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American Philosophical Society
Founding of the Society
Year
Authority / Notes
1743
According to its website, the Society was founded in 1743 through the advocacy of Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), and is the oldest learned society in the United States of America; it promotes useful knowledge in the sciences and humanities.
Seat of the Society
City
Authority / Notes
Philadelphia
United States of America
This location is supported by its website.
Name of the Society
Dates
Name
Authority
1769 - American Philosophical Society Its publications establish this name from 1769.
American Philosophical Society Website = http://www.amphilsoc.org/
Journals of the Society
Years
Full Journal Title
Abbrev.
Indexed
1769/1771 -
(Vol.1 - )
Transactions of the American Philosophical Society
[Full-text of 1769 (vol. 1) to nearly the present day (but excluding the current 5 years) is available at JSTOR.]
[Lib. Company Philadelphia cat.]
Amer. Phil. Soc. Trans.
[Phil. Trans., Vol. 162 (1872), p.358 cites 1839, 1840, and 1843.]
Amer. Phil. Soc. Trans.
[RSLC, v.1, p.xiv]
Tr. Americ. Soc.
[Pogg, v.1, col.111 cites Vol. IV.]
Trans. Am. Phil. Soc.
[Phil. Trans., Vol. 131 (1841), p.17 cites 1836.]
Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc.
[Phil. Trans., B Vol. 184 (1893), p.322 cites vol. 14, 1871.]
Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. Philad.
[Phil. Trans., B Vol. 247, No. 739 (Jul. 2, 1964), p.477 cites 23, 1933.]
Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. Philadelphia
[Phil. Trans., B Vol. 203 (1913), p.66 cites vol. 20.]
Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., Philad.
[Phil. Trans., B Vol. 183. (1892), p.61 cites 1869.]
Trans. Americ. Phil. Soc.
[Phil. Trans., B Vol. 187 (1896), p.54 cites vol. 16, 1886.]
Trans. Americ. Soc.
[Pogg., v.1, col.234 cites VII. 1841.]
Trans. Phil. Soc., Philadelphia
[Phil. Trans., Vol. 173 (1882), p.964 cites vol. viii (1840).]
Transact. Americ. Phil. Soc.
[Pogg., v.1, col.457 cites 1809.]
Transact. of Philadelphia Soc.
[Reuss, v.9, p.8 cites Vol.6. P.1.]
Transact. of the American Philos. Soc.
[Reuss, v.3, p.12 cites Vol. 4.]
Transact. of the American Philosoph. Soc.
[Reuss, v.1, p.99 cites Vol.4.]
Transact. of the American Soc.
[Reuss, v.4, p.15 cites Vol. 3.]
Transact. of the American Soc. at Philadelphia
[Reuss, v.4, p.172 cites Vol. 5.]
Transact. of the American Society
[Reuss, v.3, p.20 cites Vol. 3.]
Transact. of the Soc. at Philadelphia
[Reuss, v.4, p.90 cites Vol. 6.]
Transact. of the Soc. of Philadelphia
[Reuss, v.9, p.9 cites Vol.6. P.1.]
Transactions of the American Society
[Reuss, v.1, p.71 cites Vol.2.]
Pogg.
Reuss
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1838, Jan./Mar. -
(Vol.1, no.1 - )
Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society held at Philadelphia for promoting useful knowledge
[Full-text of 1838 (vol. 1) to nearly the present day (but excluding the current 5 years) is available at JSTOR.]
[Harvard Univ. cat.]
Amer. Phil. Soc. Proc.
[Phil. Trans., B Vol. 179 (1888), p.172 cites vol. 21, 1813.]
Amer. Phil. Soc. Proc. [RSLC, v.1, p.xiv]
P. American Philosoph. S.
[Geographical Journal, Vol. 8, No. 5 (Nov., 1896), p.530 cites 35 (1896).]
Proc. Am. Phil. Soc.
[Phil. Trans., B Vol. 185 (1894), p.998 cites 1880, vol. 19.]
Proc. Am. Philos. Soc.
[Phil. Trans., B Vol. 186 (1895), p.89 cites vol. 29.]
Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc.
[Phil. Trans., Vol. 172 (1881), p.4 cites 1879.]
Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc., Philadelphia
[Geographical Review, Vol. 17, No. 4 (Oct., 1927), p.680 cites Vol. 65, 1926.]
Proc. Americ. Phil. Soc.
[Phil. Trans., B Vol. 187 (1896), p.54 cites vol. 17, 1878.]
Proceed. Amer. Philos. Soc.
[Ann. Assoc. Am. Geog., Vol. 29, No. 3 (Sep., 1939), p.186 cites 66 (1927).]
Proceed. Americ. phil. Soc.
[Pogg., v.1, col.457; gives no further details.]
Pogg.
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