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Minutes of meeting, 20 November 1766

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SAL/02/010/039
Title
Minutes of meeting, 20 November 1766
Date
20/11/1766
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Item
Scope and content
The following Fellow was proposed for election: Thomas Allen Barnard
The following Fellow was proposed as an Honorary Member: John Forster
The following Fellow was elected: Owen Thomas
Charles Lyttelton exhibits a drawing of an Icunculus or Lar dug up at Castlesteeds Cumb (1766) [includes drawing].
Lengthy account by John Forster of the ’Britons’ and peoples originating in the Caucasus region.
Charles Lyttelton on a brasen jug said to have been found at Shap, Westmoreland.
Charles Lyttelton exhibits drawings of a Jupiter Terminalis dug up at Castor, near Peterborough, now in the possession of Mr Gibson, Curate to the Bishop of Peterborough [includes drawings].
Charles Lyttelton exhibits example of writing of a woman of the Indian Mickmack tribe of North America [includes drawing].
Letter to Mr Popham from James Byres (Rome, 29 September 1766) on the remains of Tarquinii (about 70 miles northwest of Rome) where there are many grottos [sic] [detailed description].
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Society of Antiquaries of London
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