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 Harleian 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 
whereas 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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