[3] In the early 1840s, the society's leadership included Nicolas Defuisseaux as president, Camille Wins and Camille Joseph Castiaux as vice presidents, Adolphe Mathieu as General Secretary, and Augustin Lacroix as Librarian and Archivist.
On April 17, 1843, the society's tenth anniversary was celebrated with a public session that attracted members, foreign scholars, and a large, select audience.
[4] In 1877, the publication of the society was featured in the library of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.
[6] In 1878, the Library of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, And Letters held the memoirs published throughout the 1870s.
[7] As early as January 1878, the society was a Foreign Correspondent of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C.[6]