IL MINISTERO DI AGRICOLTURA, INDUS- 

 TRIA E COMMERCIO D'lTALIA 



CONSOLATO 



di 



S. M. IL RE D'lTALIA. 



Philadelphia, Pa., April 17th, 1906. 

 To THE American Philosophical Society, 

 Philadelphia, Pa. 



Mr. President: 



It is my privilege and great pleasure to tender you, 

 on behalf of the Royal Department of Agriculture, In- 

 dustry and Commerce of Italy, which I was especially 

 delegated to represent on this memorable occasion, the 

 heartfelt felicitations for the festivities your Society is 

 celebrating. 



There are two hundred years from the memorable day 

 in which one of the greatest glories of this country was 

 born. Great was the event as great were the conse- 

 quences which were felt in this country and across the 

 ocean, and Italy to-day feels herself bound to you as a 

 friend and as an admirer. The American Nation, after 

 having had, like Italy, her war of independence, her 

 heroes, her Cincinnatus, her Fabricius, also had her 



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