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Minutes of meeting, 17 December 1767

Reference code
SAL/02/010/074
Title
Minutes of meeting, 17 December 1767
Date
17/12/1767
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Item
Scope and content
The following Fellows were proposed for election: Rev Charles Chandler, Rev Charles Dormer, George Lord Greville, John Wightwick
The following Fellows were elected: Richard Blyke, William Fave, Thomas Nugent, John Richardson, John Topham
Thomas Astle exhibits original parchment roll mentioned by Weaver in his Antient Funeral Monuments owned by the Earl of Oxford and reference to Agnes Prioress of the Benedictine Nunnery at Henningham, Essex.
Rev Thomas Dawes on the management of bees in Aleppo [detailed description of hives and the extraction of honey].
Charles Lyttelton on further particulars relating to the writing of the Mickmack Tribe from Dr Spry of Halifax.
Charles Lyttelton on a letter from the Rev Mr Dawes (Aleppo, 12 June 1767) relating to the inscription sent by Mr Niebuhr qv. 29 January 1767 [detailed account] and reference to Cufic [sic] coins.
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Society of Antiquaries of London
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