| RefNo | AP/28/27 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'History of the mace given to the Royal Society by Charles the Second' by Charles Richard Weld |
| Creator | Weld; Charles Richard (1813-1869); English writer; historian; Royal Society Librarian |
| Date | April 1846 |
| Description | Weld explains how Charles the Second presented the mace to the Society in August 1664, and shares the history of the mace.
Marked on back as 'To be printed in full in the Proceedings 7 May 1846 S H C [Samuel Hunter Christie]'.
Subject: History
Received 2 April 1846. Communicated by the Marquess of Northampton.
The paper was published in volume 5 of Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society] as 'History of the mace given to the Royal Society by King Charles the Second'. |
| Extent | 18p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1843.0085 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8166 | Charles II (1630 - 1685); King of Great Britain and Ireland | 1630 - 1685 |
| NA2272 | Compton; Spencer Joshua Alwyne (1790 - 1851); 2nd Marquess of Northampton | 1790 - 1851 |