1Earl of Macclesfield: Speech Awarding the Copley Medal, 30 November 1753 (Franklin Papers)
AD : American Philosophical Society Sir Hans Sloane being now dead, who was the surviving Trustee of the late Sir Godfrey Copley Bart., the Right of disposing of that Gentleman’s annual Benefaction, is incontestably devolved upon your President and Council, who have accordingly taken that matter into consideration. And in deliberating thereupon, they thought it their Duty to keep these two...