| Description | Headed 'The election list of the Royal Society, MDCCLXXVII', with the Royal Patron appearing as 'His Sacred Majesty King George III. Patron': together with 'His Sacred Majesty Stanislaus Augustus King of Poland', 'His Sacred Majesty Christian King of Denmark', 'His most Serene Highness Charles Margrave of Baaden Dourlach', 'His most Serene Highness Francis Duke of Modena', 'His most Serene Highness Peter Duke of Courland', and 'His most Serene Highness Charles William Ferdinand, Hereditary Prince of Brunswick'. Consisting of an alphabetical record of all Fellows, in columns, with members of the aristocracy in upper case. The left hand column contains 'The Present Council', headed by the President, Sir John Pringle. The list of 'Persons of Other Nations' [Foreign Members] with brief notes on their locations, appears at the bottom of the sheet. With notes on the continuation of Council until St Andrew's Day and the election of ten new Council Members on 30 November 1776 to serve in the ensuing year.
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