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On the first fly-leaf, however, we find the little item, " Lent to J. H. 1 piece of 8. 4 bits & 1 Eng. shill."
And, on the last four leaves, we have a list of books, which Michael Piper, t-the writing is not Mr. Talbot's-assisted Mr. Talbot in revising, on the first day of the new year, O. S.
At a Vestry meeting of Christ Church, Philadelphia, held June 23d, 1718, it was "Resolved, That if it should happen that the clergymen who are to serve the Church during this vacancy be sick, or should not come, that Mr. Piper, the school master, read the prayers in the Church." Dorr's History, p. 47.
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IN BURLINGTON.
A CATALOGUE OF BOOKS BELONGING TO BURLINGTON LIBRARY REVISED BY MR. JOHN TALBOT INCUMBENT & MICH : PIPER YE 25TH DAY OF MARCH 1719.
FOL:
1 D. Johanne Avenario Egrano Lexicon Hebraicum.
2 Scapulae Lexicon.
3 Eusebii Ecclesiast Histor.
4 Gregorii Sayr Casus Conscient.
5 Newman's Concordance.
6 Scti Cypriani Opera.
7 Petri Ravanelli Bibliotheca.
8 Father Paul's History of Coun- cil of Trent.
9 Pierceson on the Creed.
10 Dr. Bray's Lectures.
11 Cowleii Opera.
12 Hooker's Ecclesiast Polity.
QUARTO.
1 Riveli Controversiae.
2 Patrick upon Genesis ..
3 Pindari Tragaed-2 vol.
4 Stillingfleet's Unreasonables of Seperation.
5 Bythneri Lyra Prophetica.
6 Skinner's Opticks.
7 Patrick on ye Chronicles, Ezra, &c.
S Boyl's Lectures.
9 Dallei Latinorum Cultus-2 vol.
10 Cainet Dominical.
11 Littleton's Dictionary ..
12 Origine Sacra by Stillingfleet.
13 Cluverii Geographia.
14 Two Manuscripts.
15 Discipuli Sermones Quadragesi- males.
16 Lubini Comment in Juvenal.
17 Higgins Sermon.
18 Senecae Tragaed.
19 Common place Book Manuser.
20 Calvin's Institutions.
21 Quintilian.
22 Juvenal cum Notis Variorum.
23 One Manuscript.
24 Stierii Logica.
25 Manuscript Greek.
26 Young's Sermons-2 vol.
27 Virgil in Usum Delphini.
28 Gassendi Astronomia.
29 Sherrock's Jus Naturae.
30 Horatius in Usum Delphini ..
31 Plinii Epistolae.
32 Senecae Controversiar.
33 Bp : Hall's Episcopacy by Divine Right.
34 Seaman's Calendar.
35 F : Lewis de Granada Memorial of a Xtian Life.
36 Bp: Symon's Paraphrase on ye. Psalms.
37 Bernhardi Vareni Geographia ..
38 Walker's Particles.
39 Bragg's Discourses.
40 Renati Des Cartes Philosophia.
41 Roheult Physicks.
42 Westminster Grammar.
43 Moor's Discourses on Several texts.
QUARTO, OCTAVO, &C.
44 Senecae Philosophia.
45 Plauti Comaedae-2 vol.
46 Stapletoni Promptuarium-2 vol.
47 Sherlock of Providence.
48 Matthew Kellison Survey of Re- ligion.
49 Art of Speaking.
50 Quintiliani Institutiones.
51 Mahomet's Alcoran.
52 Defence of Catholick Faith.
53 Pererii Comment on Daniel.
54 George Where's Method of His- tory.
55 Musae Oxonienses.
56 Natalis Comes.
57 Robinson's Key to ye Hebrew Bible.
58 Bercheli Catechismus.
59 B. Francis de Sales Love of God ..
60 Buxtorfs' Lexicon.
61 Ciceronis Apothegmata ..
62 Euclid's Elements.
63 Fullies Epistles.
64 Cook's Guide to Blessedness.
65 Leusden's Compendium.
66 Hogg's Poems.
67 Janua Linguarum.
68 Norris his Discourses.
69 Epitome Grammaticae Hebraae- Buxtorfi.
70 Ross's Florilegiuni.
71 Patrick's Paraphrase on Job ..
7.2 Sophoclis Tragaediae.
73 Homer's Iliade ..
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74 Moor's Dialogues.
