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  <dc:title>Copy of a Resolution from Nine Fellows of the Royal Society, deprecating Presidential influence in the election of Fellows</dc:title>
  <dc:description>The resolution came in the wake of Dr Charles Hutton's resignation as Foreign Secretary and resulting criticism of Sir Joseph Banks's Presidency.

Nine signatories of the resolution:  Samuel Horsley, Nevil Maskelyne, William James, Henry Maty, Charles Hutton,  JH de Magellan, Francis Maseres, Thomas Brand Hollis and RP Jodrell</dc:description>
  <dc:date>c.1784</dc:date>
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