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At a meeting of the association held November 26, the following gentlemen were elected officers for the ensu- ing year:
President-W. P. Dewees, M. D.
Vice Presidents-Roberts Vaux, Alex. Henry.
Chairman-F. S Beattie, M. D.
Treasurer-Edward Needles
Secretary-Harper Walton, M. D. MANAGERS.
Christopher Marshall, Eli Welding,
Richard S. Risley. John Crean, jr.
Alexander Cook, James Hutchinson,
Roberts Vaux, John St.lle,
Alexander Henry, A L. Pennock,
Edward Needles, Thomas Eustace,
Lewis Walton, Samuel Moore,
Thomas Estlack, Lewis Ryan,
Moses Reed,
Levi Garrett.
ATTENDING PHYSICIANS.
Charles Lukens, M. D. Harper Walton. M. D.
Joseph Warrington, M. D. T. F. Ash, M D.
F S Beattie, M. D
W Jewell, M D.
E V: Howell, M. D.
J G. Nancede, M. D.
George Spackman, M D. C. Dunnat, M. D. Robert Stewart, M D.
December 6, 1831.
MILF"RD, Dec. 16.
The Delaware river at this place has been closed for three weeks past; and we understand that a number of teams have crossed on the ice.
SKATING .- Mr. Gerber, from Northumberland coun- ty, on a late visit to Philadelphia, returned to this bo- rough, by way of the Schuylkill Canal, with Skates on the ice. He left the City after breakfast, and arrived at Reading on the evening of the same day, without let or hindrance of tolls or gates. - Berks Journal.
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THE WILL OF THE LATE STEPIEN GIRARD, ESQ.
I, STEINEN GIRARD, of the City of Philadelphia, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Mariner and Merchant, being of sound mind, memory and under- standing, do make and publish this my last Will and Testament, in manner following: that is to say --
To PUBLIC INTSITCTIONS.
I. I give and bequeath unto "The Contributors to the Pennsylvania Hospital," of which Corporation I am a member, the sum of Thirty Thousand Dollars, upon the following conditions, namely, that the said sum . shall be added to their Capital, and shall remain a part thereof for ever, to be placed at interest, and the in- terest thereof to be applied, in the first place, to pay to my black woman Hannah (to whom I hereby give her freedom,) the sum of two hundred dollars per year, in quarterly payments of fifty dollars each in advance, during all the term of her life; and, in the second place, the said interest to be applied to the use and accommo- dation of the sick in the said Hospital, and for pro- viding, and at all times having competent matrons, and a sufficient number of nurses and assistant nurses, in order not only to promote the purposes of the said Ilospital, but to increase this last class of useful per- sons much wanted in our city.
II. I give and bequeath to "The Pennsylvania In- stitution for the Deaf and Dumb," the sum of Twenty Thousand Dollars, for the use of that Institution.
III. I give and bequeath to "The Orphan Asylum of Philadelphia," the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars, for the use of that Institution.
VIV. I give and bequeath to " The Comptrollers of the Public Schools for the City and County of Philadelphia," the sum of T'en Thousand Dollars, for the use of the Schools upon the Lancaster system, in the first section of the first school district of Pennsylvania.
V. I give and bequeath to "The Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of Philadelphia," the sum of Ten Thou- sand Dollars, in trust, safely to invest the same in some productive fund, and with the interest and dividends arising therefrom to purchase fuel between the months of March and August in every year for ever, and-in the month of January in every year for ever, distribute the same among poor white house-keepers and room-keep- ers, of good character, residing in the city of Philadel- phia.
VI. I give and bequeath to the Society for the Relief of poor and distressed Masters of Ships, their Widows and Children, (of which Society I am a member) the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars, to be added to their Capital stock, for the uses and purposes of said Society.
members from other lodges unless the applicants shall absolutely be men of sound and good morals.
SCHOOL-HOUSE IN PASSYUNK.
VIII. I give and bequeath unto l'hilip Peltz, John Lentz, Franeis Hesley, Jacob Baker and Adam Young, of Passyunk township, in the County of Philadelphia, the sum of Six Thousand Dollars, in trust, that they or the survivors or survivor of them shall purchase a suit- ahle piece of ground, as near as may be in the centre of said township, and thereon erect a substantial brick build- ing, sufficiently large for a school-house, and the resi- dence of a school-master, one part thereof for poor male white children, and the other part for poor female white children of said township; and as soon as the said school-house shall have been built, that they the said trustees or the survivors.or survivor of them, shall con- vey the said piece of ground and house thereon erect- ed, and shall pay over such balance of said sum as may remain unexpended, to any board of directors and their successors in trust, which may at the time exist or be by law constituted, consisting of at least twelve discreet inhabitants of the said township, and to be annually chosen by the inhabitants thereof; the said piece of ground and house to be carefully maintained by said directors and their successors solely for the purposes of. a school as aforesaid for ever, and the said balance to be securely invested as a permanent fund, the interest thereof to be applied from time to time to- wards the education in the said school of any number of such poor white children of said township; and I do hereby recommend to the citizens of said township to make additions to the fund whereof I have laid the foundation.
