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  AMERICAN 
  PHILOSOPHICAL 
  SOCIETY, 
  

  

  HELD 
  AT 
  PHILADELPHIA, 
  

  

  FOR 
  PROMOTING 
  USEFUL 
  KNOWLEDGE. 
  

  

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  PUBLISHED 
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  SOCIETY. 
  

  

  PRINTED 
  BY 
  JAMES 
  KAY, 
  JUN. 
  & 
  BROTHER, 
  PRINTERS 
  TO 
  THE 
  SOCIETY. 
  

  

  No. 
  122, 
  Chestnut 
  Street. 
  

  

  1837. 
  

  

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