Founding of the Society
Year	Authority / Notes
1812	The Society was founded as the Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool on 1812, February 21, according to the following record in the Univ. Liverpool cat.: The laws and regulations of the Literary & Philosophical Society of Liverpool, instituted the twenty-first of February MDCCCXII (published 1815). On p.138 of Hume, we read that "On the 21st of October, 1844, it was united with the Natural History of Liverpool, which had maintained an independant existence from September 12th, 1836, the latter merging its name, but stipulating for a due representation of its subjects." We have found no evidence of the existence of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool past 1935.
Seat of the Society
City	Authority / Notes
Liverpool England	This location is supported by the name of the Society.
Name of the Society
Dates	Name	Authority
1812, February 21 - 1935 at least	Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool	The following record in the Univ. Liverpool cat.: The laws and regulations of the Literary & Philosophical Society of Liverpool, instituted the twenty-first of February MDCCCXII (published 1815) establishes this name from 1812. Its publications establish this name to 1935.
1855	Liverpool Literary and Philosophical Society	Its publications establish this name for 1855.

Journals of the Society
Years	Full Journal Title	Abbrev.
1845 - 1935 (v.1 - 69)   A	Proceedings of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool The record in the Univ. Liverpool cat. gives the years of the run. The record in the Cambridge Univ. cat. indicates that vol.9 [1855] was entitled Proceedings of the Liverpool Literary and Philosophical Society. The record in the Univ. Aberdeen cat. indicates that for No.1 (1844/1845) the title was: Report of the Proceedings (Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool). Indexed RSLC [Univ. Liverpool cat.; Cambridge Univ. cat.; Univ. Aberdeen cat.]	Lit. and Philos. Soc. of Liverpool, Proc. [Modern Lang. Notes, Vol. 20, No. 7 Nov., 1905), p.205 cites 53, 1899.] Lit. Phil. Soc. Lpool Proc. [Notes Rec. Roy. Soc., Vol. 54, No. 1 (Jan., 2000), p.64 cites 26 (1872).] Liverpool, Lit. Phil. Soc. Proc. [RSLC, v.1, p.xlvii, v.9, p.xxi & v.13, p.liv.] Proc. Lit and Phil. Soc. Liverpool [Am. Naturalist, Vol. 71, No. 735 (Jul. - Aug., 1937), p.381 cites 38, 1884.] Proc. Lit & Phil. Soc. Liverpool [American Anthropologist, New Series, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Apr., 1899), p.389 cites 1898, lii.] Proc. Lit Phil. Soc. Liverpool [Phil. Trans., B Vol. 218 (1930), p.77 cites vol. 39, 1885.] Proc. Lit. & Philos. Soc. Liverpool [Am. Midland Naturalist, Vol. 33, No. 1 (Jan., 1945), p.19 cites 42, 1888.] Proc. Lit. Philos. Soc. Liverpool [Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., Vol. 119, (1967), p.165 cites 33, 1879.] Proc. Literary and Philosoph. Soc. of Liverpool [J. Anthrop. Instit., Vol. 8 (1879), p.99 cites vol. xxxi, 1877.] Proc. Literary and Philosophical Soc., Liverpool [Am. Naturalist, Vol. 41, No. 489 (Sep., 1907), p.565 cites 1849.] Proc. Literary Philos. Soc. Liverpool [Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., Vol. 116, (1964), p.26 cites 8, 1854.] Proc. Liverpool Lit. Soc. [Botanical Rev., Vol. 8, No. 9 (Nov., 1942), p.593 cites 48, 1894.]