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BEQUESTS TO INDIVIDUALS.
IX. I give and devise my house and lot of ground thereto belonging, situated in rue Ramouet aux Char- trons, near the city of Bordeaux, in France, and the rents, issues, and profits thereof, to my brother, Etienne Girard, and my niece Victoire Fenellon, (daughter of my late sister Sophia Girard Capayron, ) (both residing in France,) in equal moieties for the life of my said brother, and, on his decease, one moiety of the said house and lot to my said niece Victoire, and her heirs for ever, and the other moiety to the six children of my said brother, namely, John Fabricius, Marguerite, Ann Henriette, Jean August, Marie, and Madelaine Henriette, share and share alike, (the issue of any deccased child, if more than one, to take amongst them the parent's share) and their heirs for ever.
X. I give and bequeath to my said brother, Etienne Girard, the sum of Five Thousand Dollars, and the like sum of Five Thousand Dollars to each of his six children above named: if any of the said children shall die prior to the receipt of his or her legacy of five thousand dol- lers, the said sum shall be paid, and I give and bequeath the same to any issue of such deceased child, if more than one, share and share alike.
VII. I give and bequeath to the gentlemen who shall be Trustees of the Masonic Loan, at the time of my deeease, the sum of 'I'wenty Thousand Dollars, includ- ing therein ten thousand and nine hundred dollars due XI. I give and bequeath to my said niece, Victoire Fenellon, the sum of Five Thousand Dollars. to me, part of the Masonic Loan, and any interest that may he due thereon at the time of my decease, in trust XII. I give and bequeath absolutely to my niece, An- toinetta, now married to Mr. Hemphill, the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars, and I also give and bequeath to her the sum of Fifty Thousand Dollars, to be paid over to a trustee or trustees to be appointed by my executors, which trustee or trustees shall place and continue the said sum of fifty thousand dollars upon good security, and pay the interest and dividends thereof as they shall from time to time accrue, to my said niece for her sepa- rate use, during the term of her life, and from and im- mediately after her decease, to pay and distribute the capital to and among such of her children and the issue of decased children, and in such parts and shares as she the said Antoinetta, by any instrument under her hand and seal, executed in the presence of at least two credible witnesses, shall direct and appoint, and for de- for the use and benefit of "The Grand Lodge of Penn- sylvania, and Masonic Jurisdiction thereto belonging," and to be paid over by the said Trustees to the said Grand Lodge, for the purpose of being invested in some safe stock or funds, or other good security, and the dividends and interest arising therefrom to be again so invested and added to the Capital, without applying any part thereof to any other purpose, until the whole capital shall amount to thirty thousand dollars, when the same shall for ever after remain a permanent fund or Capital, of the said amount of thirty thousand dollars, the interest whereof shall be applied from time to time to the relief of poor and respectable brethren; and in order that the real and benevolent purposes of masonie institutions may be attained, I recommend to the sever- al lodges not to admit to membership, or to receive | fault of such appointment, then to and among the said
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children and issue of deceased children in equal shares, such issue of deceased children, if more than one, to take only the share which their deceased parent would have taken if living.
XIII. I give and bequeath unto my niece, Carolina, now married to Mr. Haslam, the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars, to be paid over to a trustee or trustees to be appointed by my executors, which trustee or trustees shall place and continue the said money upon good se- curity, and pay the interest and dividends thereof from time to time as they shall accrue, to my said niece, for her separate use, during the term of her life; and from and immediately after her decease, to pay and dis- tribute the capital to and among such of her children and issue of deceased children, and in such parts and shares, as she the said Carolina, by any instrument under her hand and seal, executed in the presence of at least two credible witnesses, shall direct and appoint, and for default of such appointment, then to and among the said children, and issue of deceased children, in equal shares, such issue of deceased children, if more than one, to take only the share which the deceased parent would have taken if living; but if my said niece, Caro- lina, shall leave no issue, then the said trustee or trus- tees on her decease, shall pay the said capital and any interest accrued thereon, to and among Caroline Lalle- mand, (niece of the said Carolina, ) and the children of the aforesaid Antoinetta Hemphill, share and share alike.
XIV. 1 give and bequeath to my niece Henrietta, now married to Dr. Clark, the sum of Ten Thousand Dol- lars; and I give and bequeath to her daughter Caroline, (in the last clause above named, ) the sum of Twenty Thousand Dollars-the interest of the said sum of twen- ty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be ne- cessary, to be applied to the maintenance and educa- tion of the said Caroline during her minority, and the principal with any accumulated interest, to be paid to the said Caroline, on her arrival at the age of twenty- one years.
XV. Unto each of the Captains who shall be in my employment at the time of my decease, either in port, or at sea, having charge of one of my ships or vessels, and having performed at least two voyages in my ser- vice, I give and bequeath the sum of Fifteen Hundred Dollars-provided he shall have brought safely into the port of Philadelphia, or if at sea at the time of my de- cease, shall bring safely into that port, my ship or ves- sel last entrusted to him, and also that his conduct during the last voyage shall have been in every respect conformable to my instructions to him.
