|
1792
|
This date is supported by p.718 of
Bolton (1897), where Bolton also states that
this
society was
"undoubtedly the earliest organized body of chemists in either
hemisphere..."
Bogert (1908) (p.166) believes that the society
ceased
to exist around 1803.
Edgar Smith (1914), however, believes
(p.12) that the society existed for about 17 years, which would put its
date of termination at around 1808.
Both Bogert (1908) and
Bolton (1897) make it clear that this society
was different from the
Columbian Chemical Society of Philadelphia, which was
founded in 1811 and survived only a few years, but at least to 1813.
|
