lo The Franklin Bi-Centennial 



Friday, April 2oth 



At the American Academy of Music 



II A. M. 



The Delegates, Invited Guests and Members of the American Philo- 

 sophical Society met in the Foyer of the Academy at 10.45 A. M. and 

 proceeded in a body to the Auditorium. 



Addresses in Commemoration of 



Benjamin Franklin. 



As Citizen and Philanthropist 



By Horace Howard Furness, Litt.D. (Cantab.) 



As Printer and Philosopher 



By President Charles William Eliot, LL.D. 



As Statesman and Diplomatist 



By the Hon. Joseph Hodges Choate, LL.D., D.C.L. 



Presentation of the Franklin Medal to 

 The Republic of France 



(In accordance with the Act of Congress) 

 By the Honorable Elihu Root, Secretary of State 

 (by direction of The President) 



Reception of the Medal 



By His Excellency, M. J. J. Jusserand, 

 The French Ambassador 



