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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Corporate Author: Massachusetts General Court (Author)
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Language:English
Published: [Boston] s.n [1816]
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Item Description:"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. - 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. - 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. - Shaw & Shoemaker, 38157. - Shaw & Shoemaker, 38172. - Signed on p. 12: By order of the committee, Josiah Quincy, chairman. - Title from caption and first lines of text
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