262 The Franklin Bi-centennial 



THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY 



From the President 



The Right Hon. Sir George Taubman Goldie, 



K.C.M.G., F.R.S., 



AND Council of the 



Royal Geographical Society 



TO THE 



American Philosophical Society. 



The President and Council of the Royal Geographical 

 Society, on behalf of the Fellows, desire to convey to 

 the American Philosophical Society their warmest con- 

 gratulations on the occasion of the celebration of the 

 200th Anniversary of the birth of its Founder, 



Benjamin Franklin 



who attained distinction in so many directions. It is a 

 remarkable feature in the history of the great country, 

 which afterwards became the United STATES OF AMER- 

 ICA, that so early in its career, the value of Science and 

 of Research should have been recognized by the founda- 



