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BURTON-ON-TRENT 
Natural History and Archeological 
Society. 
A Resume of the history of our Society. 
By. Fraxk E. Lott, Assoc. R.S.M., F.I.C., &c. 
Presidential Address, delivered November 14th, 1895. 
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PROPOSE in this paper briefly relating the history 
I of this Society, more especially as regards the work 
it has done up to the present, and I hope a consideration 
of that work and of the difficulties that have beset those 
who have had the management of the Society will enable 
me to make it clear to you all in what direction we should 
look for future success, and how each individual member 
may take a part in promoting it. 
Previous to the formation of our Society there had 
been two attempts to maintain Societies with similar objects 
in our district.. The first was that inaugurated by the late 
Sir O. Mosley in 1842, an account of which appeared in 
the last part of our Transactions. The second was called 
