...the МпГсчдт or Col'sction of Sir Hans Sloane, and of the Harleian Collcftion of Manufcripts : and for providing one general Repository for the better Reception and more convenient Ufe of the faid Go-llcftions ; .and of the famous Cottoniaa, Library, and o/tlie Additions made and/to...

...sciences in the course of this' period, was that of 1753 for the purchase of the museum of sir Hans Sloane, and of the Harleian collection of manuscripts;...and more convenient use of the said collections; and also of the Cottonian library; and of the additions which may be made to them.—For these purposes...

...embraced the offer, and an act was passed, " For the purchase of the Museum or collection of Sir Hans Sloane, and of the Harleian collection of manuscripts;...to be made thereto." Government immediately raised 100,000/. by lottery, for the purchase and establishment of this noble museum ; go-, vernors and trustees,...

...of the Museum or collection of Sir Hans Sloane, and of the Harleian collection of manuscripts; arid for providing one general repository for the better...to be made thereto." Government immediately raised 100,000/. by lottery, for the purchase and establishment of this noble museum; governors and trustees,...

...embraced the offer, and an act was passed, " For the purchase of the Museum, or Collection of Sir Hans Sloane, and of the Harleian collection of manuscripts;...and of the additions made, and to be made, thereto." The government immediately raised one hundred thousand pounds by lottery, for the purchase and establishment...

...gratitude by all historians, is the act for purchasing the Museum or collection of sir Hans Sloane, and the Harleian collection of manuscripts, and for providing one general repository for them, and for the Cottonian library, which had long been so famous all over Europe, especially for...

...George the Second, § 4. intituled An Act for the Purchase of the Museum or Collection of Sir Hans Sloane, and of the Harleian Collection of Manuscripts,...convenient Use of the said Collections, and of the Cottonian Library, and of the Additions thereto; it was amongst other Things enacted, that the Archbishop...

...statute 26 Geo. 2, c. 22, was passed for the purpose of purchasing the Museum of Sir IImix Sloane and the Harleian collection of manuscripts, and for providing...convenient use of the said collections, and of the Cottonian library; and trustees were incorporated by the name of the Trustees of the British Museum,...

...in the Í6 Geo. S. c. 22, intituled 'An Act for the Purchase of tbe Museum or Collection of Sir Hans Sloane, and of the Harleian Collection of Manuscripts; and for providing One General Repository, for tbe better Reception and more convenient Use of the said Collections, and of the Cottonian Library,...

...museum or collection of sir Hans Sloane, bart. and of the Harleian collection of MSS. and for procuring one general repository for the better reception and more convenient use of the said collection, and of the Cottonian library, and additions thereto." Such was the commencement of the...