AUTHENTIC COPIES 
 
 O F T H E 
 
 CODICILS 
 
 Belonging to the 
 
 Laft Will and Testament 
 
 O F 
 
 Sir Hans Sloane, Bart, deceafed, 
 
 Which relate to his 
 
 Collection of BOOKS 
 
 AND 
 
 CURIOSITIES. 
 
 LONDON: 
 
 Printed (by Order of the Executors) by 
 D A N I e t Browne, near Temple-Bar. 
 
 M DCC LIH. 
 
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Authentic Copies of the Codicils , See. 
 
 TS ir Hans Sloane of Chelfea, in the 
 J| county of Middlefex, Baronet, do 
 make this codicil to be annexed to my 
 laft will and teftament as follows. 
 Whereas I have in and by my laid 
 Will given fome directions about the 
 fale and difpofition of my mufaeum, 
 or collection of rarities herein more 
 particularly mentioned : Now I do 
 hereby revoke my faid Will as far as 
 relates thereto, and I do direct and 
 appoint concerning the fame in the 
 following Manner. Having had from 
 my youth a ftrong inclination to the 
 ftudy of plants, and all other produc- 
 tions of nature ; and having through 
 the courfe of many years with great 
 labour and expence, gathered together 
 whatever could be procured eitner in 
 B our 
 
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 our own or foreign countries that was 
 .rare and curious; and being fully con- 
 vinced that nothing tends more to raife 
 our ideas of the power, wifdom, good- 
 nefs, providence, and other perfections 
 of the Deity, or more to the comfort 
 and well being of his creatures than 
 the enlargement of our knowledge 
 in the works of nature, I do Will 
 and defire that for the promoting of 
 thefe noble ends, the .glory of God, 
 and the Good of man, my collection 
 in all its branches may be, if poflible, 
 kept and preferved together whole and 
 intire in my manor houfe, in the pa- 
 rifh of Chelfea, lituate near the phylic 
 garden, given by me to the company 
 of apothecaries for the fame purpofes; 
 and having great reliance and confi- 
 dence that the Right Hon. Hon. and 
 other perfons hereafter named will be 
 influenced by the fome principles, and 
 faithfully and ccnfcientioufly difcharge 
 the truft hereby repofed in them, I do 
 give, devife and bequeath unto the 
 Hon. Charles Sloane Cadogan, 
 
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 Efq; Hans Stanley, Efq; William 
 Sloane, Efq; the Rev. Sloane Elfemere, 
 Doctor in Divinity and the redtor 
 of Chelfea for the time being ; Mar- 
 tin Folkes, Efq; and the president of 
 the Royal Society for the time be- 
 ing; Sir Paul Methuen, James Weft, 
 Efq; and the Treafurer of the Royal 
 Society for the time being ; the two 
 fecretaries of the Royal Society for 
 the time being; Samuel Clarke, Efq; 
 the Hon. Richard Arundell, Elq; 
 Jofeph Andrews, Efq; Mr. Jofepft' 
 Ames, Mr. Henry Baker, the Rev," 
 James Bradley, Dodtor in Divinity, 
 Aftron. Reg. Sir Thomas Burnet, Knt, 
 Mr. Peter Collinfon, Sir John Evelyn, 
 Bart. John Fuller of Suflex, Efq; the 
 Rev. Stephen Hales, Dodtor in Divi- 
 nity ; Theodore Jacobfon, Efq; Smart 
 Lethieullier, Efq; Sir James Lowther, 
 Bart. George Littleton, Efq; the Rev, 
 Charles Littleton, Dodtor in Divinity, 
 Dean of Exeter; the Rev. Henry 
 Miles, Dodtor in Divinity ; David Pa- 
 pillon, Efq; Sir George Saville, Bart. 
 
