Duplicate Register of Papers submitted to the Royal Society, 1853-1862 Duplicate record book of the papers received by the Royal Society for publication in the Philosophical Transactions or Proceedings of the Royal Society, likely a rough version of MS/421/1. The ledger was used to keep track of the circulation of manuscripts. For each manuscript is entered: When received; title of paper including author(s); to whom the paper is referred to and date over two columns and observations noting whether the paper was archived, printed, or returned to the author. The volume covers manuscripts received between November 1853 and February 1862, which corresponds to printed volumes 144 to 152 of Philosophical Transactions and printed volumes 6 to 11 of Proceedings. This volume corresponds to the period when George Gabriel Stokes FRS served as editor for the journals. 1853-1862