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Minutes of meeting, 6 November 1766

Reference code
SAL/02/010/037
Title
Minutes of meeting, 6 November 1766
Date
6/11/1766
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Item
Scope and content
The following Fellows were proposed for election: Sir James Cockburn, William Moorehead
The following Fellows were elected: George Keate, John Strange
Charles Lyttelton on an account from Lord Hale of an ancient ring from Alva, Stirling with inscription [with drawing].
Henry Baker exhibits circular piece of metal about the size of a crown piece, supposed to be a talisman [detailed description].
Mr Basire exhibits proof print of Greenwich Palace built by Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (1437).
John Hutchins’s proposal to print by subscription his Ancient and Modern, Ecclesiastical and Civil History of the County of Dorset.
Charles Lyttelton exhibits a silver ring of singular form said to have been found some years ago on the Gogmagog Hills (Cambridgeshire), formerly in the possession of the late Lord Godolphin [with drawing].
Letter from William Preston (Warcop Hall, 5 September 1766) with account of discoveries made in cutting through the largest barrow on Sandford Moor, Westmoreland [detailed account].
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Society of Antiquaries of London
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