Patriot-Improvers by Whitfield J Bell Jr
When Benjamin Franklin adopted John Bartram's 1739 idea of bringing together the "virtuosi" of the colonies to promote inquiries into "natural secrets, arts and syances," the result was, in 1743, the founding of the American Philosophical Society (APS). In this "first systematic attempt to collect & preserve data on the lives of [the Society's first] members," Bell records the early years of the Society through sketches of its first members, those elected between 1743 and 1769. Together, this set adds much to our knowledge of the history and culture of 18th century American history. The second of three volumes, it includes biographies and 31 portraits of APS members inducted from 8 April to 20 December 1768 and history of the Medical Society from 1766-1768 with sketches of members.-
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Papacy and the Levant (1204-1571), Vol. III
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The House of Barnes
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Academica
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Letters of Rowland Whyte (1595-1608)
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Order Microsauria
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Michelangelo's Medici Chapel
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Thomas Jefferson's Garden Book, 1766-1824
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Woolsey Sisters of New York
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Oboe Concertos of Sir William Herschel
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Ansley J. Coale
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England and the North
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Production, Distribution and Readership of a Conservative Journal of the French Revolution
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House of Lords and Ideological Politics
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Stability and Variation in Hopi Song
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Jacques Loeb
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Soldier-Scholars
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Visual Mechanic Knowledge
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Accounts of European Science, Technology, and Medicine Written by American Travelers Abroad, 1735-1860, in the Collections of the American Philosophical Society
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Emil Von Behring
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Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania
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Supplement to the Tuckerman Tables
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Planetary, Lunar, and Solar Positions, a.D. 2 to a.D. 1649, at Five-Day and Ten-Day Intervals
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Planetary, Lunar and Solar Positions, 601 B.C. to a.D. 1, at Five-Day and Ten Day Intervals
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Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit (Series a, Vol. 1 and 2)
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James Bowdoin and the Patriot Philosophers
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Life and Letters of Alexander Wilson
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Native Writings in Massachusett (2 Volume Set)
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Never-Ceasing Search
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Architecture and Planning of Classical Moscow
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Toda Grammar and Texts
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Science and Society in Early America
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780871692276 |
| ISBN 10 | 0871692279 |
| Title | Patriot-Improvers |
| Author | Whitfield J Bell Jr |
| Series | Memoirs Of The American Philosophical Society |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | American Philosophical Society Press |
| Year published | 1999-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 425 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |