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as assignee, should such mother, father, or relative desire it, and be at the same time respectable and competent.
XVII. I give and bequeath to Francis Hesley (son of Mrs. S. Hesley, who is mother of Marianne Hesley,) the sum of One Thousand Dollars, over and above such sum as may be due to him at my decease.
XVIII. I charge my real estate in the State of Penn- sylvania with the payment of the several annuities or . sums following, (the said annuities to be paid by the Treasurer or other proper officer of the City of Phila- delphia, appointed by the Corporation thereof for the purpose, out of the rents and profits of said real es- tate hereinafter directed to be kept constantly rented,) namely :-
Ist. I give and bequeath to Mrs. Elizabeth Inger- soll, Widow of Jared Ingersoll, Esq., late of the City of Philadelphia, Counsellor at Law, an annuity, or yearly sum of One Thousand Dollars, to be paid in half yearly payments, in advance, of five hundred dollars each, during her life.
2d. I give and bequeath to Mrs. Catharine Girard, now widow of Mr. J. B. Hoskins, who died in the Isle of France, an annuity, or yearly sum of Four Hun- dred Dollars, to be paid in half-yearly payments in advance, of two hundred dollars each, during her life.
3d. I give and bequeath to Mrs. Jane Taylor, my present housekeeper, (the widow of the late Captain Alexander Taylor, who was master of my ship Helve- tius, and died in my employment,) an annuity, or yearly sum of Five Hundred Dollars, to be paid in half-yearly payments, in advance, of two hundred and fifty dollars each, during her life.
4th. I give and bequeath to Mrs. S. Hesley, my
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housekeeper at my place in Passyunk Township, an annuity, or yearly sum of Five Hundred Dollars, to be paid in half-yearly payments, in advance, of two hun- dred and fifty dollars each, during her life.
5th. I give and bequeath to Marianne Hesley, daugh- ter of Mrs. S. Hesley, an annuity, or yearly sum of Three Hundred Dollars, to be paid to her mother, for her use, in half-yearly payments, in advance, of one hundred and fifty dollars each, until the said Marianne shall have attained the age of twenty-one years, when the said annuity shall cease, and the said Marianne will receive the five hundred dollars given to her and other indented persons, according to clause XVI. of this will.
6th. I give and bequeath to my late housekeeper, Mary Kenton, an annuity, or yearly sum of Three Hun- dred Dollars, to be paid in half-yearly payments, in advance, of one hundred and fifty dollars each, during her life.
7th. I give and bequeath to Mrs. Deborah Scott, sister of Mary Kenton, and wife of Mr. Edwin T. Scott, an annuity, or yearly sum of Three Hundred Dollars, to be paid in half-yearly payments, in ad- vance, of one hundred and fifty dollars each, during her life.
8th. I give and bequeath to Mrs. Catharine M.La- ren, sister of Mary Kenton, and wife of Mr. M. M.Laren, an annuity, or yearly sum of Three Hundred Dollars, to be paid in half-yearly payments, in ad- vance, of one hundred and fifty dollars each, during her life.
9th. I give and bequeath to Mrs. Amelia G. Taylor, wife of Mr. Richard M. Taylor, an annuity, or yearly sum of Three Hundred Dollars, to be paid in half-
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yearly payments, in advance, of one hundred and fifty dollars each, during her life.
XIX. All that part of my real and personal estate, near Washita, in the State of Louisiana, the said real estate consisting of upwards of two hundred and eight thousand arpens, or acres of land, and including there- in the settlement hereinafter mentioned, I give, devise, and bequeath, as follows, namely: 1. I give, devise and bequeath to the Corporation of the City of New Or- leans, their successors and assigns, all that part of my real estate, constituting the settlement formed on my behalf by my particular friend, Judge Henry Bree, of Washita, consisting of upwards of one thousand arpens, or acres of land, with the appurtenances and improve- ments thereon, and also all the personal estate thereto belonging, and thereon remaining, including upwards of thirty slaves now on said settlement, and their in- crease, in trust, however, and subject to the following reservations:
I desire, that no part of the said estate or property, or the slaves thereon, or their increase, shall be dis- posed of or sold for the term of twenty years from and after my decease, should the said Judge Henry Bree survive me and live so long, but that the said settlement shall be kept up by the said Judge Henry Bree, for and during said term of twenty years, as if it was his own; that is, it shall remain under his sole care and control, he shall improve the same by raising such produce as he may deem most advisable, and, after paying taxes, and all expenses in keeping up the settlement, by cloth- ing the slaves and otherwise, he shall have and enjoy for his own use all the nett profits of said settlement. Provided, however, and I desire that the said Judge Henry Bree shall render annually to the Corporation
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of the City of New Orleans, a report of the state of the settlement, the income and expenditure thereof, the number and increase of the slaves, and the nett result of the whole. I desire that, at the expiration of the said term of twenty years, or on the decease of the said Judge Henry Bree, should he not live so long, the land and improvements forming said settlement, the slaves thereon, or thereto belonging, and all other appurtenant personal property, shall be sold, as soon as the said Corporation shall deem it advisable to do so, and the proceeds of the said sale or sales shall be applied by the said Corporation to such uses and purposes as they shall consider most likely to promote the health and general prosperity of the inhabitants of the City of New Orleans. But, until the said sale shall be made, the said Corporation shall pay all taxes, prevent waste or intrusion, and so manage the said settlement and the slaves, and their increase thereon, as to derive an income, and the said income shall be applied from time to time, to the same uses and purposes for the health and general prosperity of the said inhabitants.
2. I give, devise, and bequeath to the Mayor, Alder- men, and Citizens of Philadelphia, their successors and assigns, two undivided third parts of all the rest and residue of my said real estate, being the lands unim- proved near Washita, in the said State of Louisiana, in trust, that, in common with the Corporation of the City of New Orleans, they shall pay the taxes on the said lands, and preserve them from waste or intru- sion, for the term of ten years from and after my de- cease, and, at the end of the said term, when they shall deem it advisable to do so, shall sell and dispose of their interest in said lands gradually from time to time, and apply the proceeds of such sales to the
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same uses and purposes hereinafter declared and di- rected, of and concerning the residue of my personal estate.
3. And I give, devise, and bequeath to the Corpora- tion of the City of New Orleans, their successors and assigns, the remaining one undivided third part of the said lands, in trust, in common with the Mayor, Alder- men and Citizens of Philadelphia, to pay the taxes on the said lands, and preserve them from waste and in- trusion, for the term of ten years from and after my decease, and, at the end of the said term when they shall deem it advisable to do so, to sell and dispose of their interest in said lands gradually from time to time, and to apply the proceeds of such sales to such uses and purposes as the said Corporation may consider most likely to promote the health and general pros- perity of the inhabitants of the City of New Orleans.
XX. And whereas, I have been for a long time im- pressed with the importance of educating the poor, and of placing them by the early cultivation of their minds and the development of their moral principles above the many temptations, to which, through poverty and ignorance they are exposed; and I am particularly de- sirous to provide for such a number of poor male white ophan children, as can be trained in one institution, a better education, as well as a more comfortable main- tenance than they usually receive from the application of the public funds: And whereas, together with the ob- ject just adverted to, I have sincerely at heart the wel- fare of the City of Philadelphia, and, as a part of it, am desirous to improve the neighbourhood of the river De- laware, so that the health of the citizens may be pro- moted and preserved, and that the eastern part of the city may be made to correspond better with the interior:
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Now, I do give, devise and bequeath all the residue and remainder of my Real and Personal Estate of every sort and kind wheresoever situate, (the real estate in Penn- sylvania charged as aforesaid) unto " the Mayor, Alder- men and Citizens of Philadelphia," their successors and assigns, in trust, to and for the several uses, intents, and purposes hereinafter mentioned and declared of and concerning the same, that is to say: So far as re- gards my real estate in Pennsylvania, in trust, that no part thereof shall ever be sold or alienated by the said the Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of Philadelphia, or their successors, but the same shall for ever thereafter be let from time to time, to good tenants, at yearly, or other rents, and upon leases in possession not exceeding five years from the commencement thereof, and that the rents, issues, and profits arising therefrom shall be ap- plied towards keeping that part of the said real estate situate in the city and liberties of Philadelphia constant- ly in good repair, (parts elsewhere situate to be kept in repair by the tenants thereof respectively) and towards improving the same, whenever necessary, by erecting new buildings, and that the nett residue (after paying the several annuities hercin before provided for) be applied to the same uses and purposes as are herein declared of and concerning the residue of my personal estate: And so far as regards my real estate in Kentucky, now under the care of Messrs. Triplett and Burmley, in trust, to sell and dispose of the same, whenever it may be ex- pedient to do so, and to apply the proceeds of such salc to the same uses and purposes as are herein declared of and concerning the residue of my personal estate.
