Virginian Society for the Promotion of Useful Knowledge

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Founded in May, 1773, the Society continued to meet annually in Williamsburg for several years after the Revolution. Intended as an exchange of ideas and philosophies, prominent members included John Page, of "Rosewell", George Wythe, and James Madison, professor and later president of the College of William and Mary.

From the guide to the Notes of the Virginian Society for the Promotion of Useful Knowledge, ca. 1772, (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation)

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