 B 2 Sit 
 
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 Sir Hugh Smithfon, Bart, the Rev, 
 Thomas Shaw, Doctor in Divinity ; 
 Charles Stanhope, Efq; the Rev. Wil- 
 liam Stukely, James Theobald, Efq; 
 Sir Peter Thompson, K.nt. the Hon. 
 Horatio Walpole, jun, Efq; the Hon. 
 Philip York, Efq; Sir William Co- 
 drington, Baft. Henry Gough, Efq; 
 Charles Gray, Efq; General James 
 Oglethorpe ; John Ranby, Efq; Mr. 
 George Bell ; the Right Rev. George 
 Lord Bifhop of Exeter ; the Right 
 Rev. Zachary Lord Bifhop of Bangor ; 
 the Right Hon. Edward Southwell, 
 Efq; Sir William Heathcote, Bart. Sir 
 John Heathcote, Bart. John Milner, 
 Efq; Mr. James Empfon and Mr. Wil- 
 liam Watfon ; all that my col left ion 
 or mufaeum, at, in, or about my 
 manor houfe at Chelfea aforefaid, 
 which confifts of too great a va» 
 riety to be particularly defcribed. But 
 I mean all my library of books, draw- 
 ings, manuferipts, prints, medals and 
 coins, antient and modern, antiquities, 
 feals, &c, cameas and intaglio’s, &c, 
 
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 precious ftones, agates, jafpers, &c. 
 veffels, &c. of agate, jafper, &c. 
 chryftals, mathematical inftruments, 
 drawings and pictures, and all other 
 things ' in my faid collection or mu- 
 feu m, which are more particularly de- 
 fcribed, mentioned and numbered, 
 with ihort hiftories or accounts of 
 them, with proper references in cer- 
 tain catalogues by me made, contain- 
 ing thirty-eight volumes in folio,, 
 and eight volumes in quarto, except 
 fuch framed pictures as are not marked 
 with the word (coll eft ion) to have and 
 to hold to them and their fucceffors 
 dr affigns for ever ; to the intent only 
 that the fame and every part and par- 
 cel of my faid collection or mufaeum 
 may be veiled in the faid Right Ho- 
 nourable and Honourable, and other 
 perfons upon the trufts, and for the 
 ufes and purpofes, and fubjeft to the 
 feveral limitations and directions here- 
 after particularly fpecified concerning 
 the fame: and for the rendering this my 
 intention more effectual, that the faid 
 
 Col- 
 
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 le&ion may be preferred and con- 
 tinued intire in its utmoft perfection 
 and regularity ; and being allured that 
 nothing will conduce more to this 
 purpofe, than placing the fame under 
 the direction and care of learned, ex- 
 perienced and judicious perlons who 
 are above all low and mean views, I 
 do earneftly defire that the king, his 
 royal highnefs the prince of Wales, his 
 royal highnefs William duke of Cum- 
 berland, the archbilhop of Canterbury 
 for the time being, the right honour- 
 able Philip lord Hardwick, and the 
 lord high chancellor for the time be- 
 ing ? the lord prelident of the council 
 for the time being, the lord privy feal 
 for the time being, the lord fteward of 
 his majefty’s houfhold for the time be- 
 ing, the lord chamberlain of his ma- 
 jefty’s houfhold for the time being, his 
 grace Charles duke of Richmond, 
 his grace John duke of Montague, 
 his grace Holies duke of Newcaftle, 
 his grace John duke of Bedford, 
 and the two principal fecretaries of 
 
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 (late for the time being ; the right 
 honourable John earl of Sandwich, 
 and the lord high admiral, or the firft 
 lord commiflioner of the admiralty for 
 the time being ; the right honourable 
 Henry Pelham, Efq; and the lord high 
 treafurer, or the firft lord commiffion- 
 er of the treafury for the time being, 
 and the chancellor of the exchequer 
 for the time being, the lord chief juf- 
 tice of the king’s bench for the time 
 being, the lord chief juftice of the 
 common pleas for the time being, the 
 lord chief baron of the exchequer for 
 the time being, the lord bifhop of 
 London for the time being, the lord 
 bifhop of Winchefter for the time be- 
 ing, the right honourable Archibald 
 duke of Argvle, the right honourable 
 Henry earl of Pembroke, the right ho- 
 nourable Philip earl of Chefterfiekl,the 
 right honourable Richard earl of Bur- 
 lington, the right honourable Henry 
 lord Montford, the right honourable Ar- 
 thur Onflow, Efq; andthefpeaker ofthe 
 Houfe of Commons for the time being, 
 
