Minute book, 1781-1787

Bound volume of minutes (April 4, 1781 - June 13, 1787), detailing weekly, quarterly and annual meetings of the Society. With data on those attending and not attending, fines, requests for admission, election of members and officers, requests for relief, and committee reports on a variety of topics. There are separate listings of town and country members; with periodic financial reports. Topics of the day such as the capitulation of the city of Charles Town to the British and the British leaving it are referenced, along with economic conditions, noting the lack of currency. With periodic references to their planned hospital on land occupied and built upon by the British for military purposes, the sale of materials left on the site (p. 140), and the abandonment of the plan to build a hospital to care for the ill and the insane once the Legislature adopts a similar plan (p. 286). A mention of Thomas Coram's printing certificates from his plate (p. 167).