| RefNo | RSC/1/3 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Attendances and menus at meetings of the Royal Society Club |
| Date | 5 January 1758-20 December 1759 |
| Description | Commencing [p.1] with a notes on the ordering of the dinners, followed by a list of members and their admission dates, with honorary members [pp.2-5]; and annual accounts [pp.6-9]. Most of the volume contains lists of 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.14, 'The company were this day entertained with the above dinner by Mr Cole at 5s a head eating and drinking to the prosperity & continuance of the society in claret']. The volume concludes with some financial accounts and a list of candidates. |
| Extent | 1 volume; 116p. |
| 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 '3'. |
| Dimensions | 157x95mm. |
| AccessStatus | Open |