 the 
 
the honourable lord Charles Caveri- 
 dilh, the right honourable Charles lord 
 Cadogan, the right honourable John 
 earl of Verney, and the right honour- 
 able George lord Anfon, will conde- 
 fcend fo far as to ad: and be viiitors of 
 my laid mufaeum and colledion. And 
 I do hereby, with their leave, nominate 
 and appoint them viiitors thereof* with 
 full power and authority for any live 
 or more of them to enter my faid col- 
 ledion or mufaeum at any time or 
 times, to perule, fupervife and exa- 
 mine the fame and the management 
 thereof; and to vilit, corred and re- 
 form from time to time as there may 
 be occalion, either jointly with the 
 faid truftees, or feparately, upon ap- 
 plication to them for that purpofe, or 
 otherwife, all abufes, defeds, negleds, 
 or mifmanagements that may happen 
 to arife therein, or touching or con- 
 cerning the perfon or pexfons, officer 
 or officers that are or lhall be appoint- 
 ed to attend the fame. And my will 
 is, and I do hereby requeft and delire, 
 
 that 
 
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 that the faid truftees, or any feven or 
 more of them do make their humble 
 application to his majefly or to parlia- 
 ment, at the next feflions after my 
 deceafe, as fhall be thought raoft pro- 
 per, in order to pay the full and clear 
 fum of twenty thoufand pounds of 
 lawful money of Great-Britain, unto 
 my executors or the furvivors of them, 
 within twelve months after my deceafe, 
 in conlideration of the faid collection 
 or mufaeum : It not being, as I ap- 
 prehend or believe, a fourth of their 
 real and intrinfic value ; and alfo to 
 obtain fuch fufficient and effectual 
 powers and authorities, for vetting in 
 the faid truftees all and every part of 
 my faid collection or mufaeum before 
 mentioned in all its branches; and alfo 
 my faid capital manor houfe, with 
 fuch gardens and out-houfes as fhall 
 thereunto belong, and be ufed by me 
 at the ‘time of my deceafe, in which 
 it is my defire the fame fhall be kept 
 and preferved ; and alfo the water of, 
 or belonging to, my manor of Chelfea 
 
 C com- 
 
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 Coming from Kenfington, fubject to 
 furnifhing or fupplying the Lord Bifhop 
 of Winchefter’s houfe as is now ufed ; 
 and alfo all that the advowfon prefenta- 
 tion or right of patronage of the church 
 of Chelfea : To the end, the fame pre- 
 miffes may be abfolutely vefted in the 
 faid truftees, for the preferving and con- 
 tinuing my faid coi lection or mufeum 
 in fuch manner as they fhall think 
 moft likely to anfwer the public benefit 
 by me intended ; and alfo obtain as 
 aforefaid, a fufficient fund or provifi- 
 on, for maintaining and taking care 
 of my faid collection and premifles, 
 and for repairing and fupporting my 
 faid manor houfe, water- work andpre- 
 mifes, to be vefted in the faid truftees 
 for ever : And I do hereby further di- 
 rect and appoint, that my executors 
 do and fhall, upon payment of the 
 faid fum of twenty thoufand pounds, 
 deliver or caufe to be delivered unto 
 the faid truftees, or any feven or more 
 of them, for, and in the name of all of 
 them, in the prefence of the faid vifitors, 
 
 or 
 
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 or any five or more of them, as well 
 the poffeilion of my faid manor houfe 
 and gardens at Chelfea aforefaid, as 
 alfo all my collection or mufahim be- 
 fore mentioned and defcribed, and 
 every part thereof in all its branches, 
 whole and intire, as the fame (hall be 
 found in my faid manor houfe, ac- 
 cording to the faid catalogues, and 
 together with the feveral volumes of 
 catalogues thereunto belonging. And 
 further, my will is, and I do hereby 
 alfo direCt and appoint, that in cafe 
 his majefiy or the parliament do accept 
 the faid offer, and do pay the faid 
 fum of twenty thoufand pounds unto 
 my executors or the furvivor of them, 
 that then my faid executors do, within 
 fix months after fuch payment as 
 aforementioned, and obtaining proper 
 powers for effectually veiling in the 
 faid truftees all my faid Collection, 
 and my faid capital houfe and gardens, 
 with their appurtenances, water and 
 advowfon, prefentation or right of 
 patronage of the church of Chelfea as 
 C 2 aiorefaid ; 
 
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 aforefaid ; together with my heir or 
 heirs at law, and all other proper 
 parties, do and fhall join in and exe- 
 cute fuch adts, deeds, or conveyances, 
 as £hall be thcrught requifite and 
 neceflary for the more perfect and 
 abfolute vefting, conveying, and a {Tur- 
 ing the faid premiffes in, and to the 
 faid truftees and their ailigns or fuc- 
 cefTors for ever, for the ufes, intents 
 and purpofes herein mentioned and 
 intended. 
 
