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Acts and Votes, §c. 
Jovis, 27° Die Junii, 1813. 
Ordered, 
That the said Petition be referred to a Com- 
mittee. 
Mortis, 29° Die Junii, 1813, 
The Committee reported, That the said 
Francis Hargrove, named in the Petition, is 
possessed of a very large Collection of ori- 
ginal Manuscripts, by persons deceased of the 
greatest weight and authority, and containing 
information of the highest value on Legal and 
Constitutional points. 
That the said Francis Hargrave is likewise 
possessed of many Books of the most esteemed 
Authors in Law and Equity, some of them 
exceedingly scarce, and all collected with great 
skill and industry, and at a heavy expense. 
That many of such Books are enriched by 
manuscript annotations in the hand-writing of 
the said Francis Hargrave, whereby their value 
has been greatly enhanced, obviously however 
not reducible to any fixed calculation. 
That the said Francis Hargrave is now inca- 
pable of discharging the duties of his profes- 
