"At a Stated Meeting of the Philadelphia Medical Society, held at their Hall, on Saturday, the 23d December, 1815:
"Resolved, 1st. That the Society view with sentiments of deep regret the death of Professor B. S. Barton, as an event which has deprived the Society of the useful labours of a worthy president, the University of Pennsylvania of one of its brightest ornaments, the Medical profession of one of its most erudite members, and the United States of one of its most distinguished and useful citizens.
"Resolved, 2dly. That a committee be appointed to wait on Dr. Wm. P. C. Barton, to request him to prepare and read before the Society, a Biographical Sketch of the late Professor Barton, previous to the termination of the present Course of Lectures."
Extract from the Minutes of the Society,
"At a Stated Meeting of the Philadelphia Medical Society, held at their Hall, on Saturday the 24th of February, 1816:
"Resolved, That the Thanks of the Society be presented to Doctor Barton, for the very appropriate Biographical Sketch of the late Doctor Benjamin Smith Barton, which he has read before the Society, and that a copy of the same be requested for publication."
Extract from the Minutes of the Society,
