"One Grand Pursuit": A Brief History of the American Philosophical Society's First 250 Years. 1743-1993 by Edward C. Carter II. American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 1993
The American Philosophical Society (APS) was founded in 1743 by Benjamin Franklin (then only 37 years old) and is North America's oldest scholarly organization. The archaeological interests of Thomas Jefferson, who became its third president in 1797, are not...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Ubiquity Press
1993-11-01
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| Series: | Bulletin of the History of Archaeology |
| Online Access: | http://www.archaeologybulletin.org/article/view/414 |
| Summary: | The American Philosophical Society (APS) was founded in 1743 by
Benjamin Franklin (then only 37 years old) and is North America's oldest scholarly
organization. The archaeological interests of Thomas Jefferson, who became its third
president in 1797, are not mentioned in this history but it is worth noting that besides
his well known pioneering excavation of a burial mound in 1784 he sent out a circular
letter for the APS to secure information on archaeological remains, stating, "The
American Philosophical Society have [sic] always considered the antiquity, changes, and
present state of their own country as primary objects of their research". |
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| ISSN: | 1062-4740 2047-6930 |