242 The Franklin Bi-centennial 



THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF 

 NEW YORK 



(Seal) 



The University of the 



State of New York, 



Founded 1784 



Accepts with pleasure the cordial invitation of 



The American Philosophical Society 



Held at Philadelphia 



For Promoting Useful Knowledge 



To assist in the Celebration of the Two 



Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of 



Benjamin Franklin. 



The achievements of the Founder of the American 

 Philosophical Society, always highly appreciated by the 

 rest of the world, are receiving to-day from his own 

 countrymen greater evidences of his skill as a diploma- 

 tist, and his services as a patriot which hitherto had 

 been limited more to his scientific attainments. 



To convey properly its salutations to the American 

 Philosophical Society the University delegates 



Regent T. Guilford Smith 



