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Excerpt from Travels Into North America, Containing Its Natural History, and a Circumstantial Account of Its Plantations and Agriculture in General, Vol. 1: With the Civil, Ecclesiastical and Commercial State of the Country, the Manners of the Inhabitants, and Several Curious and Important Remarks on Various Subjects
Deficiency by a liberal contribution. Count Piper was intreated to give a fa mily exhibition to Mr. Kalm, which he readily promifed, but as the Academy had obtained from the convocation of the uni verfity of Upfala and the magifirates of Stack/501m, another exhibition of the family of Helmg'ie/d for Mr. Kalm, Count sber re'fufed 'to grant his exhibition, as being contrary to the fiatutes of the univerfity and Without any precedent, that one perfon fhould enjoy two exhibitions. The prefent king of Sweden being then prince royal, fuccefior to the throne, and chancellor of the univerfity, wrote to the convocation, and expreffed his wifhes to have from the trea fury of the univerfity fdr fo ufeful a purpofe, about 1000 plates, or about 1501. Fierling. The univerfity complied generou?y with the defire of her chancellor, and gave or ders that the money (hould be paid to the Royal Academy. The board for promoting manufactures gave 300 plates, or about 451. Mr. Ka/m fpent in this journeyxhis falary, and befides very near 1301. Of his own fortune, (0 that at his return he found a 4 himfelfviii preface.
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