On important achievement of the Society had been the establishment of a library, most of the books for ch came from the private libraries of the members of the Society, Later, s were contributed, some written by members them-g with the assets of Ferguson stated that in funds, although been bankrupt, The Society was not poor, but it needed money, The Society had always tried ake itself a centre ientific activities: for literary and the community t, perhaps, the most vital activity of the Society the journal, This was a medium throu h which every single member of t ciety was
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