 And my Will is, and I do hereby 
 impower and diredt, that the faid 
 truftees, or any feven or more of them, 
 do and fhall, in convenient time after 
 payment of the faid fum of twenty 
 thoufand pounds unto my faid execu- 
 tors, or the furvivors of them as afore- 
 faid, meet together from time to time, 
 as often as ihall be thought lit, and 
 there make, conftitute and eftablifh 
 (to be afterwards ratifyed and approved 
 by the vifttors hereby appointed, or 
 any five or more of them) fuch ftatutes, 
 rules, and ordinances, and to make 
 
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 and appoint fuch officers and fervants 
 for the attending, managing, preferv- 
 ing, and continuing of my faid mu- 
 feum, or colledtion and premiffes, for 
 ever, with fuch falaries, payments, or 
 allowances to them refpedtively, as 
 fhall feem meet and neceffary. 
 
 And further, my Will is, and I do 
 hereby order and diredt, that in cafe 
 any difference or difpute ffiall happen 
 to arife by or between the faid truftees 
 touching the faid premiffes, which can- 
 not be adjufted or fettled among them- 
 felves, then and in fuch cafe, and as 
 often as the fame ffiall happen, the 
 vffitors hereby appointed, or any five 
 or more of them, ffiall and are hereby 
 authorized and impowered, to hear 
 and determine in the moft fummary 
 way, fuch difference or difpute, whofe 
 order or determination ffiall be final. 
 
 And it is alfo my Will and defire, 
 that all fuch other powers and autho- 
 rities may be added or veiled, as well 
 in the faid intended truftees, as in the 
 vjfitors hereby appointed, as ffiall by 
 
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 the legiflature be thought moll proper 
 and convenient, for the better manage- 
 ment, order, and care of my faid col- 
 lection and premiffes. 
 
 And further, it is my Will, and I 
 do hereby declare and direCt, that the 
 faid advowfon, prefentation, and right 
 of patronage of the church of Chelfea, 
 fhall be filled up from time to time, 
 as often as the fame fhall become va- 
 cant, by fuch perfon or perfons as the 
 truftees hereby appointed, or the ma- 
 jor part of them, fhall eleCt, prefent, 
 nominate, or appoint. 
 
 And I do hereby further requell 
 and defire, that the truftees hereby 
 appointed, or the major part of them, 
 with the confent of the. vifitors, or 
 major part of them, and alfo my 
 heirs and executors, and every of 
 them, will concur, as far as in them 
 refpedtively lies, in promoting this 
 my intention, and of perpetuating my 
 faid collection as afore mentioned, 
 with their bell endeavours, and for 
 obtaining payment of the faid fum of 
 twenty thoufand pounds as aforefaid. 
 
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 and for fettling and alluring the faid 
 mufaeum or collection and premifies, 
 manor- houfe and garden, with their 
 appurtenances, water, and advowfon, 
 upon the truflees hereby appointed, 
 and for making a proviiion or fund 
 for maintaining and fupporting the 
 fame for ever, as before mentioned : 
 And in order that there may be always 
 a fufficient number of truftees fubli fl- 
 ing as far as may be, my Will is, and I 
 do hereby direct and defire, that with- 
 in convenient time after the deceafe of 
 anyfeven of the faid truftees herein be- 
 fore particularly named, or any other 
 fevenof the truftees for the time being, 
 or any lefs number, if they fo pleafe, 
 then and in fuch cafe, and fo often as 
 the fame fhall happen, the furvivorf of 
 fuch truftees, or any feven or more of 
 them, fhall and may at their meetings 
 proceed to the election or choice of 
 fuch other perfon or perfons as they 
 fhall think fit to be truftees, in the 
 room of fuch of them as fhall happen 
 fo to die j and the perfon or perfons 
 
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 fo elected and chofen, (hall be inverted 
 with the fame powers and authorities 
 in and over the premifles, as the truf- 
 tees hereby named, fo as that the 
 number of truftees never exceed fifty 
 at any one time. 
 
