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and, with your Presence, may make a Figure, but, 

 till that happy Event, I fear much will not be done." 

 Dr. Thomas Bond to Franklin. 1 Sparks, 578. [Also 

 Franklin Papers in A.P.S. II. 179.] 



1773. January 22. "Nor can we entertain a doubt 

 of the like encouragement on all necessary occasions, 

 when we have the happiness to behold the first person 

 in the administration of this government now sitting 

 as our patron."* Extract from the Rev. Dr. Wm. 

 Smith's Oration before the A. P. S. delivered on the 

 above date, page 11. 



1775. May 5. Franklin arrived in Philadelphia after 

 his second mission to England. Absent more than 10 

 years. 1 Sparks, 391. 



1776. October 26. Sailed for France, and arrived in 

 30 days in Quiberon Bay. 1 Sparks, 417. 



1782. May 21. "And gradually established many 

 necessary institutions, among which was this Philo- 

 sophical Society, so early as in '43, when the plan 

 was formed and published, the members chosen, and 

 an invitation given to all ingenious persons to co- 

 operate and correspond with them on the laudable 

 occasion." Extract from Dr. Thomas Bond's Ora- 

 tion before the A. P. S. delivered on the above date, 

 page 2. 



1785. June 24. "Philip Syng, the only other surviv- 

 ing member here, of the old Junto, labours under in- 

 firmities, keeps much at home, where I can seldom go 



* ' ' The Honorable Kichard Perm, Esq., Governor of the Province. ' ' 



