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Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York

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Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York
Founding of the Society
Year
Authority / Notes
1814

According to Harris (1972), p.331, the Society was founded on 1814, January 13. Harris (1972), p.329 gives the name as Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York.

On p.334, Harris (1972) indicates that, after a long wait, Vol. 2 of the Transactions was finally published in 1825 (ten years after the publication of Vol. 1), but it was quite slender by comparison with Vol. 1. By that time the Society was already in decline.

Harris (1972), pp.334-335 attributes this decline to two causes. Firstly, the Society had devoted more time to securing honorary memberships in the Society than to the promotion of science itself. Secondly, just three years after the Society had been founded, it found a rival in the Lyceum of Natural History of New-York (which was formed in 1817, and later became the New York Academy of Sciences). This rival proved to be more vigorous than the Society itself, and followed the more modern approach of specializing in an area (in their case, natural history), rather than the older generalist model of the Enlightenment, which had been followed by the Society.

According to Harris (1972), p.335, after the formation of the Lyceum of Natural History of New-York, the Society went into a protracted decline. By the 1830s the Society had trouble reaching quorum for its meetings, the last of which is recorded to have occurred on 1834, November 28.

Seat of the Society
City
Authority / Notes
New York,
United States of America
This location is supported by the name of the Society.
Name of the Society
Dates
Name
Authority
1814, January 13 - 1834, November 28 Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York According to Harris (1972), p.33 establishes the start date; p.329 gives the name. Harris (1972), p.335 gives the end date.
Journals of the Society
Years
Full Journal Title
Abbrev.
Indexed
1815 - 1825 (v.1 - v.2, no.1)
 
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Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York

[New York Pub. Lib. cat.]

New York, Trans. Lit. Phil. Soc.
[RSLC, v.1, p.lvi.]
Trans. Hist. & Phil. Soc. N. Y.
[Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., Vol. 37, (1885), p.371 cites 1815.]
Trans. Lit. & Phil. Soc. N. Y.
[Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., Vol. 49, (1897), p.99 cites I, 1815.]
Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc., N. Y.
[Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., Vol. 12, (1860), p.112 cites vol. i.]
Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc., New York
[Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., Vol. 37, (1885), p.59 cites 1815.]
Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. of N. Y.
[Mem. Am. Acad. Arts Sci., New Series, Vol. 2, (1846), p.269 cites I.]
Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. of New York
[Mem. Am. Acad. Arts Sci., New Series, Vol. 2, (1846), p.479 cites I.]
Trans. Lit. and Philos. Soc. N. Y.
[Am. Midland Naturalist, Vol. 44, No. 1 (Jul., 1950), p.150 cites 1, 1815.]
Trans. Lit. et Phil. Soc. New York
[Mem. Am. Acad. Arts Sci., New Series, Vol. 2, (1846), p.287 cites I.]
Trans. Lit. Phil. Soc. N. Y.
[Copeia, Vol. 1962, No. 1 (Apr. 11, 1962), p.146 cites I, 1815.]
Trans. Lit. & Phil. Soc. New York
[Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., Vol. 39, No. 2 (Apr. - Aug., 1887), p.295 cites i, 1815.]
Trans. Lit. Phil. Soc. New York
[Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., Vol. 36, (1884), p.312 cites i, 1814.]
Trans. Lit. Philos. Soc. N. Y.
[Am. Midland Naturalist, Vol. 29, No. 2 (Mar., 1943), p.370 cites 1, 1815.]
Trans. Lit. Philos. Soc. New York
[Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., Vol. 55, (1903), p.346 cites I, 1815.]
Trans. Lit. Philos. Soc. N.Y.
[Estuaries, Vol. 8, No. 3 (Sep., 1985), p.310 cites 1, 1815.]
Trans. of the Lit. and Phil. Soc. of New York
[Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., Vol. 13, (1861), p.399 cites vol. 1 (Dec. 8th, 1814).]
Trans. of the Literary and Philosophical Soc. of N. Y.
[PMLA, Vol. 51, No. 4 (Dec., 1936), p.1143 cites I (1815).]
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