XXI. And so far as regards the residue of my per- sonal estate, in trust, as to Two Millions of Dollars, part thereof to apply and expend so much of that sum as may
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be necessary-in erecting, as soon as practicably may be, in the centre of my square of ground between High and Chesnut Streets, and Eleventh and Twelfth Streets, in the City of Philadelphia, (which square of ground I hereby devote for the purposes hereinafter stated, and for no other, for ever,) a permanent college, with suita- ble out-buildings, sufficiently spacious for the residence and accommodation of at least three hundred scholars, and the requisite teachers and other persons necessary in such an institution as I direct to be established: and in supplying the said college and out-buildings with de- cent and suitable furniture, as well as books and all things needful to carry into effect my general design.
The said college shall be constructed with the most durable materials, and in the most permanent manner, avoiding needless ornament, and attending chiefly to the strength, convenience, and neatness of the whole : It shall be at least one hundred and ten feet east and west, and one hundred and sixty feet north and south, and shall be built on lines parallel with High and Ches- nut Streets and Eleventh and Twelfth Streets, provided those lines shall constitute at their junction right an- gles : It shall be three stories in height, each story at least fifteen feet high in the clear from the floor to the cornice: It shall be fire-proof inside and outside. The floors and the roof to be formed of solid materials, on arches turned on proper centres, so that no wood may be used, except for doors, windows and shutters : Cel- lars shall be made under the whole building, solely for the purposes of the institution; the doors to them from the outside shall be on the east and west of the building, and access to them from the inside shall be had by steps, descending to the cellar floor from each of the entries or halls hereinafter mentioned, and the inside cellar
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doors to open under the stairs on the north-east and north-west corners of the northern entry, and under the stairs on the south-east and south-west corners of the southern entry ; there should be a cellar window under and in a line with each window in the first story-they should be built one half below, the other half above the surface of the ground, and the ground outside cach win- dow should be supported by stout walls; the sashes should open inside, on hinges, like doors, and there should be strong iron bars outside cach window; the windows inside and outside should not be less than four feet wide in the clear: There shall be in each story four rooms, each room not less than fifty fect square in the clear; the four rooms on each floor to occupy the whole space east and west on such floor or story, and the mid- die of the building north and south; so that in the north of the building, and in the south thereof, there may re- main a space of equal dimensions, for an entry or hall in each, for stairs and landings: In the north-east and in the north-west corners of the northern entry or hall on the first floor, stairs shall be made so as to form a double stair-case, which shall be carried up through the several stories; and, in like manner, in the south-east and south-west corners of the southern entry or hall, stairs shall be made, on the first floor, so as to form a double stair-case, to be carried up through the several stories; the steps of the stairs to be made of smooth white marble, with plain square edges, cach step not to exceed nine inches in the rise, nor to be less than ten inches in the tread; the outside and inside foundation walls shall be at least ten feet high in the clear from the ground to the ceiling ; the first floor shall be at least three feet above the level of the ground around the building, after that ground shall have been so regulated
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as that there shall be a gradual descent from the centre to the sides of the square formed by High and Chesnut and Eleventh and Twelfth Streets: all the outside foun- dation walls, forming the cellars, shall be three feet six inches thick up to the first floor, or as high as may be necessary to fix the centres for the first floor; and the inside foundation wall, running north and south, and the three inside foundation walls running east and west (intended to receive the interior walls for the four rooms, each not less than fifty feet square in the clear, above mentioned), shall be three feet thick up to the first floor, or as high as may be necessary to fix the centres for the first floor when carried so far up, the out- side walls shall be reduced to two feet in thickness, leaving a recess outside of one foot, and inside, of six inches-and when carried so far up, the inside founda- tion walls shall also be reduced, six inches on cach side, to the thickness of two feet; centres shall then be fixed on the various recesses of six inches throughout, left for the purpose, the proper arches shall be turned, and the first floor laid; the outside and the inside walls shall then be carried up of the thickness of two feet through- out, as high as may be necessary to begin the recess in- tended to fix the centres for the second floor, that is, the floor for the four rooms, each not less than fifty feet square in the clear, and for the landing in the north, and the landing in the south of the building, where the stairs are to go up-at this stage of the work, a chain, composed of bars of inch square iron, each bar about ten feet long, and linked together by hooks formed of the ends of the bars, shall be laid straightly and horizon- tally along the several walls, and shall be as tightly as possible worked into the centre of them throughout, and shall be secured wherever necessary, especially at all
