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TitleMinutes of a meeting of the Council of the Royal Society
Date8 December 1760
DescriptionPresent at the meeting: the President in the chair; Dr Bradley; Mr Burrow; Lord Charles Cavendish; Mr Davall; Mr Fitzgerald; Dr Hadley; Mr Mead; Dr Birch and Dr Morton, Secretaries

Minutes of last meeting read

John Short MD and Bejamin Franklin LL.D took oath as members of the newly elected Council as appointed by Charter, and their places at the Table.

Ordered;
1. William Northey Esq to be sent the volumes of Transactions he needed
2. Application to be made to the East India Company ' to order a letter to be written to the Governor of Saint Helena to advance to the Reverend Mevil Maskwlyne and to Mr Robert Waddington Such Sums as they Shall have occasion for, not exceeding one hundred and ninety pounds to Mr Maskelyne, and Thirty pounds to Mr Waddington; taking their Draughts upon the Treasurer for the Sums so advanced: which Draughts not exceeding the aforesaid respective Sums the Society undertakes to pay. ' Ordered a copy of the order signed by Dr Birch and Peter Davall Esq to be sent to James Burrow Esq VP and by him given to Christopher Burrow Esq., his brother, a director of the East India Company
3. That ' the dipping Needle, and Variation Compass, be delivered to Mr MAskelyne, for his making proper observations in his intended Voyage: taking his Receipt for, and promise to return the same. '
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FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
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