George JVashingto7i Floivei's 
 Memorial Collection 
 
 DUKE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY 
 
 ESTABLISHED BV THE 
 FAMILY OF 
 
 COLONEL FLOWERS 
 
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MINUTES 
 
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 THE XTNION S O CIET Y- ^^^i ^H^O^ Vl^ 
 
 BEING AN ^^ 3» , 
 
 ABSTRACT OF EXISTING RECORDS, 
 
 From irriO to ISSfri; 
 
 COMPBISINO, ALSO, 
 
 CHRONOLOGICAL LISTS OF ITS OFFICERS. 
 
 MEMBERS AND BENEFICIARIES. 
 
 WITH TllK 
 
 ANNIVERSARY ADDRESSES 
 
 HON. T. U. K CHAKLTON, COL. HOWELL COBB, HON. UOBEirr U CH-VKLTo!* 
 UEV. WILLARl) PRESTON .ufD COL. ROBERT H. GRIFFIN. 
 
 A HISTORICAL SKETCH OF BETHK8DA. ^\ 
 
 SAVANNAH: 
 JOHN M. COOPER & COMPANY 
 
 1860 
 
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 EXPLAjS ATORY. ^ - 
 
 Thk maiu purpose iu printinu- these trausoripts lias been lo preserve 
 from loss a portion, at least, of such of the records of this iiino-honored 
 institution, the Union Society, as still remain ; and to place in an accessible 
 form, man}- interesting facts and details found therein. The minutes, from 
 which they have been tai<en are full and regular, from April 2 <<i. 1791, to 
 5fovember 7th, 1791!; meagre and imperfect, partly mere memoranda, from 
 this latter date to October, 1798: Managers' Minutes, containing n<> reports, 
 or anything in relation to election of officers, or anniversary proceedings, from 
 May 4th, 1815, to May 2d, 1820; min\ites, full and regular, from April 1st. 
 1828, continuousl3^ EfiForts have been made to fill up the gaps from other 
 sources ; and tlirough the aid of Mr. J. P. Cann, the meetings of the Society, 
 &c., on pages 196 to 205, have been condensed from old files of the Georgia 
 Gazdte, in the Georgia Historical Society Library, and of the Savannah Bepub' 
 lican. 
 
 The transcripts have been made Hterally, save when indicated b}- parenthesis, 
 and the earlier minutes have been carefully followed, even in the punctua- 
 tion, and use of capitals; also, the manner of the minutes, as near as practi- 
 cable, has been followed as a rule rather than taste or style, — as, for ins;;ance, 
 on pages 46, 47, 48, &c. : the whole giving, as far as it goes, a faithful and 
 unvarnished record of the growth and operations of the Society, of the times, 
 and of the men. 
 
 The list ot officers and members presents the names of many v/orlhy and 
 benevolent citizens, who once occupied the places of those of to-day; and whose 
 names, with theirs, will be handed down to their successors, ^ond bo often called 
 to memory hereafter. Arranged as they are, as far as could be ascertained, • 
 in the year of their admission, these names tell something, also, of the progress 
 of the institution, and of its history. The name.s of beneficiaries are also' 
 appended, as far as could be ascertained, and sliow, in part, the operations 
 of the institution and what has been accomplished. These lists of members and 
 beneficiaries have been obtained b}' a careful and repeated examination of 
 every page of the minutes and other books in possession of the Society, and 
 from other investigations. It is hoped they may j^ct bo made more complete: 
 they are paged separately with a view to their continuation. 
 
 With the missing records, the Society has also to regret the loss of its Seal, 
 no legible trace of which has yet been obtained. 
 
 The new career entered upon by the Society, and the newly awakened interest 
 felt by its members, since the location of the institution upon the grounds of 
 the ancient Bethesda, upon the principle of a Farm-School, opens to view an 
 extended field of usefulness, which may bo limited in the future, it i.s hoped, 
 only by the immber of those who may need its shelter and support. 
 
 The address of Col. Howell Cobb, spoken of as lost, on page 92, has siuco 
 been found, and with that of Hon. T. U. P. Ciiarltou, recently presented to the 
 Society, by I. K. TciTi, Esq., will be found appended. 
 
 The Registry Book of Members, as on page 92, was dispensed with, the Bock 
 of Rules and Signatures of Members answering all purposes — it was not got 
 ready until 1860. The Ledger, also, as described on page 92, opened in 18 9, 
 was set aside for one opened in I860, of a size and form more convenient and 
 (luitabie. 
 
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SYNOPTICAL INDEX. 
 
 Page. 
 
 1791. Forty-first Anniversary held at Brown's Cofleo House — 31 members 
 
 present 1 
 
 Mr. Joseph Habersham, Sir George Houstoun and Mr. Wni. Gibbons 
 appointed a Committee to examine President's account, report — balance 
 at last Anniversary, and received on that day and during the year, £70 
 
 14s. ll^d ; 1 
 
 Paid for schooling and other expenses, £37 7^d. 32 members and 
 
 estates paid this day, £54 9s. 1 1-Jd 2 
 
 Resolved, that John Waruock and John Kiley be schooled 3 
 
 Elected Jones, President; Clay, Y. Pres.; Port, Sec; Courvoisic and 
 
 Eppinger, Stewards 3 
 
 Ilabersham, Spencer and Millen appointed to superintend schooling 
 
 of children 3 
 
 £40 set aside for schooling children 3 
 
 £100 be let at interest payable next Anniversary 3 
 
 Col. Habersham's motion to alter Anniversary negatived 3 
 
 Emblem presented for a certificate copper plate to be engraved. ... 3 
 Notice to be given to persons in arrears that their accounts will be 
 
 sued if not paid within two months 3 
 
 Ordered, that not over £25 be appropriated to pay for seal and certi- 
 ficate 4 
 
 President reported loaned to church wardens Christ church, £55, J. 
 H. Scheuber, £15, Dr. Aug. Mayer, £5 19s. 5d.— £75 19s. 5d 4 
 
 1792, April, 2d. President reported he had received amount of Dr. Mayer's 
 note with interest 5 
 
 Misapprehensions of their powers of School Committee 5 
 
 Sarah Hershman and Marlow Prior to be schooled 5 
 
 Committee appointed to inquire for room to meet in 5 
 
 Dinner for 30 — Clerg}', Judges, and Mayor and Aldermen invited.. 5 
 
 Advertisement to meet at 9 A. M., April 23d 5 
 
 Dr. Young and Mr. George Millen appointed assistant Steward.« G 
 
 42d Anniversary, held at Brown's Coffee House — 25 members present. G 
 
 Mr. John Habersham, Wm. , and Mr. Francis Courvoisie appointed 
 
 a committee to examine President's account, report, that he had received 
 on and since last Anniversary, £109 7s. 8|d., and paid out and loaned 
 on interest, £101 9s. lOd., and balance of £7 17s. 10|d. paid to commit- 
 tee and deposited in the box >'• 
 
 Elected officers ; Clay, Habersham, Scheuber, Port, l.saac Fell. Mr. 
 John Richards resigned 7 
 
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 Resolved, that members be requested to meet in future " precisely at 
 
 suflset" 7 
 
 Emblematical copper plate and 100 certificates received, John Prior 
 
 to be schooled 8 
 
 Stewards ought not to have contracted to provide for a greater num- 
 ber of persons than authorized 8 
 
 Members who did not dine to l)0 charged with $2 each towards de- 
 
 frajing exjKjnses of that day 8 
 
 Seal for tlic Society presented with an account, £1 9s. 4d.. • 8 
 
 1793. Petition for membership of Joseph Clay, Jr., read and ordered to 2d 
 reading next monthly meeting, and to be balloted for at the next quar- 
 terly meeting 9 
 
 John William Jones to be schooled 9 
 
 Joseph Clay's petition read second time, March 1st 9 
 
 Petition of Francis Stebbins read first time, March Isl 9 
 
 Tlio Governor, Ac, to be invited to dine 10 
 
 Petitions of Josepli Clay and Francis Stebbins again read (April 1st,) 
 
 ballotted for and admitted . . 10 
 
 43d Anniversary, held at City Hall in the Filature — 32 present 10 
 
 Country' members not to be fined for non-attendance 10 
 
 Monthly contributions changed from Is. to Is. 2d 10 
 
 President to compel a settlement of all arrears due. 10 
 
 Mr. McCredio and Mr. William Gibbons, Sr., committee to examine 
 
 President's account, report, that lie had received .£52 13s. 94d., and 
 
 had expended £37 3s. 2^d., and there is in cash, £15 10s. 8Ad 10 
 
 Mr. Stcplicus' and ilr. Sheuber's bonds canceled , 10 
 
 Mr. James Milledge settles arrears, Ac 11 
 
 Mr. President, Dr. Jones, and Mr. Mordecai Sheftall made excuses, 
 
 and fines remitted II 
 
 John Y. Noel, new member elect, paid part of his admission (£2 ITs. 
 
 G^d.) and gave note for balance, £2 lis. 2M., and took his seat 11 
 
 Elected officers: Ilabereham, Stephens, Scheubcr, Port, Isaac Fell.. 11 
 
 Sir George I loustoun excused for non-attendance last Anniversary. 12 
 Daniel Course and Maj. Berrien, agreeable to alteration of 2d rule, paid' 
 
 eacii in part, £2 IGs. cash, and gave notes cash for balance, £2 9s. of 
 
 their admi.ssion money 12 
 
 Mr. John Tobeau also paid as above and took his seat 12 
 
 Martha Jones and Mary and Sarah Stoner to be schooled; the two hi.-^l 
 
 do not accept 12-13 
 
 Patsey Henry to be schooled. Mr. Jolm Krieger loaned £40 1.". 
 
 1794. Committee appointed to report on monies duo the Society 14 
 
 Proj)osition to alter tlio 8lh rule, reducing annual contribution to $3 14 
 Mr. Hob't Bolton attended, paid liis admission money of £3 5s., signed 
 
 the rules and took his seat 14 
 
 Dinner to be provided for 35 14 
 
 Assist.'int Stewards appointed !4 
 
 The Governor and Suite, Judges, Clergy, Attorney (icneral, Ac, to be 
 
 invited to dine with the Society on the Anniversary 15 
 
Society to meet at 9 A. M. on the Anniversary at Filature 15 
 
 AVlien exiiense of dinner exceeds $2 each man, tlie surplus tu be paid 
 
 by the Members present at Anniversary, and not taken from the funds 
 
 of the Society 15 
 
 Proposed alteration of 5th Rule 15 
 
 44tli Anniversary, April 23d 1794, held at Filature— 37 present. 15 
 Names of 20 absent members from Anniversary to be charged with $1 
 
 each for tlieir part of tlie expense 15 
 
 Twenty-five shillings lines remitted tlie President 15 
 
 ]''ines remitted David Montaigut on account of age and infirmity. ... 15 
 
 Fines remitted James Port and Oliver Bowen 15 
 
 Sir George Houston, Oliver Bowen and Richard Wayne, Committee 
 
 to e.xamino President's account, report £98 13s. and lOd. received 
 
 by him. and paid out .£69 7s. lOd.. and balance of .£29 6s. in the 
 
 box in cash 16 
 
 Several newly elected Members appeared, settled for their admission, 
 
 signed the Rules and took their seats 16 
 
 £40 appropriated for Schooling Children on the bounty of the Society 16 
 Mordocai Sheftall, John Berrien, George Jones, appointed a School 
 
 Committee 10 
 
 Mary Lavender, Betsey and Lotty Hall to bo Schooled 17 
 
 Alteration of 8th Rule as proposed at last quarterly meeting negatived 1 7 
 
 Proposed alteration of 5th Rule, amended 17 
 
 Committee on monies due tlie Societj^, ask for further time IS 
 
 President, A'ice President and Secretary re-elected. Peter S. Laffitte 
 
 and George Throoji, Stewards 18 
 
 Mr. John Cunningham applied for a loan of £ 1 00 18 
 
 Messrs. Hopkins and Parker, applied for a loan of from £47 to £50. 18 
 £50 to be loaned .John Cunningham, 25 to Elisha B. Hopkins, Sanrl. 
 
 Meers and John Parker 19 
 
 Maria Cameron to bo Schooled 19 
 
 Sundry claims of the Society to be put in suit 19 
 
 Committee to report on debts requested to proceed on the business 
 
 without delay j 9 
 
 Committee on debts report: Debts of every description, £748 18s. 
 
 bad. £130 5s. 2W.; doubtful, £200; good,£4I8 12s. 9^d 20-21 
 
 Secretary to inform persons indebted, that after the 1st Monday in 
 
 September next, unsettled claims will be put in suit 21 
 
 Mary Lavender and John Warnock, (beneficiaries,) withdrawn by 
 
 their friends 22 
 
 Benjamin Alter and David Nestler to be Schooled 22 
 
 Vice President gave notice that he would move tliat £ be appro- 
 priated for building a hou.se on the lot of the Society in this city 22 
 
 Secretary reports having notified debtors and tlieir replies 22 
 
 Mordecai Fheftall requested to make affidavit of facts within his 
 
 knowledge respecting a Bond and Mortgage 22 
 
 Clay and 'Woodrufl' employed to commcnco suits. £9 IGs. clerk's 
 
 and sheriff's fees ordered to be paid 23 
 
Mordecai Rheftall's affidavit respectinR lost Bond and Mortpapo pro- 
 duced and placed in tlie hnnds of Mr. Clay for action as in sucli cases. 2H 
 IjoI 2 Pcrceival Ward — ground rent of £5 per annum ordered to be 
 
 paid 'l.i 
 
 Motion to build postponed, and Committee appointed to obtain plan 
 
 and estimate 23 
 
 Committee also to investigate claims of Society to lot adjoining lot 2. 23 
 Funeral of Dr. Wni. Bry:in, October 25tb, 28 members attended. . . . 23 
 President reports sundry claims given Clay and Woodruff for suit. Also 
 sundry amounts paid out, including fifteen shillings for seven year's 
 
 ground rent of lot 2 21 
 
 St. Andrew's Society having possession of Filature (December 1,) no 
 
 meeting was held 2 J 
 
 James Buckley to be Schooled 21 
 
 179r>. Building Committee report plan — requested to report estimate, Ac, 
 
 &c., at next meeting 2.> 
 
 Mr. Pendleton proposes to report a By-Law of terms and conditions 
 
 upon which children shall be educated 2i> 
 
 Society to be authorized to bind out. . . ., 25 
 
 Building Committee recommend a postponement of the whole matter. 2G 
 
 John (Jilbert to bo Schooled '_'G 
 
 President to invite Clergy and strangers, not over six, lo dine with So- 
 ciety, and Stewards to provide a dinner for forty persons. Usual notice 
 
 to be published in the Georgia Gazette 2G 
 
 45th Anniversary, April 23d, 1795, held at Filature, 36 present 2tJ 
 
 Edward Lloyd gave excuse for absences — fines remitted 20 
 
 Sir Geoige Houston tiie President, made excuse — fine remitted 26-27 
 
 George Woodruff and Andrew McCredie, made excuses — fines re- 
 mitted. President and Vice President, made excuses — fines remitted. 
 William 11. Speftcer, John Herb and Peter S. Laffirtc, made excuses — 
 
 lines remitted 27 
 
 Noble W. Jones, Wm. Gibbons and John Berrien, Committee to ex- 
 amine President's account report, received by him from last *o present 
 Anniversary, £147 19.s. lid; that had been loaned out £75, and ex- 
 pended, £57 13.S. lid., and in the box, £15 16s. 9d 27 
 
 Notice of appropriation to the Society of the personal fines of the 
 
 late Mayor and Aldermen — XG Gs. of the amount received 27 
 
 Ordinance regulating terms on which Children are to be Schooled. . . 2S 
 
 Secretary directed to form an Alphabetical List of Members 20 
 
 Secretary's salary increased to $G0 per annum 29 
 
 $300 appropriated for schooling children and instructing them in 
 
 Psalmody and for books and stationery 29 
 
 James B. Younge, Richard Wayne and George Woodruff, Committee 
 
 to superintend the education, &c 29 
 
 All accounts to bo hereafter kept in dollars and cents 29 
 
 Pounds, shillings and pence, to be estimated at the rate of $1 for £ — 
 
 4d. 8s 21' 
 
 George Throop gave his note in full 29 
 
9 
 
 Vice President paid Emanuel Delaplaius note 2^ 
 
 Jobn T. Noel, George Woodruflf and Thomas Rico, each paid their 
 
 respective notes 'I'.i 
 
 John Armour and Hampton Lillibridge, eacli appeared, paid, signed 
 
 rules and took their seats .'{O 
 
 George "Woodruff and Sheftall Sheftall, elected Stewards but declined 
 
 and paid fine 30 
 
 Matthew McAllister, John Y. Noel and Ricliard Wayne, successively 
 
 elected and declined and paid fine 30 
 
 John Berrien was then chosen Steward 30 
 
 President Habersham takes leave of the Society to enter upon 
 
 his duties as Postmaster General of the United States 31 
 
 Complimentary resolutions to Ex-President Habersham 31 
 
 ■'Twenty two and one lialfa dollar" paid for admission 32 
 
 " Eleven and one quarter of dollar" and note, for admission 32 
 
 Applications by Mr. Berrien, Mr. Krieger and Mr. Tetard for loans. . 32 
 
 Letter of Ex-President Habersham in reply to resolutions 32 
 
 Malsy Kitcliin to bo Schooled 33 
 
 " Forty-one dollars and one-half of a dollar" paid James Port 33 
 
 Peter S. Laffitto's statement and proposition relative to money bor- 
 rowed from the Society in May, 1774 by the late James Papot — "as 
 the period to which the transaction alludes, involves in it the loss sus- 
 tained by the Society in the destruction of tlieir Bonds and documents 
 during the war, whereby no vouchers appear, etc.. Resolved, that the 
 Society accept tlio Bond, itc, of Peter S. Laffitte, <tc., (cc. Bond given. .33-34 
 Paid Lydia Myers, $12 50 for Schooling and James Port $36 for do. . 35 
 Also, " one dollar and thirty-seven cents and one-half of a cent for 
 
 books." 35 
 
 $100 appropriated to promote the building of a Poor House and Hos- 
 pital and to be applied in the purchase of Lotterj'- Tickets 35 
 
 1796. Capt. John Howell "paid his admission money with twenty-two and 
 
 one-half of a dollar, also, one dollar twelve and one-half cent interest." 35 
 Paid $100 for fifty Lottery Tickets in Seaman's Hospital and Poor 
 
 House Lottery 35 
 
 Lottery Tickets drew $55. Bought twenty Tickets in 2d Class 36 
 
 Mar)' Brown to be Schooled 36 
 
 Stewards to provide dinner on Anniversary suitable for 40 persons. 37 
 President and Vice President to invite Clergy and any Strangers not 
 
 exceeding 9 to dine 37 
 
 46th Anniversary, April 23, 1796, held at Filature. 35 present. 
 "John Krieger paid np one hundred and eighty-five dollars and four- 
 teen one-half cents in full of his Bond." Ac 37 
 
 The President, Joseph Clay, Thos. Rice, Mr. Mc.Vllister and John 
 
 Morel made excuses for default and had fines remitted :!7 
 
 "Mr. Vice President sent in an excuse, also Mr. Xorment, which were 
 
 read and ordered to lie over till the next Quarterly fleeting." :!7 
 
 David Montaigut and John Berrien sent in excuses and had fines re- 
 mitted ."S 
 
10 
 
 Ix)llery Tickets have drawn $38. $40 invested in leu Tickels in tlie 
 :'.d Class of said Lottery 38 
 
 Noble W. Jones, Clias. Oddingsells, Oliver Bowen and Oeorpe Jones, 
 Committoo to examine President's account report, received by him from 
 23d April last to 4th inst., $56G 50. Paid out, $373 53. Balance in 
 hand, $192 97 38 
 
 President authorized to loan the money in hand agreeable to Rule, 
 reserving $300 for contingent expenses 38 
 
 llecoramcnd Mr. Ports' salary to bo raised to $14 50 per quarter for 
 each scholar 39 
 
 Accounts in future to be settled at Quarterlj' Meeting previous to An- 
 niversar)'. which to be held at 10 A. M., for that purpose 39 
 
 Xo person shall be balloted for on Anniversary for Membership, unless 
 application is made at least one Meeting previously 39 
 
 Election of officers — Sclieuber declines re-election as Secretary on ac- 
 count of his duties in the Post Office 39 
 
 Kdward Dillons petition was read (second time) — he was ballotted 
 for but not admitted 39 
 
 Petitions of (2G) severally read, ballotted for and admitted 39-40 
 
 Petition of Frederick Shick also road, ballotted for and not admitted. -10 
 
 12 Xewly admitted Members attended, and for want of time could 
 not comply with the Rules, but were permitted to join in the Cele- 
 bration of the Anni versar}' 40 
 
 Defaulting Members, (32) to be charged with $1 each towards An- 
 ni versar)' expenses 41 
 
 Loaned Justus H. Scheuber and Balthaser Shafler on two separate 
 Bonds, $250 11 
 
 Oliver Elsworth, Chief Justice of the United States Court, dined with 
 the Society 41 
 
 President reported monies received for admission from eight persons, 
 also recovered from Estates of Samnel Stirk and Joseph ^\'right 41 
 
 Dr. N. "W. Jones presents donation and request from Rev. Adam 
 Boyd 42 
 
 Rules and By-Laws to bo reported and amendments suggested.... 42 
 
 The Vice President submitted a Pamphlet by Dr. Boyd, the circulation 
 of which he wislicd the Societ}' to promote — consideration postponed. 42 
 
 Wm. Belcher admitted agreeable to 7th Rule, he having produced a 
 Certificate that his father "Wm. Belcher, deceased, was admitted a Mem" 
 ber April 23d, 17G8 42 
 
 Petition of John Carroway Smith read 1st time 43 
 
 Key of Room refused Steward by City Marshal 43 
 
 Resolved, that Council bo informed of refusal of key 43 
 
 Petition of John C. Smith read 2d time 43 
 
 Motion made July 4th, to publish Ordinance regulating terms and 
 conditions for Schooling Children, considered and postponed 43 
 
 Alderman Young stated that Council had reprimanded their Officer 
 for his refusal of key 44 
 
 Secretary to take an Indenture for the Children 44 
 
11 
 
 Key of the Long Room of the Klature again withheld 44 
 
 Members summoned to attend funeral of Rev. Thomas Harris 
 
 McCaulo 44 
 
 Petition of John C. Smith again read 44 
 
 President excused for non-attendance at the last Meeting. Mr. Armour, 
 
 Mr. Deveaux and Mr. Bowen, also excused 44 
 
 President reported that he had paid for Schooling, $4:5 25; that he 
 had loaned to $250 cash, and to $150, that ho had re- 
 ceived for admission from $22 50 cash, and from William Belcher 
 
 for do., $11 25 ; and that ho had recovered from $250 and from 
 
 $87 -ID 44.45 
 
 Resolved, that the Stewards have a separate key made, and that 
 
 the Secretary inform the ]\Iayor and Aldermen 45 
 
 Note. — Minutes lost and in possession of the Society 45 
 
 1797. (Minutes, mere memoranda) 4G 
 
 47th Anniversary, held at the Filature, 36 present 47 
 
 Excuses made and acted on. Under the spirit of the new Rule of this 
 
 day, Mr. Thos. Cumming's fine of $7 remitted 47 
 
 The President reported that he had loaned $200, and also J. 
 
