A proposal for promoting useful knowledge among the British plantations in America.
Contributors: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790, printer.; Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Printed by Benjamin Franklin
Published: 1743
Place of publication: [Philadelphia
Language: eng
Subjects: American Philosophical Society; Pennsylvania -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Sources
Genres: Sources.
Notes: Evans 5190
Miller, C.W.  Franklin, 325
Ford, P.L.  Franklin bibliography, 40
ESTC W24828
Caption title.
Imprint from Ford.
"Benjamin Franklin, the writer of this proposal, offers himself to serve the society as their secretary. .. Philadelphia, May 14, 1743"--P. [2].
The original proposal for establishing the American Philosophical Society.
LC copy lacks final blank leaf. Bound in a volume with 136 additional blank pages.