8 The Franklin Bi-Centennial 



The State of Pennsylv^ania, 



By the Governor of the State, 

 through his specially appointed representative, 



Mr. Bromley Wharton, Private Secretary; 



The American Philosophical Society, 



By its President, Dr. Edgar F. Smith ; 



The University of Pennsylvania, 



By Provost Charles C. Harrison ; 



The Library Company of Philadelphia, 



By its Presiding Director, Mr. Edwin S. Buckley; 



The Pennsylvania Hospital, 



By its President, Mr. Benjamin H. Shoemaker; 



The Philadelphia Contributionship for the Insurance of 

 Houses from Loss from Fire, 



By Mr. J. Rodman Paul, Acting President; 



The Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Penn- 

 sylvania, 



By the Right Worshipful Grand Master, 

 George W. Kendrick, Jr. ; 



The Select and Common Councils of the City of Phila- 

 delphia, 



By Mr. William Harkness, Chairman of the Commit- 

 tee OF Councils; 



The Konigliche Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Got- 

 tingen. 



By its Delegate, Dr. Emil Wiechert; 



The Konigliche Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 



and 

 The University of Berlin, 



By their Delegate, Dr. Alois Brandl; 