 Port $42 for educating Children ; paid for use of room, and had in 
 
 hand, $122 72A 47 
 
 The Vice President and Mr. "Wm. Gibbons, Sr., examined the vouch- 
 ers and reported accordingly 47 
 
 Rule No. 2 — Loan of Money 47 
 
 Account of money received this day, April 24th, 1797 47 
 
 Petition of J. C. Smith again read — admitted 48 
 
 Filature being occupied b}"- the Artillery, no Meeting held 48 
 
 Mordecai Shefiall deceased; 40 years a Member of the Society. 49 
 
 Stewards reprimanded for neglect of duty 49 
 
 Committee on Rules to be reminded of the neccssit}' to report 49 
 
 Excuses for absences, funerals, &c 50 
 
 1798. 48th Anniversary held at the City Hall, (Filature,) number present 
 not stated 50 
 
 Mr. Glass made excuse — question being put, was negatived 51 
 
 Election of officers; President and Vice President, re-elected 51 
 
 Notice given that it would be moved in Council to declare void grant 
 
 of Lots in Pcrcival "Ward — action thereon 51 
 
 Petition of Thos. Savage laid over till next Meeting 51 
 
 Letter of resignation from Mr. Anciaux 51 
 
 The Vice President presented an extract from the Mmutes of City 
 
 Council (Extract not on Minutes.) 51 
 
 Note. — Rules and signatures of Members 52 
 
 1808. Rules adopted May 2.3d, 1808, and signatures 53-Gl 
 
 Note. — Minutes next in order, 1815. Board of Managers Gl 
 
 1815. Secretary to make a list of all the claims of the Society G2 
 
 Suits to be instituted against all who fail to pay C2 
 
 Messrs. Harden and S. "Wayne, a Committee to inquire into Die affairs 
 
 of the Society, and make a general expose. 62 
 
12 
 
 President appoints Frederick Herb, Manager, instead of Mr. Bolton, 
 resigned 62 
 
 Judgment vs. Mary I>euden, Kx'ix., Jolm Glass, $562 21. Petition 
 of Ex'ix., for indulgence granted G3 
 
 1816. Additional compensation of $100 allowed Secretary C3 
 
 Mr. Geo. Glen to obtain Books and papers from Mr. Wallace, and to 
 
 act as Secretary to this Board C3 
 
 Rules adopted for the Board of Managers. The Board to meet 1 st 
 Monday in every month. Every Member absent 15 minutes after hour 
 appointed, to be fined C4 
 
 A Scliool Committee of two for every two months Ci 
 
 Boys to attend Divine Service, different Churches on different Sab- 
 baths C4 
 
 No boy to be received unless bound until 21. Boys to have each a 
 Sunday suit 6-4 
 
 All in arrears to bo notified that their accounts will be placed in the 
 hands of an Attorney, unless paid immediately C4 
 
 Lir. Read and Mr. Hunter, a Committee to obtain lumber and have 
 doors and windows put up to Society's portion of Academy building. G5 
 
 Letter from R. Watts, in reference to his indebtedness — having re- 
 moved from the State, did not consider himself a Member C5 
 
 William Shearer admitted a beneficiary of the Society C5 
 
 Public notice to be given, requiring all gentlemen of the Law, to make 
 an immediate return of the Bonds and Notes in their possession belong- 
 ing to the Society 06 
 
 Committee to have lower floor of building laid and to rent to Mr. 
 Johnson for twelve months GG 
 
 Letter of R. J. Iloustouu, relative to Schooling tlie Boys at White 
 Bluff. Thought vmnecessary at present to change situation of Boj-s.GG-G7 
 
 Trustees of Chatham Academy propose to sell tract of land in Glynn 
 County, the joint property of Academy, U. S. and P. II. and II 07 
 
 President authorized to act — land advertised and to be sold 68 
 
 President to unite witli P. II. and II. and C. A. for the purpose of mak- 
 ing demand of all Titles for lands, or other papers that ma}- bo in the 
 hands of any individual, the joint property of these Institutions, and to 
 deposit them for safe keeping where they may deem proper GS 
 
 Proposal received for finishing Society's portion of the Academy — not 
 acted on 09 
 
 Mr. John Hunter, to have all tlio floors in Society's building hiid ami 
 two rooms finished 09 
 
 Children placed with Mr. John Carr 09 
 
 1817. Estate of Hills, Estate of Stiles, Hills' bridge, &c 09-70 
 
 Mrs. Ann Christie to have $10 per month for board of Boys 70 
 
 Antiiony Suares and Wm. Durasseau, proposed to be bound to F. 
 
 S. Fell, as priutere 70 
 
 Board thougiit iiriiiting business not of sufficient importance, and 
 requested Mr. Jolm Hunter to apply for places to some respectable 
 carpenter, bricklayer or some other mechanic 70 
 
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 Interest of the Society in Estate of Jos. Hills, to be advertised for sale. 71 
 
 James Tracy, admitted 71 
 
 Committee appointed to confer with Free School, relative to secur- 
 ing a permanent teacher jointly 71 
 
 President states, had bound out Tracy and Duresseau, and had had no 7 1 
 offer for Society's interest in Estate of Hills, and presented a general 
 
 account of Mr. J. Cuyler's transactions with the Estate, &c 72 
 
 Ogeechee bridge leased out at twelve hundred dollars per year 72 
 
 Mrs. Christie, who had charge of the Boys, deceased 72 
 
 Steele White and John Hunter, appointed a Committee to contract 
 with Mr. Carr for boarding and schooling the boys, mending, Ac, and 
 
 for renting Society's portion of the Academy 72 
 
 Secretary to state at next meeting, what debts have been sued, date 
 
 of suits, progress, <tc 73 
 
 $10,000 oflcrcd for Hills' bridge 73 
 
 Proposition made for purchase of Ogeechee bridge 73 
 
 Mr. Carr to board and School the Boys, mend, &c., for $167 per an- 
 num, and to rent Society's part of the Academy for $600 per annum, 
 
 reserving one room for use of the Societj' 73-74 
 
 Secretary been unable to see Mr. Wayne, and cannot report yet. . . 74 
 
 Wm. Bollinger, through Mr. Carr, applies for re-admission — admitted. 74 
 Petition to be presented Legislature for lands adjacent Ogeechee 
 
 Bridge 75 
 
 Committee appointed to request the Ministers to Preach Charity Ser- 
 mons 75 
 
 Letter of J. H. Ash, relative to a house, the property of the Estate 
 
 of Burnside and the Society — action thereon 75 
 
 Tract of land in Glynn County to be sold 76 
 
 Committee and Mrs. Burnside could not agree on terms 76 
 
 Hills' bridge advertised — means to be devised to protect it 76 
 
 1818. Secretar}- to advertise change of application for membership from 
 
 Society to the Board 76 
 
 President to have placed a marble slab over entrance of Society's 
 
 building, with inscription, when the Society was founded and its object. 77 
 
 Hills' bridge not to be allowed to be sold for less than $10,000. The 
 Female Asylum and Union Society to purchase it for any thing under 
 
 this 77 
 
 Marble slab ordered procured — expense $40 77 
 
 James S. Hoffman to be bound out 77 
 
 Daniel Phillips admitted 78 
 
 Not more than two boys to be permitted to sleep in one bed. &c. . . 78 
 Hills' bridge purchased for $5,500 by Society and Female Asylum. 
 
 Bridge to bo repaired and lands adjacent surveyed 78 
 
 Application to be made to Justices 1. C, to remit $500 due by Hills' 
 
 Estate, for the benefit of the Society 78 
 
 Stephen Walsh to be bound to John F. Herb, blacksmith 79 
 
 Bridge lea.sed to William Hanna. at .$1,200 per annum 79 
 
 President to bind out such Boys as arc suflficiently advanced 79 
 
 2 
 
14 
 
 President to make known through the papers, that one additional Or» 
 
 phan Boy will be received 79 
 
 Richard Strop to be admitted, provided his Guardian will continue to 
 manapo his property, and pay annually to the President the amount of 
 
 his annual income 80 
 
 Visitinjr and School Committee recjuested to report at next meeting, 
 
 Htato of the Boy's clothing and their progress in education 80 
 
 James Johnson, boimd to S. C. & J. Schenck, as a book-binder. 81 
 President to confer willi Female Asylum, relative to sale of the bridge 
 
 at Ogeechee 81 
 
 School Committee requested to report at next meeting, the progress 
 
 of the Boj-s and their domestic situation 81 
 
 Hills" bridge to be sold 81 
 
 Ministers to be requested to preach Charity Sermons in aid of the 
 
 funds of the Society 82 
 
 Certain debts to be canceled — collector to be employed 82 
 
 William Middlcton and Daniel L. Dent admitted 82 
 
 Mr. Cleland and Dr. Sheftall, Visiting Conmiittee for Jan. and Feb. . 82 
 
 Resignation of John P. Henry and James Hunter 82 
 
 Richard "W. Habersham and James Morrison, Committee to examine 
 
 claims of the Society to the Estate of Justus H. Scheuber 82 
 
 Hills' bridge sold to Williams and Bourquin, for $s,000 83 
 
 School Committee report satisfactorily S3 
 
 Mr. Couper in po.s,session of College tract S3 
 
 John MoLagan admitted S.'i 
 
 Use of room given to the Sunday School, and compact to be renewed 
 
 with Mr. Carr S3 
 
 President and Mr. Cleland, School Committee for March and April. 81 
 
 Henry Hatfield admitted. Resignation of John Dillon 85 
 
 Secretary to notify the public, that there is a vacancy for one Boy 
 
 upon its bounty 85 
 
 Arrangements lobe made to receive the President of the United 
 States, for the purpose of showing him the different Charitable Institu- 
 tions, &c 85 
 
 President Monroe was received in appropriate style, May 12 86 
 
 1819. President Hunter's address to the President 86 
 
 Alexander Marlome, bound to John M. Hanny as a printer 86 
 
 Boys bound to John King, to bo discharged and bound, Duresseau 
 
 to Cannou & Fowler and Chaly to Rolf & Newman 86 
 
 Benjamin Phillips to be reinstated 86 
 
 Mr. Rees and Mr. Cleland, Committee for the ensuing month 86 
 
 Kdmund Walsh, formerly on tiie bounty of the Society, having re- 
 turned, to be engaged to learn the painting business 87 
 
 Visiting Committee report boys seem to stroll more in the streets 
 than is proper — Resolved, that in future, they be cotifincd to the Aca- 
 demy, except, <fec 88 
 
 Visiting Committee, John Lewis, Fred'k Herb 88 
 
 Ministers to be requested to preach charity sermons for the benefit 
 of the Society 88 
 
15 
 
 Visiting Committee report, not nmcli improvement in the Boys 88 
 
 Visiting Committee for Jan. and Feb., Moses Cleland & Jos. Penfield. 88 
 
 Collections in the Clnjrches, $589 3] 81) 
 
 Mr. Carr to instruct and support tlie Boys for .$150 per annum each. 90 
 
 Sundry accounts to be cancelled 91 
 
 Dr. Sheftall and Mr. Jos. George, Visiting (•ommittee May and June 90-91 
 
 Note. — End of Minutes, Statement of Books, kc. — Seal lost 92 
 
 From Journal to Ledger Xo. 3, for 1802 to 1810, pages 92 to 96 and 
 further on 182 to 184 92-96 
 
 1805. Fines for leaving the Society this day without permission 94 
 
 Legacy from William Gibbons, $100 94 
 
 1808. Blotter not now in possession of the Society. — Note 95 
 
 1820. July 10. Rules — Resolved, that the Secretary have digested the Rules 
 
 of the Society as they now are, &c 96 
 
 1821. 71st Anniversary, April 23d 97 
 
 Rules presented and accepted and ordered published with names of 
 
 members — Lowell Mason, Secretary 97 
 
 Society to meet quarterly ; for default, fines as follows : $3, $22, $2, 
 
 $li, 50 cents 97 
 
 Expense of Anniversary dinner to be paid by those who dine, not to 
 exceed $3 each ; any thing over to be made up from fines of absentees, 
 
 $U each 98 
 
 Board of Managers to meet monthly on the first Tuesday 98 
 
 Any member dining out or inviting company on Auniversar}^ fined $10. 98 
 Any officer elect declining to serve, fined — President, $5 ; Vice Presi- 
 dent, $4 ; Secretary, $3, and Stewards $3 98 
 
 Secretary's salary, $150 per annum 98 
 
 Annual contribution, $6. Note — changed from $3 to $4, May 23, 
 
 1808 99 
 
 Admission fee, $22 50 and 75 cents to Secretary for certificate, Ac. 99 
 
 Admission fee, $11 25 to the son of a seven year's member 99 
 
 Each member on admission, to subscribe to the Rules of the Society. . 99 
 Resignations to bo made in writing and not to be accepted until all 
 
 demands have been paid 100 
 
 Society shall have a common seal emblematical of the Institution.... 100 
 
 Boj's to attend funeral of a decea.sed member 100 
 
 Society to continue as long as there are three members living — if there 
 be but three, to have the power to dissolve the Society and dispose of 
 
 its funds to public charitable uses only LOO 
 
 Rules can only be altered at a regular meeting after three months 
 
 notice iias been given 100 
 
 List of members (134) April l.st, 1822 100 
 
 Statement of Meetings, fines, contribution and names of boys. List 
 
 of members, (112) April 3d, 1826 101-102 
 
 1828. Minut« Book, April 1st, 1828 to April 23d, 1858 102 
 
 1828-29. Extracts from President Nicoll's reports, 23d April, 1828 and '29 102-3 
 
 1831. 8l8t Anniversary, April 23 103 
 
 Geo. "W. Anderson, elected President, F. Sorrel, Vice President 103 
 
16 
 
 Resolved, that so miich of the Constitution as relatea to dinner, be abol- 
 ished — »inanimously passed. T. 1 0.'i 
 
 Tiie Boys. (12) this year, sent to Springfield, Effingham County 103 
 
 1832. Fines for meetings abolished except 1st, Monday in .\pril and Anni- 
 versary. Fine for 1st Monday in April. $1 : for Anniversary, $U. . . 103-4 
 
 1833. Thomas Young, decea.scd, bequeathed to the Society, $5,000 105 
 
 Exchange Stock redeemed by City Council — principal and interest 
 
 $702 105 
 
 Samuel B. Pnrkman's sentiment at Anniversary dinner 1 05 
 
 A. A. Suares, a former pupil, made to the Society a donation of $500 105 
 
 Mr. Suares admitted a member for life 105 
 
 Letter of acknowledgement to Mr. Suares 105 
 
 183.J. Extract from President Sorrels report 105-(i 
 
 John Bolton, formerly of Savannah now of New York, presents to 
 
 the Society $20 100 
 
 Resolution of thanks, Ac to the Orator Col. Howell Cobb, who was 
 
 once a beneficiary of the Society IOC 
 
 Col. Cobb admitted an honorary member 106 
 
 Resolution of thanks to President Sorrel lOG 
 
 lyctter of the President to Col. Howell Cobb, enclosing certificate 
 
 of Honorary membership 107 
 
 85th Anniversary, April 23d, 18:55 1 07 
 
 1835. Resolutions on the death of Dr. Moses Sheflall 107 
 
 Baron Behr, the Rev. Mr. Bulfinch and others, dined with the Society 
 
 this day 107 
 
 1836. Letter of the President to Sheftall Shcftall, Esq., communicating 
 above Resolutions 107 
 
 Robert Cooper, deceased, bequeathes Society $50 108 
 
 1837. Boj^s brought from Springfield and placed with Mr. John Haupt 108 
 
 1839. President Purse reports, received a bequest to the Society of ./b(/r 
 
 Shares Planters' Bank Stock from the late "William M. ICvans of West 
 
 Chester, New York lOH 
 
 1810. 90th Anniversary, April li.id 1 08 
 
 Rules to be digested and submitted at next Anniversary 108-9 
 
 1 H4 1 . Extract from President A mold's report 100 
 
 1842. Rules submitted and laid over for action 100 
 
 Secretary to place all accounts over $12 in suit, if lie cannot otherwise 
 
 collect them 109 
 
 Only between ninctj^ and one hundred paying members. Secretary's 
 
 salary reduced from $150 to $75 109 
 
 1844. President Cohen recommends a change in Rules — no charge as ad- 
 mi.ssion fee — annual contribution, $5, and no salary for Secretary, but 
 
 instead, a per centage on collections 109 
 
 Secretary propo.sed to serve without compensation, if he had notliing 
 
 to do with collections — referred to Managers 110 
 
 1846. President Cohen states, Society is manifesly on tiic decline, Ac, and 
 again recommends abrogation of admi.ssion fee of $12, and reduction of 
 contribution to $5. Also, reports finances in an improving condition 110 
 
17 
 
 By resolutions adopted, Rnles changed as above advised 110 
 
 Committee of six appointed to obtain new members 110 
 
 1847. 97th Anniversary, April 23d Ill 
 
 President reports pecuniary afifairs in a flourishing condition, and mem- 
 bers lessening HI 
 
 Thanks tendered Dr. Posey for gratuitous medical attention to the 
 
 beneficiaries and uniform kindess to tiiem Ill 
 
 Alterations in By-Laws proposed last Anniversary unanimously 
 
 adopted HI 
 
 1849. 99th Anniversary, April 23d Ill 
 
 Ten beneficiries now on Society and have several applications 1 1 1 
 
 This year several new members have been admitted Ill 
 
 1850. 100th Anniversary, April 23d 112 
 
 Mrs. Perla vSheftall Solomons, presents to the Society a Box made 
 
 from the Live Oak, under which the Charter of the Society was preserved 
 during the occupancv of the Citv by the British during the Revolutionary 
 
 War ; '. n2 
 
 Resolution of thanks by Hon. Jno. C. Xicoll 112 
 
 Extract from President Cohen's report 112-13 
 
 President and Board to digest and submit Rules 113 
 
 President to add synopsis of the history and objects of the Society. .. 113 
 
 1851. 101st Anniversar}-, April 23d 1 1-*? 
 
 Addition made to Academy building — rent $1000 113-14 
 
 Rules, kc. submitted— Report, Rules, Ac. ordered to be printed 114 
 
 Resolutions on the death of Rev. Edward Xeufville 114 
 
 A dinner resolved upon for next Anniversary, to be paid for by sub- 
 scription, and Clergymen of the City and Strangers to be invited 114 
 
 Rules and Regulations of the Society 114-18 
 
 Meetings quarterly, and fines for default 114 
 
 Fines for not serving on election to office — President $5, Vice Presi- 
 dent $4, Secretary and Stewards $3 115 
 
 Board of Managers to meet monthly', 1st Tuesda}- 115 
 
 Secretary's salary, $150 per annum 117 
 
 Members not paying their dues to be stricken off the roll of mem- 
 bership H7 
 
 Each member shall subscribe the Rules of the Society 117 
 
 No resignation to be accepted until all demands are paid 117 
 
 To have a common seal emblematical of the institution 118 
 
 Boys to attend funerals of deceased members 118 
 
 Alterations of Rules only to be made after tlirec months notice... 118 
 
 List of members, (77,) April 23d, 1851 118 
 
 Oration of Dr. Pre.ston, delivered April 23d, 1833 119-'31 
 
 Origin of the Society and celebration of its Anniversary by four of its 
 members whilst prisoners of war 125-26 
 
 1852. 102d Anniversary, April 23d n2 
 
 President Cohen reports completion of wing of the Academy l.!2 
 
 Resolutions on the death of Benjamin Snider 132 
 
 Resolution authorizing improvement of Ix)t 2 Percival Ward 132 
 
18 
 
 Resolved to apply to procure the appointment of a Cailet at West Point, 132 
 
 1853. Preflident Cohen reports Society free from debt, Ac, and declines re- 
 election 132-33 
 
 Lint of Afwettn, Leases, Ac i;i3-34 
 
 Capt. Hughe's proposition relative to vacant lands. 134 
 
 Resolution of thanks to President Cohen 134 
 
 Mr. Mwnnl PndeUord elected President — resijmed May 14, and Mr. 
 
 Jos. S. Fay elcrled 134 
 
 1854. 104th Anniversary, April 23d, 1854 134 
 
 President stated that Mr. Filmore's arrival prevents adjournment for 
 
 intended recreation at 45 mile station, C. R. R 134 
 
 Extract from President Fay's report — rocommend.s tlio purchase of a 
 place : al.^o cliaiipe of Utile about orator : al.so refers to unpranted 
 
 lands — further Ix-pislation neccs.sar)' 134-35 
 
 Li.st of Society ".< pr«iK.'rty and income 136 
 
 Act.s of the licpislature, relative to unpranted lands 13G-37 
 
 Purcha.se of a place authorized 138 
 
 Alteration of Rule 4, relative to Orator, read first time 139 
 
 Flection of officers — Fay. President: A. Minis, A'icc President: Wil- 
 son, Secretary 1 39 
 
 Bethesda to bo bought — June 24th, 1854 l.'.O 
 
 1865. lOStii Annivors-iry, lietiie.sda, April 23d, MO 
 
 President Fay's report. In January, removed Boys to Bethesda. lis 
 
 co.st, Ac 140 
 
 Boys attended gratuitously by I>r. Po-sey 17 years — a jiitcher to be 
 
 presented 141 
 
 Listofthe Society's property as it now stands and annual income. 141-42 
 
 List of Boj-s — their ages, Ac 144-45 
 
 Correspondence with Dr. Posey 145 
 
 Address by Robert H.CrilTin 1 lG-52 
 
 "Wliitetield begins the foundation of Bethesda, March 25th. 1860 147 
 
 Ninety years after Whitefield died and was buried in Xewburyport. 
 Col. G. proposes to '' ask once more tlial Mas.«aoliusotts sliall give up 
 
 our dead" 148 
 
 Ode by Rev. Jolin Pierpont, Jr 1 52-'53 
 
 Amendment to Rule 4, unanimously adopted 1 54 
 
 Election of officers — Fay, President ; Minis, Vice Presidoiil : Wilson, 
 
 Secretary 154 
 
 185G. lOGth Anniversary, Bethesda, April 2Gth 154 
 
 President Fay's report 1 54-55 
 
 Nine additional boys admitted tliis year 166 
 
 A further reduction of funded money has been required to complete 
 
 and pay for our improvements 1 5G 
 
 List of property, (including Bethesda, 125 acres.) 15G 
 
 The legacy of Thos. Young — a special fund, Ac 150 
 
 Present annual income of the Society 15G-57 
 
 Ungranted lands estimated at 20,000 acres at least J 57 
 
 I^w pa&scd la.st Legislature, legalizing the binding of Ciiildren. Ac. 157 
 
19 
 
 $75 received from the Mayor. 101 members added this 3-oar 158 
 
 Survey and plat of Bethesda by Mr. Hughes 158 
 
 Books from Mr. Battersbj", Mr. Pierpont, Mr. Purse aud others 158 
 
 Report of President received, adopted, &c 159 
 
 Read first time amendments to Rule 17 and Rule 3 159 
 
 Election of officers — Yny, President; ilinis, A'ice President; Wil- 
 son, Secretarj^ 159 
 
 Adjourned to dinner, after which assembled to hear address of Hon. 
 Francis S. Bartow. Prayer by Rev. A. J. Karu. 8ong (composed by 
 
 the President.) IGO 
 
 Committee to consult and arrange with Chatham Academy and Sa- 
 vannah Free School, relative to ungrautcd lands, &c 161 
 
 1857. 107th Anniversary, Bethesda, April 23d, IGl 
 
 Presentation of Flag in behalf of the Stewards 162 
 
 President's report — lOBoj'sadmitted the past year. Names of Boy s,&c. 163 
 
 Property and income about same as last year 164 
 
 Total disbursements this year, $5,184 42 165 
 
 Farm School in Boston — Orphan Ilouse in Charleston 1G6 
 
 Ungranted lands — further Legislation may be needed 166 
 
 Appointment of a Treasurer recommended ; also a revision of the 
 
 Rules. 16 new members this year, in all, 260 166-67 
 
 Donation.s — Books, &c ; also 160 acres land 168 
 
 Election of officers — P'ay, President ; Walker, Vice President ; Wil- 
 son, Secretary 168 
 
 By Laws referred to the Board of Managers to report alterations. ... 169 
 
 Rule 1 7, requiring members to attend funerals, repealed 169 
 
 Rule 3, imposing lines for non-attendance of meetings, repealed... . 169 
 Rev. George 11. Clark, delivered an address after prayer Idj' Rev. 
 
 Mr. Key 169 
 
 Ode by Rev. John Pierpont, Jr. — sung by Mrs. Scholl and others. .169-'70 
 Mr. Purse's resolution — that members pay $5 each, or procure a new 
 
 member 171 
 
 108th Anniversary, Bethesda, 23d April, 1858 171 
 
 President Fay's Annual report 171-75 
 
 House occupied by the late Mr. Starr, purchased for $500 172 
 
 Bequest to the Society by the late Henry Haupt of $500 172 
 
 Total expenditure this year, $4,945 90. Total income, $3,981 99... 172 
 
 Average expense of Boys $165. The present number, 40 172 
 
 1858. Donation from an unknown friend, $175 173 
 
 Donation from 37 ladies and gentlemen, $2,700 173 
 
 $500 set apart as a building fund. " We should also steadily increase 
 
 our permanent fund." 173 
 
 By-Laws subuiitted conformable to the altered position and operations 
 
 of the Society 174 
 
 Without the co-operation of the Trustees of Chatham Academy, it is 
 
 feared nothifig will ever be realized from the "ungranted lands." 174 
 
 Mr. Tasker, succeeded by Mr. Wm. H. Shepard, as teacher 174 
 
 Our School pronounced to be second to none in Chatham County 174 
 
20 
 
 Duribg the three years and upwards at Bethesda, there has been 
 
 no occasion to call a Physician to the Boys 174 
 
 Sooiet}' indebted to Managers for principal cost of addition to sleep- 
 ing acccommodations 1 T5 
 
 Donation of Books, 4c. Present number of members, 363 175 
 
 Closing remarks of Mr. Fay, in retiring from the Presidency 175 
 
 Superiniondenl's and Teacher's Reports 175-78 
 
 Table of current income and expenditure 1857-'8 179 
 
 Summary from Treasurer's account current 180 
 
 Election of Officers — "V\'alkcr, President : Cooper, Vice President ; 
 
 Thomas, Secretary : Courvoisie, Treasurer 180 
 
 Address by Rev. "\V. H. Potter. Sundry resolutions of thanks. . . .180-81 
 
 Anniversary Song — Home again 181-82 
 
 Items of expendiutro from Journal 3 182-84 
 
 Cash Dr. to Bonds and Notes received from Orphan House Estate. . . 184 
 An Act to explain an Act entitled an Act, to establish an Academy in 
 the Count)- of Chatham, and investing certain property in Selina Coun- 
 tess, Dowager of Huntingdon, Dec. 20, 1791 185 
 
 An Act to authorize the Trustees of the Orphan House or Bethesda 
 College, in the County of Chatiiam, to sell certain unproductive lands, 
 and to reduce the number of Trustees of the said Institution, Dec. 3d, 
 
 1804 186 
 
 An Act to authorize the President of the Trustees of the Bethesda Col- 
 lege, the President of the Union Society, the President of the Board of 
 Managers of the Savannah Poor House and Hospital Societj', the Chair- 
 man of Commi.ssioners of the Chatham Academy and the Mayor of the 
 City of Savannah, to dispose of the property of the Bethesda College or 
 Orphan House Estate, for the uses herein mentioned, Dec. 22d, 1808. . . 187 
 Letter from T. M. Bradford, Land and General Agency OflBce, Mil- 
 
 ledgeville, in reference to proceedings of Commissioners. . .' 188 
 
 Schedule of debts apportioned to the Savannah Poor House and Hos- 
 pital Society from the debts arising from the sales of Bethesda or Or- 
 phan House Estate 188-89 
 
 Cash account kept by President Shcftall, 1815, 'IG, '17 189-95 
 
 Resolution of thanks to President Sheaall, Apr. 23d, 1818 195 
 
 Extract, from Georgia Gazette and Savannah Republican files, 17 74 
 
 to 1790, from 1799 to 1815 and from 1821 to 1828 19G-205 
 
 Anniversary discourses and addres.scs, and who delivered by 206 
 
 *Oration of Hon. Thos. U. P. Ciiarlton 1-13 
 
 Oration of Col. Howell Cobb 14-21 
 
 Oration of Hon. Robert M. Charlton 22-29 
 
 Record of beneficiaries, as far as they could bo ascertained. . . . 
 
