3^ PROCEEDINGS, &C. 



Mb. Ver-non then placed in the hands of the Archbishop, 

 a copper case containing the Reports, which His Grace 

 deposited in a cavil j prepared for it in the stone, and covered 

 it with a brass plate, bearing the following inscription : 



TH£ • FIRST . STONE • OF • THE • 

 YORKSHIRE • MUSEUM • 

 LAID . ON . THE • 

 TWENTY • FOURTH • DAY • OF • OCTOBER • 

 IN • THE . YEAR • OF • OUR • LORD • 

 M • DCCC • XX • VII . 

 IN • THE • EIGHTH • YEAR • OF • THE • REIGN • 

 OF • KING • GEORGE • THE • FOURTH • 

 BY . EDWARD • 

 LORD . ARCHBISHOP • OF • YORK • 

 ON . PART . OF • THE . ANCIENT • SITE • OF . 



THE • ABBEY • OF • SAINT • MARY • 



GRANTED • BY • THE • CROWN • TO • THE • 



YORKSHIRE • PHILOSOPHICAL • 



SOCIETY • 



WILLIAM • WILKINS • R.A. F.S.A. 

 RICHARD • HEY • SHARP • ARCHITECTS • 



