me & I was immediately healed & delivered me
from all my troubles

October 19, 1840 ~ Monday

19^th I wrote two letters one to Elder Richards
& the other to Elder Kington I spent several
hours in visiting the British Museum the accou
nt of which is as follows A Visit to the
BRITISH MUSEUM
London Oct 19^th 1840. In company with
Elder G A. Smith I purchased a Book from which
I make an extract of the following SYNOPSIS
of the contents of the BRITISH MUSEUM
FORTY SECOND EDITION London 1840
("The foundation of the British Museum originat
ed with the will of Sir Hans Sloane, who accu-
mulated, in addition to a considerable Library of
Books & Manuscripts, the largest collections of
objects of natural History & works of art of his time.
These he directed should be offoered after his death,
which took place in 1753, to Parliament. The offer
was accepted: & the Act of 26 Geo. II, which directed
the purchase, also directed the purchase of the
Harleian Library of Manuscrips & enacted
that the Cottonian Library which had been
given to the Government for public use in the
reign of Will. III, should, with these, form
one General collection.

In the Spring of
1754 the mansion in Great Russell Street,
then known as Montagu House, was purchased
as a repository for the whole. Between 1755
& 1759 the different collections were removed
into it, & it was determined that the new instit-
ution should bear the name of BRITISH
MUSEUM. Till the arival of the Egypt-
ian Antiquities from Alexandri in 1801
Montague House was competant to the reception
of all its acquisitions. The Egyptian Monumen-
ts, most of them too massive a character for
the floors of a private Dwelling, fir[s]t suggested the
necessity of an additional building, rendered still
more indispensible by the purchase of the Townley
Marbles in 1805. A Gallery adequate to the
reception of both was completed in 1807; after
which, although the Trustees meditated, & had

me & I was immediately healed & delivered me from all my troubles.

October 19, 1840 ~ Monday

19th [FIGURE] I wrote two letters one to Elder Richards & the other to Elder Kington. I spent several hours in visiting the British Museum the acou nt of which is as follows: A Visit to the BRITISH MUSEUM London Oct 19th 1840. In company with Elder G A. Smith I purchased a Book from which I make an extract of the following SYNOPSIS of the contents of the BRITISH MUSEUM FORTY SECOND EDITION London 1840. ("The foundation of the British Museum originat ed with the will of Sir Hans Sloane, who accumulated, in addition to a considerable Library of Books & Manuscripts, the largest collections of objects of natural History & works of art of his time. These he directed should be offere◊d after his death, which took place in 1753, to Parliament. The offer was accepted: & the Act of 26 Geo. II., which directed the purchase, also directed the purchase of the Harleian Library of Manuscrips & enacted that the Cottonian Library which had been given to the Government for public use in the reign of Will. III., should, with these, form one General collection. [blank] In the Spring of 1754 the mansion in Great Russell Street, then known as Montagu House, was purchased as a repository for the whole. Between 1755 & 1759 the different collections were removed into it, & it was determined that the new institution should bear the name of BRITISH - MUSEUM - Till the arival of the Egyptian Antiquities from Alexandri in 1801 Montagu House was competant to the reception of all its acquisitions. The Egyptian Monuments, most of them too massive a character for the floors of a private Dwelling, first suggested the necessity of an additional building, rendered still more indispensible by the purchase of the Townley Marbles in 1805. A Gallery adequate to the reception of both was completed in 1807; after which, although the Trustees meditated, & had