47 Geo. III. 
sion, so as to acquire support for himself and 
family, which has hitherto been derived alto- 
gether from his unremitted labour. 
That he has been eminently serviceable to 
the Public, by the devotion of his time, talents 
and learning to the publication of several ori- 
ginal works of acknowledged value, and to 
the editing of others, by which he has acquired 
great celebrity, and which have occupied many 
of the best years of his life ; but that the 
sale of such Works has not been sufficiently 
extensive to repay the said Francis Hargrove, 
much less to afford him any profit. 
That the said Francis Hargrove has at all 
times where occasion has offered, contributed 
gratuitously from the stores of his knowledge, 
and from the sources of which he is possessed, 
to the works of other learned men, for the 
public advantage. 
That if the House shall think proper to vote 
a grant of the Sum of Eight Thousand Pounds 
(which Your Committee conceive to be about 
the fair value of the whole of the said Collec- 
tion) to be vested in Trustees for the benefit 
of the said Francis Hargrove, his wife and 
daughter, for the purpose of acquiring his 
Books and Manuscripts to be deposited, as 
public property, in the Library of the Honour- 
