1

20 0 0

The above sum of £. 248 2 10, is equal to £. 190 98 sterling, which was remitted in a sterling. 304 15 bill, and produced in Pennsylvania money, To Rev. Dr. Smith, for the consideration paid to him by Mr. John Dunlap, for the privilege of printing the poems of the Rev. Nathaniel Evans, A. M. deceased, late missionary for Gloucester county, in New-Jersey, To Henry Zachary Smith, Esq. of Barbadoes, To a lady unknown, by Daniel Coxe, Esq. To Thomas Coombe, Esq. by the Rev. Mr. Coombe,

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70

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1 14 0

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To Mr. Joseph Wharton, by the same,
To Edward Biddle, Esq. by Mr. Hopkinson,
To Mr. Thomas Asheton, by the same,
To sundry persons unknown, by the Rev. Mr.
Duchè,

To Dr. Benjamin Rush, by the Rev. Mr. 7
Coombe,

To Isaac Hunt, Esq. by the same,
To the congregation of Christ-Church Philadel-
phia, for their generous contribution, made at
the annual meeting of the corporation, Octo-
ber 8th, 1772,

To the society for the propagation of the gus-"
pel, their annual contribution of sixty pounds
sterling, exchange at fifty-seven and a half
per cent.

Interest received be Mr. Hopkinson, on a bond for one hundred pounds put out in Pennsylvania,

Interest received by Mr. Le Roy, on sundry
sums put out in New-York,

To Thomas Bartow, Esq. by the Rev. Dr.
Chandler,

To a person unknown, by the same,

To William Pigeon, Esq. by the Rev. Mr.
Thompson,

To Joshua Lawrence, Esq. by the same,
Interest received by the Rev. Dr. Chandler, on
one hundred and twenty-one pounds, seven-
teen and six pence, put out in New-Jersey,
Contributions of the clergy of Pennsylvania,

1772,

Fines paid by ditto,

Carried forward,

Brought forward,

Contributions of the clergy of New-York 1772,
Ditto of the clergy of New-Jersey.

Sum total for 1772,

BENEFACTIONS, SUBSCRIPTIONS, &c. FOR 1773.

To John Dickinson, Esq. of Pennsylvania, by the
Rev. Dr. Smith,

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13 10 0

To Alexander Ross, Esq. of Jamaica, by the

same,

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6 0 0

To Thomas Lynch, Esq. of South-Carolina, by the same,

8 10 0

To a lady unknown, by the Rev. Dr. Ogilvie,
To a gentleman, by the same,

To another gentleman, by the same,
To the congregation of Trinity Church, New-
York, for their generous contribution made
at the annual meeting of the corporation,
October 5th, 1773.

'To the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel,
for their annual Contribution of Sixty Pounds
Sterling,

To an officer, by Dr. Ogilvie,

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To Jacob Le Roy, Esq. for Ten Guineas to
purchase a Seal for the Corporation,
Interest Money received by Jacob Le Roy, Esq.
on sundry Sums put out in New-York,
To the Rev. Mr. Sayre's Congregation for their
Benefaction,

Interest Money received by Francis Hopkinson,
Esq. on sundry Sums put out in Pennsyl-
vania,

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8 10 7

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To Richard Hockley, Esq. for his annual Donation,
Interest on sundry Bonds, received by Samuel
Powel, Esq. Treasurer for Pennsylvania,
Subscriptions of the Clergy of New-York, 1773,
Ditto of the Clergy of New-Jersey,
Ditto of the Clergy of Pennsylvania,
A Fine for Default,

To the hon. James Hamilton, Esq. for his Bene-2 faction, by the Hands of Rev. Dr. Peters, S

20 0 0

.591 11 11

£.751 4 9 323 16 1

784 11 1

Total amount of Benefactions and Subscrip

tions,

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.2451 3 10

Whereof Jacob Le Roy, Esq. Treasurer for
New-York, has

Ditto Rev. Dr. Chandler, Treasurer for New-
Jersey, has

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Ditto Samuel Powell, Esq. Treasurer for Pennsylvania, has

Total Stock, December 30, 1773,

Balance expended by the sundry Treasurers, in paying the Accounts of Printers, &c.—viz.—

0 5

204 3 5

1353 13 10

£.2345 17 8

By the Treasurer for New-York, .40 10 6
By the Treasurer for New-Jersey, 14 8 8.103 12 8
6.103
By the Treasurer for Pennsylvania, 48 13 6.

Add to the Expenses for 1773,

Stock and Expenses,

£.1 13 6

£.2451 3 10

Additional Rule, made October 3d, 1771, respecting the Treasurers.

The several Treasurers shall correspond with each other, in order that monies may be occasionally transferred from one to another, for the putting the same more readily out to interest; and upon such transfers, the Receipt of one Treasurer shall be a sufficient discharge to another.

A LIST OF THE CLERGYMEN WHO ARE ANNUAL CONTRIBUTORS, WITH THE CLASSES IN WHICH THEY SUBSCRIBE, AND THE TIMES FROM WHICH THEIR FIRST PAYMENTS COMMENCED; TAKEN FROM THE BOOK OF MINUTES, p. 22, &c. THE NEW CON

TRIBUTORS BEING INSERTED ACCORDING TO THEIR CLASSES.

From the foregoing statement, it appears, that this Charitable Institution so far flourished during the first four years, that the total stock December 30, 1773, had amounted to . 2451 3 10. It continued proportionably increasing for three years more, while the annual meetings of the corporation could be regularly held, amidst the operations of a revolutionary war-But sundry

clauses of the charters, especially after the Declaration of Independence, required alteration; and particularly the following; viz.

"We do hereby, for us, our heirs and successors, ordain, "order, and appoint, that the accounts and transactions of the " said Corporation, legally and properly vouched and authenti"cated, shall, from time to time, and as often as demanded, be "laid before the Lords Archbishops, of Canterbury and York, " and the Bishop of London for the time being, or such person ❝and persons as they may, from time to time appoint for that 66 purpose in America; in order that the said Archbishops of "Canterbury and York and the Bishop of London, for the time "being, or such person and persons, appointed by them as "aforesaid, may ratify and confirm the said accounts, or sub"ject them to such revisal, check and confirmation, as may be "thought just and reasonable." The charter-name, or style, was also exceptionable to many, viz. "The corporation for "the relief of the widows and children of Clergymen in the "communion of the Church of England in America." Added to this, so many of the Clerical as well as Lay members, whose names are contained in the Charters, having, after the Declaration of Independence, taken their option to become, or as they considered it, to continue British Subjects; the business of the corporation lay dormant, or suspended until the Definitive Treaty of Peace, and the Acknowledgment of our Independence by Great-Britain, in 1783. Our Church then, as set forth in the journals of the subsequent general convention of our Bishops, Clergy, and Laity, proceeded to organize itself, under the name of "The Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America." Under that organization, it was attempted to revive the foregoing plan, for the relief of the widows and children of the Clergy, in its original extent, as comprehending the three contiguous States of New-York, New-Jersey, and Pennsylvania; but foreseeing difficulties in such revival, so as to answer the pious purposes of the charity in its full extent; it was unanimously agreed to divide the stock, and to leave the members in each of the three States, to organize themselves, under the original charters, into separate corporations, with the aid and sanction of