75 Guilliandi Collatia in Epistolas Pauli.
76 Dr. Hammonds' Fundamentals.
77 Suiceri Physica.
78 Homer's Iliads.
79 Irenicum Magnum.
80 Fabriani Stradae Academicae.
prolusiones
81 Buxtorfi Epitome Grammat He- braeae.
82 Scripta publiae proposita.
83 Didaci Stellae de modo Concion- andi.
84 Epitome Erasmi Adagiorum.
85 Epictoli Enchiridion.
86 Manuscript.
87 Pagor's Lexicon-2 vol.
88 Magiri Philosophia.
89 Stenneti Hebraea Grammatica.
90 Statii Poemata.
91 Gradus ad Parnassum.
92 Ovidii Metamorphosis Moriett. 2 vol.
93 Baronii Metaphysica
94 Chamberlain's Present State of England.
95 Catechism Council of Trent.
96 Anthologia.
97 Manuscript.
98 L'Art de se Connoitre.
99 Isocratis Orationes.
100 Robinson's Phrases.
101 History of Polindo &c.
102 Poetae Minores.
103 Posselii Colloquia.
104 Eckii Homiliae.
105 Heckermanni Logica.
106 Eustachii Philosophia.
107 Vossii Epigrammata.
108 Facquets' Arithmetick.
109 Sebastiani Dictionarium braicum.
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110 Laurentius Valla.
111 Æsopi Fabulae, Gr.
112 Decretalia Romana.
113 Pia hilaria.
114 G. P. Safeguard from Shipwrack.
115 Sanderson's Prelections.
116 Hebrew Psalter.
117 Fereneo Minett.
118 Erasmi Copia Verbor.
119 Brig's Opticks.
120 Mr. Juc. Fiat Lux.
121 Isocratis Orationes Duae.
122 Horace. Bond.
123 Owen's Concordance.
124 Pythagoras his Golden Verses.
125 History of Elias Neau.
126 Ovid de Arte amandi.
127 Lucian's Dialogues.
128 Needham's Collections.
129 Æsop's Fables.
130 Catechism Gr & Lat.
131 French new Testament.
132 Virgil.
133 Greek Grammar.
134 Barclaii Argenis.
135 Farmer's Catechism.
136 Walker's Logick.
137 Cornelius Nepos.
138 Tullii de Officiis.
139 Vossii Rhetorica.
140 Parker's Apology for Des Cartes.
141 Textor's Epistles.
142 Oliani historia.
143 Wendelini Theologia.
144 Horace, Juvenal & Perseus.
145 Greek Grammar.
146 Caroni Apostolatus.
147 Lucius Florus.
148 Plutarchus de Educandis Liberis.
149 The Rehearsal transpos'd.
150 Burgerdicii Logica.
151 Barkei Orationes.
152 Aphthonii Progymnasmata.
153 Higlen's History.
154 Radan Orator Extemporarius.
155 Vigerii Idiomata.
156 Greek Testament.
157 Cornelius Nepos.
158 Demosthenis Orationes.
159 Gerardi Meditationes.
160 Vindiciae pro Nicolao Smitheo.
161 The right Way to health & long Life.
162 Pontani Aureum Diurnale.
163 Thomas a Kempis.
164 Formulae Oratoriae.
165 Moriae Encomium. 2 vol.
166 Busquebius de Moribus Tur-" carum.
167 Auli Gellii Noctes Atticae.
168 Summae Conciliorum.
169 Agrippae Cornelii de vanitate.
170 Treleatis Loci Communes.
171 Hodder's Arithmetick.
172 Farnabie's Rhetorick.
173 Martial's Epigrams.
174 Conciones et Orationes ex His- toricis, &c.
175 Lett concerning Toleration.
176 Nonnus his Poems.
177 Erasmi Select. Colloquia.
178 Barclai Euphormion.
179 Historia Anabaptistica.
180 Mori Euchiridion Ethicum.
181 Introduction a la vie Devote.
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182 Valerius Maximus.
183 Ambrosius de Officiis.
184 Corvini Jusisprudentiae.
185 Sleidan.
186 A Treatys of the blessed Sac- rament.
187 Oweni Epigrammata.
188 Gobianus de Morum Simplicitate.
189 Martialis Epigrammata.
190 Caesaris Commentaria.
191 Novum Testamentum.
192 Paraphrasis Psalmorum. 193 Spirituale Directoire.
194 Les Sages Entretiens.
195 Small hebrew Book.
196 Drexelius Nuntius mortis.
197 Small french Book.
A CATALOGUE OF BOOKS BELONGING TO MR. JOHN TALBOT YE 25TH OF MARCH 1719.
