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The Enquirer
Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia
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A new society named the Columbian Society of Virtuosi has been established in Pittsburgh, Pa., aimed at collecting curiosities, examining minerals, vegetables, and physical phenomena, and extending knowledge of the country's natural history.
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Pittsburgh, Pa.
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A Society has been established at Pittsburgh, Pa. under the name of the "Columbian Society of Virtuosi," the object of which is stated to be "to collect some of the infinite quantity of curiosities with which the extensive regions of our country abound—to examine such mineral and vegetable productions, as may be conceived to be curious or valuable; and also such physical phenomena as may be noticed by any of its members, or others transmitting information; and finally, by every practicable means, to attempt to extend the knowledge of the natural history of the Country."