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PROCEEDINGS, SzC. 
Mr. Vernon then placed in the bands of the Arclibisbop, 
a copper case containing ilie Reports, which His Grace 
deposited in a cavity prepared for it in the stone, and covered 
it Avith a brass plate, bearing the following inscription : 
THE • FIRST • STONE • OF • THE • 
YORKSHIRE • MUSEUM • 
LAID . ON . THE • 
TWENTY • FOURTH • DAY • OF • OCTOBER • 
IN • THE • YEAR • OF • OUR • LORD • 
31 • DCCC • XX • VII • 
IN • THE • EIGHTH • YEAR • OF • THE • REIGN • 
OF • RING • GEORGE • THE • FOURTH • 
BY • EDWARD • 
LORD • ARCHBISHOP • OF • YORK • 
ON • PART . OF • THE . ANCIENT • SITE • OF . 
THE • ABBEY • OF • SAINT • MARY • 
GRANTED • BY • THE • CROWN • TO • THE • 
YORKSHIRE • PHILOSOPHICAL • 
SOCIETY • 
WILLIAM • WILKINS * R.A. F.S.A. 
RICHARD • HEY * SHARP * ARCHITECTS • 