 And my Will alfo is, and I do di- 
 rect, that (for continuing a fufficient 
 number of vifitors ) upon or after the 
 deceafe of any five of the vifitors here- 
 in before particularly named, or any 
 five of the vifitors for the time being, 
 or of any lefs number if they fo pleafe, 
 then and in fuch cafe, and fo often 
 as the fame fhall happen, the furvivors 
 of fuch vifitors, or any five or more 
 of them, fhall and may eledt and 
 chufe fuch other perfon or perfons as 
 they fhall think fit, provided they be 
 not truftees in the room of fuch of 
 them as fhall happen to die j and the 
 perfon or perfons fo elected and cho- 
 fen, fhall be inverted with the fame 
 powers and authorities in and over the 
 premifles, as the vifitors hereby nam- 
 ed, fo as the number of vifitors never 
 
 exceed 
 
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 exceed more than thirty at any one 
 time. 
 
 And I do hereby declare, that it is 
 my delire and intention, that my faid 
 mufeum or collection be preferved and 
 kept in my faid manor-houfe at 
 Chelfea aforefaid, by the faid truftees 
 and vilitors, and that the fame may 
 be, from time to time, vilited and 
 feen by all perfons defirous of feeing 
 and viewing the fame, under fuch fta- 
 tutes, directions, rules, and orders, as 
 fhall be made, from time to time, by 
 the faid truftees, or any feven or more 
 of them, to be afterwards ratified by 
 the faid vilitors (or any five or more 
 of them, as aforefaid) that the fame 
 may be rendered as ufeful as pollible, 
 as well towards fatisfying the defires of 
 the curious, as for the improvement, 
 knowledge and information of all per- 
 fons ; and it is for this purpofe I have 
 hereby repofed a fincere trull: and con- 
 fidence in my right honourable, ho- 
 
 D nourable, 
 
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 nourable, and other truftees and vic- 
 tors hereby appointed. 
 
 But in cafe payment of the faid fum 
 of twenty thoufand pounds {hall not 
 be had and obtained, and made unto 
 my executors, or the furvivors of them, 
 within twelve months next after my 
 deceafe, and no fuch ad: of parliament 
 fhall be obtained for fettling, preferv- 
 ing, eflablifhing, maintaining, and 
 continuing my faid colledion and pre- 
 milfes in manner aforefaid ; then, and 
 not otherwife, my Will is, and I do 
 in fuch cafe hereby dired, that my 
 faid executors or the furvivors of them, 
 do and fhall fell and difpofe, or caufe 
 to be fold and difpofed of all and every 
 part of my faid colledion ,or mufaeum 
 as before defcribed, together with the 
 catalogues thereto belonging unto, or 
 for the ufe of the royal academy of 
 fciences at Peterfburgh, provided that 
 the faid royal academy of fciences at 
 Peterfburgh, or the managers and di- 
 rectors 
 
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 reftors thereof, or others on their be- 
 half impowered, do artd fhall, within 
 twelve months next after notice there- 
 of, lignified or given to the embaffa- 
 dor, relident or envoy of or from the 
 Czarina or Emprefs of Ruffia, or of 
 the Emperor of Ruffia for the time 
 being, by my faid executors or fur- 
 vivors of them, pay or caufe to be paid 
 unto my executors, or the furvivor or 
 furvivors of them, and to be deemed 
 as part of my perfonal eftate, the full 
 and clear fum of twenty thoufand 
 pounds of lawful money of Great- Bri- 
 tain ; and in cafe payment of the faid 
 fum of twenty thoufand pounds fhall 
 not be made at or within the time men- 
 tioned above for that purpofe, by the 
 managers or directors of the faid Royal 
 Academy of Sciences at Peterfburgh, or 
 any other on that behalf impowered, 
 then my Will is, and I do hereby di- 
 redl and appoint, that my executors 
 or the furvivors of them, do and {hall 
 fell and difpofe, or caufe to be fold 
 and dilpofed of, all and every part of 
 D 2 my 
 
