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Monday, February 9th, 1852. 



JOHN ANSTER, Esq, LL. D., V. P., in the Chair. 



Dr. Huuand Smith (acting as Secretary in the absence of 

 the Rev. Dr. Todd) read the minutes of the last meeting, 

 and then proceeded to announce the receipt of the seal of Wil- 

 liam Foster, Bishop of Clogher, which had been found in a 

 field adjoining the Archdeaconry of Connor. The donor was 

 the Archdeacon of Connor, who was of opinion that this seal, 

 though not by any means an ancient one, was of some value, 

 as helping to complete the collection of episcopal seals which 

 was in course of being formed by the Academy. 



Sir William Betham was inclined to think that it was the 

 seal of a recent Bishop of Clogher, who was the father of Judge 

 Foster. 



Dr. Petrie observed, that the collection of the seals of Irish 

 Bishops, whether ancient or coming down to their own times, 

 was one of the points to which the attention of the Academy 

 had been directed. Already they had a pretty large collection 

 of those seals, and if it were more generally known that they 

 were anxious to preserve things of this kind, many persons 

 who had such articles in their possession, and perhaps set but 

 little value upon them, woidd, he felt sure, be glad to contri- 

 bute them to th.e Museum of the Academy. The donors of 

 such matters were, in his opinion, deserving of their best ac- 

 knowledgments, and he therefore begged to move a vote of 

 thanks to the Archdeacon of Connor for his valuable gift to 

 the Museum. 



The motion was seconded, and passed unanimously. 



Sir William Betham exhibited two singular coins, made of 

 bronze, which he was informed had been found at Rathfarn- 

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