PROCEEDINGS OF THE FOUR HUNDREDTH MEETING 
OF THE 
PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON. 
This was a special meeting designed to suitably commemorate 
and celebrate the four hundredth meeting of the Society. 
It was held on the evening of February 18,1893, at 7.30 p. m., 
at the Cochran, corner of Fourteenth and K streets northwest, 
and consisted of a banquet, with toasts and reminiscences. 
The committee of management was Messrs. Filler, Clarice, 
and Ball. 
President Goode presided. 
Eighty-nine members and guests were present, of which the 
following is a complete list (names of founders in bold-faced 
type): 
Cleveland Abbe. 
Cyrus Adler. 
W. H. Ashmead. 
Frank Baker. 
Marcus Baker. 
T. H. Bean. 
H. G. Beyer. 
F. H. Bigelow. 
J. S. Billings. 
Rogers Birnie. 
J. M. Browne. 
J. H. Bryan. 
E. S. Burgess. 
S. M. Burnett. 
T. M. Chatard. 
J. W. Chickering. 
F. W. Clarke. 
Whitman Cross. 
G. E. Curtis. 
W. H. Dali. 
J. S. Filler. 
R. E. Earll. 
S. F. Emmons. 
Edward Farquhar 
O. L. Fassig. 
W. A. De Caindry. 
J. R. Eastman. 
G. H. Eldridge. 
G. B. Goode. 
J. C. Gordon. 
J. H. Gore. 
B. R. Green. 
B. E. Fernow. 
Robert Fletcher. 
E. M. Gallaudet. 
Henry Gannett. 
G. K. Gilbert. 
Theodore Gill. 
A. W. Greely. 
William Hallock. 
William Harkness. 
R. A. Harris. 
Everett Hayden. 
C. W. Hayes. 
H. L. Hodgkins. 
W. H. Holmes. 
E. E. Howell. 
G. G. Hubbard. 
H. M. Hurd. 
Arthur Keith. 
A. F. A. King. 
F. H. Knowlton. 
G. W. Littlehales. 
Alexander McAdie. 
Marshall McDonald. 
J. H. McCormick. 
W J McGee. 
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