SIR HANS SLOANE. 
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APPENDIX. 
WILL OF SIR HANS SLOANE.* 
“ I, Sir Hans Sloane, of the parish of St George, 
in Bloomsbury, in the county of Middlesex, doctor in 
physic and baronet, beinjr in health of body and mind, 
(thanks he to God,) hut having before me, more than 
most men, the great uncertainty of life : and having, 
by the blessing of God, acquired a considerable real 
and personal estate, requiring some law in the dis- 
position of them, do make this my last will and 
testament. 
“ In the first place, I do very willingly resign my 
soul unto my almighty, merciful, aud wise Creator, 
whenever it shall please him to remove me out of 
this troublesome life; not doubting the forgiveness 
of what failings or transgressions, either of omission 
or commission, through passions, inadvertencies, or 
Otherwise, I may have been guilty of, and thereby 
offended God or mau ; firmly hoping for a better life 
hereafter ; having earnestly besought God, in this 
dark and ignorant state, to direct my belief and 
actions according to his will, and endeavoured to 
inform my conscience, (as much as my necessary 
affairs and civil duties would give me leave,) and to 
conform my actions to it, and in doubtful cases 
striving to make this my rule, to do to others as 1 
thought I should desire to he done to me in like 
circumstances. 
“ I "’>1| that my body shall he buried in a decent 
manner, in the church-yard, at Chelsea, about noon, 
or at a convenient time of the day. And I will that 
there he invited to my funeral all such persons as I 
We have been indebted to Faulkner’s Historical aud Topo- 
graphical Description of Chelsea for this copy of the will. 
