Certificate from the Padua Academy of Sciences, Letters,
and Arts
Printed document, signed, with ms insertions: American Philosophical
Society
Padua, December 20, 1781, in Italian: Zeal in promoting the increase
of useful knowledge naturally unites in a general society
all those who consecrate their talents to such a noble cause, and
the act of electing them into a learned organization is an acknowledgment
of the original titles of their relationship. The
Academy of Sciences, Letters, and Arts of Padua does honor to
itself by naming Dr. Franklin, eminently distinguished in both
natural science and politics, among the twenty-four illustrious
foreigners who are to be associated into their body. The society
will be fully recompensed if the eminent persons whom it elects
not consider this among the smallest of literary honors.
| Leopoldo M. A. Caldani, Presidente |
| Matteo Franzoja, Segrio. per le Scienza |
| Melchiorre Cesarotti, Segrio. per le lettere |
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