 | David Hughson - London (England) - 1805 - 702 pages
...the whole collection to him had amounted to 500,000/. The parliament readily embraced the offer, and an act was passed, " For the purchase of the Museum...Sloane, and of the Harleian collection of manuscripts; arid for providing one general repository for the better reception and more convenient use of the said... | |
 | British Museum. Department of Printed Books - Library catalogs - 1815 - 672 pages
...1732. A Catalogue of the Mss. of the King's Library : and D. Caslcy. 4" Land. 1734. Act of 21) Geo. II. for the purchase of the Museum or collection of Sir Hans Sloane, and of the Harleian collection of Mss. and for providing of one general repository for the better reception of these collections, and... | |
 | William Upcott - Bibliotheca topographica britannica - 1818 - 498 pages
...(by order of his Executors) by Daniel Browne, near Temple Bar. 1753. Octavo. 3. Act of 26 Geo. II. for the purchase of the Museum or Collection of Sir Hans Sloane, and of the Harleian Collection of MSS. and for providing of one general Repository for the better Reception of these Collections, and... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1832 - 748 pages
...by an Act of Parliament passed 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...Manuscripts; and for providing One General Repository, for tbe better Reception and more convenient Use of the said Collections, and of the Cottonian Library,... | |
 | John Gorton - Biography - 1833 - 918 pages
...precious stones, comprised in his collection. Parliament fulfilled the terms of the legacy, and in 1753 an act was passed — " for the purchase of the museum or collection of sir Hans Sloane, bart. and of the Harleian collection of MSS. and for procuring one general repository for the better... | |
 | William Thomas Lowndes - English imprints - 1834 - 1082 pages
...Acts of Parliament, Statutes and Rules relating to the British Museum. 1768. 8»o. Actof26Geo. II. for the Purchase of the Museum or Collection of Sir Hans Sloane, and of the Harleian Collection of MSS. and for providing of one general Repository for the better Reception of these Collections, and... | |
 | William Jardine - Birds - 1836 - 384 pages
...that Parliament immediately closed with the offer; and, in 1753, an act was passed, entitled, " An Act for the purchase of the Museum or Collection of Sir Hans Sloane, Bart, and of the Harleian collection of MSS. and for procuring one general repository for the better... | |
 | Thomas Allen - London (England) - 1837 - 532 pages
...purchasers, who were the legislature, found it necessary to provide a place for their reception. An act for the purchase of the museum or collection of Sir Hans Sloane, and of the Harlean MSS. ; and for providing one general repository for the better reception and more convenient... | |
 | 1837 - 650 pages
...the whole collection to him had amounted to 5O,000/. The parliament readily embraced the offer, and an act was passed " For the purchase of the museum or collection of Sir Hane Sloane, and of the Harleian collection of manuscripts, and for providing one general repository... | |
 | John Fisher Murray - London (England) - 1842 - 322 pages
...collection. After his death, Parliament fulfilled the intentions of the legacy by passing an act " for the purchase of the Museum or Collection of Sir Hans Sloane, Bart., and of the Harleian Collection of MSS., and for procuring one general repository for the better... | |
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An Act for the purchase of the Museum or Collection of Sir Hans Sloane, Bart., and of the Harleian Collection of MSS., and for providing one general repository for the better reception and more convenient use of the said Collection, and of the Cottonian... 
