[Printed 'Resolutions' of the British Archaeological Association, written following 'dissensions' within the Association in 1845; with printed tickets of admission.

Both items fair, on aged and creased paper, with texts clear and complete. Resolutions: 4to, 2 pp. Headed 'British Archaeological Association.' A 'Requisition' having been signed by 'one hundred and sixty-two Members', the Association's treasurer Pettigrew is recorded as following a reading of this with 'a detailed account of the rise and progress of the Association, and of the nature of the dissensions which for months have diverted the attention of the Committee from the objects for which the Association was formed'. The resolutions are stated, and the proposers named as: Rev. R. H. Barham, Charles Roach Smith, W. Jerdan, Alexander Horace Burkitt, S. C. Hall and Arthur Ashpital. The seconders are named as T. C. Croker, Sir James Annesley, Thos. Lott, John Brent, Dr Lee and Dr Copland. Also present is a 4to leaf, with eight identical tickets of admission from the 1840s printed on one side. Lord Albert D. Conyngham is named as President, and the meetings are said to be 'held at the Theatre of the Western Literary and Scientific Institution, Princes Street, Leicester Square'.