Minutes of meeting, 3 April 1788
Reference code
SAL/02/022/037
Title
Minutes of meeting, 3 April 1788
Date
3/4/1788
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Item
Scope and content
The following Fellows are recommended for election: Roger Pettiward; Lieut Col Simcoe.
The following Fellow is elected: Sir John Ingilby, Bart.
O.S. Brereton exhibits an ancient Icelandic horn.
Richard Gough’s paper vindicating the authenticity of the Parian Chronicle is communicated by Dr Lort.
The reading of Governor Pownall’s account of the painted ceiling in Peterborough Cathedral is resumed.
A table of the apparent places of the comet of 1661 (whose return is expected in 1789) is presented, including a new method of using the Reticule Rhomboide by Sir Henry Englefield, Bart.
Mr Turner presents a drawing by Mr Cardonell of a monument to the memory of Edward I at Brugh upon the Sands, Carlisle.
Mr Townley presents an engraving of an ancient symbolical cista mystica.
Books presented: John Thorpe presents his Custumale Roffense.
The following Fellow is elected: Sir John Ingilby, Bart.
O.S. Brereton exhibits an ancient Icelandic horn.
Richard Gough’s paper vindicating the authenticity of the Parian Chronicle is communicated by Dr Lort.
The reading of Governor Pownall’s account of the painted ceiling in Peterborough Cathedral is resumed.
A table of the apparent places of the comet of 1661 (whose return is expected in 1789) is presented, including a new method of using the Reticule Rhomboide by Sir Henry Englefield, Bart.
Mr Turner presents a drawing by Mr Cardonell of a monument to the memory of Edward I at Brugh upon the Sands, Carlisle.
Mr Townley presents an engraving of an ancient symbolical cista mystica.
Books presented: John Thorpe presents his Custumale Roffense.
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