Minutes of meeting, 10 May 1787
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SAL/02/022/013
Title
Minutes of meeting, 10 May 1787
Date
10/5/1787
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Item
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The following Fellows were recommended for election: James Sims M.D.; Francis Townsend.
The following Fellows were elected: Major General George Ainslie; Roger Palmer.
Hon. Daines Barrington presents a dissertation on the antiquity of the game of Chess.
Council apply to the Society for permission to enable them to commission engravings of the three remaining drawings of the Cowdry paintings; they concur accordingly.
William Blizard exhibits several views of places and buildings in Trechinopoly, India.
Books presented: Ignoramus by J. Sydney Hawkins Esq.; Memoirs of the Medical Society of London Vol.1 by Mr. Lettson; Essais Academiques by M. Bayeux.
The following Fellows were elected: Major General George Ainslie; Roger Palmer.
Hon. Daines Barrington presents a dissertation on the antiquity of the game of Chess.
Council apply to the Society for permission to enable them to commission engravings of the three remaining drawings of the Cowdry paintings; they concur accordingly.
William Blizard exhibits several views of places and buildings in Trechinopoly, India.
Books presented: Ignoramus by J. Sydney Hawkins Esq.; Memoirs of the Medical Society of London Vol.1 by Mr. Lettson; Essais Academiques by M. Bayeux.
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