LIST OF BENEFACTORS TO THE BRITISH MUSEUM 
FROM WHOM DONATIONS OF MAGNITUDE 
HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. 
1753. Sir John Cotton, Bart.* 
The collection of Manuscripts and Charters formed by his 
grandfather, Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, Bart., known as 
The Cottonian Library. Presented to the country in 
1700. 
1753. Henrietta Cavendish Holles. Countess of Oxford 
and Countess Mortimer ; and Margaret Caven- 
dish, Duchess of Portland ; relict and daughter of 
the Earl of Oxford.f 
The collection of Manuscripts and Charters formed by 
Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford, Lord Treasurer, and his 
son Edward, the second Earl. 
1753. Sir Hajns Sloane, Bart.*]* (By bequest.) 
Library of Printed Books and Manuscripts ; collections 
of Natural History, Antiquities, Coins, Ethnography, &c. 
1756-57. Thomas Hollis, Esq. 
Bronze Statuettes, Greek Inscriptions, and a Mural Paint- 
ing from Pompeii. 
1756-60. Pitt and Smart Lethieullier, Esqs. 
Egyptian Mummies, Coffins, fragments of Statues, 
Bronzes, Manuscripts, specimens of Natural History, &c. 
* Sir John Cotton may be regarded as a Benefactor to the Museum, since his dona- 
tion formed a considerable portion of the collections at the foundation. 
+ These also may be acknowledged as Benefactors, and almost founders, because, 
Ithough payments were made for the Harley and Sloane collections, those payments 
vere intentionally fixed in amount considerably under the value. 
