Manuscript 'Blue Paper' certificate addressed to George, Earl of Leicester, proposing Edward Wedlake Brayley for election to the Society of Antiquaries of London, signed by Maxwell Garthshore, J. P. Malcolm, Rev. Mark Noble and Samuel Foart Simmon.

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1p., foolscap 8vo. On wove paper watermarked 'G R | 1806'. Aged, and with fraying to extremities, with closed tears through three of the signatures, unobtrusively repaired on the reverse with archival tape. Presumably a draft or second copy, as the original must be among the papers of the Society of Antiquaries. The document reads: 'To the Right Hon. George Earl of Leicester, | President of the Society of Antiquaries. | My Lord, | We whose names are hereunto subscribed request leave to signify to your lordship that Edward-Wedlake [sic] Brayley, Esq. of Wildernes Row London is desirous of the honour of becoming a member of the Society of Antiquaries, and as he is a gentleman greatly conversant with the history and antiquities of this kingdom, which he has shewn by several valuable and interesting publications, we think he will, if chosen, be a very useful member of the Society. | [signed] Monkhouse | [signed] Saml. Foart Simmons | [signed] M Garthshore | [signed] J. P. Malcolm.' Maxwell Garthshore (1732-1812) was a Scottish physician and Fellow of the Royal Society; James Peller Malcolm (1767-1815) was an Anglo-American topographer and engraver; Rev. Mark Noble (1754-1827), was a biographer; Samuel Foart Simmons (1750-1813), was a physician. N° de ref. del artículo 12136

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