Minutes of meeting, 6 May 1784
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SAL/02/019/033
Title
Minutes of meeting, 6 May 1784
Date
6/5/1784
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Item
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The following Fellows were proposed and elected: Earl of Chatham, Lord Sydney
The following Fellow was elected: Thomas Bowdler
The following Fellows were proposed for election: Richard Pepper Arden, John Maddocks, James Mansfield, George
Lewis Newnham, Sir Joshua Reynolds, John Yeldham, Sir George Yonge, Bart.
The following Fellows were admitted to the Society: Lord John Camelford, Col Charles Vallancey
Books presented: Vols. 3, 4 and 5 of the Commentaries of the Royal Society at Göttingen
Lord Mulgrave presents a drawing of Roman antiquities lately found at Tinemouth.
Sir John St. Aubyn presents an engraved view of the eastern side of St. Michael’s Mount, Cornwall.
Rev. John Disney DD presents a view of the Ancient Laws against Immorality and Profaneness, folio; also 3 vols. of manuscripts, being collections on that subject, made by his grandfather.
A sketch of Branfell Castle, Herefordshire by the Rev. M. Collins, presented.
A Bill of Mr Basire, Engraver, amounting to £53… laid before the Society and ordered to be paid.
Dissertation on Esseda of the Britons by the Rev. Mr. Pegge.
Dissertation on Hokeday by Rev Samuel Denne.
The following Fellow was elected: Thomas Bowdler
The following Fellows were proposed for election: Richard Pepper Arden, John Maddocks, James Mansfield, George
Lewis Newnham, Sir Joshua Reynolds, John Yeldham, Sir George Yonge, Bart.
The following Fellows were admitted to the Society: Lord John Camelford, Col Charles Vallancey
Books presented: Vols. 3, 4 and 5 of the Commentaries of the Royal Society at Göttingen
Lord Mulgrave presents a drawing of Roman antiquities lately found at Tinemouth.
Sir John St. Aubyn presents an engraved view of the eastern side of St. Michael’s Mount, Cornwall.
Rev. John Disney DD presents a view of the Ancient Laws against Immorality and Profaneness, folio; also 3 vols. of manuscripts, being collections on that subject, made by his grandfather.
A sketch of Branfell Castle, Herefordshire by the Rev. M. Collins, presented.
A Bill of Mr Basire, Engraver, amounting to £53… laid before the Society and ordered to be paid.
Dissertation on Esseda of the Britons by the Rev. Mr. Pegge.
Dissertation on Hokeday by Rev Samuel Denne.
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