FOLIO.
1 Erasmus his Comment on New Testament.
2 Dr. Hammond's Works.
3 Dr. Taylor's Ductor Dubitan- tium.
4 Romanum Missale.
5 Dr. Stillingfleet's Sermons.
6 Dr. Andrews upon ye ten Com- mandments.
7 Davenant Expositio in Colos- sens.
8 Trap's Exposition in Sacr. Script. 4 vol.
9 Hall's Comment in 2d Epist. Timotlı.
10 Sti. Augustini de Civit. Dei.
QUARTO, &C.
1 Wall's hystory of Infant Baptism.
2 French Dictionary.
3 Mantuan upon Jude.
4 Sherlock's Answer to ye Qua- kers Questions.
5 Patrick on Genesis.
6 Sherlock's Rich'd. Sermons. 2 vol.
7 Dr. Hix's Collection of Tracts.
8 The hystory of Man.
9 Short Discourse of Comon Prayer. Dr. Cumber.
10 Case of ye Regale & Pontificat.
11 Practical Believer.
12 Scots Xtian life.
13 Turner's Wisdom of God.
14 Life of Xt, & ye Apostles by Dupin.
15 Shepherd of Israel.
16 Reeve's Apologies.
17 Josephus abridg'd-2 vol.
18 Athenian Oracles-4 vol.
19 Gregory's Posthumus Works-2 vol.
20 Cumber of Orders.
21 Carthwright on ye 15 Psalm.
22 Huetius Demostratio Evangelica. 2 vol.
23 Beveridge's Sermons.
24 Delinge's Conciones.
25 Bennett's Paraphes of Comon Prayer.
26 Witty against Deism.
27 Oliff's exposition of Church Catech .- 2 vol.
28 Ware's Method of hystory.
29 Gregorie's Divine Tracts.
30 Confutation of Popery by Th : Bennet.
31 Origen against Celsus.
32 Burnet's Pastoral Care.
33 Richlieu Treatise of Perfection.
34 Dumonlin's peace of ye Soul.
35 Hooker's Abridgment.
36 Sanderson de Jaramenti Obliga- tione.
37 Greek Testament.
38 Sandersoni Physica.
39 Senecae Tragediae.
40 Country Parson. herbert.
41 Baxter against Infidelity.
42 Smith's Treatise of Sacrament.
43 Barlo's Remains.
44 Greek Psalter.
45 Card. Bonas Guide to heaven.
46 Leyburn's Mathematicks.
47 Grescomb on ye Sabbath.
48 Pascal's Thoughts.
49 Mon's Spry's falsity of [illegible in MS.] baptism.
50 Ignatii Epistolae, &c. 51 Salust.
52 Self Examination.
53 Savenier's Mass book.
54 Mantuan on James.
55 Animadversion upon a paper.
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A COLLECTION OF QUAKER'S BOOKS NEW & OLD BELONGING TO MR. JOHN TALBOT YE 25TH MARCH 1719.
1 G. ffoxe's Battledore of all Lan- guages.
? - Journall-2 vol.
3 - Great Mystery.
4 Robt Berclay's Works.
5 Sam'l. Fisher's Works.
6 Edw'd Burrow's Works.
7 G. Bishop's Looking-Glass.
8 Wm Pen's Christ Quaker.
9 Quaker's Tracts-3 vol.
10 Wm Bayly's Works.
11 George Keith's Narrative.
12 Wm. Pen's Tracts.
13 Wm. Pen's Travels.
14 James Parnel's Works.
15 Jno. Foldo Quakerism no Xtianity.
16 Quakers Quiblers-3 vol.
17 George Keith's Truth advanc'd.
18 The Principles of ye Elect People of God ye Quakers.
19 Snake in ye Grass-3 vol.
20 Anguis Flagellatus.
21 Josia Cole's Works.
22 Francis Bug's Tracts.
23 George Whitehead's several. Tracts.
24 Pen's Sandy foundation.
25 Quakers Treatise against Oaths.
26 Dan'l Philip's Vindiccae Veri- tatis.
ANOTHER ADDRESS TO THE ARCHBISHOPS AND BISHOPS.
"In April, 1719, the Rev. Mr. Talbot laid before the vestry of Christ Church, Philadelphia, another address to the Arch- bishops and Bishops of the Church of England, ' setting forth the necessity of a Bishop to reside among us in this country, which was signed by all the members present ;' viz: the Governor, both wardens and eight vestrymen, together with the Rev. Mr. Talbot, who was also present." Dorr's History of Christ Church, Phila., p. 47.
