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 ...
1816
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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 ...
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Report proper begins: Committee, appointed to make inquiries into the actual state of the following literary and scientific societies ... ask leave to make the following statement ...
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[Boston] : [publisher not identified], [1816]
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1 online resource (16 pages)
Summary
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. Includes a proposed bill to incorporate the Massachusetts Institution as a measure to centralize the various societies' collections and libraries.
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Signed on page 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."--Page [13]-16. The proposed act was not passed.
Signed on page 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."--Page [13]-16. The proposed act was not passed.
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Shaw & Shoemaker 38157
Shaw & Shoemaker 38172
Shaw & Shoemaker 38172
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Description based on online resource; title from PDF caption title (LLMC Digital, viewed November 6, 2019).
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Print version: Massachusetts. General Court. Committee on State of Scientific and Literary Societies. Commonwealth of Massachusetts. [Boston : s.n., 1816]
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United States -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
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Massachusetts. Act to Incorporate Certain Persons by the Name of the Massachusetts Institution.
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