3o8 The Franklin Bi-centennial 



THE WASHINGTON ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 



The Washington Academy of Sciences 



TO the 

 "The American Philosophical Society" 



HELD AT 



Philadelphia, 



Sends greeting and congratulations on this 



Two Hundredth Anniversary 



of the birth of its Founder the distinguished 



statesman and philosopher 



Benjamin Franklin. 



By order of the Academy. 

 (Seal) Charles D. Walcott, 



President. 



