2o6 The Franklin Bi-centennial 



THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW 



To THE American Philosophical Society, 



Independence Square, Philadelphia, 



Pennsylvania, 



United States of America. 



With much satisfaction the University of Glasgow 

 has received from the American Philosophical Society 

 an invitation to take part in the celebration of the two 

 hundredth anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Frank- 

 lin. 



The Members of the Senate recognize in the in- 

 genuity, the versatility, and the practical sagacity of 

 Franklin the qualities of the typical American, and in 

 his philosophical bent, his skill in diplomacy, and the 

 wisdom of his statesmanship, proof that he was at the 

 same time a citizen of the world. 



They delight to recall that during Franklin's visit 

 to this country he came into contact not seldom with one 

 of Glasgow's most famous professors, the author of the 

 Wealth of Nations, and they have good ground for 

 believing that the benefit was not all on one side. Nor 

 are they likely to forget that while Franklin's remark- 

 able experiments in Electricity began in 1746, exactly a 



