| RefNo | RSC/1/5 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Attendances and menus at meetings of the Royal Society Club |
| Date | 11 October 1764-23 July 1772 |
| 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.6-19]. 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.56, 'The company being entertained with Turtle by Dr Heberden his Health was Drank in Claret...']. The volume concludes additional cash accounts and a list of candidates. |
| Extent | 1 volume; |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper. Bound in crimson leather, raised bands, with brass clasps, lower clasp missing. Gilded decoration to spine and boards. Paper label to spine '5'. |
| Dimensions | 166x116mm. |
| AccessStatus | Open |