bequeathed

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Bequeathed to the museum by historian and journalist Richard Collier, the collection was amassed in the 1970s and is comprised of about 1,700 accounts of those who witnessed the pandemic first hand.

From BBC • Sep. 19, 2018

Bequeathed to the gallery by the late Manhattan collector R. Horace Gallatin, Meryon's etchings shared top honors in the show with Gallatin's two other favorite print-makers: Rembrandt and Albrecht Durer.

From Time Magazine Archive

Bequeathed by the British, Ghana's judicial system displays all the solemn trappings of the Old Bailey, complete with decorous courtrooms and gowned-and-wigged judges.

From Time Magazine Archive

Bequeathed by Jane Morse to her daughter Ann Roberts, this picture of her grandfather Ireton.

From Notes and Queries, Number 74, March 29, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George

Bequeathed to the passionate, young enthusiast, who made it whisper his hidden love, and cry his inarticulate longings, and scream his untold agonies, and wail his monotonous despair.

From Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works by Holmes, Oliver Wendell