 Record of officers as far as they could be ascertained 
 
 Honorary Members 
 
 Bethesda, its founders, &c., by J. F. Cann 
 
 * Orations of Charlton, Cobb and Charlton arc not in order as printed 
 above; they follow Bethesda, its founders, &c. 
 
S Y N 1> S 1 8 
 
 OF MEETINGS HELD. ADMISSION OF MEMBERS, OF RECEIPTS AND 
 EXPENDITURES 
 
 MEETINGS HELD AND ?\f EMBERS PRESENT. 
 
 Vagt. 
 
 1791. At Brown's Coffee House. April 2;M:n). May 2 (5). June 6 (4). 
 
 Julj' 4 (16) 1-3 
 
 August 1 (5). September 5 (4). October .'> (4). November 7 (9). 
 
 December 5(12) 4 
 
 1792. At Mns. Barbara Eppinger's. Januarx' 2 (15). February G (7). Marcb 
 
 5 (12) 5 
 
 At Major Brown's Coffee House. Ai)ril 2 (i:!). April 2;{ (25). May 
 
 7(7). June4(ll) .5-6-7 
 
 July 2 (8). August 6 (12). Sept. .3 (2) 8 
 
 September 27, to attend funeral of Leonard Cecil (20). October 
 
 1(7). Nov. 5 (9). Dec 4 (6). Dec. 14(12) 9 
 
 179.'!. January 7 (12). February 4 (6). March 1 (10) 9 
 
 At tlie Filature. April 1 (18). April 23 (15). May 6 (3) 9-10-12 
 
 June 3 (15). July 1 (12). August 5 (9). Septeu)ber 2 (S). Octo- 
 ber 7 (2). November 4 (f>). December 2 (7) 12-13 
 
 1 794. January 6 (9) 13 
 
 At Mr. John Carsan's. Feb. 3 (10). March 3 (11). April 7 (17) 14 
 
 At the Filature. May 5 (9). June 2 (12) 18-19 
 
 July 7 (19). August 4 (12). September 1 (11) 23 
 
 October 6(11). October 25 (28). November 3(9) 24 
 
 1 795. Jan. 5 (12). February 2 (10). March 2 (5) 25 
 
 April 6(15). April 23 (36). May 4 (11) 25-26-31 
 
 June 1 (12). June 10, at the house of Mr. Carsan, to attend the 
 
 funeral of George Iloustoun. (37) 33 
 
 July 6 (19). Augu-st 3(11). September 7 (II) 33-4 
 
 September 10, to attend funeral of John Rentz, near Thunder- 
 bolt. (6 J 34-5 
 
 October 5 ^12). November 2 (8). December 7 (5) 35 
 
 1796. January 4 (I'J). February 1(10). March 7 (3) 35-6 
 
 March 14, to attend the funeral of Daniel Course, (24). April 4, 
 
 (15) ?,6 
 
 April : 0, at the hou,«e of (lie President, to attend the funeral of 
 
 Frederick K. Fahm, (26) 41 
 
 May 2 (13). June 3, at the house of David Montaigut, to attend 
 
 his funeral. (iO) 41 
 
 Jnne 6 (1 5). July 4 (23). August 1 (10) 4.> 
 
 September 6 (11). September 14, to attend funeral of Rev. The?. 
 
 II. McCaule 43-4 
 
At the house of Steward, John D. Dickinson, Oct. 3, (11). No* 
 
 vembf-r 7(7) Ih 
 
 nsi. At tlie iiouse of Mr. John Hamilton, January 2. (11). Februnrv 
 
 6 (14). March 6 (14) 45-6 
 
 At the new Theatre, in Warren Ward April — , (30) 46 
 
 At the Filature, May 1, (— ). June 5 (8) 48 
 
 At the City Hall, in Filature, July 3, (14) 10 
 
 At the hou.«o of JuEtu.s II. Scheubor, to attend funeral of Mor- 
 
 dccai Sheftall, Esq., July 7 (30) 49 
 
 At the Filature, August 7 {'I). September 4 (17). September 26, 
 
 funeral of John Moore (31). October 2 (IT) 49 
 
 At City Hall, November G (l).December 4 (4) 40 
 
 1798. At the Filature, Jan. 1 (7). February 5 (11). March 5 (4) Ai)ril 
 
 2 (7) 50 
 
 At the City Hall, April 23 (— ). May 7 (7) 50-1 
 
 July 2 (22). August 6 (8). September 3 [1 1]. October 1 [8] 52 
 
 1808. M.ay 23 53 
 
 MFETINGS OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERS. 
 
 1815. May 4 — 8. May 18 — postponed. June 1 — 3; adjourned 61-2 
 
 1815-lG, June 20—5. Jan. 10 — 5, at the Exchange 62-3 
 
 AT THE EXCIIAXOE. 
 
 1816. April 29—6, June 3—7. July 1 — 4 63-6-7 
 
 August 5 — 5. September 3 — 4. November 5 — 5 67-8 
 
 1816-17. Dec. 3 — i. January 7—5. April 3—5 69-70 
 
 1817. May 6— 6. June —4. August 5— 5 71-2 
 
 September 9 — 6. October 7 — 5. November 4 — 5 7.3—1-5 
 
 1817-18. December 2—6. February 3—4. March 26—4 75-6 
 
 1818. May 5—5. Juno 1—4. July 7 — 4 76 7-8 
 
 August 5 — 4. September I — 6, at Society's Room 70 
 
 AT society's HALI. — IX ACADEMY. 
 
 1818. October 6—4. November 3 — 4. December 1—4 80-1 
 
 1819. January 5—4. February 2—4. March 2 — i 81-2-3 
 
 April- 5—6. May 4 — 4. May 6—6 84-6 
 
 June 1 — 5. July 6 — 3. August 3 — 4 85-6-7 
 
 September 8—2. October 5—6. December 7—6 87-8 
 
 1820. January 4—5. February 1—3. March 7—8 8f) 
 
 April 4—6. May 2—6. July 10— ^. 90-91-96 
 
 1820-21. September 5—. April 23— 07 
 
 Note. — The Rules adopted 1821, require monthly meetings of the Board of 
 Managers, and quarterly meetings of the Societ}-, and provide fines for default ; 
 but from 1820 to 1828, there are no minutes, and meetings arc not herein reg- 
 ularly recorded after that time. 
 
 MEETINGS OF THE SOCIETY, &C. 
 
 VROM 1774 TO 1790, 1798 TO 1815, AND 1820 TO 1828,— FROM files ok TUK. 
 
 GEORGIA GAZETTE AND SAVANNAH REPUBLICAN. 
 
 1774. January -, Monday. At the house of Peter Tondec 196 
 
 1775. April 24. " " •' '• " 196 
 
23 
 
 1773. April 24. Advertised for a Teacher 196 
 
 1784. April 21. At the house of Richard Doaavaii Murray 196 
 
 " 23. " " " " •' " to choose Offi- 
 cers, &c. Dinner at 3 o'clock 196 
 
 1785. February 14. At the house of Mr. Allison — special business 196 
 
 1786. April 21 At the Coffee House, to choose Officers, &c. Dinner at 3 
 
 o'clock 196 
 
 June 5. Members in arrears requested to pay by 1st Monday in 
 
 August 196 
 
 >?eptember 4. Resolutions of thanks to Wm. Gibbons and others, 
 members of the House of Assemby, and other honourable gen- 
 tlemen, who supported the Act for incorporoting this Society, 
 passed Jul^- 14, 178C 196 
 
 1 787. April 2:?. At tlie Coffee House, to choose Officers, &c 190 
 
 Verses on the Union Society 197 
 
 1788. April 22. At the Coffee House. Notice to those who have not at- 
 
 tended for some time past 197 
 
 1789. April 23. At the Coflee House, to choose Officers, &c 197 
 
 1780. April 5. Notice to those who have been admitted members, and 
 
 who have neglected to pay their admission mone}' and subscribe 
 
 the Rules 197 
 
 April 23. At Brown's Coffee House, to choose Officers, kc 197 
 
 MEETINGS HELD AT THE CITY HALL, FILATURE. 
 
 1799. January 7, "precisely at sunset" 1800, January 7 : July 7 198 
 
 1801. January 5: April 23. July 6. 1802, April 5 198 
 
 1803. January 27, extra meeting. April 23. 1804, April 23 198 
 
 1805. April 23. A Charity Sermon, preached in the Baptist Church, Vjy 
 
 Rev. Mr. Clay 198 
 
 1806. April 7. "Those persons who are desirous of joining this institu- 
 
 tion will take notice that, agreeable to the Rules, unless appli- 
 cation is made at the above period, they will not be admitted at 
 
 the Annual Meeting 198 
 
 -Vpril 23. A Charity Sermon preached in the New Presbyterian 
 
 Church, St. James' Square, by Rev. Mr. Best 198 
 
 1807. April G. Notice to those who desire to join to make application pre- 
 
 vious to the Annual Meeting, or they cannot be admitted 199 
 
 April 23. A Sermon, by tlie Rev. Mr. KoUock, at New Presbyterian 
 
 Church, St. James' Square 199 
 
 1808. April 4. April 23. Sermon by Rev. Mr. Ilolcombe, at Baptist 
 
 Church, from the following word' : " He that has mercy for the 
 
 poor, happy is he." 1 99 
 
 Notice of Anniversary, from Savannah Republican. April 'J8. . 199 
 
 1809. April 24. Notice from Savannah Republican, April 25: " An appro- 
 
 priate discourse was delivered in the Presbyterian Churcli, by 
 the Rev. Mr. Kollock, which concluded with an affecting ad- 
 dress to the seventeen boys educated and supported on the bounty 
 
 of the InstilulioD." 199 
 
 J 810. April 23. July 2. October 1. 1811, April 23 ,., . 200 
 
1811. Julr 1. October 7. \»\'2, Jjinuaiy 2. April 23 200 
 
 1613. January 5. April 23, at the Gcorpia Hotel 201 
 
 Notice of Annual Moetiup, and names of Officers elected : from 
 
 Savannah Republican 201 
 
 MEKTIXGS HELD AT THE EXCHANGE. 
 
 1813-14. October 14. Janunry 3. January C. April 23. July 11. Octo- 
 ber 8 201-2 
 
 1815. April 24. Dinner ut 3| o'clock 202 
 
 Notice from Savannah Rtj'ullican, and names of Officera elected. 202 
 
 MEETINGS HELD AT SOCIETY'S HALL. 
 
 1821. April 23. Sermon by l?ov. ilr. Capers. . .• 202 
 
 Notice from Savannah Rijwhlican, w'nhnumes of Officers e]octei 202 
 
 1822. April 23. Notice from yavaunah Rtpullicati, with names of Officera 
 
 elected 203 
 
 1823. April 24. Notice from Savannah RtjmlUcan. witli names of Officers 
 
 elected 203 
 
 Oration — the first ever delivered before the Society — by Thos. 
 
 U. P. Charlton, Esq. Dinner at the Exchange at 4 o'clock 203 
 
 1824. April 2:<. Notice from Savannah Rtpullican, with names of Officers 
 
 elected 204 
 
 1825. April 23, at Sunday School I'oom, Academy. Notice from Savan- 
 
 nah Republican, with nanus of Officera elected 204 
 
 182C. April 24, at Society's Hall. Notice from Savannah Rtpullican, 
 
 with names of Officers elected 205 
 
 1827. April 23, at Society's Hall. Notice from Savannah Rejmblican, 
 
 with names of Officers elected 205 
 
 1828. April 23, at Society's Hall. T8th Anniversary 205 
 
 MEMBERS ADMITTED. 
 
 1791. April 23. Dr. James B. Youii}? 2 
 
 1793. April 1. Joseph Clay, Jr., and Francis Stebbiiis 10 
 
 April 23. Petitions read, of P. S. Laffitte, Richard "Wayne, Robert 
 
 Bolton, Daniel Course, Jolin Berrian, Jolin Tcbeau, George 
 Tliroop, John Y. Noel ; balloted for and elected. ..." 11 
 
 1794. April 23. Petitions read of George Jones, John Cunningham, Jos. 
 
 Miller, Thomas Rice, Rolicrl Montford, Matthew McAllister, 
 George \Voodrufl' and Sheftall Sheftall ; separately balloted fur 
 and duly elected I <> 
 
 1795. April 23. Petitions of Jo'.in Rent/., Joseph Roberts, Slaughter 
 
 Cowling, William Norment and Frederic Herb, were again read, 
 
 separately balloited for, and severally admitted 29 
 
 Ahjo, petitions of John Howell, John Armour, John D. Dickin- 
 son, Hampton Lillibridgc and James Jones, this day received 
 
 and read, separately ballotted for, and each duly elected 29 
 
 1790. April 23. Petitions of Isaac Beiiedix, John Gibbons, ■\Villiani Ihnit- 
 cr, Ebene/.cr Jackson, Piiiliii Millcdge, Thomas M. AVuodbridge, 
 Robert Mitchell, William Belcher, Robert AValts, Nicholas An- 
 
25 
 
 ciaux, David Gusrel. John Gromniet, John McCall. Johu X. 
 Brailsford, James Shaw, George S. Hull, Solomon Shad, Johu 
 Glass, Rev. Thos. II. McCaule, William Wallace, John Moore, 
 Thomas Yonng, John McKinnon, James Mcintosh, Thomas 
 Netherclift and David Brydie Mitcliell, being read, they were 
 
 ballotted for and duly admitted 39-40 
 
 William Belcher, admitted under 7th Rule 4.^ 
 
 1797. April 24. J. C. Smith, Wm. H. Langc, Thomas Pitt, and John Rob- 
 erts admitted 48 
 
 1818. May 5. On second reading of Petition, Donald McLeod, John 
 Speakman, Moses Herbert, John Tanner and John J. Roberts, 
 were unanimously admitted 77 
 
 1818. July 7. William H. Joyner, balloted for and unanimously admitted, 78-79 
 
 Aug. 5. Archibald Smith, admitted 79 
 
 Oct. 6. Samuel M. Bond, admitted. 80 
 
 Nov. 3. S. S. Williams, Worthingion Gale and Joseph King, unan- 
 imously admitted 80 
 
 Dec. 1. AVm. M. Kell}^ admitted 81 
 
 1819. Feb. 2. Thomas Wright and Charles Manul, admitted 82 
 
 J. P. Henry and James Hunter, resigned 8'2 
 
 March 2. Fdward F. Tattnall, Francis H. Welman, Joseph Clay 
 
 Habersham, Benjamin Howard. William Neff and William C. 
 
 Wayne, admitted 83 
 
 April 5. Thirty -one new members admitted 84 
 
 June 1. Six new members admitted 86 
 
 Dec. 7. Michael Brown, admitted 88 
 
 1820. May 2. Lazarus Petty, admitted 91 
 
 [There are no minutes from 1820 to 1828, and after that time only lead- 
 ing and prominent facts from the minutes have been transcribed.] 
 
 MONEY RECEIVED. 
 
 1791. James Port paid Society on account, (April 23. 1791) £ 5. t;3. 
 
 Balance in hand at last Anniversary 69. 2s. 
 
 Received since last Anniversary 10. 1 2s. 
 
 " from 29 persons for dinner on Anniversar}-. 13. 10s. 
 '• from Dr. Augustus Mayer, loaned him last 
 
 Anniversary .">. 19s:. :>d 
 
 also, interest on same, to Nov. last 
 
 1792. April 23. Received on and since last Annivereary, . . 109. 7s. 
 
 Received this day 44. lis. 
 
 179.]. April 23. Received this year h'2. I3s. 
 
 Received this da}- £61. Ss. Gd. 
 
 1794. April 23. Received from last to presentAnnivorsary, Dfs. 13s. 
 
 Received this day £84. 3s. i.'d. 
 
 1795. April 23. Received from last to present Anniversary. 147. I'Ju. 
 
 Received from Mayor and Aldermen, donation ... i;. 6s. 
 " this day fc3. 1 Is. 
 
 1796. April 23d. Received from 23d April, last, to 4th inst §56G 60 
 
 Received this day, April 23. 1796 397 40 
 
 9d. 
 
 1 
 
 S^d. 
 
 1 
 
 3d. 
 
 1 
 
 8d. 
 
 •J 
 
 S^.d. 
 
 6 
 
 l^d. 
 
 7 
 
 9id. 
 
 10 
 
 
 12 
 
 Kid. 
 
 16 
 
 
 18 
 
 lid. 
 
 27 
 
 Od. 
 
 27 
 
 2^d. 
 
 31 
 
 60 
 
 38 
 
 40 
 
 4(t 
 
2t> 
 
 1797. April 23. t?undry amouutd loaned and paid out during' the 
 
 year (no regular report) and balance in hand 12J 77^ 17 
 
 Received this day 176 60^^ 47 
 
 1S20. Collections in the Churches 689 31 89 
 
 1802. April 23. Balance in hand of late President, M. McA.. . . 135 44 92 
 
 " " Received from Sundry Members 1G6 35 92 
 
 1805. April 1. Legacy of W'm. Gibbous. Jr 100 00 , 94 
 
 i80G. April 23. Received from Thomas Decheuau.x 20 00 94 
 
 1819. June 8. Interest on two Exchange Certificates from City 
 
 Treasurer 48 00 9G 
 
 1»20. Jan. 1. I ntere.st on two Exchange Certificates, from City 
 
 Treasurer 24 00 'JG 
 
 !S21. Jan. 1. Intere.«l on two Exchange Certificates, from City 
 
 Treasurer 24 00 96 
 
 (No minutes frA 1820 to 1828.) 
 Ks2f<. April 23. ToUil receipts this year, §1498 35, with the bal- 
 ance from Inst year 2273 12* 102 
 
 (Receipts and Expenditures not hereaflcr regularly given.) 
 
 1833. Bequeathed to the Society, by the late Thomas Young. . . f>000 00 104 
 
 Exchange Stock, redeemed by City, principal and in- 
 terest 702 00 104 
 
 Donation from A. A. Suares, La 500 00 104 
 
 1834. Donation from John Bolton, N. Y 20 00 106 
 
 18:'6. Bequest from the late Robert Cooper .'.O 00 108 
 
 1839. Bequest from the late Wm. M. Evans, of West Chester, 
 
 N. Y., 4 Shares Planters' Bank Stock, $80 paid in 320 00 108 
 
 1841. Receipts the past year 1883 81 109 
 
 Balance from last year 200 17 109 
 
 1850. Received the past year, from all sources 2488 40 113 
 
 1853. Total Receipts, including $28 45, balance last year 3045 63 132 
 
 1854. Present Annual Income 346C 00 136 
 
 1855. " '^ " (Bethesda purchased) 2782 00 142 
 
 1850. •■ •• 374G 00 15G-7 
 
 Donation from the Mayor, out of the Collections of 
 
 1854 75 00 158 
 
 1357. Donation from Mr. Andrew Low. a Land "Warrant, IGO 
 
 acres . 1 G7 
 
 1 858. Bequest of the late Henry Ilaupt r)()0 00 172 
 
 Income this year 3981 99 172 
 
 Donation from an unknown friend 175 00 173 
 
 '• 37 ladies and gentlemen "upwards of". 2700 00 173 
 
 1810. Received from Orphan IIoiiso Estate, on account 10S5 02 184 
 
 1814. Voluntary Contributions from simdry persons 70 00 184 
 
 MONKY PAID OUT. 
 
 1791. James Port. Paid him for Schooling £13. 13s. 9d. 2 
 
 Paid last year for Scliooling and other expense.^. . 37. O.s. lid. 
 
 Mr. Brown, dinner for 30 persons, on Anniversary. . M. 0.«. Od. 1 
 
 James Port, for Schooling 5. 28. 3d. t 
 
27 
 
 1792. John. Hanarahan, Schooling, Jno. Waruook (also — ) 18s. 8d. 4 
 
 1 792. James Port, for Schooling 1. 4s. Od. 5 
 
 Mrs. Lydia Myers, her account for Schooling 5 
 
 James Port, for Schooling and Stationery 3. 18s. lid. .5 
 
 April 23. Paid out and loaned on interest since last 
 
 Anniversary 101. 9s. lOd. 
 
 Mrs. Lydia Myers, for Schooling, six dollars S fi 00 7 
 
 Kmblematical Copper Plate, and 100 Membership 
 
 Certificates therefrom .£10. 14s. 4Jd. 8 
 
 Maj. Brown, balance for dinner, last Anniversary', $20 00 8 
 
 Mr. Stephens, for Seal for the Society £ 1. 9s. 4d. 9 
 
 1793. April 23. Expenses the past year 37. 3s. 2-id. 10 
 
 Messrs. Johnstons, the printers, for advertising. . 2. 3s. Od. 12 
 
 1794. Justus H. Schcuber, Secretary, salary 10. Os. Od. 16 
 
 E.xpended the past j-ear 69. 7s. lOd. • 16 
 
 Lydia Myers, for Scliooling ]. 19s. 8d. 19 
 
 James Casey, for advertising 0. 13s. Od. H" 
 
 James Port, Schooling to 15th June 6. 2s. lid. 19-20 
 
 Rev. Mr. McCaule, entrance money for David Mur- 
 ray Washington $2 00 24 
 
 James Port, Schooling to 5th September £ 6. 19s. 6d. 24 
 
 Sheriff's and Clerk's Fees, on eleven suits 7. 14s. Od. 24 
 
 Mr. Clay, for three Suits, to be brought against 2. 2s. Od. 24 
 
 City for seven years' ground rent. Lot 2 1 5s. Od. '24 
 
 Lydia Myers, for Schoolmg to 23d October 3. 7s. 1 1 .Jd. 24 
 
 1795. James Port, for Scliooling to 22d March 17. 7s. 9d. 26 
 
 Rev. Thomas H. McCaule, for Schooling 3.18s. 4d. 26 
 
 Mrs. Lydia Mj-ers. for Schooling to 23d January. . . 2. 16s. 9jd. 26 
 
 .\pril 23. Expended since last Anniversary 57. 13s. lid. 27 
 
 Ordered paid for Advertising !. 18s. lO^d. 28 
 
 " " for Secretary's salary 10. Os. Od. 28 
 
 Lydia Myers, for Schooling to 23d April last $ 10 27-J 33 
 
 James Port, for Schooling and Paper to 15th Juno 41 50 33 
 
 [Fines henceforth for not attending Meetings.] 
 
 Lydia Myers, for Schooling, Aug. 10 12 50 35 
 
 James Port, Sept. 23, for Schooling, §36 00, Books $1 37. 37 37 35 
 
 1796. " " Dec. 18, " " 32 06i 36 
 
 Peter S. LafSlte, April 23 26 00 36-7 
 
 .lames Port, for Schooling, March 21 39 62-J 37 
 
 Rev. Mr. McCaule for Schooling Mary Washington. ... 6 70 37 
 
 April 23. Since last Anniversary to 4th iust 373 53 38 
 
 June 6th, Mrs. Lydia Myers, to May 2d 12 50 41 
 
 June 26th, James Port, for educating children 43 25 45 
 
 August 3d, Lydia Myers for •• ' 8 00 45 
 
 1797. Feb. 6th, " • " •• 6 00 46 
 
 " " James Port " " 40 00 46 
 
 April 26. " " '• •• 42 25 47 
 
 " " " " for the use of Km room 47 
 
 Corporation Account, Secretary, kc ^. . . . 85 87* 18 
 
28 
 
 James Port, July -Ith, $40 00; Sept.. 29th, $35 25 75 25 50 
 
 " " Dec. 21st .".5 00 50 
 
 Lydia Myers, May 21st, $6 00 ; Nov. 9th, $12 00 18 00 50 
 
 Peter S. Laffilto 67 62^ 50 
 
 1802. April 2.";. Disbursements for Children 9 00 92 
 
 Contingent Expenses — Secretary's salary GO 00 92 
 
 " •• Anniversary Expenses 82 50 92 
 
 Subscription for building Exchange 10 00 93 
 
 May 18. Disbursements for children— Clothing, 12 on 9.T 
 
 June 21. '• " '■ Tuition, Paper, Ink 
 
 and Quills ^ -10 25 'X\ 
 
 .Sept. 15. Disbursements for children — Tuition, Paper, Ink 
 
 and Quills 42 50 93 
 
 Oct. 29. Disbursements for children — Tuition 1 2 00 9:? 
 
