklin. Franklin's 

 papers in the possession of the Society. 



April 25. This is the date of the first meeting re- 

 corded, after the long chasm in the minutes. The 

 minutes of this date are preceded by a new draught 

 of the Laws, which were adopted, (except the name 

 "Junto/' which was under advisement for alteration) 

 on the 30th of May 1766. The new name "The 

 American Society for promoting and propagating 

 Useful Knowledge, held in Philadelphia," was not 

 adopted until the 13th of December following. The 

 new draught of the Laws was evidently at first writ- 

 ten out with a blank, to receive the new name when 

 decided on, which will be found inserted in a different 

 hand-writing in the draught. 



1768. January 1. C. Thomson read his Proposal for 

 enlarging the Society, about nine pages in the minute 

 book. In the proposal is this sentence: "By some 



