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sard Isabella Dowager Dutchess of ' Manchester ^ 
and Mary Countess of Cardigan, that is to 
say, Five thousand Pounds, to each of them, 
and to be vested in Trust to be laid out in 
other Freehold Premises to be settled to the 
same uses and Trusts, as the said Mansion 
House, Gardens, and Appurtenances, are in 
and by the said recited Articles, dated the 1st 
of January, 1722, and the said recited Act 
confirming the same limited and settled, and 
by virtue thereof, the said Isabella Dutchess 
Dowager of Manchester, and the said Mary 
Countess of Cardigan, do now hold and enjoy 
the same, and that the said Trustees of the 
British Museum may be indemnified on the 
payment of the said Sum of Ten thousand 
Pounds for the Purposes aforesaid, against the 
said Uses and Trusts, they the said Sir Edward 
Montagu, and the said Isabella Dutchess 
Dowager of Manchester, the said George Earl 
of Cardigan, and Mary Countess of Cardigan, 
Humbly beseech your Majesty, that it may 
be Enacted, And be it therefore Enacted by 
the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and 
with the Advice and Consent of the Lords 
Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in this 
present Parliament assembled, and by the 
