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The Philonothian Gazette Mrs. Elizabeth AldrichEntry/Object ID
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The Philonothian Gazette published by The Philonothian Society. Volume 1 Number 8 from May 1854. This issue is published for East Greenwich Rhode Island. This edition is an overview of the May-day jubilee that was delayed to May 12th due to unfavorable weather.
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Sealed covering for the publication. Addressed to Mrs. Elizabeth Aldrich N. Dover Cuyahoga Co. Ohio. It is postmarked St. Greenwich May 27.
The Philomathean Society of the University of Pennsylvania is a collegiate literary society, the oldest student group at the university,and a claimant to the title of the oldest continuously-existing literary society in the United States, a claim disputed by Columbia University's Philolexian Society, which was established in 1802. Founded in 1813, its goal is "to promote the learning of its members and to increase the academic prestige of the University."Philomathean is derived from the Greek philomath, which means "a lover of learning." The motto of the Philomathean Society is Sic itur ad astra (Latin for "thus we proceed to the stars"). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philomathean_SocietyCollection
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