(signed in by )
Saturday April 16, 1814
Anthony Finley's Building
South East Corner, 4th and Chestnut Streets, 2nd Floor
Unknown
Occupation:
Residence: Potts Grove Penns. [Pennsylvania]
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Mr. Samuel Potts
Mr. Samuel Potts was a visitor from Potts Grove, Pennsylvania.
(signed in by R. [Randall] Hutchinson)
Sunday April 16, 1820
Philosophical Hall
104 South Fifth Street, Independence Square, First Floor
Politics, Diplomacy & Law
Occupation: Diplomat
Residence: Lisbon [Portugal]
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Israel Pemberton Hutchinson
Israel Pemberton Hutchinson was an American diplomat. At the time of this visit, Hutchinson was acting as U.S. Consul in Lisbon, Portugal. The Record of Strangers indicates that he was signed into the Athenaeum on this occasion by his brother Randall Hutchinson. Athenaeum membership records show that Israel Hutchinson became a member upon his return to Philadelphia.
(signed in by Roberts Vaux)
Friday April 16, 1830
Philosophical Hall
104 South Fifth Street, Independence Square, First Floor
Politics, Diplomacy & Law
Occupation: Diplomat
Residence: Chargé D'Affaire From Prussia
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Ludwig Niederstetter
Ludwig Niederstetter was a Prussian diplomat. He was assigned Prussia's chargé d'affaires to the United States in June of 1825, a month before this visit to the Athenaeum. Niederstetter held the post until 1830. An account by German nobleman Bernard of Saxe-Weimar indicates that Niederstetter and Roberts Vaux, the member who signed him into the Athenaeum on this visit, traveled together, along with the nobleman. The Record of Strangers indicates that Niederstetter visited the Athenaeum on multiple occasions.
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(signed in by B [Benjamin] Gerhard)
Saturday April 16, 1831
Philosophical Hall
104 South Fifth Street, Independence Square, First Floor
Education & Scholarship
Other
Occupation: Educator and Administrator
Residence: Princeton [New Jersey]
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Henry Vethake, May 26, 1791 — December 16, 1866
Henry Vethake was an American educator, administrator, and author. Born in a British colony in present-day Guyana, he came to the United States with his family as a young boy. He graduated from Columbia and briefly studied law before turning to teaching, a career he would pursue until his death. Vethake first taught mathematics and natural philosophy at Columbia, followed by what would become Rutgers University and Princeton University, and finally Dickinson College. He later returned to Princeton, was a professor at New York University, and president of Washington and Lee University in Virginia before accepting a professorship at the University of Pennsylvania. Vethake would go on to become Penn's vice-provost and later provost. He published several works on economics, outlining his opposition to leisure time for workers and labor unions. The Record of Strangers indicates that Vethake visited the Athenaeum on multiple occasions and eventually became an Athenaeum shareholder.
