Minute book : manuscript, 1869-1880.

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Minute book : manuscript, 1869-1880.

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Signatures of the founding members appear the first written page, including W. E. Gladstone, T. H. Huxley, Lord Arthur Russel, and Alfred Tennyson. The loose items include notes in several unidentified hands, correspondence, and printed papers read at Society meetings.

1 v. (192 leaves) ; 33 cm.

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