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 my Paid colle&ion cr mufaeum as be- 
 fore defcribed, with the catalogues 
 thereunto belonging, unto or for the 
 ufe of the royal academy of fciences 
 at Paris, provided that the faid Royal 
 Academy of Sciences at Paris, or the 
 managers, directors or others impower- 
 ed on their behalf, do and lhall with- 
 in twelve months next after notice 
 thereof fignified or given, to the em- 
 bafiador, relident, or envoy of or from 
 the court of France, by my faid exe- 
 cutors or furvivors of them, pay or 
 caufe to be paid unto my executors or 
 the furvivor or furvivors of them, and 
 to be deemed in like manner as part 
 of my perfonal eftate, the full and 
 clear fum of twenty thoufand pounds 
 of lawful money of Great-Britain ; 
 and in cafe payment of the faid fum 
 of twenty thoufand pounds laft men- 
 tioned fhall not be made at or within 
 the time above-mentioned in that be- 
 half, then my Will is, and I do here- 
 by direct, that my executors or fur- 
 vivors 
 
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 vivors of them, do and (hall fell and 
 difpofe or caufe to be fold and difpofed 
 of, all and every part of my faid col- 
 lection or mufaeum as before defcrib- 
 ed, with the catalogues thereunto be- 
 longing, unto or for the ufe of the 
 royal Academy of Sciences at Berlin, 
 provided that the faid royal Academy 
 of Sciences at Berlin, or the managers 
 or directors thereof, or others im- 
 powered on their behalf, do and fhall, 
 within twelve months next after notice 
 thereof fignified or given to the ambaf- 
 fador, or relident, or envoy of or from 
 the king of Pruffia, by my executors, 
 or furvivors of them, pay or caufe to 
 be paid unto my executors, or the fur- 
 vivor or furvivors of them, and to 
 be deemed in like manner as part of 
 my perfonal eftate, the full and clear 
 fum of twenty thoufand pounds of 
 lawful money of Great-Britain ; and 
 in cafe payment of the faid fum of 
 twenty thoufand pounds laft mention- 
 ed fhall not be made at or within the 
 
 time 
 
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 time before mentioned for that pur- 
 pofe, then my Will is, and I do here- 
 by direCt my faid executors, or furvi- 
 vors of them, do and fhall fell and dife 
 pofe of, or caufe to be fold and dif- 
 pofed of, all and every part of my 
 faid collection or mufaeum, as before 
 deferibed, with the catalogues there- 
 to belonging unto or for the ufe of 
 the Royal Academy of Sciences at 
 Madrid; provided that the faid Royal 
 Academy of Sciences at Madrid, or the 
 managers or directors thereof, or others 
 impowered on their behalf, do and 
 fhall, within twelve months next after 
 notice thereof iignified or given to the 
 ambaflador, or relident, or envoy of 
 or from the court of Spain, by my 
 executors or furvivors of them, pay or 
 caufe to be paid unto my executors, 
 or to the furvivors or furvivor of them, 
 and to be deemed in like manner as 
 part of my perfonal eftate, the full and 
 clear fum of twenty thoufand pounds 
 of lawful money of Great-Britain. 
 
 And 
 
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 And my Will is, and I do hereby 
 further direct, that fuch notice and 
 notices fhall be given and fignified to 
 the refpe&ive ambaffador, or refident, 
 or envoy of or from the court of Ruffia, 
 France, Berlin and Madrid, within 
 three months next after failure or de- 
 fault of payment of the fum of twenty 
 thoufand pounds afore mentioned from 
 the parliament as afore mentioned. 
 And in cafe the faid refpective offers 
 fhall not be accepted by parliament, 
 nor by any of the faid foreign acade- 
 mies, nor any fuch payments well and 
 truly made by any others on their re- 
 Ipedtive behalfs, within the refpedtive 
 times before mentioned, unto my ex- 
 ecutors or the furvivors of them as 
 aforefaid ; 
 
 Then my Will is, and I do hereby 
 further direct and appoint, that my 
 executors or the furvivors or furvivor 
 of them, do and fhall be at liberty, 
 with all convenient fpeed, to fell and 
 
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 difpofe of, or caufe or procure to be 
 fold and difpofed of, all and every 
 part of my faid collection or mufaeum, 
 in the moil fpeedy and advantageous 
 manner ; and the monies arihng by 
 fuch fale or difpolition, I do hereby 
 direCt, will, and appoint, fhall be 
 paid to my executors or to the furvivors 
 or furvivor of them, and fhall be con- 
 lidered as part ol my perfonal eflate j 
 
 Provided always, and my Will is, that 
 the truftees or executors, hereby in- 
 tended and appointed for any of the 
 purpofes herein mentioned, fhall not 
 be anfwerable for or chargeable with 
 the aCts or deeds of each other, but 
 with or for his own wilful acts and 
 deeds only. 
 
