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PHILADELPHIA MOSS CHAPTER. Minutes, 1899. 1 item. Collection 353

On February 4, 1899, a meeting was held at the Academy to organize an association of those interested in the study of the moss flora of the vicinity. At the second meeting, a week later, the name “Philadelphia Moss Chapter” was adopted, and officers elected: President A. F. K. Krout, Recording Secretary and treasurer, Alexander McElwee, and Corresponding secretary, Josephine B. Lowe.

The original leather-bound volume contains a laid-in letter signed by A. F. K. Krout, 1899.

Gift of the Society.