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benefactor to the city in which he lived, bequeathing to it, as 

 he has done, the rich legacy of his admirable example, and a 

 memory without reproach. 



" Resolved, That a Committee of the Officers and Council 

 be appointed to make arrangements for the funeral. 



" Resolved, That these proceedings be reported to the Soci- 

 ety at its special meeting, to be held to-morrow evening." 



" The President appointed Dr. Chapman and Prof. Bache, 

 the Committee under the first resolution. 



" Franklin Bache, Sec'ry." 



Dr. Chapman then presented the following preamble and 

 resolutions; which were adopted unanimously. 



The American Philosophical Society entertains the deepest 

 sense of the loss it has sustained, in the death of its venerable 

 and beloved associate, John Vaughan. The oldest of its mem- 

 bers, he was also among its most diligent, faithful and efficient. 

 Long devoted to the furtherance of its objects, he failed not at 

 the same time to conciliate the confidence and affection of all 

 with whom he was connected, by the elevation and moral tone 

 of his spirit, the purity of his disposition, and the amenity of 

 his manners. A zealous promoter of science, he was actuated 

 by the contemplation of its inherent excellence, and tendencies 

 to benefit the great concerns of mankind, without a single as- 

 piration after its honours, distinctions, or emoluments. Con- 

 tent to occupy in the Society stations of laborious usefulness, 

 he continued to the last moment of life to render to it services 

 of inestimable value, and was only diverted from the exclusive 

 advancement of its prosperity by the claims of other institu- 

 tions of learning, or of charity, or of benevolence ; none of 

 which were ever presented to him, without awakening his zeal, 

 and enlisting a share of his active exertions in their behalf. 

 Modest and unpresuming — disinterested, generous, social, and 

 hospitable — beneficent, cordial, and sincere — it may truly be 

 affirmed of him, that no one was more uniformly esteemed by 

 a singularly extensive acquaintance; and no one certainly 

 among us has contributed more largely to the cause of human- 

 ity in its several relations, or can bequeath to this Society and 



