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RefNoCMP/1/182
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TitleMinutes of a meeting of Council of the Royal Society
Date28 March 1844
DescriptionPrinted minutes containing matters laid before Council, the Royal Society's governing body of Fellows, with records of decisions taken.

Commencing with a list of Council members present: William Bowman; Henry James Brooke; Robert Brown; Samuel Hunter Christie; John Frederic Daniell; George Dollond; Dr. Robert Lee; William Hallows Miller; Peter Mark Roget; the President, Spencer Joshua Alwyn Compton, 2nd Marquess of Northampton, in the chair.

Among matters discussed or noted: minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. Resolved that Frederick Scott Archer's request to make casts of the sculpture bust of Mary Somerville be granted, if the operation was not injurious to the original artwork. Letter from Charles Few, Covent Garden, 19 March 1844, to Sir John William Lubbock, full text entered into the minutes: forwarding Wheeler's letter on the donation of land to the Royal Society under the will of Edwin Hill Handley being void due to a decision taken in a similar case involving the British Museum. Letter from Mr. Wheeler, 14 March 1844, to Few and Company, full text entered into the minutes: noting the decision of the Trustees of Edwin Handley's Will, voiding the devise of real estate to the Royal Society, statng their grounds on the method of conveying. Resolved that Mr. Few should take advice from an eminent Counsel on the issue. Resolved that a Committee be formed to inquire into applicants for the position of Attendant to the Assistant Secretary. Letter from E.J. Dent, 82 Strand, 21 March 1844, to Council of the Royal Society, full text entered into the minutes: requesting that responsibility for the care of the Ante-Room clock be restored to him charged at 1 guinea, agreed.
Extent3p.; pp.450-452
FormatPrinted
PhysicalDescriptionOn paper
AccessStatusOpen
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