The American Philosophical Society

Founded 1743

Franklin proposed it in a printed circular, presided over it from London, and lived to see its Transactions announce that Philadelphia could observe the heavens as well as London could. Rush joined at twenty-two, before he had a degree. Rittenhouse built its instruments and Bartram's garden was its field station.

Who belonged to The American Philosophical Society

12 objects

Benjamin Rush, An Eulogium Intended to Perpetuate the Memory of David RittenhousePhiladelphia J. Omrod 1796BR-2022.010
Three eulogies, two of them on Caspar Wistar1818BR-2023.002
An Oration. Delivered before the American Philosophical Society,London Philadelphia, printed: London, reprinted; for C. Dilly, 1786, 1786BR-2022.007
An Oration. Delivered before the American Philosophical Society,1786BR-2022.009
An oration, delivered before the American Philosophical Society, held in Philadelphia on the 27th of February, 17861786BR-2022.008
Oration Delivered February 4, 1774, before the American Philosophical Society, Held at Philadelphia. Containing, An Enquiry into the Natural History of Medicine among the Indians in North-America, and A Comparative View of Their Diseases and Remedies, with those of Civilized Nations.1774BR-2023.031
Bartram's TravelsBF-2024.063
Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, volume onePhiladelphia: William and Thomas Bradford, 1771BF-2025.114
William Bradford Jr. to David Rittenhouse, with Rittenhouse's order to pay Jonathan Dickinson SergeantManuscript, Philadelphia, 16 to 29 January 1783BF-2026.203
Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, volume fivePhiladelphia: Budd and Bartram for Thomas Dobson, 1802BF-2023.041
Medicina Britannica: A Treatise on Such Physical Plants1751BF-2023.049
Thomas Cadwalader, An Essay on the West-India Dry GripesPhiladelphia: B. Franklin, 1745BF-2026.009