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happy genius magnetism may be reduced to certain 

 laws, in the same manner as electricity now is by the 

 unwearied diligence and sagacity of the ingenious 

 Doctor Franklin. " 



February 8. "We have existed for some years as 

 a Society for the promotion of natural knowledge" 

 etc. Extract from the answer of the American 

 Society to the American Philosophical Society, in re- 

 lation to a union. Junto Minute book, Part 2, p. 79. 

 This answer was never sent. See p. 81. 



February 12. "His Excellency William Franklin, 

 Esq., being now the only member of the ancient Society 

 who has not signed the rules in this book" etc. 

 Junto Minute Book, Part 2, p. 82. 



February 19. Franklin elected a member of the 

 American Society, p. 87. 



November 4. Franklin Elected President of the 

 American Society, p. 132. 



November 6. Date of C. Thomson's letter to Frank- 

 lin, stating that the American Society was begun in 

 1750, and informing him of his election as President 

 of it. 



1769. January llth. William Coleman died. Ex- 

 tract from the family register, furnished by Coleman 

 Fisher, Esq. 



June 7th. "I long Meditated a Revival of our Amer- 

 ican Philosophical Society, and at length I thought 

 I saw my way. clear in doing it, but the old party 

 le[a]ven split us for a Time. We are now united, 