MR. TALBOT SELLS SOME OF HIS LAND.
On the 22d of June, 1720, " the Reverend John Talbot Minister of the Church of Saint Marys in Burlington," conveyed to " Paull Watkinson Clerk of the Sd Church," for "Six pounds thirteen Shillings Curent Silver Money," a "Lott of Land Lyeing in the Town of Burlington, Beginning at Broad Street & Runs Back by the Church yard North thirteen deg. West six- teen perches to a Stake then South Seventy Seven Deg. West five perches to a Stake then South thirteen deg. East Sixteen perches to Broad Street then fronting Broad Street five perches to the first Beginning by the Church yard Containing Eighty perches or half an Acre."
The "Indenture " for the above, elaborately engrossed on vellum, is in the archives of the Parish. It was " Sealed & De- livered in The Presents of Rob! Weyman " and " Titan Leeds."
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The seal, affixed to the name of Mr. Talbot, is described, by one versed in heraldry, t thus : " On a shield, a fesse between three eagles displayed, beaked and membered,-two in the superior, and one in the inferior quarter."
MR. TALBOT AGAIN VISITS ENGLAND.
At some time soon after this, Mr. Talbot again visited England ; and in April, 1721, obtained the interest on Arch- bishop Tenison's legacy.
Order for receiving the Interest of the late Archbishop Tenison's £1000.
" Upon the humble petition of John Talbot, Clerk, this day preferred to the Right Honourable, the Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, thereby setting forth that Dr. Thomas Teni- son, late Archbishop of Canterbury, did by Codicil to his Will, bequeath £1000 towards settlement of Bishops in America ; and until such lawful appointments of Bishops, did direct that the interest should be applied to the benefit of such missionaries, being Englishmen of the province of Canterbury, as have taken true pains in the respective plans committed by the Society to their care in the foreign plantations, and have been by unavoid- able accidents, sickness, or other infirmities of the body, or old age, disabled from the performance of their duties in the said places, and forced to return to England; and that upon the hearing of this Cause, it was among other things ordered that the £1000 should be placed out at interest, on such Government or other security as Mr. Bennet, by whom the account of the Testator's personal Estate was directed to be taken, should ap- prove of, and the interest thereof is to be applied according to the directions of the Testator's Will, until one month after the appointment and consecration of two Bishops, and that the said John Talbot, who was formerly Rector of Freethern, in the County and Diocese of Gloucester and province of Canterbury, hath been in the service of the said Society for the propagation
+ Mr. Arthur Sands, a Warden of Trinity Church, Trenton, N. J.
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of the Gospel in foreign parts, as their Missionary in the foreign plantations, near 18 years, during which time he hath taken true pains in the discharge of his holy function, in the several places committed to his care by the said Society, and by his zeal and exemplary life, and conversation,t hath done great service to the Church in America, and therefore is qualified to receive the interest of the said ££1000, as by the certificate of the said Corporation, under their Common Seal, hereunto annexed, may appear, and that there having no Bishops been yet appointed in America, and the said John Talbot being the only missionary that is an Englishman, and of the province of Canterbury, hath been so long, and behaved himself so well, in the said service, as by the said certificate appears, the said John Talbot, by the direction of the said Society, applied himself to the said Mr. Bennet, for the said interest, who apprehends he cannot pay the same without the direction of this Court, and thereupon the said John Talbot, on the 22d April 1721, applied himself to your Lordship, that the said Mr. Bennet might pay such interest as was then due to him, which was ordered accordingly, and that the said Mr. Bennet, pursuant to the said Order, did pay unto the said John Talbot, all the interest then received, and the said John Talbot hath applied to the said Mr. Bennet for what interest has been received since, who apprehends he cannot pay the same, without your Lordship's further directions : There- fore, and inasmuch as there is no other person entitled to receive any part of the said interest, it is prayed, that the said Mr. Bennet may be ordered to pay such Interest as is now due to the said John Talbot, or, as he shall appoint, which is ordered accordingly, whereof notice is forthwith to be given.
"RIC. PRICE, Deput. Reg."
¡ In the abstract of the proceedings of the S. P. G., for 1720, is the follow- ing: "From the Church Wardens & Vestry of Burlington in New Jersey,- that the Rev. Mr. Talbot, by whose mission they now received inexpressible benefit, has by his unfeigned zeal for the glory of God, & the good of His Church, by his exemplary piety & sober life & conversation, much adorned the Gospel of our Lord & Saviour, Jesus Christ."
