RefNo | RSC/1/7 |
Level | File |
Title | Attendances and menus at meetings of the Royal Society Club |
Date | 29 July 1779-29 December 1785 |
Description | Commencing with a list of members and their admission dates, with honorary members [pp.2-5]; and annual accounts [pp.6-15]. Most of the volume contains attendees (including 'visitors', e.g. guests) at each weekly dated meeting, with an accompanying list of the foodstuffs consumed. There are occasional gifts from club members [for example p.28, 'The Hares & Partridges given by Mr Hooper...']. The volumes concludes with a list of candidates for election. |
Extent | 1 volume; |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper. Bound in crimson leather, raised bands, with brass clasps. Gilded decoration to spine and boards. Paper label to spine '7'. |
Dimensions | 169x122mm. |
AccessStatus | Open |