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the angles, by iron clamps solidly fastened, so as to pre- vent cracking or swerving in any part; centres shall then be laid, the proper arches turned for the second floor and landings, and the second floor and landings shall be laid; the outside and the inside walls shall then be carried up of the same thickness of two feet throughout as high as may be necessary to begin in the recess intended to fix the centres for the third floor and landings, and, when so far carried up, another chain similar in all respects to that used at the second story, shall be in like manner worked into the walls throughout as tightly as possible, and clamped in the same way with equal care; centres shall be formed, the proper arches turned, and the third floor and landings shall be laid: the outside and the inside walls shall then be car- ried up, of the same thickness of two feet throughout, as high as may be necessary to begin the recess intend- ed to fix the centres for the roof; and, when so carried up, a third chain, in all respects like those used at the second and third stories, shall in the manner before described, be worked as tightly as possible into the walls throughout, and shall be clamped with equal care; centres shall now be fixed in the manner best adapted for the roof, which is to form the ceiling for the third story, the proper arches shall be turned, and the roof shall be laid as nearly horizontally as may be, consistently with the easy passage of water to the eaves: the outside walls still of the thickness of two feet throughout, shall then be carried ap about two feet above the level of the platform, and shall have marble capping, with a strong and neat iron railing thereon: The outside walls shall be faced with slabs or blocks of mar- ble or granite, not less than two feet thick, and fastened together with clamps securely sunk therein,-they shall
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be carried up flush from the recess of one foot formed at the first floor where the foundation outside wall is reduced to two feet: The floors and landings as well as the roof shall be covered with marble slabs, securely laid in mortar; the slabs on the roof to be twice as thick as those on the floors. In constructing the walls, as well as in turning the arches, and laying the floors, landings, and roof, good and strong mortar and grout, shall be used, so that no cavity whatever may any where remain. A furnace or furnaces for the genera- tion of heated air shall be placed in the cellar, and the heated air shall be introduced in adequate quan- tity wherever wanted by means of pipes and flues in- serted and made for the purpose in the walls, and as those walls shall be constructed. In case it shall be found expedient for the purposes of a library, or other- wise, to increase the number of rooms, by dividing any of those directed to be not less than fifty feet square in the clear, into parts, the partition walls to be of solid materials. A room most suitable for the purpose, shall be set apart for the reception, and preservation of my books and papers, and I direct that they shall be placed there by my executors, and carefully preserved therein. There shall be two principal doors of entrance into the college, one into the entry or hall on the first floor, in the north of the building, and in the centre between the east and west walls, the other into the entry or hall in the south of the building, and in the centre between the east and west walls; the dimensions to be determined by a due regard to the size of the entire building, to that of the entry, and to the purposes of the doors. The necessity for, as well as the position and size of, other doors, internal or external, and also the position and size of the windows, to be, in like manner, decided on by a consideration of the uses to which the building
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is to be applied, the size of the building itself, and of the several rooms, and of the advantages of light and air: there should in cach instance be double doors, those opening into the rooms to be what are termed glass doors, so as to increase the quantity of light for cach room, and those opening outward to be of substantial wood work well lined and secured; the windows of the second and third stories I recommend to be made in the style of those in the first and second stories of my pre- sent dwelling house, North Water Street, on the eastern front thereof; and outside each window I recommend that a substantial and neat iron balcony be placed suffi- ciently wide, to admit the opening of the shutters against the walls; the windows of the lower story to be in the same style except that they are not to descend to the floor, but so far as the surbase, up to which the wall is to be carried, as is the case in the lower story of my house at my place in Passyunk Township. In mi- nute particulars, not here noticed, utility and good taste should determine. There should be at least four out- buildings, detached from the main edifice and from cach other, and in such positions as shall at once answer the purposes of the institution, and be consistent with the symmetry of the whole establishment: cach building should be, as far as practicable, devoted to a distinct purpose; in that one or more of those buildings, in which they may be most useful, I direct my executors to place my plate and furniture of every sort.