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GOVERNOR BURNET.
In 1720, Gov. Hunter resigned in favor of William Burnet, t (son of the celebrated bishop,) who met the Assembly } soon after his arrival.
In his speech, early in the Spring of 1721, he said :
" I must recommend to you, not to think of me, so much as of the inferior officers of this government, who want your care more, and whose salary have hitherto amounted to a very small share of the publick expence ; and now you are just beginning to taste of new blessings, I cannot but remind you of those which you have so long enjoyed, and without which all other advan- tages would but have increased your sufferings, under a Popish king, and a French government.
" You can ascribe your deliverance from these, to nothing but the glorious revolution, begun by king William the third, of im- mortal memory, and compleated by the happy accession of his present majesty king George, to the throne of Great-Britain, and his entire success against his rebellious subjects at home, and all his enemies abroad.
" To this remarkable deliverance, by an over-ruling hand of providence, you owe the preservation of your laws and liberties, the secure enjoyment of your property, and a free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of your conscience : These in- valuable blessings are so visible among us, and the misery of countries where tyranny and persecution prevail, so well known, that I need not mention them, to raise in your minds the highest sense of your obligations to serve God, to honour the king, and love your country." Smith's History, p. 415.
A BILL AGAINST ATHEISM.
"Sundry bills were prepared this sessions," says Smith, "among which was one with this singular title, An Act against denying the Divinity of our Saviour Jesus Christ, the doctrine of the blessed Trinity, the truth of the Holy Scriptures, and spreading atheisti- cal books : " " Assemblies in the colonies," he adds flippantly, " have rarely troubled themselves with these subjects, perhaps
+ Born at the Hague in Holland, March, 1688 ; named for WILLIAM, Prince of Orange, who was his godfather. Encyclopedia Americana, Vol. II, p. 336.
į Among the members of Council, in his instructions, were Lewis Morris and Peter Bard. Among the members of Assembly, those from the town of Burlington, were John Allen and Jonathan Wright. Smith's History, p. 414.
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never before or since ; it probably arose from the governor's motion, who had a turn that way, and had himself wrote a book to unfold some part of the apocalipse; the bill was however re- jected on the second reading in the assembly." History of New Jersey, p. 417.
PLAN FOR AN AMERICAN UNION.
Col. Daniel Coxe,t in 1722, published in London, " A DE- SCRIPTION of the English PROVINCE of CAROLANA, by the Spaniards call'd Florida, and by the French, La Louisiane, with a large and curious PREFACE, demonstrating the Right of the English to that Country, and the unjust Manner of the French usurping of it ; their prodigious Increase there, &c. and the inevitable Danger our other Colonies on the Continent will be exposed to, if not timely prevented ; interspersed with many useful Hints, in Regard to our PLANTATIONS in General."
In this PREFACE, is the following :
" The only Expedient I can at present think of, or shall pre- sume to mention (with the utmost Deference to His MAJESTY and His Ministers) to help and obviate these Absurdities and Inconveniences, and apply a Remedy to them, is, That All the Colonies appertaining to the Crown of GREAT BRITAIN on the Northern Continent of America, be United under a Legal, Regular, and firm Establishment ; Over which, it's propos'd a Lieutenant, or Supreme Governour, may be constituted, and appointed to Preside on the Spot, to whom the Governours of each Colony shall be Subordinate.
" It is further humbly propos'd, That two Deputies shall be annually Elected by the Council and Assembly of each Province, who are to be in the Nature of a Great Council, or General Con- vention of the Estates of the Colonies ; and by the Order, Consent or Approbation of the Lieutenant or Governour Gen- eral, shall meet together, Consult and Advise for the Good of the whole, Settle and Appoint particular Quota's or Proportion's of Money, Men, Provisions, &c. that each respective Govern- ment is to raise, for their mutual Defence and Safety, as well, as, if necessary, for Offence and Invasion of their Enemies ; in all which cases the Governour General or Lieutenant is to have a Negative ; but not to Enact any Thing without their Concur- rence, or that of the Majority of them.
¿ Son of Daniel Coxe, M. D., of London. See p. 11.
Whitechurch
COL. DANIEL COXE.
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" The Quota or Proportion, as above allotted and charg'd on each Colony, may, nevertheless, be levy'd and rais'd by its own Assembly, in such Manner, as They shall judge most Easy and Convenient, and the Circumstances of their Affairs will permit.
