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LIST OF BENEFACTORS . 
1766. The Reverend Jeremiah Milles, D.D., Dean of 
Exeter. 
Sir James Ware's Manuscript collections for the History 
and Antiquities of Ireland. 
1767. John, 3rd Earl of Bute, K.G. 
Coins, Bas-relief, and Egyptian Antiquities. 
1768. The Right Honourable Arthur Onslow, Speaker 
of the House of Commons. (By bequest.) 
A collection of Printed Bibles. 
1769. Major Arthur Edwards. (By bequest.) 
A collection of Printed Books, intended as an addition 
to the Cottonian Library. 
1772-84. Sir William Hamilton. 
Miscellaneous Antiquities, Greek and Roman. 
1772- 1815. The Royal Society. 
A large collection of Natural and Artificial Curiosities, 
forming the Museum of the Royal Society ; Books, and 
miscellaneous objects. 
1773- 1818. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart., P.R.S. 
Collections of Books printed in Iceland ; Icelandic 
Manuscripts ; British Antiquities ; Ethnographical collec- 
tions from the South Seas and North America ; &c. 
1827. The same. (By bequest.) 
A Library of about 16,000 volumes on Natural History 
and Voyages and Travels, together with his great Her- 
barium and collections of fruits, woods, &c. 
1 773-85. Hugh, Earl Percy and Duke of Northumberland, 
K.G. 
An ancient Altar with a Greek inscription, found at 
Corbridge ; Zoological specimens, &c. 
1775. Captain James Cook. 
A collection of Ethnographical Objects from the South 
Sea Islands. 
