Commonwealth of Massachusetts. : House of Representatives, Jan. 15, 1816. Ordered--that Messrs. Tudor, of Boston, Knapp, of Newburyport, and Trask, of Brimfield, be a committee, with such as the Honorable Senate may join, to make inquiries into the actual state of the following scientific and literary societies ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Massachusetts. General Court. Committee on State of Scientific and Literary Societies.

Contributor:

Quincy, Josiah, 1772-1864.

Series:

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 38157.

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 38172.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Learned institutions and societies--Massachusetts--Finance.

Learned institutions and societies.

Learned institutions and societies--United States--Finance.

Finance.

United States.

Massachusetts.

Physical Description:

16 pages

Other Title:

Ordered--that Messrs. Tudor, of Boston, Knapp, of Newburyport, and Trask, of Brimfield, be a committee, with such as the Honorable Senate may join, to make inquiries into the actual state of the following scientific and literary societies ...

The committee, appointed to make inquiries into the actual state of the following literary and scientific societies ... ask leave to make the following statement ..

Place of Publication:

[Boston] : [publisher not identified], [1816]

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Notes:

Report on the financial standing of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Massachusetts Historical Society, the Boston Atheneum, the Linnean Society and the Agricultural Society of Massachusetts compared to Peale's Museum, Dr. Hosack's botanical garden, the Medical Society of the State of New York, and the New York Historical Society, recommending that more funds be created in Massachusetts for support of such institutions. Preceded by the resolutions of the House and Senate appointing the members of the joint committee.

Title from caption and first lines of text.

Report proper begins: The committee, appointed to make inquiries into the actual state of the following literary and scientific societies ... ask leave to make the following statement ...

Signed on p. 12: By order of the committee, Josiah Quincy, chairman.

"Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixteen. An act, to incorporate certain persons, by the name of the Massachusetts Institution."--p. [13]-16. The proposed act was not passed.

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Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 38172).

Contains:

Massachusetts. Act to incorporate certain persons by the name of the Massachusetts Institution.

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