| Description | Nos. 1-2 Documents concerning the election of Fellows, 1777-1827.
Nos. 3-39 Letters and documents concerning the revision of the Royal Society's Charter, 1831.
Mostly correspondence with Fellows appointed to be members of the Committee to revise the Royal Society's Charter. Most Fellows communicated with took up the offer, however J F W Herschel, William Whewell, Charles Babbage, LH Petit, Francis Baily, WH Fitton, Richard Penn and R Brown refused to serve.
See M Boas-Hall, 'All Scientists Now: The Royal Society in the Nineteenth Century', Cambridge: CUP, 1984, pp69-70, 233 n70
Nos. 40-41 Cases & Counsel's opinion concerning the revision of the Royal Society's Charter, 1831.
Nos. 42-61 Papers concerning the revision of the Royal Society's Charter, 1841-1846
Including reports of the Charter Committee and Case & Counsel's legal opinions on the matter.
See M Boas-Hall, 'All Scientists Now: The Royal Society in the Nineteenth Century', Cambridge: CUP, 1984, pp80-81.
Nos. 62-63 Cases & Counsel's opinion concerning the Society's right to the Bodies of malefactors, 1831.
Nos. 64-65 Legal opinion concerning the sale of books from the Duke of Norfolk's Library, 1832.
Nos. 66-68 Correspondence and legal opinion concerning the election of a Clerk, 1835.
Nos. 69-79 Report & documents concerning Royal Society Medals. 1825-1832
Mostly relating to the creation of the award of the Royal Medals by George IV
See M Boas-Hall, 'All Scientists Now: The Royal Society in the Nineteenth Century', Cambridge: CUP, 1984, pp28-29
Nos. 80-112 Papers relating to the printing of the 'Philosophical Transactions'. 1671-1833
Most of the papers date from 1828 and the resignation of William Nicol as printer to the Royal Society. To fill this vacancy, the Society correspondended with other printers requesting examples and estimates from them.
This series also includes material on earlier printers to the Society, including material from the 17th and 18th centuries.
Also, a bill for payment to Thomas Chippendale for a "very neat mahogany box made of very fine wood lin'd with fine Crimson Velvet". Cost £4 10s.
Nos. 113-120 On the Philosophical Institutions Bill, which when enacted would make buildings occupied by Scientific or Literary Societies exempt from tax. 1838-1841 |