... At the election of President, Oct. 28, 1707, he had one vote. His literary attainments were further recognized by his election as a member of the Royal Society,—an honor conferred on very few Americans . After a languishing distemper which he bore with great patience and resignation, he died with peace and an extraordinary serenity of mind, Feb. 15, 1716-17, in the fifty-fifth year of his age. A...