XVI. All persons, who, at the time of my decease, shall be bound to me by indenture, as apprentices or servants, and who shall then be under age, I direct my executors to assign to suitable masters immediately after my decease, for the remainder of their respective terms, on conditions as favourable as they can in regard to education, clothing and freedom dues; to each of the said persons in my service and under age at the time of my decease, I give and bequeath the sum of Five Hundred Dollars, which sums respectively I direct my executors safely to invest in public stock, to apply the interest and dividends thereof, towards the educa- tion of the several apprentices, or servants, for whom the capital is given respectively, and at the termination of the apprenticeship or service of each, to pay to him or her the said sum of five hundred dollars and any in- terest accrued thereon, if any such interest shall remain unexpended; in assigning any indenture, preference shall be given to the mother, father, or next relation, as assignee, should such mother, father, or relative de- sire it, and be at the same time respectable and com- petent.
XVII. I give and bequeath to Francis Hesley (son of Mrs. S. Hesley, who is mother of Marianre Hesley, ) the sum of One Thousand Dollars, over and above such sum as may be due to him at my decease.
ANNUITIES.
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 Treas- urer or other proper officer of the City of Philadelphia, appointed by the corporation thereof for the purpose, out of the rents and profits of said real estate herein- after directed to be kept constantly rented,) namely :-
Ist. I give and bequeath to Mrs. Elizabeth Ingersoll, 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 Hundred Dollars, to be paid in half-yearly payments, in advance, of two hundred dollars each, during her life.
Sd. 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 year- ly sum of Five Hundred Dollors, to be paid in half-year- ly payments, in advance, of two hundred and fifty dol- lars each, during her life.
4th. I give and bequeath to Mrs. S. Hesley, my house- keeper 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 hundred and fifty dollars each, during her life.
5th. I give and bequeath to Marianne Hesley, daughter of Mrs. S Hesley, an annuity, or yearly sum of Three Hun- dred 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 at- tained the age of twenty-one years, when the said annu- ity 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 ad- vance, of one hundred and fifty dollars each, during her life.
7th. I give and bequeath to Mrs. Deborah Scott, sis- ter 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 advance, of one hun- dred and fifty dollars each, during her life.
8th. I give and bequeath to Mrs Catharine M'Laren, 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 advance, 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, oryearly sum of Three Hundred Dollars, to be paid in half-yearly paye ments, in advance, of one hundred and fifty dollars each, during her life.
ESTATE IN LOUISIANA.
XIX. All that part of my real and personal estate, near Washita, in the State of Louisana, the said real estate consisting of upwards of two hundred and eight thousand arpens, or acres of land, and including therein the settlement herein after mentioned, I give, devise, and bequeath, as follows, namely: 1. I give, devise and bequeath to the Corporation of the City of New Orleans, 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 improvements there- on, and also all the personal estate thereto belonging, and thereon remaining, including upwards of thirty
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slaves now on said settlement, and their increase, 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 disposed 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 JudgeHenry 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 clothing 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 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 advi- sable 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 pro- mote the health and the general prosperity of the inhab- itants of the City of New Orleans. But, until the said sale shall be made, tbe 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 ap- plied from time to time, to the same uses and purposes for the health and general prosperity of the said inhab- itants.
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 resi- due of my said real estate, being the lands unimproved 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 intrusion, 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, shall sell and dispose of their interest in said lands gradually from time to time, and apply the proceeds of such sales to the same uses and purposes hereinafter de- clared and directed, of and concerning the residue of my personal estate.
3. And I give, devise, and bequcath 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 intru- sion, 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 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 prosperity of the inhabitants of the City of New Orleans.
FOR THE EDUCATION OF THE POOR-BEQUEST TO THE MAYOR, ALDERMEN, &C. OF PHILADELPHIA.
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 developement of their moral principles above the many temptations, to which, through poverty and ignorance they are exposed; and I am particularly desi- rous to provide for such a number of poor male white
orphan 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 object 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 neighborhood of the river De- laware, so that the health of the citizens may be promo- ted and preserved, and that the eastern part of the city may be made to correspond better with the interior: Now, Ido give, devise and bequeath all the residue and re- mainder of my Realand Personal Estate of every sort and kind wheresoever situate, (the real estate in Pennsylva- nia charged as aforesaid) unto " the Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of Philadelphia," their successors and as- signs, 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 regards 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 applied towards keeping that part of the said real estate situ- ate in the city and liberties of Philadelphia constantly in good repair, (parts elsewhere situate to be kept in re- pair 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 herein before provided for) be ap- plied 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 sale to the same uses and purposes as are herein declared of concerning the residue of my personal estate.
COLLEGE FOR THE EDUCATION OF THE Pooa.
XXI. And so far as regards the residue of my person- al estate, in trust, as to Two Millions of Dollars, part thereof, to apply and expend so much of that sum as may be necessary-in erecting, as soon as practicable 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 sebolars, 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
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