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or vested, as well in the intended trustees, as in the 
visiters hereby appointed, as shall by the legislature 
be thought most proper and convenient for the better 
management, order, and care of my collection and 
premises. And farther, it is my will, and I do hereby 
declare and direct, that the advowson, presentation, 
and right of patronage of the church of Chelsea, shall 
be filled up from time to time, as often as the same 
shall become vacant, by such person or persons as 
the trustees hereby appointed, or the major part of 
them, shall nominate and appoint. And 1 do hereby 
declare, and it is my desire and intention, that my 
museum, or collection, be preserved and kept in my 
manor house, at Chelsea, aforesaid, by the said trus- 
tees and visiters, and that the same may be from time 
to time visited and seen by all persons desirous of 
seeing and viewing the same, under such statutes, 
directions, rules, and orders, as shall be made from 
time to time by tho trustees, or any seven or more 
of them, to bo afterwards ratified by the visiters, or 
any five or more of them, that the same may be 
rendered as useful as possible, as well towards the 
satisfying the desire of the curious, as for the im- 
provement of knowledge, and information of all 
persons ; and, for this purpose, I have hereby reposed 
a sincere trust and confidence in my Right Honour- 
able, Honourable, and other trustees and visiters 
hereby appointed. In case the £20,000 should not 
be obtained as aforesaid, then the collection to be 
offered at the same rate to the Royal Academy of 
Sciences at Petersburg, the Royal Academy of 
Sciences at Paris, the Royal Academy of Sciences 
at Berlin, and the Royal Academy of Sciences at 
Madrid, successively. And if not disposed of as 
above mentioned, the executors then to sell or dispose 
of the same in the most advantageous manner ; and 
the said manor house, advowson, &c. shall go to and 
belong to such person or persons, and in such manner 
as the rest of his said manors, lands, and tenements, 
are devised to.” 
Dated July \0. 1749. 
