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Article on Archives - correction 13/05/2020 AC

Please note the dinner at the Crystal Palace was 1874 not 1847. 

Apologies for the mistyping of the sum paid per meeting in the sixteenth century, which is 3d not 4d.  It raises a point which might be of interest.  You will see that the last digit of iii actually looks like a j rather than an i.  It was common when roman numerals were used to make the last letter longer to avoid anyone adding an extra penny.