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or vested, as well in the intended trustees, as in the 

 visiters hereby appointed, as shall by the legislature 

 be thought most proper and convenient for the better 

 management, order, and care of my collection and 

 premises. And farther, it is my will, and I do hereby 

 declare and direct, that the advowson, presentation, 

 and right of patronage of the church of Chelsea, shall 

 be filled up from time to time, as often as the same 

 shall become vacant, by such person or persons as 

 the trustees hereby appointed, or the major part of 

 them, shall nominate and appoint. And 1 do hereby 

 declare, and it is my desire and intention, that my 

 museum, or collection, be preserved and kept in my 

 manor house, at Chelsea, aforesaid, by the said trus- 

 tees and visiters, and that the same may be from time 

 to time visited and seen by all persons desirous of 

 seeing and viewing the same, under such statutes, 

 directions, rules, and orders, as shall be made from 

 time to time by the trustees, or any seven or more 

 of them, to be afterwards ratified by the visiters, or 

 any five or more of them, that the same may be 

 rendered as useful as possible, as well towards the 

 satisfying the desire of the curious, as for the im- 

 provement of knowledge, and information of all 

 persons; and, for this purpose, I have hereby reposed 

 a sincere trust and confidence in my Right Honour- 

 able, Honourable, and other trustees and visiters 

 hereby appointed. In case the 20,000 should not 

 be obtained as aforesaid, then the collection to be 

 offered at the same rate to the Royal Academy of 

 Sciences at Petersburg, the Royal Academy of 

 Sciences at Paris, the Royal Academy of Sciences 

 at Berlin, and the Royal Academy of Sciences at 

 Madrid, successively. And if not disposed of as 

 above mentioned, the executors then to sell or dispose 

 of the same in the most advantageous manner ; and 

 the said manor house, advowson, &c. shall go to and 

 belong to such person or persons, and in such manner 

 as the rest of his said manors, lands, and tenements 

 are devised to." 