 • Di.sbursements for children 1S2 
 
 Dec. 20. Wm, F. Port, for Tuition 24 00 182 
 
 " '• " '• for Paper, Ink and Quills 2 00 182 
 
 1803. March 22. Disbursements for Children —Tuition 26 00 9.3 
 
 April 23. Mrs. Lydia M. Myers, for lution 6 00 1 82 
 
 CONTINGENT EXPENSES. 
 
 Peter S. LafBtte, Secretary, one year's Salary CO 00 182 
 
 April '28. James Johnston, printing 3 quires Summons.. 4 00 182 
 
 Lyon & Mor.se, Advertising 3 75 182 
 
 Juno 3. .John Lawson, Steward 106 OS 182-3 
 
 DISBURSEMENTS FOH CHILDREN. 
 
 June 16. Wm. F. Port, Tuition, Paper, Ink and Quills . . 25 62 183 
 
 Hazen & Kimball, posting books, &c 158 00 183 
 
 July 8. Seymour, Woolliopter & Stebbins, printing 36 52.^- 183 
 
 Sept, 19. Schooling $16 00; Paper, Ink and Quills, 37c... 16 37 183 
 
 Nov. 4. Tuition, $9 00; John Lawson, Clothing $26 50. 35 50 183 
 
 1804. Feb. 16. Lawson for D. & C. Gugel, clothing John Pian- 183 
 
 dolph 21 00 183 
 
 March 22. "Wm. F. Port, Tuition, $10 50 ; G. Tufts & Co., 
 
 Shoes, 75c 1125 183 
 
 July 2. Peter S. Laffitte, Secretary, one year's salary ... GO 00 183 
 
 '• 18. Stewards, deficiency Anniversary dinner 52 62^ 183 
 
 Lyon & Morse, and Seymour & Woolhopter, Printing. . G 25 183 
 
 Dec. 27. Wm. F. Port, Schooling 67 50 183 
 
 John Lawson, Clothing 9 00 1 84 
 
 1805. Jan. 17. Subscription for building an P]xchange 12 00 94 
 
 April 23. Contingent Expenses — Secretary's Salary 60 00 94 
 
 Disbursements for children — Clothing and Schooling. . 219 31:J- 94 
 
 March 30. Mr. Port, Schooling 37 50 184 
 
 1806. April 23. Contingent Expenses— Printing, Dinner Ac 67 25 185 
 
 1807. April 23. Contingent Expenses— Printing, Ann Exp., Sec- 
 
 retary's Salary and Certificates of Membership 159 12^ 
 
 Disbursements for ciiikiren — Schooling, Clothing, &c. .. . 249 25 94-95 
 
29 
 
 1808. April 23. Contingent Expenses, J. Johnston, Printing, 
 
 $12 00; Adam Cope, Steward, $33 75 45 75 184 
 
 Disbursements for children — Schooling and Clothing. . . . 996 974 95 
 Contingent Expenses — J. F. Everett, and Seymour & 
 
 TVoolhopter, Printing n 7.-, 1 84 
 
 1 809. April 24. McLean & Barnes, Everett & Evans, and James 
 
 Johnston 
 
 Peter S. Laffitte, Secretary, (October 17th, last) 
 
 Contingent Expenses — Secretary's Salary, two years. . 
 Disbursements for Children — SchooUng, Clqfhing, &c. . 
 
 1810. April 23. Contingent Expenses — Anniversary dinner. . . . 
 
 Secretary's Salary, three years 187 
 
 Printing, Recording Deeds, &c 97 
 
 Disbursements for Children — Clothing Schooling, Board- 
 ing, &c 1213 57 nr, 
 
 CONTINGENT EXPENSES. 
 
 1818. April 23. J. 0. Gray, Secretarj'-, ono year's Salary 250 00 96 
 
 250 00 96 
 
 150 00 96 
 
 450 00 95 
 
 44 50 
 
 184 
 
 20 00 
 
 184 
 
 120 00 
 
 95 
 
 614 50 
 
 95 
 
 50 00 
 
 95 
 
 187 50 
 
 95 
 
 97 OU 
 
 95 
 
 1819. May 20. James Morrison, Secretary, one year's Salary. 
 
 1820. April 3. " '■ " " " " . 
 1821-2-3. Lowell Mason, Secretar^y, three year's Salary. .... 
 
 [No minutes from 1820 to 1828, and receipts and expendi- 
 tures not hereafter regularly included in transcripts.] 
 
 1828. April 23. Total expenditure this year 1725 93 102 
 
 1841. " " Expenditures this year 2095 43 109 
 
 1850. " " '• " " " 1841 98 113 
 
 1852. Total E.xpenditure for Wing of the Academy 3280 35 132 
 
 1853. Ordinary Expenditures the past j-oar 1909 02 132 
 
 Extraordinary Expenditures the past year 1065 03 132 
 
 1855. Paid this j^ear for the purchase of Bethesda 7200 00 140 
 
 1857. Total Disbursements this year 5184 42 165 
 
 1858. " " " " 4945 90 172 
 
Oi!V ♦ C^ * i 
 
 1 ^0tietp. 
 
 At (III Aiinircisari/ of flic Union Societiy, (ilst.) held ut Mr. Broion'i 
 
 CoJ'ee House, in iSavannah, on Saturday the 
 
 •l^d da)/ of April, 1791. 
 
 Present — Noble AV Joxks Esq'r Fresident. 
 JosEJ'u Clay K!=!q'i' Vice Presid'f, 
 David MoNTAUiur Secret' y, 
 Justus H ScnEunER Aasist't, 
 William Henry Spencer Janies Bulloch 
 
 John lluppert Francis Courvoisie 
 
 Isaac Fell Sir George Houstoun 
 
 <jreorge Millen Willitnn Stephens 
 
 John Eppinger • William liryaii 
 
 Frederick Fahni Joseph Habersham 
 
 William Lewden John ITabersham 
 
 Veneblcs Bond \\'illiam Gibbons Sen'r 
 
 John Herb Edward Lloyd 
 
 William Gibbons Jun'r John. G. Williamson 
 
 Josiah Tattnall James .Moore 
 
 Peter Deveaux Samuel Stirk 
 
 John Morel James. 1). Young 
 
 James Port (81 members.) 
 
 Mr. President reported that he had Received £5 9 on Ac- 
 corapt from James Port and that he had paid Mr. Port the balance ot 
 his Acc't for Schooling Children on the bounty of the Society to the 
 15th of March last Amounting to ZV6. 13 Oj which had been paid 
 at different times but which he observes has not been entered on the 
 Minutes. 
 
 Mr i^RESiDE.VT laid before the Society his Account of Receipts and 
 payments at and since the last Anniversary. 
 
 Ordered that Mr. Joseph Habersham Sir George Houstoun and 
 Mr. William Gibbons Jun'r be a (^onimittcc to examine the l^residents 
 Acct's The said Committee Reported they find that at the last An- 
 niversary the Sum of Sixty Nine pounds two Shillings and Eight pence 
 half penny was paid into his hands by his l*redecessor in Office, and 
 that the Sum of Ten Pounds Twelve Shillings and three pence has been 
 Received by him to this Day making together the Sum of Seventy- 
 Nine pounds Fourteen Shillings and Eleven pence half penny and that 
 
the Sum of Thirty Soven roundsund seven pence half penny has been 
 paid for Schftolinjr tlie Cliildren and other Kxpenses of the Society for 
 whicli satisfactory Vouchers are jiroihiced h^niiii: the balance ol' 
 Forty two pounds fourteen Shillings and four pence Kxelusive ol" 
 Monies received this Day which Report was agreed to. 
 
 The Pktitio.n of Doct'r .lames, li. Young was read the Second 
 Time, and being ballotted for, was duly Klcfted a Member of thi.s 
 Society. 
 
 .{'•<•<>" lit of M(,ul(.\ Uiiclvcd at tlw Aiiiiir<rs(iri/^ tin 'l?til i)iiij 
 
 of April, rm. 
 
 C s. d. 
 
 Samuel Stirk in part :! lo 4 
 
 Justus. H. Scheuber in full l'» ^ 
 
 Noble. W. Jones in full 1 1' <> 
 
 N'enebles liond in part (Note for baH'ce) :i 14 t»A 
 
 John Kuppert in full...: •> \- 4 
 
 John Kppinger in full -44 
 
 William Jjcwdcn in full l-') — 
 
 Fredrick Herb's Estate in full 10 — 
 
 John Herb in full .* 17 
 
 Stephen Milieu's Estate in full tJ 
 
 (George Millen in full 1 7 (5 
 
 Federick Fahm in full 1 14 7 
 
 William Gibbons Jun'r in full 19 7 
 
 Isaac Fellin full 1 4 S 
 
 Joseph Clay in full 1 1:5 — 
 
 George. ]}. Spencer's Estate in full 11 11;! 
 
 William Hen'y Spencer in full 1 i* T)- 
 
 Francis Courvoisie in part (Note for baH'ce) :! S — 
 
 Sir (ieorge Iloustoun in full 16 — 
 
 WilliamStephcnsOne Y'rs Int'st on Bond L*17 !• 
 
 Contributions and tines 17 <• 
 
 .Joseph Habersham in part 1 ^ — 
 
 .John Habersham in part - - — 
 
 William Gibbons Scn'r in lull 18 — 
 
 William IJryan, in full 117 
 
 John. G. Williamson in part (Note for ball'ce)... 2 1(5 — 
 
 Kdward Lloyd in part (Note for baH'cc) 2 11 4 
 
 James Moore in full 18 — 
 
 Josiah Tattnall in part •'» 15 8 
 
 Leonard Cecil in full IS UA 
 
 l^eter Deveaux in full I 7 1^ 
 
 John Morel in full for Int'st (^ntrib'n and fines 1 7 11 
 
 James li. Voung in part 1 8 (• 
 
 54 9 IH 
 
3 
 
 Resolved, that Uuc Child ol' John Waruock at A (.■rtjuiiburp:h be 
 .Schooled on the l)Ounty of this Society in that Neighborhood. Also 
 tliat .John Kilcy son of John Riley deceased be Schooled with Mr 
 Port on the said Bounty. 
 
 TiiK SdCiETY then proceeded to Elect Officers for the ensuing Year 
 when Doct'r. Nuble. W. Jones Ksq'r was again Elected President 
 Joseph Clay Ksq'r Vice President James Port was Elected 
 Secretary Mn. Fkancis Couhvoisik and Mn. John Eppingek 
 Stewards. 
 
 Resolved that a Committee of I'hree Persons be appointed to Super- 
 intend the Schooling of such poor Children, as may be Instructed on 
 the bounty of the Society, And that Mess'rs John Habersham, Wil- 
 liam Henry Spencer, and Ceorge Milieu, be the said Committee. 
 
 Resolved that a Sum not exceeding Forty Pounds be and is hereby 
 declared to be set apart as a fund for Schooling such Children. 
 
 That the President do pay to the Order of the said Committee or 
 any Two of them, the Quarterage of said Children with such Incidental 
 charges as may occur. 
 
 Resolved that the I'resident be empowered and directed to let at 
 Interest agreeably to the Rules of the Society a Sum not exceeding 
 One Hundred Pounds payable on the next Anniversary, taking good 
 and Sufficient Security for the same provided that the Sum already 
 Voted for, be Reserved. 
 
 The Question being put uu Col. Habersham's Motion, for altering 
 the Anniversary, was not agreed to. 
 
 Mr. Stephens from the Committee presented an Emblem for a Cer- 
 tificate Copper l*late which was approved of, and the Committee wa,s 
 Requested to have the same Engraved. 
 
 Resolved That Notice be given to such Persons, as are in Arrears to 
 the Union Society, that unless their Acc'ts are Settled, to the Satis, 
 faction of the President, and Vice President within Two Months, they 
 will be placed in the hands of an Attorney at Law, to Recover the 
 same. N W JONES 1 'resident 
 
 ( Monthly Meeting, .May 2d, 171)1, at 3Ir. Brown's ('offee House 
 present Noble W Jones Esq., Pres't, James Port Secre'y, William 
 Lewdcn, Edward l^loytl, Frederick Fahm.) 
 
 (Monthly .^Ieeting, June Oth, IT'.Jl, at Mr. J3rown's Coflcc House, 
 present, the President, William Henry Spencer, David Montaigut, 
 .Justus Scheuber. ) 
 
 (Quarterly Meeting, July I, ITi'l, at .Mr. Brown's Coffee House; 
 present, Noble W. .Jones Pres'dt, Joseph Clay V. P., James 
 Port Sec'y, William Stephens, Sir <icorge Houstoun, Saipticl Stirk, 
 
Peter Deveaux, Jtthn G. Williamson, William H. Spencer. William 
 (ribbons, Juu'r, James Milledge, John Kuppert, William liryan, John 
 Kppinger, Benjamin Lloyd, Frederick Fahm.) 
 
 Mr William. II. Spencer one of the late Stewards reported that 
 he had paid Mr Brown £14 for the Dinner of oU Persons at the 
 Anniversary and that 29 Persons had paid for their Ticket* 
 and that the Sum of i>. 4. was advanced by him for the Extra 
 Charge. 
 
 Orderki) That the President ilo pay the said Sum of It. 41). to Mr 
 Spencer. 
 
 Ordered That a Sum not exceeding £25 be appropriated for pay- 
 ing for the Seal and Certificate lor the Society and that the President 
 do pay such Bill or Bills as nmy within the above Sum be Certified 
 l>y the Committee, <lirceted to procure the said Seal and Certificate. 
 
 The President reported that he had Loaned the Several Sums of 
 £55 £15 — — and £5 10. 5. viz to tlie Church War- 
 dens of C Church J II Scheuber and Doct'r Aiig's Mayer agree- 
 able to the Resolution of the Society. 
 
 The Pre!>:ident reported that 31r. .Port's Acct for Schooling 
 Children on the bounty of the Society to the 15th of June last 
 Amounting to £5 2. 3. being Certified by the Committee appointed 
 for that purpose he had paid the Sauie. 
 
 N W JONES President. 
 
 (Monthly .Meeting, August l,at Mr. Brown's Coffee House; present, 
 the Scc'y, Montaigut, Fahm, Lewdcn, Scheuber. T*rcsident sent an 
 Kxcuse that he was unwell.) 
 
 (Monthly Meeting, September •'), at Brown's Coffee House; present, 
 the Presid't and Sec'y, Spencer, Lewden.) 
 
 (Quarterly Meeting, October :*., at Brown's Coffee House ; present 
 Port Sec'y, John Herb, W 11 Spencer.) 
 
 (Monthly Meeting, November 7, at Brown's Coffee House; present, 
 i'res't, \. P., Sec'y, Montaigut, Cecil. Young, Spencer, John Ilrrb, 
 Scheuber.) 
 
 (Monthly Meeting, December .">, at Brown's Coff'ee House; 12 mem- 
 bers present.) 
 
 Mr Presidk.nt laid before the Society an Acctof Joliu llanaralian 
 for one Quarter's Schooling of John Warnoek agreeable to an Order 
 on the last Anniversary which he had paid, on a Certificate of Sir 
 George lloustoun of the duty l)eiug performed Amt£18. 8. Com- 
 mencing from April to July. Also another Acct ol" said John Han- 
 
arahan for Schooling the said Johu Warnock one (juarter from July 
 to October which he had also paid. 
 
 Mr Prksident Informs that he has Received of Doct'r Augustus 
 Mayer, the Amount of his Note for £5. 19. 5. with Interest to the 
 of November last. 
 
 (Quarterly Meeting, January '1, 1792, held at Mrs. Barbara Eppiu- 
 ger's house, 15 members present.) 
 
 It appearing that Messrs John Habersham aud George Milieu Two 
 of the Committee for Schooling Children from an apprehension that 
 they had such powers had put two Orphan Children namely, Sarah the 
 Daughter of the Widow Hershman, and iNIarlow the Son of the Widow 
 Prior, to School with Mrs Lydia Meyers on the 24th of April last, but 
 tho it does not appear that the Committee have such Powers, yet they 
 are of Oppinion that the said Two Children ought to be continued 
 to be Schooled on the bounty of the Society. 
 
 Ordered that the President do pay for the same. 
 
 3Ir President reported that he had paid iNlr Port's Accompt for 
 Schooling Children from 15 of September to the 15th of December 
 Amount i;4. 4. 0. « 
 
 (Moutlily Meeting, February G, 1792, held at Mrs. Barbara Eppin- 
 ger's house, present, Pres'dt, Sec'y, Fahm, Houstoun, Joseph Haber- 
 sham, Johu Eppinger.) 
 
 (.Monthly fleeting, March 5. 1792, held at Mrs. liarbara Eppiu- 
 gcr's house, 12 members present.) 
 
 Mr President Inform'd the Society that he had paid Mrs. Lydia 
 Meyers her Accompt Agreeable to the Order of January last. 
 
 Ordered that Doctor Young, Mr Lewden, and .Mr Schouberbe 
 a Committee to in(|uire for a Suitable lloom for the Society to meet in 
 and that they Report at the next Meeting. 
 
 (No report on minutes.) -X W .JONES I'rosidc'nt 
 
 (Quarterly Meeting, April 2, 1792, liold :it .Major Brown's Coflce 
 House, 13 members present.) 
 
 Mr President informs the Society that he had paid .Mr Port's .Vc- 
 count for SchooUng from Dec'r 15th 1791 to March 1 5th follow'g 
 Amount £:>. 14. :J. also 4. 8D. for Stationary. 
 
 Re.'jotaei). That Dinner be provided for 30 Persons At two Dol- 
 lars each, and that tho I'residcnt Invite the Clergy. Judges of the 
 Superior Court of this State, of the Federal Court, aud the ^Mayor 
 and Aldermen of Savannah, to dine with the Society on the Anniver- 
 sary. 
 
 Ordered. That the following Notice be given in thcCazettc 
 
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 INIOX S()(METV 
 The Members uf the ISociety arc desired to meet at Mr. Jirowns 
 ('oflec Huu8C on .Monday the 23d In»t, precisely at 1> O Clock in 
 the forenoon on the T'siial Bu.sine.s.-^ of the iSociety and to Celebrate the 
 Anniversary. The business of the .Society bein<r I'rgent, the Mem- 
 bers arc Requested to be punctual in their Attendance. 
 
 Doct'v Young and Mr. (leorpe Millen were appointed to assist 
 the Stewards on the Annivcivary. 
 
 N W JONKS 
 
 {Forty Second Anutrtrsary, Ajjrit "I'id, 1792, Iwld ut Mr. Broioi's 
 (ojl'tt Jlvu^t., 2') }>r(!<i:id.) 
 
 Mr. J 'resident laid before the Society his Account of Keccipt.s and 
 i'ayntents, at and since the last Anniversary. 
 
 OkdkkkhI That y\r. John Habersham, Wiiliain . and Mr. 
 
 l"rancis Courvoisie l»e a ('omuiittee to examine the President's Ac- 
 count, 
 
 The Coumiittce to whom was referred, tiie Account Current ol' 
 Noble W: Jones Esquire President, eomnjcneiiii: on the last Anni- 
 versary and ending this day. 
 
 |{eport : That it appears, ilial he received the Sum of One 
 Hundred and .Nine Pounds Seven Shillinirs and cisiht pence half 
 pcnuy Sterling, and that he had paid and loaned on Interest on ac- 
 count of the Society One Hundred and One Pounds Nine Shillings and 
 ten pence Sterling regular ^'ouchers for which accompany the said .\c- 
 count, consc(jUcntly that aOialance of Seven Pounds Seventeen Shil- 
 lings and ten pence half penny remained due to the Society which was 
 accordingly paid by the President and deposited by the Committee 
 into the IJox. 
 
 Account of Monies ten'tvcd at die. An)iii( isart/, 17H2. 
 
 £ s. .1. 
 
 Nolilc W. .JoiH'H Ewir ^rc^i(l^llt ('iiritriliutiiin ;iij(l fliu'.s 1'2 10 
 
 .Io.M'jili Cluy EM|r Vice I'rchldtiit Oltto 1 IH «» 
 
 Wllllnin 01bb<m.s.Iun|.)r ditto IMS 1 
 
 Willluiii l/>w.Uii <lllt«i 15 !) 
 
 Frances Courvoisie ilitto 1 14 (I 
 
 Sir George llouhtoiiii ditto 18 00 
 
 .IaInc^ B. Younfr, Intere>l iiikI ditto 'i -1 ll.V 
 
 • ieorj-e .Mllleli ditto 1 CMl 4 
 
 Frederic Frihiii ditto 00 10 
 
 .Ic.liM Herb ditto 1 (K) \X 
 
 .)<din IJui.|>eit ditto 00 10 
 
 .I.din KindnKcr in [iiirt for ditto •.; OOl ( on 
 
 Willlani H: Spencer in |mrl lor ditto (Hi I ^ 
 
 Leonard Cecil ditto 1 4 '.! 
 
 Joseidi Hnbcn«bnni ditto. 00 IS S 
 
£ 8. A. 
 
 .loseph Gibbons Ibi- Intorest on his Account to tliis day 2 1 1^ 
 
 Willijim Stephens interest on Bond from the Church Wardens 4 4 00 
 
 .Same Interest on his own Bond and Contrib'u and linos :j If) ;; 
 
 .losiali Tallnall Interest 4. 1. & Contrib : and fines from last Year 1 4 1 
 
 • lohn Habersliani in jiart 2 16 00 
 
 William Gibbons Sen'r Contribution and fines 00 19 00 
 
 Nathaniel Pendleton in full 3 jO o 
 
 Kdward Lloyd in part 2 " 
 
 .lohn Morell Interest and Contrib : and fines 1 8 00 
 
 Samuel Beacroft in part- 'j 19 ;; 
 
 .lames Habersham in iwrt ] 12 S 
 
 ■lustus If. Schcuber in full including 28. Interest 1 19 
 
 •lohn llichards pavo his Note for Two Pounds Seven Shilliuffs and ten- i 
 
 jience for Contribution and fines. t 
 
 £44 :} \\y^ 
 Total c.^sll received from the different persons aforementioned amounts to Forty four 
 Pounds Three Shilliuirs and Kleven pence halfpenny Sterling. 
 
 The Society then proceeded to the Election of Officers for tlie en- 
 suing Year, when by counting the Ballots, it appeared, that 
 Joseph Clay Esquire was elected President 
 Joseph Habersham Esquire Vice President 
 Justus H. Sciieuber Secretary 
 Edward Lloyd Esquire and | „ , 
 
 Doctor James B: Young ( 
 Mr John Eichards, having given his Note for all arrears due, de- 
 sired to ho no longer considered a Member of diis Society. 
 
 (Monthly .Meeting May 7, 17H2, held at Brown's (Joffee House ; 
 present, Joseph Clay Esqr Pres., Joseph Habersham Esqr V. P., Jus- 
 tus H. Scheuber Soc'y, N. W. Jones, James Port, James Milledge, 
 William Lewden.) 
 
 Resolved ! That the Members of this Society be requested to meet 
 in future precisely at Sunset, tliat they may be enabled to get through 
 their ueccssary Business, within the Time prescribed by the liules. 
 
 (Monthly Meeting, June 4th, 1702, at Brown's Coffee House, 1 1 
 present.) 
 
 Mr, l^resident reported that he liad paid Six Dollars, to Mrs Ijydia 
 Meyers for the Schooling of Marlow Prior and Sarah Hershman, 
 from 23d Jan'y to .\pril 2v>d last, as per Certificate for schooling poor 
 Children. 
 
 A Petition from .Mrs Delphia Prior. Widow, praying that her Son 
 •lohn Prior, might be admitted, to be schooled, with Mrs Lydi.i 
 .Meyers, on the Bounty of this Society, was received and read. 
 
 .Mr. Stephens from the Committee appointed, t^t procure an Eui- 
 bleraatieal Copper Plate, and Certificate."" forthe .'Nlerabcrsof the Union 
 
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 Society ; Reported : That he had received the same from New York 
 with one hundred Copies, which lie delivered in, with an Account 
 amountiDg to Ten Pounds 14s. 4Ad. Sterlinsr : duly certified by the 
 Committee for the purpose. 
 
 (Account paid. ) 
 
 (Quarterly Meeting, July 2d, 1792, at Brown's Coffee House; 
 present, Pres't, Sec'y, Jones. Spencer, Kuppert, Milledirc, Lcwdcn, 
 Port, Kppinger.) 
 
 The Members pre."<ent, recoiumeuded the President, that he pay 
 to Major Brown the Sum of Twenty Dollars, being the Ballance due 
 him, for Thirty five persons Dinner provided by him on the last An- 
 niversary ; and that the Conduct of tho Stewards, in that Matter, be 
 inquired into by the Society. 
 
 The Petition of Mrs Delpbia Prior, was again read; 
 
 Ordered ! that her Son John Prior, be Schooled, with Mrs. Lydia 
 Meyers, at the Hate of Two Dollars porciuarter; Such Schooling tit 
 begin from the fourth of June last. 
 
 (Monthly Meeting Aug. (>, 1702, at .Major Brown's Coffee House ; 
 12 present.) 
 
 The Society took under Considci-atiou, the Conduct of the Stewards 
 
 at the last Anniversary, and are of Opinion, that they ought not to 
 
 liave contracted, with Major Brown, to provide for a greater Number of 
 
 Persons, than they were aulhorized, to do, under the Resolution of the 
 
 2d of April last. — They arc further of Opinion, that such Members as 
 
 attended the Society at that Anniversary, and did not dine with 
 
 them, Should pay the Sum of Two Dollars each, towards defraying the 
 
 Expenses of that Day, and the Secretary is required to charge such 
 
 Members, with that Sum. 
 
