Add MS 6182

A thin quarto volume, ff. 39, containing:

1. Memoirs towards a history of the Antiquarian Society of London, 1752, viz. i. Letter from Dr. William Stukeley, to Mr. Ames, secretary Antiquarian Society, and Mr. Johnson’s papers relative to the society. 6 May 1752. f. 2. ii. Memoirs of the foundation of the Antiquarian Society drawn up by Dr. Stukeley, secretary Antiquarian Society, and addressed to George, Earl of Macclesfield, President Antiquarian Society, 23 Apr 1752. f. 3. iii. A project touching a petition to be exhibited to Queen Elizabeth, for the erecting of an Academy of Antiquarians. f. 7. See Archæologia, vol. I, Introduction, p. IV. iv. Names of the society in 1614. f. 9. v. Heads of inquiry. f. 10. vi. Obituary of antiquaries to the year 1752. f. 10b. vii. Memoranda relating to the society in the reign of Elizabeth and James I. f. 12. viii. A catalogue of the Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London, from its revival in 1717, with the date of their election in the order of time (to the year 1754). f. 14. ix. List of those persons who have not subscribed the obligation. 26 Mar 1754. f. 28. x. List of those who have not paid their contributions due at Christmas. 1752. f. 28b. xi. List of the old members who have not paid the charter money, list of the new members who have not paid their admission fees, and names of those who have paid 10 guineas in lieu of future contributions. f. 29.

2. Observations upon shrines, by John Loveday of Cavesham, esquire. Communicated to the society by Dr. John Ward (the autograph, and also a copy by Dr. Ward). ff. 32-35b. Printed in the Archæologia, vol. I, p. 23.

3. Letter from Thomas Blackwell, Greek Profesor at Aberdeen, to Joseph Ames, on a Greek inscription found in the isle of Tasso, near the coast of Romania, accompanied by two manuscript copies of the inscription, and a wood cut of it. Aberdeen, 18 Aug 1748. ff. 36-39. Printed in Archæologia, vol. I, p. 333.