[Printed 1845 circular on behalf of the British Archaeological Association, by Honorary Secretaries Thomas Crofton Croker and Charles Roach Smith; with printed copy of 'Resolutions' following 'dissensions'; and printed tickets of admission.

The three items are in fair condition, on aged and worn paper, with texts clear and complete. Circular by Crofton Croker and Roach Smith: 12mo, 1 p. On bifolium. Headed 'British Archaeological Association'. Enclosing the 'Resolutions', and drawing attention to the fourth of them, with a statement concerning subscriptions. '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 bifolium, with sixteen identical tickets of admission, from the 1840s, printed on two pages of it (eight to a page). 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.