 JOS: HABERSHAM: 
 
 (.Monthly .Meeting, Sept. od, 17U2, at Major Brown's Coffee House: 
 present. Doctor William Bryan and Secretary Scheuber.) 
 
 (Assembled, Sept. 27, 1792, at Major Brown's Coffee House, to at- 
 tend the Funeral of Leonard Cecil, Ksquire, 20 present. ) 
 
 (Quarterly Meeting, Oct. 1, 1792; present, Pres., Sec., Jones, Herb, 
 Port, Milledge, Kppinger.) 
 
 No other Members attending, those present could not proceed to 
 any Business. 
 
 (Monthly Meeting, Nov. 5, 1792; 9 present.) 
 
 Mr. Stephens, from the Committee appointed, to procure a Seal for 
 this Society, presented the Same by Letter, with an Account, amounting 
 to one Pound Nine Shillings and four pence, which Sum he requested 
 might be written off his Bond. 
 
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 Ordered that Mr. Stephens have Credit on his Bond for the Sum 
 of one Pound Nine Shillings & 4d. in full for the Seal as aforesaid. 
 
 A Petition from Ann Jones, a widt)W, dated the 8th of August last, 
 praying that her Son John William Jones, might be schooled on the 
 Bounty of this Society, was read ; Ordered I That the same lie over for 
 the next Quarterly Meeting. 
 (Monthly Meeting, Dec. 4, 1792j present, Pres., Sec., Jones, Lewden, 
 Fahm, Port.) 
 
 (Assembled Dec. 14, 1702, (12 present) to attend the funeral of 
 John Ruppert.) 
 
 (Quarterly Meeting, January 7, 17!^3, at Major Brown's Coffee 
 House; 12 present.) 
 
 The Petition of Ann Jones, praying to have her Son John Wm. 
 Jones Schooled on the Bounty of the Society, was again read, and 
 thereupon 
 
 Ordered That the Prayer of the said Petition be granted, and that 
 the Schooling of the said John W: Jones be paid for, from the thir- 
 teenth of August last. 
 A. Petition from Joseph Clay junior Esquire praying to be admitted a 
 Member of this Society, was received and read ; Ordered ! to be 
 read a Second time, at the nest Monthly Meeting, and to be ballotted 
 for, at the next Quarterly Meeting. 
 
 On INIotion Ordered that Elizabeth Hays, "the Daughter of Mrs. 
 Lawingburg, be Schooled with 3Irs 3Iyers at the rate of Two Dollars 
 per Quarter, on the Bounty of this Society. 
 
 (Monthly Meeting, Feb. 4, 1793, at Maj. Brown's Coffee House; 
 
 present, V. P. Habersham, Sec. Scheuber, Wm. (ribbons Sen'r, Lewden, 
 
 Lloyd, Milledge.) 
 
 No other Members attending, no Business could be transacted 2s 4d 
 
 in the Box 
 
 (Monthly Meeting, March 1, 1798, at Maj. Brown's Coffee House; 
 
 10 present.) 
 
 The Petition of Joseph Clay junior Esquire, to become a Member was 
 read a Second time & ordered to be read next Quarterly Meeting 
 
 & balloted for. 
 
 A. Petition from Francis Stebbins Esq'r, praying to become a Mem- 
 ber was received and read, ordered I to be read again next Quarter- 
 ly Meeting and ballotted for, if a Sufficient Number of Members shall 
 then be present. 
 
 Mr Lewden informed the Society that pjlizabeth Hays, had been 
 put to School with Mrs Myers on the fourth of February last, af!;re ca- 
 ble to the orders of this Society, of the 7th of January last. 
 • •♦♦•♦♦*■*»**»*•♦**• 
 
 (Quarterly Meeting, April 1 , 17915, held at the Filature; 18 present.) 
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 Resolved; That the Governor and his Suite, the Clortry and the Mayor 
 it Aldermen, and the Judges, be invited to dine with the Society, 
 at the next Anniversary. And that the Stewards, do provide on that 
 Day a Dinner, at the Filature for Thirty five Persons. 
 
 Resolved : That the Meniber.>i of the Soeiety be advertized to meet 
 precisely at Nine o'Clock in the forenoon on that day at the Filature. 
 And the usual Advertizeuient be published in the Gazette. 
 
 The I'etitions of Joseph ("lay jun'r and Francis Stebbins Esquire 
 to become Members, were again read, ballotted for and admitted. 
 
 In the Box 5s. 'k1. 
 
 (43'i Anniversary^ April 23, 1798, ht-ld al tht Cibj IfnU in /he 
 Filature, 32 j/re^rnt.) 
 Joseph Clay junior, Ksquire, having been admitted a Member of 
 the Union Society at the last Quarterly Meeting, now attended, Signed 
 the Rules and took his Seat. 
 
 Resolved ! That Country Members, whose Actual Residence is ex- 
 ceeding One Mile from Savannah, be Subject only to the Annual Con- 
 tribution, any thing in the Fiighth Rule to the contrary; notwith- 
 standing. And that all Ibrmer Fines ior Non-Attendance, demanded of 
 such Members, be remitted ; 
 
 Resolved ! That the Monthly Contributions be augmented to One 
 Shilling and two pence per ^lonth, instead of One Shilling, as hereto- 
 fore. 
 
 Resolved I That the President employ an Attorney to recoviT all 
 
 Arrears due this Society, or to take such other Steps as will compel a 
 
 Settlement; and that the President pay out of the Funds, as much as 
 
 will pay Fees of Officers, necessary to sue out Such Processes. 
 
 Mr. President laid before the Society his Account for the last Year ; 
 
 Ordered ! That Mr. McOedie, and Mr. William Gibbons Senior, be 
 
 appointed to examine the same ; who Reported that they 
 
 find the President had received Fifty two Pounds thirteen 
 
 Shillings and Nine jionce half penny and had cxjiendi'd 
 
 Thirty Seven Pounds three Shillings and two pence hall 
 
 penny, and there is in Cash the Sum of Fifteen Pounds 
 
 ten Shillings and Eight pence half penny, which Report 
 
 was agreed to, 
 
 Mr. Stephens adjusted the Sum due on his Rond to this Society and 
 
 gave his Note for Twenty Six Pounds and two pence being 
 
 the Ralance due this day, on which his Bond was cancelled. 
 
 Mr, Scheuber adjusted the Sum due on his Bond to this Society and 
 
 gave his Note for the Balance, being Seven Pounds three 
 
 Shillings and Seven pence, on which his Bond was cancelled. 
 
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 Mr. James Milledgc Settled his Arrears, with the Society, took up his 
 ibriiier Note, and gave another for Five Pounds two Shil- 
 lings and throe ponce. 
 Mr President, who a})pcars to have been lined live Shillings, for 
 one Evenings Absence; — Doctor Jones, who stands charged with five 
 Shillings fine, ironi the Vcar before last, and which had been remit- 
 Jed last Anniversary, but no Notice on the 3Iinutes taken thereof — And 
 Mr 31ordccai Shortall who stands fined Seven Shillings and two 
 pence, for not attending the hist Anniversary and the funeral of John 
 Kuppert deceased ; moved the Society that those Fines be remitted 
 thcni, and they giving Satisfactory Excuses Ordered accordingly. 
 
 The Petitions of the following (lentletneu, to become Members of 
 this Society, viz't from 
 
 Mr. Peter Samuel Laffitte Major John Berrien 
 
 Kicbard AVayue, Esquire 'Mr. John Tcbeau 
 
 Kobcrt Bolton Escp- Captain George Throop and 
 
 Mr. Daniel Course John Y: Noel Esquire 
 
 were received and read, and Separately ballotted for, and Severally 
 duly elected 31 embers of this Society. 
 
 John Y: Noel Esquire one of the Members elected, attended the So- 
 ciety, and agreeably to the Tlules of this Society paying part of his Ad- 
 mission Money to the President, and having given his Note for the 
 Balance of Two Pounds eleven Shillings and two pence halfpenny, took 
 his Scat accordingly. 
 
 The Society then proceeded to the Election of Officers for the en- 
 suing Year, when the following were elected viz't. 
 
 The Hon'ble Jciseph IIabkusiiam Esquire President 
 The Honble Wili-iam STKPnENs Es(iuire Vice President 
 Justus Hartman Sciieuber, Secretary 
 Messrs I^ort and Jos?:pii Clay junior Stetcards 
 Mr Clay having declined to accept of the Stewardship and paid 
 the Fine. Mr Isaac Fell was chosen Steward in his room. 
 
 Mr Courvoisie, Mr. Ijcwden and Mr. Edward Lloyd, were then ap- 
 pointed a Committee, to superintend the schooling of such Children, 
 as shall be admitted, and are now Schooled, on the Bounty of this 
 Society. 
 
 Account of Monies received this Day from the Members 
 
 from NoMo W: Jones in full for (.■(intrilmtion .t Fines X 14 7 
 
 •• Willi.im Oilibons Scn'r in fun for <l'i <1<» IS 8 
 
 " William Gibbons inn"r in full for <lo <l<i 13 11)^ 
 
 " .T.im.is Port in full for <lo <lo 12 10 
 
 " Peter Dovcftux in full— in full fordo <Io 2 3 2 
 
 from Levi Shoftall in part of InU-rest 2 6 8 
 
 from William Strpliens in full of rontritmtion .inrl Fines 1 6 4 
 
 from The Chureb Wardens, in full of Interest 4 S 
 
 from .Tames Mlllcdgc, in part of Account ..,,. . , • 8 14 8 
 
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 from Isaac yell, in full <if Acoounu i.2 9 9 
 
 from Frodcric Knhni, in ftill of Contrilmtion nnd Fines o 16 4 
 
 frciiii William Urvan, in full of Account 'i :< "i 
 
 from Willimu H.".Sponc«r In fiill of O.ntril.utlon & Fine*. IT 
 
 frtnii John G: AVilliaiiiM.n, in full of Account S 6 4 
 
 from .Tohn H<rt.. in full f..r « ontribution ami Mnc-s 15 10 
 
 from.'' -' M ' ' in fiill of Contribution it Fine*. 1 14 
 
 fniin 1 part of Account. 1 17 4 
 
 from" I . . if fontriliutiou A; Klncs "19 8 
 
 from M..r... . ,: -i,. i,;t,i iii ii;irt of llio f^amc- 2 C, S 
 
 from .Tames 15: Youiiii, in full of Account 1 IT '• 
 
 from An'1r-w V<-Crci1lc. in full of Ditto 4 17 •» 
 
 from I ' ^ " ' in part of Ills Admission 2 17 6)t 
 
 from • I , .1111, in i>art of Account ^ H 10 « 
 
 from \\ 11, in full for Contribution & flues .• l.') 
 
 from 'I iK'iiii^ ' iunniint; in full for bis Contribution :• 
 
 from .loHph Clay ^cn"r in full for his Contribution & Fines 1 2 
 
 from Kdward Llojil In jiart of Account 1 !• 
 
 from .loMjib Clav'junr in full for his Adnii.'elon X2 126( ^ ^ p 
 
 from t^ainc . a Pino for not iictlng as a t^lcward 10 ) 
 
 from John Ilabcrshuin, In part of Account < 11 4 
 
 Total Cash Kccivcd, the 4od Anniversary from Members. .£61 8 6 
 
 Say Sixty one J*ouuds Eight Shillings and Six pence. 
 
 (Monthly Meeting, May G, 179.3, at Filature; present, Justus U. 
 Schcuber Secretary ; Frederic Fahm and I'eter S. Laflate. ) 
 
 (Monthly Meeting, Juuc 3, 17no,at Filature; 15 present.) 
 
 Sir George Houstoun made an Excuse, fur his not attending the last 
 Anniversary, which was admitted. 
 
 Mr. Daniel Course and Major Berrien, two Members elected on the 
 last Anniversary, attended the Society, and agreeable to the Alteration 
 of the Second llule, each paid ihe Sum of Two Pounds Sixteen Shil- 
 lings in Cash for part of their Admission ^loncy into the hands of 
 the President, and for the Balance being Two pounds Nine Shillings, 
 each gave his Note, payable with Interest on the 2.3d day of April next, 
 Signed the Rules and took their Seats 
 
 JOS: llAJiKRSlIAM. 
 
 (Quarterly Meeting, July 1, IT'-lo, at Filature; I'l members present.) 
 
 Mr. John Tebcau a Member elected, attended the Society and 
 having paid thi' Sum of Two Pouiuls Sixteen Shillings, and given his 
 Note for Two Pounds Nine Shillings, took his Scat in the Society. 
 
 Ordered, That Martha Jones, Daughter of Jones deceased 
 
 also Mary it Sarah, the Daughters of Peter Stoner, deceased, be 
 Schooled on the Bounty of this Society, with Mrs. Meyers School 
 iMistress. 
 
 Messrs. Johnstons the J'rintcrs presented their Accounts ibr print- 
 ing Avertisements in the (iazette from the oOth of Deer 17!>0. to the 
 L'Ttli of June 1793. amounting to Two Pounds throe Shillings 
 
 ( )rdered that the President do pay the same. 
 
 Mr. Richard Wayne paid the Sum of Two i*ounds Sixteen Shillings 
 Specie, and gave his Note for two Pounds Nine Shillings, being the 
 Balance for his Admission Money as a Member of this Society. 
 
 (Monthly Meeting, August 5, 1793, at the Filature; present, Presi- 
 
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 dent, Vice President, Joseph Clay, Sir George Houstoun, Frederic 
 Fahm, William Ijcwden, William H. Spencer, .John Eppinger, Justus 
 H. Scheuber.) 
 
 Mr. John Kricger of Savannah, Tailor applied for a Loan of Money 
 not exceeding Fifty Pounds. 
 
 Resolved! That agreeable to the XX llule of this Society, the 
 President be authorized to loan to I\Ir. John Kricger the Sumof Forty 
 Pounds Sterling, on ( -ondition of his giving Bond with Mr. John and 
 frederic Herb as Securities, payable next Anniversary with Inter- 
 est from the date. 
 
 JMr. Daniel Course was elected Stewart in the Koom of Isaac 
 Fell, absent from the State. 
 
 JOS. HABERSHAM. 
 
 (Monthly Meeting September 2d, 1798, at the Filature ; present, 
 Joseph Habersham President, William Stephens V. P., Justus H. 
 Scheuber Secretary, William licwden, Joseph Clay jun'r, Benjamin 
 Lloyd, John Berrien, Peter I)eveaux.) 
 
 (Quarterly Meeting, October 7, 1793, at Filature ; present, the Sec- 
 retary and John Herb.) 
 
 (Monthly Meeting, November 4, 17!>8, at Filature; present, Joseph 
 Habersham I'resident, Justus H. Scheuber Secretary, John Ber- 
 rien, William Lewden, William H. Spencer, Benjamin Loyd.) 
 
 No other Members attending, those present, agreeable to the Rules 
 could not proceed to Business. 
 
 (Monthly Meeting, Dec'm 2, 1793, at the Filature; present, Justus 
 H. Scheuber Secretary, Joseph Clay, Sir (icorgc Houstoun, John 
 Berrien, James B: Young, Joseph Clay junior, John Habersham.) 
 
 The Honb'lc Joseph Clay was appointed Chairman. 
 
 Two Daughters of a poor Widow Woman, named Henry, were recom- 
 mended to be schooled on the Bounty of the Society, in the room of 
 the two Daughters of Mrs. Stoner, who do not choose to accept of that 
 Bounty Referred to the next Quarterly Meeting. 
 
 (Quarterly Meeting, January 0, 1794, at Filature; 9 members 
 present.) 
 
 Ordered I That Patsey Henry, Daughter of Mrs. Henry a jioor 
 Widow woman, be schooled on the Bounty of this Society with Mrs. 
 Myers, Schoolmistress from this date. 
 
 Resolved! That this Society will in future meet at the House of 
 Mr. John Carsan'sin this City. 
 
 (Monthly ^Meeting, February .'!, 1794, at Mr. John Car.'-aus ; \0 
 members present.) 
 
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 Rebolved! 
 
 That Wiiliaiii (iiljljuiLs, »Sir (Jcuri^c iloiustouu, Joboph 
 Clay, James B: Young and the SccrcUiry be a Committee, to report 
 by next Anniversary a .Statement ol all Monies due this Soeiety and to 
 l^ivc their opinion what l>ebts, arc by them eonsidered to be j^ood, 
 and may be obtained; And those due by persons, or their Estates, that 
 shall be considered as lost, i'roiii the Cireiinistances of the persons, or 
 Insolvency of their Estates 
 
 (Monthly Meeting, March ord, 17'Ji, at Mr. .luhn Carsaiis; 11 mem- 
 bers present.) 
 
 (Quarterly Meeting, April 7, ITl'l at Mr. -lohu Carsaiisj 17 Mem 
 bers present.) 
 
 Mrs. Wilson (foriuorly Widow i'rior) begs that her Sons .Marlow 
 & John Prior, be transferred from the Womans School, to 3Ir. Ports, 
 to enable theni to be taught writing I'i: Anthmotic. Referred to the 
 Committee, for superintending the Schooling of Children 
 
 On iMotion made and seconded. Notice was given, to alter the Nth 
 Kulc of the Society, so, that it may be the Interest of Members, to 
 attend the Meetings of the Society, more punctually than heretofore, 
 and to read thus : 
 
 The Members of this Society, shall contribute and pay annually the 
 Sum of Three Dollars, as a Contribution, towards, the Funds of the 
 Society. 
 
 Any Members resident, within the City of Savannah or within 
 One Mile thereof, neglecting to attend the Monthly Meetings of the 
 
 Society, shall be charged with a J-'inc of and Jbr neglecting to 
 
 attend the Quarterly .Aleetings for each Neglect A 
 
 reasonable P^xcuse shall always be admissible 
 
 Mr. Robert Bolton, a Member admitted, last Anniversary, attended 
 the Society, paid his Admission Money of Five J'ounds five Shillings 
 to the President, Signed the Rules, and took his Scat. 
 
 Mr. Mordecai Sheftall, paid into tlie Hands of tlie President the 
 Sum of Two Pounds and four pence half ])C'nny, being the l^alance of 
 his Account, due last Anniversary. 
 
 iMr. Noel, paid four Dollars in part of his Aec^iunt. 
 
 Mr. (Jeorge Throop, who had been admitted a -Member, last Anniver- 
 sary attendeJ, and paid Ten Dollars in part of his Admisson jMoney to 
 the President, gave his Note, for Two Pounds eighteen Shillings and 
 four pence, for the lialauce, payable on Demand, with Interest from 
 the 23d April 17ito. Signed the Rules and took his Seat. 
 
 RksoiakdI That yiv. Spencer and Mr. Laftitle are to assist the 
 Stewards on the Anniversary, And that they Do provide a Dinner I'or 
 Thirty live Persons. 
 
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 Resolved, that the Governor and his Suite, the Judges of the Fed- 
 ral and State Courts, the Clergy, and the Attorney General ot the 
 State he invited to dine, on that day, with the Society, and that the 
 President and Vice president, arc requested, to invite, any such 
 Strangers as they may think proper, and who may be then in Savan- 
 nah, not exceeding four Persons, to dine with the Society. 
 
 Resolved ! that the usual Notice be given for the Celebration of the 
 Anniversary &c and that the Society meet at the Filature, precisely 
 at 9 o'clock in the forenoon, on that day, for the dispatch of Business. 
 
 Proposed and Seconded, that it be an Alteration of the fifth Rule 
 of the Constitution of this Society, that when the real expence of the 
 Anniversary Pinner, shall be more than two Dollars each 3Ian, the 
 Surplus shall be paid in proportion by the Members present at such 
 Anniversary & not taken from the Funds of the Society. 
 
 JOS: HABERSHAM President. 
 
 44//i Anniversary^ April 23(?, 1794, at Filature; 87 members 
 
 present. 
 John Herb, attended and paid his Arrears, but did not dine with 
 the Society, nor paid towards the Expence of the Anniversary. 
 Absent Members to be charged with one Dollar for their part of 
 the Anniversary Expence. 
 
 1, Levy Sheftall 0. Thomas Cuinniiiij: 17, John Ilcrb 
 
 2, .Toseph Gibbons 10, ,h,hn Millcdgo Kemark as before 
 8. James Habershain 11, Is;i,u' Fell 11, .Tames Moore 
 
 4. Peter H. Morel 12, William Bryan 19, James Port and 
 t>, Frederic PLestor 13, Charles Oddingsells 20. Daniel Course, 
 
 6, Benjamin Lloyd 14, IJiohard Le.ake N B: The Secretary paid their 
 
 7. David Rees I.''), Kd ward Lloyd Arrears for them, they 
 
 5, .J.ame Bulloch 10, Francis Stebbins having previously paid 
 
 them to him. 
 
 The President having made proper Excuses, for his Absence at five 
 different Meetings of this Society. 
 
 Ordered I that the Sum of Twenty five Shillings, be remitted him. 
 Resolved ! That from the Age and Infirmity of David Montaigut 
 hi.s Fines amounting to fourteen Shillings and six pence, for not at- 
 tending the Monthly and Quarterly Meetings, be remitted him. 
 
 James Port having offered an Excuse, to the Society, that he was- 
 prevented by his ill state of Health, from attending the Monthly and 
 Quarterly Meetings, as a Steward 
 
 Resolved I that Twenty five Shillings being his fines therefore, b*. 
 remitted. 
 
 Oliver Bowen having stated to the Society, that he has 
 been mostly absent from the State, and therefore it was 
 out of his Power, to attend the Anniversaries and other 
 Meetings regularly. 
 
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 RESoriVED ! That on settling for the annual (Contributions, while ab- 
 sent fronj the State, the remainder of his Account be 
 remitted. 
 Agreeable to this Resolve he paid the Sum of Forty four Shil- 
 lings (See Ijist of Monies paid) and gave his Note for Kour 
 Pounds ten Shillings being the Balance of Contributions by 
 him due. 
 It appearing that Justus II. Hcheuber the Secretary of the Society is 
 indebted to the Society by Note which with the Interest due 
 thereon and one Years (Contribution, makes in the whole 
 Eight Pounds Nine Shillings and one penny, and as the An- 
 nual Salary of Ten Pounds to the Secretary is now due. 
 Kesolvki), That the Note be delivered up to him, and the Balance 
 of One Pound ten Shillings and eleven pence be paid the 
 Secretary. 
 Sir George Iloustoun, Oliver Bowen and Ilicliard Wayne, were then 
 appointed a Committee, to examine the Presidents Account, who re- 
 ported as follows: 
 
 "We have examined the Presidents Account and find 
 that he received from the last to the Present Anniversary the Sum of 
 Ninety eight Pounds thirteen Shillings and ten pence, and paid the 
 Sum of Sixty Nine Pounds Seven Shillings and ten pence, for which 
 Expenditures, satisfactory Vouchers have 'been produced to us, and 
 that there remains in his hands a Balance of Twenty Nine Pounds 
 Six Shillings, which Sum the Committee find in the Box in Cash. 
 Geo: Houstoun, O, Bowen, 11 Wayne; 
 
 The Petition of George Jones, John Cunningham, Joseph Miller, 
 Thomas Rice, Robert Montford, Mathew McAllister George Woodruff' 
 and Sheftall Sheftall, praying to be admitted Members of this Society, 
 were received and read, Separately ballotted for and duly elected. 
 
 George Jones and Sheftall Sheftall, attended, paid their Admission 
 Money as Sons of Members, Signed the Rules and took their Seats. 
 
 Mathew McAllister and George Woodruff also appeared, paid part of 
 their Admission Money, and gave each his Note for Two Pounds Nine 
 Shillings the Balance due yet, Signed the Rules and took their Seats, 
 also Joseph Miller appeared, who signed the Rules and took his Seat, 
 having paid his admission Money 
 
 Resolved ! 
 
 That a Sum not exceeding Forty Pounds, be appropria- 
 ted for Schooling Children on the Bounty of this Society, and that 
 Mordecai Sheftall, John Berrien and George Jones be a Committee 
 to superintend the schooling of such Children 
 
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 RE^OtiVED ! 
 
 That Mary Lavender, Daughter of Benjamin Lavendei' 
 
 deceased and Betsey and Lotty the Daughters of Major Tal- 
 
 mage Hall, deceased, be schooled on the Bounty of the Society, in 
 addition to those already at School. 
 
 The alteration of the 8th Rule, as proposed the last Quarterly 
 Meeting, was taken up and, considered, when on the Question being 
 put, the same was negatived. 
 
 The Alteration of the 5th Rule, as then proposed, was then consider- 
 ed, and the following Resolvkd ! 
 
 That when any deficiency shall 
 happen, in adjusting the Anniversary Expeuce, not exceeding two 
 Dollars each Member attending, such deficiency shall be paid out of 
 the fund of the Dollar t. be charged each absent Member, for their 
 part of such Anniversary J^speuce, any Rule to the contrary notwith- 
 standing. 
 
 Monies received by the Society this day, from the following 
 Persons. 
 
 Ordered ! to be credited them respectively. 
 
 James Moore, in full of Contribution & Anniversary fine 4s S X'2. 7. 4 
 
 James Port, in part of his Account 0. 1.'). 9 
 
 Daniel Course, in full of Contrib : fines and Interest 1. IT. 4 
 
 .Tohn Ben-icn, in full of Note, Interest, Contrib: and Fines 3. 8. 10 
 
 John Kriesrer & al : in full of Interest, 2. 1. 10 
 
 Robert Bolton, in full of Contribution, Fines and Interest 1. 9. 5 
 
 Mordeeai Shcftall, in full of Contribution and Fines 1. 0. 10^ 
 
 Francis Courvoisie, in part of his Account 4. 4. o 
 
 Noble Wimberly Jones, in full of Contribution and Fines 0. 18. 11^ 
 
 Venables Bond, in part of Account .S. 10. 
 
