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Some account of the two first presidents would be a 

 valuable addition to the history of the Society. 



Members of the Society may feel some curiosity about its 

 former habitation, before the erection of the present build- 

 ing ; in the old minute books I find an entry which estab- 

 lishes this : — 



1781, October 3rd. 



"The question was put whether the room at the 

 Assembly Coffee House, at which the Society has 

 lately met, be convenient for the future meetings of 

 the Society, and the ballot being taken it was 

 determined in the negative. Ordered that the next 

 meeting of the Society be held in the room adjoining 

 to the Dissenter's Chapel, and that the Rev. Mr. 

 Barnes be requested to inquire into the terms on 

 which the Society can be accommodated with the 

 same room weekly." 

 At a subsequent meeting the following resolution was 

 passed : — 



1781, October 10th. 



" It was ordered unanimously that the room in which 

 the Society are at present met will be convenient 

 for their future meetings, ordered that two guineas 

 be allowed quarterly to the Eev. Mr. Barnes for the 

 use of the room, fire, candles, and other conveniences." 



