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COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 

 Columbia University 



PRESENTS greetings AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 



American Philosophical Society 



upon the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of 

 the Founder of the Society. 



Recognizing the eminent services of 



Benjamin Franklin 



to the advancement of education the encouragement of 

 Scientific research and the cultivation of higher thought 

 it is but fitting that this occasion should be honored 

 by all institutions of learning and more especially by 

 the University which has succeeded the College founded 

 and first presided over by Samuel Johnson the contem- 

 porary and friend of Franklin. King's College and the 

 American Philosophical Society coming into existence 

 almost simultaneously were alike imbued with a broad 

 and philosophic conception of their obligation to con- 

 tribute toward the enlightenment of the new world. 



The Society in cherishing the sacred flame which was 

 lighted upon its altar by its Founder has most worthily 

 perpetuated his memory and in respectful appreciation 