 John Tebeau, in full of his Note, Interest and Contribution ' 3. 6. 11 
 
 William II. Spencer, in full of Contributions and Fines 0. IS. 
 
 W'illi.-im Gibbons, Sen'r, in full of Contribution 0. 14. 
 
 Frederic Fahm, in full of Contribution and Fines 0. IS. 
 
 Peter Deveaux, in fnll of Contribution 0. 14. 
 
 Richard AVayne, in full of Contribution, fines and Interest 1. -^ U 
 
 Sir Gcorjre Ilonstoun, in full of Contribution and l-Mnes 1. 15. Si 
 
 William Lewden, in part of ditto 0. 9. 4 
 
 William Gibbons jun'r, in full of Contribution 0. 14 
 
 John Eppinsrer, in part of Account 2. 6. 8 
 
 John G: Williamson, in full of Contribution 0. 14. 
 
 James B: Young, in full of Contribution and Fines 1. 0. 
 
 Josiah Tatnall, in full of his Note, Interest, Contrib: & Annlv: Expcnce 4. 13. 
 
 Oliver Bowen, in part of his Contribution 2. 4. 
 
 John Herb, in full of Contribution and Fines 0. 18. 
 
 Andrew McCredie, in full of Do. and do '. 1. 1. 6 
 
 JoscphClny Senior, in full of do. do 0.13. 
 
 George Millen, in full of Contribution 0. 14. 
 
 Joseph Habersham, in full of Contribution and Fines 1. 5. 8 
 
 AVilliam Stephens, in full of Contribution, Fines and Interest 8. 6. 1 
 
 John Y: Noel, in part of Account I- 3. 4 
 
 S.amuel Bcecroft, in part of Account 4. 18. 4 
 
 John Morel, in full of Contribntion, fines and Interest 2. 0. 4 
 
 3 
 
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 Nathaniel Pendleton, In part of his Account >.... 1. 8. 4 
 
 Oeorffc .T(.tu-.s in full of his Admission Money this day 2. 12. 
 
 Mathew Mc-AlllBter, In part of ditto 2. 16. 
 
 thrist, fhnrch. in full of one Years Interest 4. S. 
 
 John llahcrsham, in part of his .\rcount 0. IS. s 
 
 .Joseph Clay junior, In full of Contrihntion & flni'.i 1. 0. 
 
 tioor^'p WoodrufT, in part of his Admission, this day 2. IC. 
 
 S<th .lohn ('uthlxTt's E-stat.- in part of Account 1. 8. 4 
 
 .shcftall Sh<null,infulIof AdmiivMon thi.sd!iy 2. 12. 6 
 
 Jo.seph Miller, in full of ditto f>- ^ *> 
 
 £sl. 3. 2 
 Total of Nfonics received from the different Persons aforementioned, amount.s to Eighty 
 four Pounds three Shllllnps & two pence. 
 
 The Committee appointed on the third of February last, for the 
 purpose of reporting at this Anniversary a statement of all Clonics 
 due the Society, and to give their opinion of what Debts are good ; 
 reported that they had made some progress in the Business, and 
 wished to be allowed a further time to complete the same. 
 
 It was ordered accordingly. 
 
 The Society then proceeded to the Election of Officers for the en- 
 suin'i- Year, when the Pre.>^ident, A^ice President and Secretary were 
 re-elected, and Peter S. Laffitte and George Throop were elected 
 Stewards. JOS: HABERSHAM. 
 
 (Monthly Meeting, May nth, 1704, at the Filature; i) members 
 present.) 
 
 Mr. John Cunningham, a Member elected last Anniversaiy, paid 
 by the hands of the Secretary, to the President, the Sum of Five 
 Founds five Shillings for his Admission money. 
 
 ^: :i- ^: * * * :|: * * =i: 
 
 .Messrs Spencer and Laffitte, who were on the 7th ol" April last ap- 
 pointed to assist the Stewards, in providing the Anniversary, rendered 
 an Account of their Receipts and Kxpenditures for the same, by which 
 it appears that the Balance uf one Pound four Shillings and four 
 pence half penny, has been saved for the benefit uf the Society, and 
 which Balance, was by them paid into the hands of the President. 
 
 Mr. Thomas Rice, a Member elected last Anniversary, attended, 
 and paid the Sum of Two Pounds Six Shillings and eight pence, in 
 part of his Admission Money, and gave his Note lor the Balance say 
 for Two l^ounds eighteen Shillings k four pence, to the President 
 iVc, signed the Rules and took his Seat. 
 
 Mr. John Cunningham, made A])plii"ition for a Loan of money of 
 about £100 and offered James Mossmau as his Security. Also 
 Messrs Hopkins k I'arker, apply for a Loan of 3Ioney of from £47 to 
 £50. and offer Capt. Howell and Colonel Tatnall for their Secu- 
 rities. 
 
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 Mr. Francis Stebbins gave his Note for Seven Pounds I'uur Shillings & 
 Nine pence payable with Tuterost Iroiu the 24th April last, in full 
 of his accouTit to that day per the Secretary. 
 
 JOS: HABERSHAM President. 
 (Monthly IMeeting June 2d, 1794, at the City Hall ; 12 Members 
 present.) 
 Kesolvki) 
 
 That the Sum of Fifty Pounds be loaned to Mr. John 
 Cunninghau), ^Ir. James Mossman with another person to 
 be approoved of by the President becoming his Securi- 
 ties, in a Bond to the Society. 
 
 Resolved 
 
 Re.solved 
 
 That the Sum of Twenty five Pounds be loaned to Messrs 
 Ilopkin.'', Meers & Parker, on Captain Howell and Colonel 
 Tatnall, becoming their Securities 
 
 That Maria Cameron the Step-daughter of Absolom Hull 
 deceased, be schooled on the Bounty of this Society with 
 
 Mrs IMyers — 
 
 JOS: HABERSHAM. 
 
 President. 
 (Quarterly iMeeting July 7, 1794, at the City Hall in the Filature ; 
 
 19 members present.) 
 
 Mr President reported 
 
 That he had loaned John Cunningham on the 7th June last the Sum 
 of Fifty Pounds, and took his Bond of that date with James 
 Mossman and Andrew jSIcCredie as Securities, payable to the 
 President of this Society or his Successors in office, on or before 
 the 23d April 1795, with Interest from the date of said Bond. 
 
 Also that he had loaned tho Sum of Twenty five J'ounds on the Kith 
 June last, to Elisha B: Hopkins, Samuel Meers and John Par- 
 ker, and took their Bond with Josiah Tatnall and John Howell 
 as Securities, payable with Interest from the date of the Bond, 
 to the President of the Society or to his Succe.s.sors in Office, on 
 or before the 23d April 1795. 
 
 That he had paid Lydia Myers per Account and Receipt the Sum of 
 One i*ound nineteen Shillings and eight pence, for schooling 
 Marlow & John Pryor and Betsy Hays on the Bounty of this 
 Society, to the 23d of April last. 
 
 iurther that he had paid James Carey the Printers Account, for Ad- 
 vertisements the Sum of Thirteen Shillings 
 
 Also the Sum of Six Pounds two Shillings and eleven pence to James 
 
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 Port in full, for schooling of Children on the Bounty of this 
 Society, to the 15th of June last. 
 
 And that he had received the Sum of Eight I^ounds eighteen Shil- 
 lings and four pence, frou) (^harles Oddingsells, in full for his 
 Admission Money and all Arrears due the Society on the last 
 Anniversary. 
 Mr James Moore, paid to the President One Dollar, being his part 
 
 of the Expcnce of the last Anniversary and in full of his Account 
 
 Ordered I That the Connuittee appointed for "superiutendiug the 
 schooling of Children, be authorized to put Murray Washington, 
 the Son of Mrs Washington, to school with the Rev, Mr. Mc- 
 Caule for one Year, on the Bounty of this Society. 
 
 Resolved, That the Claims of this Society against the P]statc of 
 John Morel, Joseph Wright and Mathew Roche, Samuel Stirk 
 and Raymond Deniere' and George Walton for Gate's Estate, 
 be put in Suit, as the Interests of the Society requirt's the 
 Measure. 
 
 Resolved ! That the Committee appointed on the 3d of February 
 last, to report on the other Debts due this Society, be requested 
 to proceed on the Business without delay. 
 
 JOS: HABERSHAM 
 President. 
 
 (Monthly Meeting, August 4th, 1794, at the Filature; I'l INIcmbers 
 present.) 
 
 The Committee appointed to report " a Statement of all jMouies 
 " due this Society, and to give their Opinion, what Debts are by them 
 " considered to bo good, and may be obtained, and those due by I'er- 
 " sons or their Estates, that shall be considered as lost, from the (!ir- 
 "cumstances of the Persons, or In.^^olvency of their Estates ;" having 
 taken the same into their Consideration, agreeably to an Extract from 
 the Books of the Society furnished them by the Secretary 
 
 Rep()RT, as their Opinion as follows : 
 
 That the several Debts, due by the following Estates, to this Society 
 are not recoverable, as from the best Information, they can obtain, 
 they are all insolvent, and if sued for, the Society would j)rubably^ 
 loose the Expences attending the same; viz't 
 
 Estate Jobu Martin dccM . . .£ 1!. (I. Estate Leonard C'ccil dcc'd . . .HJ 2. .^ '2 
 
 " Mathew Roche "... 2. 1. 2 I " William Lecontc; •• .. 2.11 
 
 " .Toiiathan HrvHii "... ;i. ID. 2 
 
 .John Waudiii '• . . . ].!. .\ 
 
 " John Jlrown "... II. 0. (I 
 
 •' Andor.son it Knowio.'j "... 2.j. 0. 
 
 " John Hohne.'i "... 10. ij. 1 
 
 " UiMijiiniin Andrews " . . (i. t 
 
 Wiliiani VWivv " 
 
 (icorpe Ilandley 
 James Field 
 David Kee.s 
 
 1.!. l.-). 
 
 11 
 
 I(i. 11. 
 
 4 
 
 7. a. 
 
 4 
 
 14. 1. 
 
 4y: 
 
 Total i;i30 5 2>; 
 
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 That the following Persons or their Representatives, ought to be 
 called on for immediate Payment, or Security for Payment of Princi- 
 pal & Interest due by them, within a reasonable time and in Case of 
 their refusing or neglecting 80 to do, that their several Debts, ought 
 to be put in Suit as soon as conveniently may be. viz't 
 
 Levy Sheftall, his Bond &o £50. IT. 4 Gt'orgo Walton's Acct incl: order J.\ (>. 4 
 
 Peter n. Morel, his Note &c Ifi. 12. Same for his Assumption in) ^.^ .-, c 
 
 Raymond Demercs E.st: Acct ti. 19. .'> favour of John Gates Est:. . . ( ^ " '■ 
 
 .losiah Powells Estate Do 4. .'5.4 .lames Bulloch — Account 7. 0.4 
 
 Samuel Stirks Est: Note Arc 1.'^ 19. 'i -Tohu Milledge— Do 7. 12. ^ 
 
 Frederic Rester Acct (5. 17.4 Peter t>. Laflitte — Do <>. 12. 5 
 
 James Milledges Est: Note Ac .'>. IS. Joseph Gibbons, Note &c 11. 17. 2 
 
 Benjamin Lloyd, Note itc Ifi. S. !> MathV Roche & Joseph Wrights Bd. 66.10. 
 
 That about Emanuel Peter Dclaplaigne deceased inquiry ought to 
 be, made whether he had not Specie Certificates or other Papers for 
 Monies due him, from this or the TTuited States and where they now 
 are, or if disposed of, whether any Person is responsible to his Es- 
 tate for their Amount; this being ascertained the Society will be en- 
 abled, to judge what farther Steps to take for the Recovery of this 
 Debt, the amount of which as per Statement rendered by the Sec- 
 retary is £15. 3 2d. 
 
 Your Committee, taking the whole State of the Society's Funds 
 into "\''iew, as stated by the Secretary, to the 23 'd April last, find them 
 as follows : 
 
 Debts due the Society of every Description £74S„18„ — 
 
 of which they are of opinion, their are DebUs entirely bad, to tlie 
 
 Amount of .£130,, 5,.2}4 
 
 And of such as may be reckoned doubtfull about 200„00„ 
 
 And of good Debts 418„12„9;<r— X74S„1S„— 
 
 The Committee further observe, that the Debt said to be due to 
 the Society by the Estate of John Morel Esquire deceased, is not in- 
 cluded in the above Statement, as they were not acquainted with the 
 Amount, which Report, the Society proceeded to take into Considera- 
 tion, and thereupon Resolved I 
 
 That the first part of the Report, which 
 alludes to Debts due by insolvent Persons or their Estates, be post- 
 poned 
 
 That the Second part of the Report, which alludes to Persons, 
 or their Estates, to be called upon for Security, or p;iy up their 
 Debts be agreed to, And that the Report in Regard to such Persons, 
 be acted upon as therein directed ; and the President be and is empow- 
 ered, to direct the Sccretery to inform the Persons iiideltted, that un- 
 less their Debts are settled as the Report directs, by the iirst Monday 
 in September next, their Demands, will be put in Suit by the next 
 Return day of the Inferior Court, in conformity to former Resolutions 
 of the Society in such Cases. 
 
22 
 
 Mr Port informed the Society that Mary Lavender and John War- 
 nock who were schooled on the Bounty of this Society, had been 
 withdrawn by their Friends 
 Resolved ! 
 
 That Benjamin Alter, Son of llrieh Alter deceased, and 
 David — Nastier, Son — of Adam Nestler, be schooled with Mr Port 
 on the Bounty of this Society. 
 Mr A'ice President gave Notice, that he should on the next Quarter- 
 ly Meeting move the Society that the Sum of £ be appropria- 
 ted for building a House, on the Lot in this City, appropriated for 
 the Use of this Society. 
 
 W STEPHENS 
 Vice President. 
 
 (Monthly Meeting, Sept. 1st, 1794, at the Filature; 11 members 
 present.) 
 
 The Secretary reported that agrcably to the liesolutions of this So- 
 ciety and by the direction of the President, he had wrote, to all the 
 Debtors mentioned in the Second part of the Report, and acquainted 
 them with the Determination of the Society. — 
 
 That James Gunn the Representative of Joseph Wright deceased, 
 had acquainted him verbally, that his Attorney at Law, was directed 
 to receive a Process. 
 
 That Philip Milledge the Representative of James Milledgc de- 
 ceased, had promised to pay the Debt next fall. 
 
 That ]\Ir. Levy Sheftall, had promised, to give the Security re- 
 quired 
 
 That he had received a Jjctter from Joseph (Jibbons Esqr, complain- 
 ing that the Society meant to distress old Members, that had always 
 paid puuctuall that his Situation was such, that lie could not ask any 
 Man to be his Security. 
 
 Also from John Milledge Esqr, who promises to call, correct some 
 Errors in the Account and settle the same. 
 
 which Letters were read, and the whole referred to the President, 
 agreeably to the Resolutions passed, on that Subject 
 Resolved ! 
 
 That Mordccai Sheftall Es(jr (the oldest Member of this 
 Society) be and is now requested to make his Affidavit, stating facts, in 
 respect to his Knowledge of a Bond and Mortgage, given by the late 
 John Morel Es(juire deceased, for a J)ebt due this Society, and when 
 such Affidavit is compleated,. to lodge the same with the Secretary; and 
 that Mr Secretary, Mr liaffitte & ^Ir Lewden, be a Committee to at- 
 tend to the Business. 
 
 W. STEPHENS V: P.. 
 
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 (Quarteirly Meeting, Oct. 6th, 1794; 11 members preseht.) 
 
 The Secretary reported that agreeable to the orders of the Society 
 Messrs Clay and Woodruff", had been employed by the President, to 
 commence Suits against the following Persons and Estates viz't. 1 
 against the Estate of Raym'd Domere, 2 the Estate of Samuel Stirk 
 ') the l^iStatc of Joseph Wright 4 against Levy Sheftall on his IJond 
 and ") the same on Account of Arrears 6 Benjamin Lloyd 7 Frederic 
 Rester 8 Peter II: Morel 9 James Bulloch 10 John Milledge 11 
 Peter S: Laffitte 12 Joseph Gibbous 18 George Walton and 14 
 against the same on Account of his order in favour of the Society to 
 Mess: Edward and William Telfair 
 
 The Secretary presented au Account of Seven Pounds fourteen 
 Shillings being Clerks and Sheriff's fees, on Account of Eleven Suits 
 commenced in the County of Chatham ; — Also an Account of Two 
 Pounds two Shillings Clerks and Sherifl['s fees, for Suits to be com- 
 menced against (leorge Walton in Richmond County and against 
 Frederic Rester in Effingham County. 
 
 Ordered, that the President pay the same, in Advance. 
 
 The Committee appointed, to obtain the Affidavit of Mordecai Shef- 
 tall Esqr reported, that they had eff"ected the Business of their Mis- 
 sion, and produced an Affidavit respecting the Loss of a Bond and 
 Mortgage of the deceased John IMorel, to this Society. 
 
 Ordered that the Affidavit be placed in the Hands of Mr. Clay 
 junior to be proceeded in, as the Law directs in Cases of lost Papers. 
 
 A Confirmation of the Title to Lot No 2. in Perceival Ward, 
 Holland Tything having been made to this Society, by the Board of 
 Wardens, on the Sixth of November 1787. for Public purposes, yield- 
 ing to the Corporation 5 Shillings per annum, aud it appearing that 
 the said ground Rent has never been paid. 
 
 Ordered that the President pay the same to Mess: Lewden, Herb 
 & Course who are appointed a Committee, to pay the same to the City 
 Council and take a Receipt therefor : 
 
 Mr Vice President moved, and it was agreed to, that the Motion, 
 for voting a Sum of Money, for erecting a Building on the Lot be- 
 longing to the Society, should be postponed. — And a Committee 
 was appointed, to propose a Plan, and bring in an Estimate of 
 the Expence of the proposed liuilding; The Co'mmittce have it in 
 Charge, to make Inquiry after the Claim of this Society to the Lot 
 adjoining the said Lot No 2. in Holland tything Perceival ward, and 
 to report as early as may be. 
 
 Committee appointed Mr Vice President Stephens, Mr Lewden, Mr 
 Scheuber, Mr Bolton and Mr Eppinger. 
 
 W STEPHENS V: P.. 
 
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 (Assembled October 2ntli, 17!»4, at the FilatUfe, 28 nicmbfers pl'es- 
 ont, to attend the luneral (if deceased iiieuiber Dr. William Bryan.) 
 
 (Monthly Meetiujr, Nov. 3d, 171*4, at the Filature; 9 members 
 present.) 
 
 The I'residoiit propu.sed that the Sou of Mary Bucley a Poor 
 Woman he schooled on the Jiounty of this Society. 
 
 Ordered to lie over for the next Quarterly Meeting. 
 
 The President reported, that he had delivered to Messrs Clay & 
 Woodruff the following Specialities, to be sued for, as directed by the 
 Society. 
 
 1) Mathew Koche and Joseph W^rights Bond for £38„r),,0 dated 
 
 April 2;5d ITdlt. 
 
 2) John Oates Bond for i:4U„l„y, dated the 28d August 1772. 
 :{) Levy Sbeftalls Bond fori;ol„8„ dated the 1st June 1789. 
 
 4) George Waltons Order on William & Edward Telfair for £06,,1G„ 
 
 lid dated the 31st December 1777. 
 
 5) Samuel Stirks Note for £5„o„0d. dated 23d. April 1783. 
 
 (j) Peter H. Morels Note for 5. Guineas dated 1st December 1784. 
 
 7) Benjamin liloyds Note for i;5,,5,,0d. dated 1st August 1785. 
 
 8) Joseph Gibbons's Note for £8„14„0d. dated 23d. April 1792. 
 
 9) George Waltons Order on Joseph Day for two Barrells of Rice, 
 
 dated 23d. April 178(3. 
 
 And that he had paid two Dollars to the Kev'd Mr McCaule as En- 
 trance money for David Murray W^ashington. 
 
 that he had paid Mr Ports Account for Schooling down to the loth 
 of September last the Sum of Six Pounds Nineteen Shillings & Six 
 pence. 
 
 that he had paid Sheriffs and Clerks fees on Eleven Suits as per 
 (irdcr amounting to Seven Pounds and fourteen Shillings 
 
 that he paid Mr Clay Two Pounds two Shillings lor three Suits to 
 be brought against George Walton and frederic Hester in Kichmond 
 and Kffmghani Counties. 
 
 that li«' ]»uid <in(^ I'tnuid fifteen Shillings being Seven years Ground 
 Kent for the City for Lot No 2. Holland tything l^erceival Ward due 
 the ()th instant. 
 
 also that he paid Mrs Lydia Mayers for schooling Children from 
 
 28d yVpril to 23d October 1794. the amount of Three Pounds Seven 
 
 Shillings and eleven pence half penny. 
 
 JOS: llABEHSHAM 
 
 Monday the first of December 1794. 
 This day being a stated Monthly Meeting of the Union Society, 
 but the St Andrews Society having Possession of the Filature and 
 
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 DO other Place appointed where the Society could meet — Notice was 
 given to the members residing in Savannah, that no INIeeting would 
 be held this day. 
 
 (Quarterly Meeting, January iith, 1795, at the Filature; 12 mem- 
 bers present.) 
 
 Ordered ! That James Bucley — the Son of ^lary Bucley a Poor 
 woman, be schooled on the Bounty of this Society, to commence from 
 the third day of November last, as was then proposed. 
 
 The Committee to whom it was referred to report a Plan of a Build- 
 ing to be put on the Lot belonging to this Society having presented a 
 Plan accordingly They are requested to inform the Society at the next 
 Meeting of the expence necessary to compleat the same. And it is 
 requested they will also report what Kind of Buildings could be 
 placed on the said Lot, to produce the greatest Quarter yearly Rent, 
 for a Sum of Four Hundred Pounds. 
 
 Mr Pendleton gives Notice that he will propose a Bye Law — by 
 way of ordinance, to regulate the Terms and (Conditions on which 
 Children who have Parents or Guardians, shall be educated by this 
 Society. The Principle of which shall be, to authorize the Society 
 to bind out such Children, independent of the Consent of such Pa- 
 rents or Guardians to usefull Professions and occupations. 
 
 (Monthly Meeting, February 2d, 1795 ; 10 members present.) 
 
 In the Absence of bothe the Presidents, Mr. Mordecai Sheftall was 
 appointed ('hairman. 
 
 The Committee appointed to report the probable Expence, for 
 building on the Lot belonging to the Society, at this ^Meeting, re- 
 quest further indulgence, which was granted. 
 
 Mr William Lewden recommends, a Daughter of John Gilbert de- 
 ceased, to be schooled on the Bounty of this Society. 
 
 (Monthly Meeting, -March 2d, 1795; present, Stephens V. P., 
 Scheuber Sec, Fahm, Eppinger and Sheftall Sbeftall.) 
 
 No other Members attending, those present recommend that a Child 
 of William Gilbert deceased, be schooled on the Bounty of the So- 
 ciety. 
 
 (Quarterly Meeting, April 6th, 1795 ; <'the following members (15) 
 met at the Filature by public advertisement.") 
 
 The President reported that he had received the following Sums of 
 Moneys viz't 
 from James Powell Four Pounds three Shillings &, four pence in full 
 
 of Josiah Powell deceased for his Arrears 
 from Peter S: Laffitte Seven Pounds Six Shillings and five pence in 
 
 4 
 
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 full of Arrears due by him on the 23d. of April last, and also in- 
 cluding fourteen Shillings for Sheriff & Clerks fees, 
 from John Eppinger 'J"en Shilling.s and Six pence in full of hi.s Ar- 
 rears due last anniversary. 
 And that he had paid the following Sums, viz't to 
 James I'ort Seventeen Pounds Seven Shillings and Nine pence for 
 
 schooling to the lJ2d. March last, as per two Receipts. 
 To the Kev'd Thomas H. McCaul Three i'ounds Nineteen Shillinirs 
 and four pence for 5. Months 'I'uition fur 1). M. Washington end- 
 ing: 19th December last 
 'J'o Mrs Lydia Myers Two Pounds Sixteen Shillings and Nine pence 
 
 half penny ibr Schooling to the 2;Jd. of January last. 
 The following Petitions were then read, viz't from John Kentz — 
 Joseph Koberts, Slaughter Cowling, William Norment and Frederic 
 Herb, praying to be admitted Members of this Society 
 
 Ordered I that their Petitions do lie over, until the next Anni- 
 versary 
 
 Ordered ! That John Gilbert, Sou of John Gilbert deceased, be 
 schooled on the Bounty of this Society with Mrs Myers. 
 
 The Committee to whom were referred, the propriety of building 
 on the Lot of the Society, agreeably to the the Spirit of the Resolu- 
 tion are of Opinion, that the Measure proposed in the ^Motion, on 
 which the Resolution is founded, and the whole Business ought for 
 the present to be postponed, and lay over, to such Period, as the So- 
 ciety may chuse to revive it. 
 