" Other Jurisdictions, Powers and Authorities, respecting the Honour of His MAJESTY, the Interest of the Plantations, and the Liberty and Property of the Proprietors, Traders, Planters and Inhabitants in them, may be Vested in and Cognizable by the abovesaid Governour General or Lieutenant, and Grand Convention of the Estates, according to the Laws of England, but are not thought fit to be touch'd on or inserted here; This Proposal being General, and with all humility submitted to the Consideration of our Superiours, who may Improve, Model, or Reject it, as they in their Wisdom shall judge proper.
"A COALITION or Union of this Nature, temper'd with and grounded on Prudence, Moderation and Justice, and a generous Incouragement given to the Labour, Industry, and good Man- agement of all Sorts and Conditions of Persons inhabiting, or, any ways, concern'd or interested in the several Colonies above mention'd, will, in all probability, lay a sure and lasting Foun- dation of Dominion, Strength, and Trade, sufficient not only to Secure and Promote the Prosperity of the Plantations, but to revive and greatly increase the late Flourishing State and Con- dition of GREAT BRITAIN, and thereby render it, once more, the Envy and Admiration of its Neighbours.
" LET us consider the Fall of our Ancestors, and grow wise by their Misfortunes. If the Ancient Britains had been united amongst themselves, the Romans, in all probability, had never become their Masters : For as Cæsar observ'd of them, Dum Singuli pugnabant, Universi vincebantur, whilst they fought in separate Bodies, the whole Island was subdued. So if the Eng- lish Colonies in America were Consolidated as one Body, and joyn'd in one Common Interest, as they are under one Gracious Sovereign, and with united Forces were ready and willing to act in Concert, and assist each other, they would be better enabled to provide for and defend themselves, against any troublesome Ambitious Neighbour, or bold Invader. For Union and Concord increase and establish Strength and Power, whilst Division and Discord have the contrary Effects."
"In this plan," says Grahame,f " we behold the germ of that more celebrated, though less original project, which was again ineffectually recommended by an American statesman in 1754;
¿ Grahame's Colonial History, Vol. II, p. 199.
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and which, not many years after, was actually embraced by his countrymen."
Field, t quoting this, adds: " It was in fact the very plan, which was recommended by Dr. Franklin to the Convention at Albany, in 1754, for the purpose of forming a league with the Six Nations, and concerting measures for united operations against the encroachments of the French. This plan of Dr. Franklin's has been much talked of as 'the Albany Plan of Union,' figures largely in all our histories, and is thought to have been one of those grand and original conceptions for which he was so famous. And yet, it was little more than a transcript of the design sketched by Daniel Coxe, many years before, and which would seem to have originated with him. To him, there- fore, a citizen of New Jersey, belongs the credit of it, and the truth of history requires, that from him it should no longer be withheld."
BEQUEST OF LAND FOR A CHURCH AND SCHOOL.
Extracts from the Will of William Budd.
" IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN I William Budd of Northam- ton Town in ye County of Burlington in the Province of West Jersey Gent : Being Sick and Weak of Body But of Perfect Mind and Memory thanks be Given unto God therefore Call- ing unto mind the Mortality of my Body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to Die do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament That is to say Principally and first of all I Give and Recommend my Soul into the Hands of God that Gave it and my Body I Recommend unto ye Earth to be Buried in Decent Christian Buriell att ye Discretion of my Executrix hereafter named nothin Doubting but att ye Generall Resurrection I shall Receive ye same again by ye mighty Power of God and as Touching such Worldly Estate wherewith it hath Pleased God to Bless me in this Life I Give Devise and Dispose of the same in the following manner and form *
"I Give unto my son William Budd five hundred and fifteen acres of Land | Except Tenn acres of Meadow |
¡ Field's Provincial Courts of New Jersey, pp. 134, 137.
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I Give him my Best Coat my Cane and Seal and ye Boy Wil- liam Allcoot he paying to his Sister Susana Budd ye sum of Twenty Pounds Current Silver money of ye Province afa when shee Comes to ye Age of Twenty and one Years or att the Day of her marriage which happens first
" Item I give unto the Episcopall Church of England the hundred acres of Land Reserved out of the Land of my sons for a Church to be Built thereon and a Schooll to be keept Pro- vided ye said Church be Built thereon within Ten years after my Decease and if no Church should be Built within ye Term aforesª then ye said Land to Return to my son John Budd his Heirs and Assigns forever
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