 And further my Will is, and I do 
 hereby direct, that in cafe my laid 
 collection fhall be fold or difpofed of 
 to either of the faid foreign academies 
 before-mentioned, or in cafe of their 
 refufai or non-acceptance by my ex- 
 ecutors, 
 
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 ccutors, or the furvivors of them ; that 
 then my faid manor houfe and garden, 
 with their appurtenances, and the 
 water, and advowfon, ihall go to and 
 belong to fuch perfon or perfons, and 
 in fuch manner as I have given and 
 devifed the reft of my faid manors, 
 lands, and tenements at Chelfea or 
 elfewhere. 
 
 In witnefs whereof I the faid Sir 
 Hans Sloane have to this codicil, con- 
 tained in two ikins or pieces of parch-- 
 ment, fet my hand and feal this tenth 
 day of July in the year of our lord one 
 thoufand feven hundred and forty- 
 nine. 
 
 Hans Sloane (LS) 
 
 Signed, fealed, publifhed, pro- 
 nounced, and declared by the faid 
 teftator Sir Hans Sloane, as and for 
 a codicil to, and to be taken as part 
 of the laft will and teftament of the 
 
 E faid 
 
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 faid Sir Hans Sloane, in the prelence 
 of us who in his prelence have fub- 
 fcribed our names as witnefles thereto. 
 
 King, 
 
 Raymond Paine, 
 
 George Stubbs, 
 
 Hans Sloane (LS) 
 
 Signed, lealed, and published again 
 this 26th of December 1751, as and 
 for a codicil by> the laid Sir Hans 
 Sloane, in our prefence, who at his 
 requeft, and in his prefence, have let 
 our names as witnefles thereunto. 
 
 Andw. Suatt, 
 Charles Shapley, 
 Thomas Bookham. 
 
 t 
 
 Whereas 
 
[ 2 9 ] 
 
 W Hereas I have by a codicil ap- 
 pointed and named his grace 
 Charles duke of Richmond, John 
 duke of Montague, and Henry earl 
 of Pembroke, all lately deceafed, 
 among others, vilitors of my mufaeum, 
 or collection of curiolities, upon cer- 
 tain trufts therein mentioned ; now I 
 Sir Hans Sloane do hereby name and 
 appoint, in their dead, the right ho- 
 nourable the earl of Macclesfield, the 
 earl of Shelburn, and the right ho- 
 nourable Sir John Strange matter of 
 the Rolls, and the matter of the Rolls 
 for the time being ; and I do defire 
 that they will accept of the faid trull : 
 and I do alfo defire, that Sir John 
 Bernard, Sir William Calvert, and 
 Slingtby Bethel, Efq; may be added 
 to the other truftees, by me formerly 
 
 made 
 
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 made in my faid coclicil, or in the 
 lift hereunto annexed. 
 
 And whereas I have in and by the 
 faid former codicil, or by fome other, 
 given and devifed my advovvfon of the 
 re&ory and parifh church of Chelfea 
 to my faid vifttors and truftees, or to 
 fome of them, upon truft to prefent a 
 proper perfon thereto, when the fame 
 fhall become vacant : now I do by 
 this my codicil revoke that part of my 
 faid former codicil concerning the faid 
 advovvfon, and do hereby give and 
 devife the faid advowfon to fuch per- 
 fon or perfons as fhall from time to 
 time have and enjoy my manor of 
 Chelfea, and that he, fhe, or they, 
 from time to time, fhall prefent there- 
 unto, whenever the fame fhall be- 
 come vacant. 
 
 In witnefs whereof I have hereunto 
 figned my name this 18 th September 
 1750. 
 
 Hans Sloane (LS) 
 
[ 3 * ] 
 
 Signed by the faid Sir Hans in 
 the prefence of us, and publiihed as a 
 codicil. 
 
 Raymond Paine, 
 
 Winefred Empfon, 
 
 John King. 
 
