II. Minutes, 1825-1856, 1865-1885, 1898, 1907-1915

Summary: This series contains the minutes of the society's weekly meetings. They record the election of new officers and committee members, the formation of committees, notice of committee reports, resolutions, constitutional amendments, admission of new student members, records of absences, names of those fined during the meeting, names of essayists and those giving orations, and the topics and participants of the debates that were a part of the meetings. Sometimes the winners of the debate are indicated; unfortunately the minutes don't as a rule give any details of the arguments in the debate. Unfortunately, the essays on topics of the day routinely read at the meetings appear not to have survived, and very little is described about the weekly debates other than the topics and winners. Descriptions of activities outside the weekly meetings can be found in Committee Records.