 Resolved, That the President or Vice President be authorized to 
 invite the Clergy, and any Number of Strangers who may be in the 
 City not exceeding Six, to dine with the Society on the day of its An- 
 niversary ; And that the present Stewards provide a Dinner for Forty 
 Persons. 
 
 Ordered I That the usual Notice for the Celebration of the Anni- 
 versary be published in the Georgia Gazette. 
 
 JOS: HABERSHAM Presid't 
 
 Forty-Fifth Annivermri/ Ajm'l 2Sd, 179o, at the Filature; 36 Mem- 
 bers i^reseiit. 
 
 Edward Lloyd, stating that ever since the Month of Ssptember 
 1793. he had been Sick and indisposed, which prevented his attend- 
 ing the Society, wherefore ordered, that his Fines from that period 
 amounting to Nineteen Shillings & Six pence be remitted him. 
 
 The President, on behalf of Sir George Houstoun, Stated that 
 
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 Since August last, he had been Sick, and unable to attend the Society, 
 wherefore his fines amounting to eight Shillings were remitted. 
 
 George Wood ruft" and Andrew McCredic, Stating that from June 
 to October last, they had been absent from the State, wherefore Five 
 Shillings and Six pence of their Fines rcspectiecly, ought to be re- 
 mitted them ; Granted! 
 
 The President made Excuse lor being twice absent at the Meetings 
 of the Society when unavoidably detained in the Country, the excuse 
 was admitted and Ten Shillings of his Fines remitted him. 
 
 The Vice President also made Excuse for being twice in default, 
 which w,as thought sufficient, and Seven Shillings of his Fines order- 
 ed to be remitted him. 
 
 William 11. Spencer, made Excuse, that he was out of Town at the 
 Funeral of Doctor Bryan, deceased — Ordered that Two Shillings and 
 Six pence be remitted. 
 
 John Herb, alledging that he was indisposed during the last An- 
 niversary, wherefore he could not stay with the Society, which being 
 admitted, the Fine or Expence of One Dollar was ordered to be re- 
 mitted. 
 
 Mr Peter S: Laffitte, being fined 58 — for being absent two Meetings 
 as Steward, made Excuse, on Account of Self & family being indis- 
 posed — the Society ordered the said fine of Five Shillings, to bo re- 
 mitted. 
 
 Noble W: Jones, William Gibbons and Jonn Berrien were then 
 appointed a Committee, to examine the Presidents Accounts, who 
 having done so, Reported I that they find He has received from the 
 htst to the Present Anniversary the Sum of One hundred /or (j/„ Seven 
 Pounds Nineteen ShiUinfjs and eleven j^ence, that he has loaned out 
 by order of the Society on two Seperate Bonds the Sum of Seventy,, 
 Jive Pounds, And that he has expended for the Use of the Society the 
 Sum of Fifty Seven Pounds thirteen Shillings and eleven jyence, 
 making in the whole the Sum of One hundred and thirty tivo Pounds 
 thirteen Shillinf/s and eleven pence; The Bonds and A'ouchers for 
 the Loans Receipts and Expenditures have been produced- — And that 
 there remains in the Box the Balance of Fifteen Pounds Sixteen 
 Shillings and Nine 2'>ence. 
 
 The Society notice with pleasure, the Appropriation of the personal 
 Fines of the late Mayor <t Aldermen, (agreably to their Rules) to 
 charit,'ible purposes, when collected, by the- City Clerk, who has al- 
 ready paid the Sum of Six Pounds Six Shillings, and informed the 
 President he would pay the Balance of Fines, when received by him. 
 
 The Printers havipt; produced their Account fo|" f^^vprtizing Socie- 
 
ty .Meetings &c from 3d October 1703, to this day, amounting to One 
 Pound eighteen Shillings and ten pence half penny. 
 
 Ordered that the same be paid. 
 
 The Secretary presented his Account for One Years Salary iV Sta- 
 tionary amounting, after deducting Seventeen Shillings his Contribu- 
 tion & fine, to Nine Pounds three Shillinpp. 
 
 Ordered, that the President do pay the same 
 
 In Consetjuence of the Notice given in January last, Mr. Pendleton 
 proposed an Ordinance, to regulate the Terms, on which (Children are 
 to be schooled, on the Bounty of this Society, which being three 
 times read, considered and amended, is agreed to. 
 
 Ordered, to be engrossed. Sealed with the Seal of this Corporation 
 and Signed by the President, which is as follows : 
 
 AN OKDINANCK 
 
 To regulate the Terms on which Children arc to be schooled on the 
 Funds of the Union Society 
 Whereas it may happen, that Children who have been schooled by 
 the Funds of this Society, may afterwards be taken away by their 
 Parents, Guardians or Friends, and instead of being put to some use- 
 full Trade, or occupation, may be permitted to pui*sue vicious Courses, 
 whereby both they and the Community, may be deprived of those ad- 
 vantages, which it was the design of this institution to procure, for 
 remedy whereof: Be it (tRD.\i.\i:D, that from and after the — First 
 Monday in July ne.\t, no Child ur Children shall be received, to be 
 schooled on the Funds of this Society, nor shall any ( 'hild or Children, 
 that am now at School on its fumls, bo continued beyond that time, 
 unless the Parent*, Guardians, cr l''ricnds of sueh Child or Children, 
 shall before their admission in future, or before that day in respect to 
 those already admitted, execute and deliver to the Secretary for the 
 time being, under their liands and seals an Article or Deed, in the 
 foUowimg form, to wit : "Know all Men by these Presents that 
 
 '* (father, Mother, (Juardian or) of 
 
 " an Infant of the Age of Years, do hereby put 
 
 "and bind the said unto the I*resident and Vice Pres- 
 
 "ident of the Union Society of Savannah, for the time being, to be by 
 "them, at such time, as they shall think proper put and bound by an 
 "Indenture of Apprenticeship, to whom.soever they shall think 
 "proper, to learn such usefull and honest trade, occupation, professiun 
 "or calling, and for such length of time and on such Conditions, as 
 "the said Society by tlieir rules or orders may direct, and the said 
 "Society are hereby authorised, to assign this Article, at the time of 
 
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 "binding the said unto the person or persons to whom 
 
 '' may be bound. In Witness &c 
 
 which said Deed the Secretary shall take & keep, untill the next Quar- 
 terly Meeting of the Society, and then deliver to the President or 
 Vice President. 
 
 Resolved ! That the Secretary be and he is hereby directed to 
 form an Alphabetical List of the IMembers of this Society, marking 
 in Columns, the time of their Admission, resignation or Death. 
 
 Whereas the Duties of the Secretary are greatly augmented and as 
 the expenditure of Stationary of Course increases: 
 
 Kesolved ! that from and after this day the Salary of the Secre- 
 tary be Sixty Dollars per Annum. 
 
 The Petitions of John Rcntz, Joseph llobcrts, Slaughter Cowling, 
 William Norment and Frederic Herb, praying to become IMembers of 
 this Societj', were again read, Separately ballotted for, and Severally 
 duly admitted 
 
 Also the Petitions from John Howell, John Armour, John D: Dick- 
 inson, Hampton Lillibridgc and James Jones, were this day received 
 and read, Separately ballotted for and each of them duly elected. 
 
 Resolved ! That a Sum not exceeding Three hundred Dollars is 
 hereby appropriated for the schooling of Children, and instructing 
 them in psalmody and also for the purchase of necessary Books & 
 Stationary and that James B: Young, Richard Wayne and George 
 Woodruff be a Committee, to superintend, the education of such 
 Children as may be schooled on the Bounty of this Society. 
 
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 On Motion made and seconded, Resolved, that from and after this 
 day inclusive, all Accounts of Money, and Bonds hereafter to be 
 made, shall be kept in Dollars and Cents, and that all sums relative 
 to the Society, that are now expressed in Pounds Shillings and pence, 
 be estimated received and entered, at the rate of One Dollar for four 
 Shillings and eight pence. 
 
 (leorge Throop gave his Note for Six I'ounde three Shillings and 
 two pence halfpenny, being in full for principal, Interest, Contribu- 
 tion & fines, whereupon his former Note was eanccllcd. 
 
 Mr. Vice President paid the amount of Emanuel f)elapiains Note 
 dated 2d. Juno 1783, for Five Pounds five Shillin^rs, with 11 Years 
 and 11 Months Interest thereon; whereupon the ."said Note, was given 
 up to him. 
 
 John Y. Noel, George Woodruff and Thomas Rice, having each 
 paid off their respective Notes, they were therefore cancelled. 
 
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 John Armour, a Member this day elected appeared, paid his Ad- 
 mission Money, Signed the Rules and took his .Seat. 
 
 Hampton liillibridge, a Member also this day admitted, appeared 
 and gave his Note for his Admission 3Ioney, payable on the first Mon- 
 day in May next, whereupon ho was permitted to sign the Rules and 
 take his Seat 
 
 The Society then proceeded to the election of < )fficer,s for the ensu- 
 ing Year, 
 
 when William Stephens Esqr was elected President 
 MoRDECAi SnEFTALL, Esqr, ^'ice President 
 Justus II. Scheuuer, Secretary and 
 George Woodruff and Sheftall Sheftall, Stewards 
 
 George Woodruff declining to serve, and having paid his tine, 
 Mathew McAllister was elected in his room, Sheltall Sheftall also de- 
 clining to serve & paying the fine, John Y. Yoel was elected in his 
 room, he also declining & paying the Fine, Richard Wayne was next 
 chosen in his room, but he declining and paying the Fine, John Ber- 
 rien was chosen Steward in his place. 
 
 Account of Ca.sh received at the Society this day, 
 
 Mordocai Sbcft.ill, in full of Contribution :ind Fines XI. —. fi 
 
 Levy ShefUill, in part of Account 1.14. 4 
 
 Noble W. .loncs, in full <if Contributions & Fines IT. (1 
 
 William Gibbons, in full of Contribution — . 14. — 
 
 Jobeph Clay, in full of Contribution &, Fines — . IS. 6 
 
 Matlicw McAllister, Interest, Contribution & Fines. 1. 7. !> 
 
 I'cter Devcaux, in full of Contribution — . 14. — 
 
 .Iiisoi>li Habersham, in full of Contribution and Fines 1. 14. — 
 
 .)«hn llabersliiim, in part of Account :{. — . S 
 
 Mr. Stephens, for Emanuel de la I'laiiin's K.state in full of Note & Interest 10. 5. S;^' 
 
 Samuel Heacroft. in part of Account J. C. S 
 
 William II. Spencer, in full of Contribution & Fines — . IS. — 
 
 .luhn Herb, in full of Contribution & Fines — . IS. — 
 
 Willi.'ini Lewden, in full of Clontribution & Fines 1. 3. S 
 
 Frederic Fabm, in full of Contribution & Fines — . l'.». G 
 
 (ieorgo Millen, in full of Contribution — . 14. — 
 
 John Milledpe, in full of Contril): it Fihis(but no Costsof Suit) 8. C. b 
 
 Anilrcw McCredio, in full of Contiibution &, Fines — . 18. 6 
 
 Nathan Pendleton, in full of Contribution it Fines 1. 1". 4 
 
 VinabUs Hond, in full of Int: Contrib: »t 4s. !S. annlv: cxpenecs 1. '2. b)^ 
 
 .lames Port, in full of Contribution & Fines 1. fi. C 
 
 Charles Oddlngsells, in full of Contribution — . II. — 
 
 .lohn G. "\Villiam.son, in full of Oontribution & Fines 1. n. 4 
 
 James H: Youn^', In full of Contribution it Fines 1. 1. — 
 
 Christ Church, in full of Interest 4. n. — 
 
 William Stephens, in full of Interest, Contribution k Fines a. '2. 7 
 
 John Y: Noel, in full of Note, Interest, C(.ntrib"n it Fines 3. 12. 2>; 
 
 .John Herrien, in full of Contribution & Fini* — . 1'.'. — 
 
 I'lirhard Wayne, in full of Interest, Contribution it Fines I. I."). 4 
 
 John Kree(;er itc in full of Interest •'. 4. — 
 
 Robert Bolton jir Schcubcr, In full of Contribution ik fines 1. 4. — 
 
 George Woodruff, in full of Note, Interest, Contrib; it Fines 3. 1!). 10 
 
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 Shcftall Sheftall, in full of Contribution <fc Fines 1. 0. — 
 
 John Cunningham, in full of Interest, Contribution &, Fines 4. 14. S 
 
 Thomas Kice, iu full of Note, Interest, Contrib: &. Fines 4. — . G 
 
 From Peter S: Laffitte, Surplus from Quarterly & Monthly Meetings — . 5. 3 
 
 John Armour, in full of Admission Money 5. 5. — 
 
 Say Eighty three Pounds, eleven Shillings, and two pence halfpenny £83. 11. 2^ 
 
 List of Absent Members, who are to be charged with One Dollar each, 
 towards the Expences of the Anniversary. 
 1 Venables Bond 15. Sir George Houstouu 
 
 'J.. Andrew McCrcdic and IG. James Moore 
 
 3. Edward Lloyd, who attended 17. Thomas Gumming 
 
 but did not dine, nor paid 18. llichard Leake 
 towards 8ame 19. Francis Courvoisie 
 
 4. David Montaigut 20. Isaac Fell 
 
 5. Oliver Bowen 21. John Eppinger 
 0. James Habersham 22. Josiah Tatnall 
 
 7. Joseph Gibbons, excused sick. 23. Joseph Clay junior 
 
 8. Frederic Hester 24. Francis Stebbins 
 
 9. John Morel 25. Robert Bolton 
 
 10. William Gibbons junior 26. John Tebeau 
 
 11. Benjamin Lloyd 27. Daniel Course 
 
 12. David Bees 28. George Jones 
 
 13. George Walton 29. Peter H. Morel 
 
 14. James Bulloch 
 
 JOS: HABERSHAM, 
 
 President. 
 
 The l*residcnt, having withdrawn, after an affectionate Leave of the 
 Society, previous to his departure to Philadelphia, to take upon him 
 the Duties of his Appointment, as Postmaster Cencral of the United 
 States. 
 
 AVhereupon the late Vice — President took the Chair, and on Motion 
 it was resolved unanimously 
 
 That this Society by their President and Mce President elect pre- 
 sent to Joseph Habersham late President, their hearty. Approbation 
 of his good Conduct — They feel the importance of the appointment of 
 Joseph Habersham as Postmaster General, and although they regret 
 the want of his Personal services — Yet as part of the Nation, they 
 rejoice, that so early an Asserter of the Liberties of America is ap- 
 pointed to fill so honorable an Ofiice. 
 
 W STEPHENS V: P.. 
 
 (Monthly Meeting, May 4th, 1795 ; 11 members present.) 
 
 The President informed the Society, that he had received from the 
 late President the Sum of Fifteen Pounds Sixteen Shillings and Nine 
 
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 pence, being Surplus Money that remained in the Box, and also the 
 Sum of Eighty three I'ounds, eleven Shillings and two pence half 
 penny, being the Sum of Money collected at the last Anniversary. 
 
 Mr. Joseph Roberts and John Kontz lately elected ^Icmbcrsof this 
 Society appeared, and paid each twenty two and one half a Dollar for 
 their Admission, Signed the Rules and took their Scats in the Society 
 
 Mr Frederick Herb and John 1). Dickinson, also sppcarcd. and each 
 paid Pileven and one quarter of Dollar into the hands of the ]*resident 
 for their Admission, and gave their Notes for the l^alance. Signed the 
 Rules and took their Seats. 
 
 Applications were made by Mr. Berrien, Mr. Krieger and Mr. 
 Tetard for the Loan of Money, but on the question being put, it was 
 resolved in the negative, and the Business postponed, because it ap- 
 peared that i-'iOO. is appropriated, and lays dormant, until the Com- 
 mittee appointed to report the Estimate of a Building on the Lot of 
 this Society. 
 
 The President and Vice president informed the Society, that agre- 
 ably to their order, they inclosed Joseph Habersham Esquire late 
 President, a certified Copy of the Resolution passed at the last Anni- 
 versary in respect to him ; and laid before the Society a J^etter from 
 Mr, Habersham in answer thereto, which being read is as follows, viz't. 
 
 "Gentlemen ! 
 
 "The Approbation of my public Conduct by the Union Society aa 
 "expressed in their Resolution on the last Anniversary, which you 
 "enclosed me, has made a gratefuU impression on my Mind, as I have 
 "always endeavoured to support such measures, as, I conceived, would 
 "have a tendency to promote the real welfare of my country. 
 
 "I sincerely wish that your benevolent Institution may continue to 
 "prosper, and that under its protection, many otherwise friendless, may 
 "become usefull members of the Community, an object highly inter- 
 "esting to every friend of Humanity. 
 
 "1 thank you Gentlemen, for your friendly wishes, while 1 am dis- 
 ' 'charging the Duties of my Appointment under the Federal Govern- 
 "ment and you will please to accept of mine for your Prosperity and 
 "Happiness as well as for that of every Member of the Society. I am 
 "with much Esteem Gentl'n 
 
 Your Mo Obdt. Servt. 
 
 JOS: HABERSHAM. 
 
 "Savannah 4th May 1795. 
 "The Honorable AVilliam Stephens Esqr President and Mordecai 
 
 "Sheftall Esqr Vice President of the Union Society." 
 
 W STEPHENS 
 
 Pret.. 
 
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 (Monthly Meetiner, June 1st, 1705, at the Filature; 12 members 
 present.) , 
 
 The President reported, that he had paid Mrs Lydia Myers the Sum 
 of Ten Dollars and twenty seven and one half Cent for schooling, 
 from 23d January to the 23d April last. 
 
 >i- ^- ^ ^ # ^; ^ :J: + ^ 3f: 
 
 Ordered ! that Malsy Kitchin, a poor Orphan, now in the Care 
 of Mrs. Jenkins, be schooled on the Bounty of this Society. 
 
 W STEPHENS 
 
 Pre't.. 
 
 (June 10th, 1795, by order, assembled (37) at the house of Mr. 
 Carsans, to attend the funeral of George Houstoun, deceased.) 
 
 and the following Town Members (14) did not attend, tho' Sum- 
 moned. 
 
 (Quarterly Meeting July 6th, 1795, at the Filature; 19 members 
 present.) 
 
 The President, laid before the Society the Eeceipt of James Port 
 for Forty one Dollars and one half of a Dollar for schooling Children 
 on the Bounty of this Society, and for Paper up to the 15th of June 
 last, agrcable to the Certificate of the School Committee 
 
 Resolved Unanimously, that from hence forth, for Not attend- 
 ing the Society Meeting, the Fines shall be for 
 
 the President One Dollar 
 
 the Vice President Seventy five Cents 
 
 the Secretary Sixty two and one half Cents 
 
 the Stewards fifty Cents 
 
 the other Members for not attending 
 
 a Monthly Meeting .....Twelve and one half Cents 
 
 a Quarterly Meeting Twenty five Cents 
 
 and for not attending the Fu-> 
 
 neral of a deceased Mem- [■ Fifty Cents. 
 
 ber, when Summoned ) 
 
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 Mr. William Gibbons junior, made excuse, that he was Sick during 
 the last Anniversary so that he could not attend the same, wherefore 
 Resolved that the Fine be remitted him. 
 
 Mr. Peter Samuel l^aflStte, stated to the Society, that from some 
 documents he had discovered, through the medium of Mr. Stephen 
 Britton, that the late James Papot, had borrowed a Sum of Money 
 from the Union Society and that Papot had given said Britton as Se- 
 curity for the payment of Twenty Pounds Some time in Mav Seven- 
 
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 teen hundred and Seventy four and that Papot had secured Britton by 
 a Counter-bond. 
 
 It appeared also by a Letter of David Zubly junr. who had former- 
 ly presided iu the Society, to Britton that on the 24th of April 1775. 
 James Papot had paid the Interest and Ten Pounds of the Principal 
 of the said Bond to the Society. To lift James Papots' bond to 
 Britton, Mr. Laffittc who married the lloir of Papots, proposed to the 
 Society, to give his Bond, for the Balance being £10, and including 
 the Interest, for the Sum of Twenty Pounds Dollars at four shillings 
 and eight pence iu full disharpe of James Papots's bond to the Socie- 
 ty with a proviso, that if it should appear, the Sum had been origi- 
 nally paid, the Bond should be cancelled, or if the Money paid, re- 
 funded. 
 
 As the Period to which this transaction alludes, involves in it, the 
 Loss sustained by the Society, in the destruction of their Bonds and 
 documents, during the War, whereby no Vouchers appear, the Socie- 
 ty receive the Information iu good part; Whereupon the Society 
 
 Resolve, That they will accept the Bond of the said Peter Samuel 
 Laffitte for the Sura of Eighty Six Dollars equal to twenty Pounds, 
 payable on the 23d day of April next, with Interest from this date, 
 with a defeazence, to refund in case of proof of former Payment by 
 James Papot, or any other person for him to the Society. And that 
 in Case the original bond of James Papot & Stephen Britton, Should 
 ever hereafter be found, the said Stephen Britton, his Heirs, Execu- 
 tors and Administrators are fully disharged thereof 
 
 W STEPHENS 
 Pres't,, 
 
 (Monthly Meeting, August 3d, 1795, at the Filature ; 11 members 
 present.) 
 
 Mr. Peter Samuel Laffitte gave his Bond to the Society for Eighty 
 Six Dollars, in Conformity to the resolution of the 6th of July last, 
 which being read, and approoved, was deposited with the President. 
 
 W: STEPHENS 
 Pres't.. 
 
 (Monthly Meeting, September 7th, 1795, at the Filature; 11 mem- 
 bers present.) 
 
 No Business before the Society. 
 
 MORDECAI SHEFTALL V. P 
 
 Savannah Thursday the 10th Septbr 1795. 
 John Rentz late a Member of this Society, being deceased, and to 
 be interred at Captain Nicholas Millers plantation near Thunderbolt 
 
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 the Members of the Society were notified thereof, and requested if 
 convenient, to attend the Funeral, but being out of Town, the Rules 
 do not impose a Fine for Non-attendance, the following Members (6) 
 attended the Funeral 
 
 MORDECAI SHEFTALL V. P 
 (Quarterly Meeting, October 5th, 1795, at the Filature; 12 mem- 
 bers present.)* 
 
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 The President reported, that on the 10th of August last he paid 
 Mrs Lydia Myers Twelve Dollars and fifty Cents, and to James Port 
 on the 23d of September last Thirty six Dollars for schooling and one 
 dollar and thirty Seven Cents and one half of a Cent for books. 
 
 Mr. John Tebeau, made excuse, that he was Sick during the last 
 Anniversary, wherefore he could not attend. 
 
 Resolved that the fine of one Dollar, be remitted him. 
 
 Mr. Tebeau paid into the hands of the President Three Dollars be- 
 ing the Amount of his Contribution, due the 23d. of April last. 
 
 Resolved ! 
 
 That One hundred Dollars, be and are Jiereby appro- 
 priated, to promote the building of a Poor house and Hospital in this 
 City ; and that the President apply the same to the Purchase of Lot- 
 tery Tickets, as Shall be most conducive, to aid so charitable an in- 
 stitution. 
 
 W: STEPHENS 
 
 (Monthly Meeting, November 2d, 1795; 8 members present.) 
 
 MORDECAI SHEFTALL V P 
 
 (Monthly Meeting, December 7th, 1795, at the Filature; 5 present, 
 Justus H Scheuber Sec, Joseph Miller, John Berrien, Steward, Shef- 
 tall Sheftall, James Port.) 
 
 No other Members attending, no Business could be done. 
 
 ^ JUSTUS H SCHEUBER Secry 
 
 (Quarterly Meeting, January 4th, 1796, at the Filature ; 12 mem- 
 bers present.) 
 
 Capt'n John Howell a Member, elected last Anniversary, attended 
 the Society paid his Admission Money with Twenty two and one half 
 of a dollar also One dollar twelve and one half cent Interest on the 
 
 same, to this day, whereupon he was admitted to take his Seat. 
 
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 The President reported that on the 7th October last he paid Justus 
 II. Scheuber a Commissioner of the Seamans Hospital & Poorhouse 
 Lottery One hundred Dollars, for fifty Lottery Tickets & produced 
 his Receipt. 
 
He also reported that on the 18th December last he paid Jaraes 
 Port Schoolcuastcr Thirty two Dollars Sixi Cents for schooling Chil- 
 dren on the bounty of this Society. 
 
 It appearing that the adventure of the fifty Tickets in the Hospital 
 and Poorhouse Lottery for which the hundred Dollars as aforesaid 
 were appropriated, lost to the Society forty five dollars and drew prizes 
 to the amount of Fifty five dollars. 
 
 Ordered I therefore that these fifty five Dollars be continued and are 
 appropriated to purchase Tickets, to that amount in the 
 Second Class. 
 
 The 3Ierabers j resent, having by a Collection made up Dollars 
 more, this, with the former Sum, enabled the Society to take Twenty 
 Tickets in the said Second Class. 
 
 I\ESOLVED ! 
 
 That the Committee appointed at the Anniversary to su- 
 perintend the Education of the Children at School on the Bounty of 
 thi.s Society, report, at the next Meeting what progress the Children 
 have made in their education, and that the Copy of this Resolution be 
 sent to them or either of them. 
 
 W STEPHENS Pre't. • 
 
 (Monthly Meeting February 1st, 1796, at the Filature ; 10 mem- 
 bers present.) 
 
 None of the Presidents attending, Mr. Clay was chosen Chairman. 
 
