28 Geo. II. Sess. 2. 



thereto by Virtue of the last Will and Testa- 

 ment of Arthur Edwards, Esquire, and like- 

 wise of the said Harkian Collection of Ma- 

 nuscripts, and of such other Additions to the 

 Cottonian Library, as with the Approbation of 

 the said Trustees by the said Act appointed, 

 or the major Part of them at a General Meet- 

 ing assembled, should be made thereunto in 

 Manner as in the said Act it was after-men- 

 tioned, and of such other Collections and 

 Libraries as with the like Approbation should 

 be admitted into the said General Repository, 

 which several Collections, Additions, and 

 Library so received unto the said General 

 Repository should remain and be preserved 

 therein for publick Use to all Posterity. And 

 w 7 hereas at a General Meeting of the said 

 Trustees held at the Cockpit at Whitehall, 

 on the Third Day of April, One thousand 

 Seven hundred and Fifty-four, it was resolved 

 to accept of a Proposal which had been made 

 of the said capital Mansion House called 

 Montagu House, and the said Freehold Ground 

 thereto belonging, for the General Repository 

 of the British Museum, on the Terms of Ten 

 thousand Pounds, at which Price the same 

 had been offered to be Sold for the said 



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