LIST OF BENEFACTORS. 
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1756. Colonel William Lethieullieh. 
Egyptian Mummies, Coffins, fragments of Statues, &c. 
1756. Mrs. Catherine Majdox, widow of Thomas Madox, 
Historiographer Royal. (By bequest.) 
Her husband's manuscript collections for a Feudal History 
of England. 
1757. His Majesty King George II. 
The old Royal Library, consisting of about 10,500 
volumes. 
1759. Salomon da Costa, Esq. 
A choice collection of 180 Hebrew Books, a Hebrew 
Eoll, and 2 ancient Hebrew Manuscripts. 
1760-91. Brownlow, 9th Earl of Exeter. 
Bronze head of a Philosopher, commonly called ' Homer,' 
and other objects. 
1762- 76. Dr. Matthew Maty. (By bequest.) 
Various busts, and a portrait of himself. 
1763. An unknown Donor, probably Dr. Garnier. 
Two Chelsea Porcelain Vases, since become objects of 
great value. 
1763- 1802. His Majesty King George III. 
The collection of Tracts formed by George Thomason, in 
number about 30,000, commonly known as The King's 
Pamphlets; Several Egyptian Antiquities, and Natural 
Productions, collected by Edward Wortley Montagu, Esq. ; 
Coffin with Egyptian Mummy, Sarcophagi, Frieze of a 
Temple, &c, being objects obtained at the Capitulation of 
Alexandria ; Ethnographical collections made by Captain 
Cook during his voyages. 
1764- 77. Mathew Duane, Esq. 
Minerals, Antiquities, and miscellaneous objects. 
1765. The Reverend Thomas Birch, D.D. (By bequest.) 
Historical and other Manuscripts in 378 volumes, and 
Printed Books on History and Biography. 
