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  <dc:title>Letter from John J Bennett, British Museum</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Letter describing the resignation of Dr Charles Hutton as Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society and the resulting furore.  Bennett describes the period (1783-1784) as "years of the great rebellion in the Royal Society".

The letter is a result of a request by Bennett's correspondent (whose name is obscured).  Bennett attempts to investigate Hutton's resignation through the books of the Royal Society but finds it difficult to do so.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>16 November 1839</dc:date>
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