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72d year of his age, and referred in impressive terms to the 



virtues and services by which his life has been illustrated; and 

 thereupon, on motion of Dr. Patterson, the following minute 

 and resolutions were unanimously adopted: — 



The American Philosophical Society, after the lapse of a 

 brief fortnight, finds itself again called upon to mourn over the 

 loss of a valued officer and associate. The Honourable Joseph 

 Hopkinson bore a name distinguished in the Society from the 

 earliest period of its existence. His grandfather, Thomas Hop- 

 kinson, was selected, nearly a century ago, as the first President 

 of one of the branches of which our Institution is composed; 

 and his father, Francis Hopkinson, was afterwards one of its 

 most zealous and influential members, and contributed inge- 

 nious papers to its Transactions. From these ancestors, our 

 lamented Vice-President inherited an attachment to our Insti- 

 tution, which, during his long connection with it, he lost no 

 opportunity of exhibiting, and for which we shall ever hold 

 him in grateful remembrance. Possessed of talents of a high 

 order, of great industry, and a conscientious sense of duty, he 

 was enabled to act an important and distinguished part in life; 

 and long will it be before his place can be filled in the commu- 

 nity of which he was an ornament. After reaching the limit 

 of life, with a mind unimpaired and an activity almost youth- 

 ful, he passed tranquilly to its end, after a short illness unat- 

 tended by the sense of pain. He lived as his friends wished 

 that he should live, and he died as he himself always wished 

 to die. Entertaining a high value for the character and ser- 

 vices of its deceased associate, and sincere regret for his loss, 

 the Society resolves, — 



1. That the members will attend the funeral as mourners. 



2. That a member be appointed to prepare a notice of the 

 life and character of Judge Hopkinson. 



3. That the members tender their sympathy and condolence 

 to the family of the deceased, and that the Secretaries be in- 

 structed to communicate to them a copy of these proceedings. 



Dr. Chapman was appointed under the second resolution, to 

 prepare an obituary notice of Judge Hopkinson. 



