...Twenty sixth Year of 26G.2. c.22. the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Second, § 4. intituled An Act for the Purchase of the Museum or Collection...the Cottonian Library, and of the Additions thereto; it was amongst other Things enacted, that the Archbishop of Canterbury, and other Persons therein named...

...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...said collections, and of the Cottonian library; and trustees were incorporated by the name of the Trustees of the British Museum, whose authority was recognised...

...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...Cottonian Library, and of the Additions thereto,' it was amongst other things enacted, that certain persons should be Trustees for putting tbe said Act...

...Reign of His Majesty ' King George the Second, intituled An Act for the Purchase 20 G. 2. c. 22. ' of the Museum or Collection of Sir Hans Sloane and...and of the Cottonian Library, and of the Additions 4 thereto, it was enacted (amongst other things) that certain ' Officers for the Time being and Persons...

...in 1 753, an act was passed, authorizing the said purchase, together with that of the Harleian MSS., and for " providing one general repository for the...the said collections, and of the Cottonian Library." Montagu House was accordingly purchased by the government, and the " British Museum" became a fact....

...Sloane died on the llth of January, 1753, and in the month of June of the same year an Act was passed, " For the purchase of the Museum, or Collection of Sir...Cottonian Library, and of the additions thereto." By the same " Act," a board, consisting of fortytwo trustees, was appointed for putting the same into...

...22 (1753), is entitled, An Act (or the purchase of the Museum or Collection of Sir Hans Sloane, "he and of the Harleian Collection of 'Manuscripts, and...collections and of the Cottonian Library and of the addition thereto. It recites the tenor of Sir Hans Sloane's bequest, and the assent of his Trustees...

...purchase of the Museum or Collection of Sir Hans Sloane, publishing "the and of the Harleian Collectionof Manuscripts, and for providing one General Repository...collections and of the Cottonian Library and of the addition thereto. It recites the tenor of Sir Hans Sloane's bequest, and the assent of his Trustees...

...in 1753, an act was passed, authorising the said purchase, together with that of the Harlcian MSS., and for " providing one general repository for the...the said collections, and of the Cottonian Library." Montagu House was accordingly purchased by the government, and the " British Museum " became a fact....

...received the Royal assent on June 7, 1753. The Act thus passed, ' for the purchase of the museum at collection of Sir Hans Sloane and of the Harleian...the Cottonian Library and of the additions thereto,' after providing for the purchases and incorporation of the collections, appointed a large body of trustees,...