The entire square, formed by High and Chesnut Streets, and Eleventh and Twelfth Streets, shall be en- closed with a solid wall, at least fourteen inches thick, and ten feet high, capped with marble and guarded with irons on the top, so as to prevent persons from getting over; there shall be two places of entrance into the
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square, one in the centre of the wall facing High Street, and the other in the centre of the wall facing Chesnut Street; at each place of entrance there shall be two gates, one opening inward, and the other outward; those opening inward to be of iron, and in the style of the gates north and south of my Banking house; and those opening outward to be of substantial wood work well lined and secured on the faces thereof with sheet iron. The messuages now erected on the south-east corner of High and Twelfth Streets, and on Twelfth Street, to be taken down and removed as soon as the college and out-buildings shall have been erected, so that the establishment may be rendered secure and private.
When the college and appurtenances shall have been constructed, and supplied with plain and suitable furni- ture and books, philosophical and experimental instru- ments and apparatus, and all other matters needful to carry my general design into execution; the income, issues and profits of so much of the said sum of two millions of dollars as shall remain unexpended, shall be applied to maintain the said college according to my directions.
1. The institution shall be organized as soon as prac- ticable, and to accomplish that purpose more effectually, due public notice of the intended opening of the college shall be given-so that there may be an opportunity to make selections of competent instructors, and other agents, and those who may have the charge of orphans, may be aware of the provisions intended for them.
2. A competent number of instructors, teachers, assist- ants, and other necessary agents, shall be selected, and when needful, their places from time to time supplied: they shall receive adequate compensation for their ser- vices: but no person shall be employed, who shall not be
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of tried skill in his or her proper department, of esta- blished moral character, and in all cases persons shall be chosen on account of their merit, and not through favour or intrigue.
3. As many poor white male orphans, between the ages of six and ten years, as the said income shall be adequate to maintain, shall be introduced into the col- lege as soon as possible; and from time to time as there may be vacancies, or as increased ability from income may warrant, others shall be introduced.
4. On the application for admission, an accurate statement should be taken in a book prepared for the purpose, of the name, birthplace, age, health, condition as to relatives, and other particulars useful to be known of cach orphan.
5. No orphan should be admitted until the guardians or directors of the poor, or a proper guardian or other competent authority, shall have given, by indenture, relinquishment, or otherwise, adequate power to the Mayor, Aldermen, and Citizens of Philadelphia, or to directors, or others by them appointed, to enforce, in relation to each orphan, every proper restraint, and to prevent relatives or others from interfering with, or withdrawing such orphan from the institution.
6. Those orphans, for whose admission application shall first be made, shall be first introduced, all other things concurring-and at all future times, priority of application shall entitle the applicant to preference in admission, all other things concurring; but if there shall be at any time, more applicants than vacancies, and the applying orphans shall have been born in different places, a preference shall be given-first, to orphans born in the city of Philadelphia; secondly, to those born in any other part of Pennsylvania; thirdly, to those born
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