The Minute Book of the Spalding Gentlemen’s Society, 1732
Minutes of the Spalding Gentlemen’s Society 1732
Edited by Selected and introduced by Dorothy M. Owen with the help of S.W. Woodward
The Spalding Gentlemen’s Society has been in existence from 1710 and all its minute books survive. Early members under the leadership of Secretary Maurice Johnson included Sir Isaac Newton and William Stukeley. A quick glance through this volume soon indicates why it is of facsimile pages and is not a transcription. There are sketches of medals, coins, artefacts, heraldry and even a seahorse. Among the many subjects discussed at these early meetings were alphabets, a Roman Wall at Boston, a method for treating small pox, an urn found at Spalding and Gerves’s Water Engine.
Adapted from the Introduction.
Contents
- Contents, 1 page
- Introduction, 11 pages
- Facsimile plates of pages from the Minute-Books, 46 pages
- Place Index, 1 page
- Index of Persons, 2 pages
- Subject Index, 2 pages
- Bibliography, 1 page
Language: English
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