 Hans Sloane (LS) 
 
 Signed, fealed, and publiihed again 
 this 26 December 17 51, as the codicil 
 of Sir Hans Sloane, in the prelence ol 
 us, who, at his requeft, have fet our 
 names in his prelence, as witncfl'es 
 thereunto. 
 
 Andw. Suatt, 
 
 Charles Shapley, 
 
 Thomas Bookham. 
 
 Adolph 
 
[ 3 2 ] 
 
 Adolph Count Zinzendorff and Pot- 
 tendorff, Count of the Roman Empire 
 and great huntfman by inheritance of 
 the arch-dukedom of Auflria. 
 
 Henry XXIIXth Reufs, Count and 
 Lord of Plauen, Count of the Roman 
 Empire, Lord Deputy or firft Commif* 
 fioner for executing the office of the 
 Advocate of the Unitas Fratrum. 
 
 Abraham Baron Gerfdorff, Lord of 
 Princeneck, Privy- Councellor of War 
 of the King of Poland, Elector of 
 Saxony, and Chancellor of the Unitas 
 Fratrum. 
 
 Sigifmund Baron Gerfdorff, Steward 
 general of the Unitas Fratrum. 
 
 Coffart de St. Aubin d’Elpiez. 
 
 John Hampden, Efq; 
 
 William Sotheby, Efq; 
 
 Taylor, Efq; 
 
 Mr. William Elallet, fen. 
 
 I do defire the above perfons may 
 be added to the Truftees already ap- 
 pointed by me, 
 
 June 17, 1752. 
 
 Hans Sloane, 
 
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 THE 
 
 NAMES and NUMBERS 
 
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 Of the feveral Things, contain’d in the 
 
 MUSEUM 
 
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 Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. 
 
 T H E Library, including about 
 347 Volumes of Drawings 
 and Illuminated Books, 3516 Vo- 
 lumes of Manufcripts, together with 
 the Books of Prints, conlifts of about 
 50,000 Volumes. 
 
 F 
 
 Medals 
 
Medals and Coins, Antient 
 ...and Modern, about 
 
 Antiquities, viz. Urns, In- 
 ftruments, &c. 
 
 Seals, &c. 268 
 
 Camea’s and Intaglio’s, 
 about 
 
 Pretious Stones, Agates, 
 pers, &c. 
 
 VelTels, of Agates, Jaf- 
 
 pers, &c. 
 
 Chryftals, Sparrs, &c. 1864 
 
 Foffils, Flints, Stones, &c. 1275 
 
 Metals, Mineral-Ores, &c. 2725 
 
 Earths, Sands, Salts, &c. — I0 35 
 
 Bitumens, Sulphurs, Ambers,! 
 
 Ambergreefe, &c. j ^9 
 
 Talcs, Micas, &c. 388 
 
 Teftacea, or Shells 5843 
 
 Corals, Sponges, &c. 1421 
 
 Echini, Echinites, &c. — 659 
 
 Afteriae, 
 
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 32000 
 
 1125 
 
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 Afteriae, Trochi, Entrochi, 
 
 Cruftacea, or Crabs, Me. 
 Stellae Marinae, Me. - — 
 
 } 
 
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 Fifties, and their Parts, — 
 Birds, and their Parts. Eggs') 
 and Nefts of different >• 
 Species, 
 
 Vipers, Serpents, Me. 
 
 Quadrupedes, Me. 
 
 Infefts, 
 
 Humana, as Calculi, Ana- 
 tomical Preparations, Me. 
 Vegetables, as Seeds, Gums 
 Woods, Roots, Me. 
 Hortus Siccus, or Volumes] 
 of dried Plants, 
 Mifcellaneous Things, Na- 
 tural, Me. 
 
 Pi&ures and Drawings, Me. 
 Fram’d, 
 
 Mathematical Inftruments, 
 
 ! 
 
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 j 
 
 } 
 
 1 
 
 241 
 
 363 
 
 *73 
 
 1555 
 
 1172 
 
 521 
 
 1886 
 
 5439 
 
 75 6 
 
 12506 
 
 334 
 
 2098 
 
 310 
 
 55 
 
 All 
 
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 All the above Particulars, are eru 
 ter’d and number’d, with Ihort Ac- 
 counts of them, and References of 
 feveral Writers, who have heretofore 
 wrote about them, in Thirty-eight; 
 Volumes in Folio and Eight in 
 Quarto, 
 
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