An annual oration pronounced before the Humane Society of Philadelphia
Subtitle: on the objects & benefits of said institution; the 28th day of February, 1799
By: By Doctr. Benjamin Say, president of the society, &c. &c. ; [Three lines of quotation]
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 36278
Publisher: Printed for William Young, bookseller and stationer, no. 52, South Second-Street, Philadelphia.
Published: 1799
Place of publication: Whitehall [Pa.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 50
Subjects: Drowning; Resuscitation; Charitable societies; Charities
Notes: Signatures: [A]² B-F⁴ G².

"Charter of incorporation."--p. [27]-38.

"Directions for recovering persons, who are supposed to be dead, from drowning ... Published by order of the Humane Society of Phila."--p. [39]-49.

Evans 36278

Austin, R.B. Early Amer. medical imprints, 1708