246 The Franklin Bi-centennial 



marks the parallel with the vicissitudes in the career of 

 Franklin himself. 



The Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow desires 

 to testify how amply and nobly the American Philosoph- 

 ical Society has fulfilled the design of its Founder, and 

 how great is the debt which the cause of knowledge owes 

 to its zeal in the encouragement of research, and to its 

 efforts in the dissemination of information by its publica- 

 tions; and desires also to express the earnest hope that 

 it may long maintain its place as the oldest scientific 

 institution in the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; and that 

 the fair promise of its past may be realized in a future 

 of even greater prosperity and renown. 



Given under the seal and in name of the 

 Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow 

 this 4th day of April, nineteen hundred 



and six. 

 (Seal) David Murray, 



M.A., LL.D., F.S.A. 



President. 



