Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: This copy remained in the Bancroft family for many years , was sold to various dealers and purchased by Nicholas and Marguerite Lilly Noyes , who donated the manuscript to Cornell in 1949 .
Simplified: Then , it was sold to different dealers and bought by Nicholas and Marguerite Lilly Notes . They donated it to Cornell in 1949 .