| Description | Typed excerpts taken from the Royal Society's Journal Books and Council Minutes. Covers the Norfolk Library bequest made by Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk, the Royal Society's relationship to Arundel House, and the creation of the library's first catalogue (1666-1681); the sale of many of these manuscripts to the British Museum, and a typed financial account of this sale (1830-1); preparations for the auction of most of the remaining collection at Sotheby's (1923-4). |