 Ordered, That Mary Brown, Daughter of Jnhn Brown deceased 
 be .schouled with Mrs Myer.s on the Bounty of this Society 
 Resolved! Ihiit Mr. Stephen.^, Mr. Shel'tiill & 31r. Bolton be a 
 Committee, to inquire into the Estates of John Brown, James Mil- 
 ledge and Robert Montford deceased, whether there is any Assets left, 
 from which the Society may obtain, their Demands on them, and that 
 they do report at the next Meeting. 
 
 (Monthly Meeting, March 7th, 1796, at the Filature; present — 
 "William Stephens Esqr. Pres., Justus H. Scheuber Sec., John 
 Howell, James Port.) 
 
 there not being a constitutional Number no Business could be done. 
 
 Savannah Monday, the 14th of March 1796 
 Mr. Daniel Course a Member of this Society, having deceased, the 
 
 President ordered the Members at present in Savannah to attend his 
 
 Funeral, when the following (24) Members attended. 
 
 (Quarterly Meeting, April 4th, 1790, at the Filature; 15 members 
 
 present.) 
 
 The President reported that he had paid Peter S. Lafiitte Twenty 
 
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 Six Dollars, agreably to two orders of the 23d. April and 6th of July 
 last .Also to James Port Thirty Nine Dollars and Sixty' two and one 
 half Cent for tuition of Children, as per receipt of 21st March last 
 and to the Reverend Mr. McCaulc Six Dollars and Seventy Cents 
 
 for the tuition of 31urray Washington. And that he had received 
 
 Three Dollars from Peter S. Laffitte, for his Contribution due the 23d 
 of April last. 
 
 Resolved ! that the Stewards provide a Dinner at the next Anni- 
 versary sufficient for Forty Persons. 
 
 Resolved ! That the President and A'^icc President be authorized 
 to invite the Clergy and any number of Strangers, who may be in the 
 City not exceeding Nine, to dine with the Society on the day of its 
 Anniversary 
 
 Ordered ! That the usual Notice be published in the Georgia Ga- 
 zette the Members to meet at 9 o'Clock in the forenoon precisely. 
 
 Ordered ! That Joseph Roberts, John Armour and Peter S: La- 
 ffitte be appointed a Committee to superintend the Anniversary Din- 
 ner. 
 
 Doctor Edmund Dillon Sent in a Petition to become a 3Iember of 
 this Society. 
 
 Ordered ? to lie over 
 
 W STEPHENS 
 Ft. 
 
 Fort}/-Sixlh Anniversary, April 2Bd, 1796, a( (he Filature; 35 mem- 
 bers present ■ 
 
 Mr. John Krieger paid up One hundred and eighty five Dollars 
 and fourteen one half Cents in full of his Bond with Interest, where- 
 on the Bond was delivered up to him. 
 
 The President made excuse that he was out of the City and Sick 
 when one hundred and fifty Cents Fines were remitted him. 
 
 Joseph Clay said he was Sick, at George Iloustouus funeral fifty 
 Cents fines where therefore remitted him 
 
 Thomas Rice Stating that he had been from the City during the 
 whole year, all hi.s fines were therefore remitted 
 
 Mr. McAllister saying he had been absent from the State for five 
 months, therefore two Dollars A: fifty Cents fines were remitted him 
 k lie paying up the Balance his Note was delivered up to him. 
 
 John Morel making excuse, that he wa.s not liable to fines, consid- 
 ering himself a ( ^ouutry Member, wherefore one hundred Sixty & 
 three (juarter Cents were remitted him, 
 
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 Mr. Vice President Sent in an excuse, also >Ir. Norment, which 
 were read & ordered to lie over till the next Quarterly Meeting. 
 
 David Montaigut, Sent in an excuse, Stating on account of Sicknes.s 
 he could not attend the Society, which was admitted and on account 
 of his age k infirmity all former «.*c future fines are to be remitted liim. 
 
 John Herrien, sent in a Letter, that he had incurred Several finei< 
 as a Stewart by being absent, whereupon the Society resolved, that 
 all fines incurred Since the first Monday in January last, be remitted 
 him, amounting to two Dollars. 
 
 James Jones, having paid Sixteen Dollars in full of his Contribu- 
 tion and Interest & in part of Admission Money, gave his Note to the 
 President for Eleven Dollars & thirty Cents being the Balance yet 
 
 due. 
 
 *********** 
 
 The President reported, that he had taken twenty Tickets in the 
 Second Class of the Savannah Hospital and I'oorhouse Lottery, agre- 
 ably to a Resolution of the Society of the 4th day of January last, 
 which twenty tickets have only drawn thirty eiglit dollars 
 
 Resolved 
 
 That these thirty eight DoUai-s, together with two Dol- 
 lars more to be taken by the President out of the Funds, be again ad- 
 ventured, by purchasing ten Tickets in the 3d Class of the said Lot- 
 tery 
 
 ********** 
 
 Noble W: Jones, Charles Oddingsells, Oliver Bowen and George 
 Jones, were then appointed a Committee to examine the Presidents 
 Account. 
 
 This Committee having examined the Presidents Account of Re- 
 ceipts and expenditures, find that the Sum of Five hundred and Sixty 
 Six Dollars and fifty Cents wore received by him from the twenty 
 third of April 1705. to the 4th instant, that the sum of throe hun- 
 dred and Seventy three dollars and fifty three cents has been paid by 
 him for which ho has produced Satisfactory Vouchers and that the 
 Sum of one hundred and Ninety two dollars and Ninety Seven Cents 
 is the Balance in his hands as per Account rendered to the fourth in- 
 stant. 
 
 Resolved, that the President be and he is hereby authorized to loan 
 the Monies of the Society in his hands on Interest, taking good 
 and Sufficient Security agreable to Rule, reserving three hundred 
 Dollars for the contingent cxpences of the Society. 
 
 Ordered I that the former School Committee, be continued the 
 ensuing Year. 
 
39 
 
 The Comittee appointed to superintend the education of the Chil- 
 dren schooled by the Society 
 
 Report, that they have examined the said Children, and find that 
 they have made as great progress, as they could possibly; and that 
 much Credit is due to their teachers Mr. Port and Mrs Myers, at 
 Mrs Myers there is a Girl, Mary Curtis, who has made such Progress 
 in reading that a removal to Mr. Ports School for other necessary 
 branches of education is strongly recommended. 
 
 They are also induced to recommend that the Salary of Mr, Port 
 be raised to four Dollars and fifty cents for each Scholar per Quarter 
 for his particular attention to them : which was agreed to. 
 Resolved ! That in future the Accounts of the President and Mem- 
 bers of the Society shall be settled and paid up on the Quar- 
 terly Meeting previous to the Anniversary, and that the Society 
 shall meet on the forenoon of that day at 10 o' Clock for that pur- 
 pose, instead of the evening. 
 Resolved, that no Person, wishing to become a Member shall be bal- 
 lotted for on the Anniversary unless Application is made at least 
 one Meeting previous to the same 
 The Society then proceeded to the election of Officers for the ensu- 
 ing Year, when 
 
 William Stephens was re-elected President 
 George Jones elected Vice President 
 
 Justus H. Scheuber, stating that on Account of the Post Office 
 he could not regularly attend the stated Meetings of the Society begd 
 Leave to decline standing as a Candidate, when 
 
 Peter Samuel Laffitte, was elected Secretary, and 
 JoH.v D. Dickinson and fREDERic Herb were elected Stew- 
 ards. 
 The Society then proceeded to ballot for those whose Petitions lying 
 before them, applying to become Members of this Society When the 
 Petition of Edmund Dillon was read, ballotted for but not admitted. 
 The Petitions of 
 
 1 
 
 Isaac Benedix 
 
 14. 
 
 Nicholas Ancieaux 
 
 2. 
 
 John Gibbons 
 
 15. 
 
 David Gugel 
 
 3. 
 
 William Hunter 
 
 16. 
 
 John Grommet 
 
 4. 
 
 Ebenezer Jackson 
 
 17. 
 
 John McCall 
 
 5. 
 
 Philip Millcdge 
 
 18. 
 
 John N. Brailsford 
 
 6. 
 
 Thomas M. Woodbridge 
 
 19. 
 
 James Shaw 
 
 7. 
 
 Robert Mitchell 
 
 20. 
 
 George J. Hull 
 
 8. 
 
 William Belcher 
 
 21. 
 
 Solomon Shad 
 
 9. 
 
 Robert Watta 
 
 22. 
 
 John Gla.ss 
 
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 10. Rev'd Thos H: McCaulc 23. John McKinnon 
 
 11. William "Wallace 24. James 3IcInto.'^h 
 
 12. John Moore 25. Thomas Netherclift and 
 
 13. Thomas Young 2(): David IJrjdie Mitchell 
 were severally read and ballotted & duly admitted. 
 
 The Petition of Frederic Shick, to become a member, was also read 
 ballotted for but not admitted. 
 Monies received at the Society from the following Members &c viz't. 
 
 Doll Cents 
 
 from William Gibbons, in full of Contribution 3. 
 
 John Kriepcr in full of Bond and Interest, 185. U)i 
 
 Mordccai Sheftall, in full of Contribution and Anniv, E.xpenccs 4. 
 
 Sheftall Slu-ftall, in full of ditto, ditto & fines 4. 62>i 
 
 Richard Wayne, in full of Contrib: fines and Interest •. . . . 6. 34 
 
 James Port in full 3. 6')i 
 
 John Y: Noel, in full 5. 50 
 
 James Jones in part 16. 
 
 Hampton Lillibridge in full of Contrib: fines & Interest 6. 65 
 
 John Tebeau, in full 3. 
 
 John Armour, in full 8. 8^)i 
 
 William Lewden, in full 8. 62)i 
 
 Oliver Bowen, in full of Contrib: ^os & Interest S. 1l)i 
 
 Noble Vf: Jones, in full 4. 75 
 
 John Ilowell, in part 3. 
 
 Peter Deveau.x, in full 3. 
 
 Charles Oddingsells, in full 3. 
 
 John Herb in full 4. 
 
 Frederic Horb in full 16. 27^ 
 
 William H. Spencer, in full 4. 87)^ 
 
 Andrew M'-.Crodie, in full C. 50 
 
 James B. Young, in full 4. 62}i 
 
 Thomas Rico in full 3. 
 
 JohnG. Williamson in full 8. 8)i 
 
 Joseph Clay in full 4. 62^ 
 
 George Jones, in full 9. 96X 
 
 William Stephens, Interest, Contrib'n & fines 14. 91 
 
 George Woodruff', in full 6. 60 
 
 John Morol, in full 10. 26 
 
 Mathew McAllister, in full 18. 84 
 
 Nathaniel Pendleton, in full , 6. 
 
 Justus II Scheuber In full 8. 
 
 David B: Mitchell, in part of Admission 15. 
 
 Bay Three hundred Ninety Seven Dollars and forty Cents Ds 897. 40 
 
 The following new admitted Members attended the Society and for 
 want of time could not comply with the Rule in their Case made and 
 provided, which Business was therefore postponed to the next Meet- 
 ing, they were permitted to partake of the Celebration of the Anniver- 
 sary, viz't. 
 
 1. George J. Hull 5. David Gugel 9. Ebenezer Jackson 
 
 2. Solomon Shad 6. Thomas Netherclift 10. Robert Mitchell 
 
 3. David B. Mitchell 7. Philip Milledge 11. William Hunter 
 
 4. John Grommet 8. ThosM.Woodbridgel2. John Gibbons 
 
41 
 
 The following Members (30) were Defaulters at the Anniversary. 
 
 31 Andrew McCredie & 32, George Millen, attended the Societ)'& 
 paid up their Arrears, but they not dininp; with the Society, nor pay- 
 ing their Share of Expences, are therefore Severally, to be charged 
 with one Dollar each, for the Expences incurred at the Anniversary', 
 agreably to the Rules, 
 
 Mr. Oliver Elsworth, Chief Justice of the United States dined with 
 the Society. 
 
 W STEPHENS P't. 
 
 Savannah 30th. April 1796. 
 By order of the President the Stewards were required to Suraraon 
 the members in Town to meet at his House, for the purpose of attend- 
 ing the funeral of Mr. Frederick Fahm deceased (late a member of 
 this Society) when the following members (26) attended the funeral, 
 the deceased was aged 67 years <"t 7 months. 
 
 W. STEPHENS, Prc't.. 
 
 (Monthly Meeting, May 2d, 1796 ; 13 Members present.) 
 No business before the Society. 
 
 W STEPHENS 
 P't. 
 
 Savannah Sd June 1796. 
 The Vice President in the absence of the President directed the 
 Stewards to Summon the members to attend the funeral of David 
 Montaignt Esq'r a member of this Society, this day at 9 o'clock and 
 to meet at the House of the deceased, when the following members 
 attended the remains of the deceased who was aged Eighty ycara. 
 (39 attended — names on Minutes.) 
 
 GEO: JONES Vice Prcsid. 
 
 (Monthly Meeting, June Gth, 1793; 15 members present.) 
 The President reported 
 
 That he h;id paid 3Irs. Lldia Myers Twelve 
 djllars & fifty C:nt3 for Sohooling Children 2J Miy. 
 
 That he had loaned to Justus H. Scheubcr and Balthascr Shafcr 
 on Bond Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars, (13th May.) 
 
 That he had received from 
 John Gromet Twenty-two dollars & fifty Cents for his admission in 
 
 full 
 Isaac Benedis Twenty two dollars & fifty Cents for his do. infull 
 Thomas Young Twenty two dollars & fifty Cents for his do infull 
 
 c 
 
42 
 
 Thomas M. Woodbridge Twenty two dollars cV titty Cents tor lii? ad- 
 mission money in full 
 David Gugel Fifteen dollars inpart of hi? Admission also David Gu- 
 
 i;els Note for .Seven dollars iN: tifty (Vnt,s payable 2:-ld. April next. 
 
 for the Balance of his admisiiion 
 Nicholas Anciaux. Twenty-two dollars & tifty Cents for his Admission 
 
 money infull. 
 Williau) Wallace Twonty-twi> dollars iV tifty Cents li>r his admission 
 
 money infull. 
 Robert Mitchell Twenty-twf dollars and fifty (Vnts infnil for his ad 
 
 mission money, and fmni 
 George W(x>drutT Esq'r. recovered from tin- Kstjjte of Samuel Stirk. 
 Sixty-four dollars and Twenty Cents 
 
 ditto, recovered from the KsUite of Joseph Wright Two Hundred 
 and SL'venty-five dollars and fifteen Cents, 
 
 Doctor Noble Winibcrly Jones, infonifed the Society, th^i the Rev- 
 erend Adam Boyd had instructed him to pre.?eut to the Society, Six 
 dollars and fifty events, together with certain Subscription papers, that 
 had been circulated to promote the printing certain Keligiou.?, dis- 
 courses for the Benetit of Youth, of which Doctor Boyd was the Au- 
 thor, that as there was Still money due on such Subscription papers. 
 Doctor Boyd wished the Society to collect, what nitiy be duo and ap- 
 ply the same in aid of the funds 
 
 Whereupon Resolved, Thai the Society accept the oflfering of 
 Doctor Boyd, and for which they return him thanks, and that the 
 same be communicated to him by the Secretary inclosing a Copy of 
 the minutes. The papers arc directed to be loft with the Secretary 
 for Collection, who is to report occasionally. 
 
 Resolved. That Mr. Vice President, Mr. Scheuber, and Doctor 
 Jones, be a Committee to report the existing Rules and bye Laws of 
 this Society — and where amcndnients may in their opinion be requi- 
 eitc that such Amendments, bo suggested, that the whole may form a 
 digest, and printed if such report, should meet the opinion of the So 
 cicty at the next (juartcrly meeting. 
 
 Ordered, That, the Secretary attend the Committee with the 
 Rule.s and minutes for the above purpose 
 
 Mr. Vice President laid before the Society a Pamphlet written by 
 Doctor Boyd called "A Christmas Gift" the circulation of which he 
 wished the .Society to promote, the Consideration thereof was po.st- 
 poncd to next quarterly meetiner. 
 
 W STEPHENS 
 prcs't. 
 
43 
 
 ■ (Quarterly Meeting, July 4. 1796, at the Filature ; 23 incmlDers 
 present.) 
 
 On Motion of Mr. Sheftall Sheftall, that the Ordinance entitled 
 ■'An Ordinance to regulate the Terms on which Children are to be 
 Schooled on the funds of the Union Society" be published in ono of 
 the Gazettes in this City, 
 
 Ordered, that, the Consideration thereof be postponed uutill the 
 next Meeting. 
 
 Mr. Laffitte cue of the Executors to the Estate of Frederick Fahm 
 deceased, informed the Society that Mr. Fahm was very ill at the last 
 Anniversary, and moved that the fine incured for his non attendance 
 on that day be remitted which was agreed to ; 
 
 Mr. Belcher, produced n Certificate that his father William Bel- 
 cher ce3eased was admitted a member of this Society on the 23d. day 
 of April 1768. 
 
 Whereupon Resolved, that he be admitted to take his Seat 
 agreeable to the seventh Rule 
 
 Mr. Solotuon Shad attended, paid Twenty-two dollars and fifty 
 Cents, the amount of his Admission money Signed the Rules and took 
 his seat. 
 
 ;?< '!< ^ ^ ij: * =*t ;!; :*c * 
 
 A Petition was received from John Carroway Smith, praying to bo 
 admitted a member of this Society, which was read and ordered to lay 
 over untill the next meeting. 
 
 OEO. JONES Vice Pres't 
 
 (Monthly Meeting, August 1st, 1796, at the Filature; 10 Members 
 present.) 
 
 The President and Vice President being absent Doctor Noble Wim- 
 berly Jones was appointed Chairman. 
 
 One of the Stewards having informed the Society (that this being 
 one of the stated meetings; he had applied to Mr. Simpson the City 
 Marshall for the Key of the Room that the City Council had permit 
 ted the Society to meet in — and was Refnscd the same. 
 
 On Motion of Mr. William Gibbons 
 
 Resolved, That the City Council be informed of the said refusal 
 made by their Officer. 
 
 Ordered, that Mr. Sheftall's luotion, at the last quarterly meet- 
 ing, be postponed to the next meeting. 
 
 Mr. John C. Smith's petition was read a second time 
 
 (Monthly Meeting, Sept. 5th, 1706, at the Filature: 11 members 
 present.) 
 
The President and Vice President both being absent, Mr. Oliver 
 Bovrcn was appointed Chairman. 
 
 Mr. Sheftall Shcftail's motion, made on the 4th July last vas taken 
 up, and beinpr debated passed in the Negative. 
 
 The Secretary reported, that, he had presented a Copy of the re- 
 port of the Steward, and the subsequent resolution thereon (passed at 
 the last monthly meeting) to the Mayor and Aldermen, but had re- 
 ceived no answer thereto. And Mr. Alderman Young being present 
 informed the Society, that, in consequence of the said resolution the 
 City Council had rcprcmanded their officer for his refusing' the Key. 
 and had directed that in future the Key of the Filature should at all 
 times be delivered to the Society, whene\er called for. 
 
 Resolved, that, the Secretary do call on the late Secretary and 
 inquire if he has tnkcn an Indenture from the Parents or Gardians of 
 such Children as were Schooled on the Bounty of this Socie y on 
 the first Monday in July 1795, and provided that the same has been 
 neglected, that the present Secretary have the same done before tho 
 nest quarterly meeting, and make report thereof. 
 
 On Motion of Doctor Young, that in I'uturc the fine for non atten- 
 dance of the members at the monthly meetings of tho Society be 
 raised from 12^ Cents to 25 Cents. ORdERED, that, the Considera- 
 tion thereof lay over untill the next quarterly meeting 
 
 Mr. John C. Smith's petition was again read. 
 
 Savannah 14th September 179G 
 
 The A'icc President in the absence of the President directed the 
 stewards to summon the members to attend the funeral of the Kev'd. 
 Thomas Hyrris McCaulc a member of this Society this afternoon at 3 
 o'clock and to meet at the Filature, when the following (25) attended. 
 
 The Vice President being indisposed and not attending. Doctor 
 Xoblo W. Jones was appointed Chairman. 
 
 (Quarterly Meeting, October od, 170G, held at the House of Mr. 
 Steward, John D. Dickinson the key of the long room of the Filature 
 being withheld from them ; II members present) 
 
 The President having given sullicient Reasons, for his not attend- 
 ing a't the Meetings of the 7 of August and 5th & 14th of September. 
 
 Resolved, That he be excused from any fine for non attendance. 
 
 ^h. Armour bein;; absent from the State for three meetings past. 
 
 Resolved. That he be also excused. 
 
 (Mr. Peter Deveaux aud Mr. Oliver Rrowu also made excuses for 
 defaults, which were accepted ) 
 
 The President Reported, That since he last met the Society he had 
 paid the following sum of Money viz : on the 2Gtb June 1790, James 
 
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 Port for educating Children Forty three dollars and Twenty five Cents. 
 Lydia Myers for ditto the 3d. August last Eight dollars 
 
 That he had loaned to, George Woodruff, Joseph 
 Stiles, and Joseph Clay Junior, Two Hundred and fifty dollars, to 
 Joseph Clay Junior, George Woodruff, and Joseph Stiles, Two Hun- 
 dred and fifty dollars, to John Young Noel, William Wallace, and 
 Richard Dennis, Two Hundred and fifty dollars, and to John H. Rob- 
 erts, Ebenezer Hills, and Samuel Sargant One Hundred and fifty 
 dollars. 
 
 That, he had received from James Shaw Twenty-two dollars and 
 fifty Cents, from Solomon Shad Twenty- two dollars and fifty Cents 
 from Robert Watts Twenty-two dollars and fifty Cents from William 
 Belcher Eleven dollars and Twenty five Cents and from John Glass 
 Twenty-two dollars and fifty Cents, being the amount of their Admis- 
 sion money 
 
 That, he had recovered from Levi Sheftall Two Hundred and fifty 
 dollars and from Peter Henry Morel Eighty-seven dollars and Thirty- 
 nine Cents. 
 
 A Sufficient Number of Members not attending to ballot for Mr. 
 John Carroway Smith, his petition was postponed, as also the Motion 
 of Doctor Young, respecting the Augmentation of the fines. 
 
 The Society frequently being embarrassed to gain admittance into 
 the long room of the Filature. 
 
 Resolved, That, the Stewards have a scpcrate Key made that will 
 open the lock of the room, of which the Secretary will inform, the 
 Mayor and Aldermen, and to request them, to take order thereon. 
 
 W STEPHENS 
 
 P't.. 
 
 (Monthly Meeting, November 7th, 1796, at the Filature j 7 mem. 
 bers present.) 
 
 No business before the Society, adjourned. 
 
 (There are uo regular Minuies in the possession of the isocieij- from the last date 
 .ibove to iLiy -tth 1815, aud none of any kind save rough memorandums in a 
 somewhat mutilated book, from August 1st 179G, to October Ist, 1798, and from 
 which, it is thought, the Secretary had been in the habit of writing out the Min- 
 utes fully into another book, and which has been lost. What follow.s. to October. 
 1798. is from the book here alluded to.) 
 
 (Quarterly Meeting, Id January, 1797, ai the Hou.sc <.( .Mr. John 
 [Hamilton ; 11 members present.) 
 
 (Monthly Meeting, February <'tb. 1797. at tlic Ili'n.-r ..f Mr. John 
 Hamilton; 14 present.) 
 
46 
 
 The President reported, that he had paid Mrs. Lydia Myers Six 
 dollars this day for one quarters schooling of Lotty Hall and John 
 Gilbort — due the 23d ultimo — and that he had paid James Port. Forty 
 dollars <t on the ultimo for Schooling. Children to 
 
 (Monthlv Meeting. March Orh. 1797. at Mr. John Hamilton ; 14 
 present.) 
 
 (Quarterly -Hcetin^, at the new Theatre in Wavrcn 
 
 Ward at 10 o'Clock in the tbrenoou ; 30 present. ,i 
 I The Report of the Committee respecting the Presidents Acco't. 
 
 Mr. George Jones made excuse that he was sick & absent frou) the 
 State at the meetings of, October, February, Aug't, Sept'r &, Nov'r. 
 and at the funeral of Mr. Fahm, & Mr. McCaule. Resolved that 
 he be excused from any hue for non attendance 475 — 
 
 Mr. Rice made E.xcusc that he was absent from the City the great- 
 est part of the last year — 
 
 Ordered, that 2 dollars of his hue be remitted — 
 
 Mr. Hunter made excuse that he was absent from the State from 
 1st July to 26t nov'r tines remitted lOOC 
 
 Mr. Williamson remitted 212J 
 
 Mr. Millidges note— 30:54 i 
 
 Joseph Roberts remitted 75 — 
 
 Peter Deveaux — 37 A 
 
 3 petitions — read — 
 
 W. Stephens — fines remitted 450 
 
 E. Jackson remitted 50 — note 29,30 
 
 P. S. Laffitte— remitted 125 
 
 .Vnniversary ^Motion — 2 — 
 
 Mr. Hamilton's bill— 000 Cents 
 
 Mathew McAllister 5. G2i 
 
 Noble W. Jones 4. 12^ 
 
 James Port (accounted for) 3. 12 i 
 
 John .MeCall do 25. 00 
 
 John Moore do 11. 25 
 
 Philip Milledge interest & 29. 17* 
 
 William Helcher 4. 25 
 
 Justus H. Schcuber Inst. 1777ie 22. 15 
 
 John (ironu't 4. 02* 
 
 Oliver Bowen 8. 00 
 
 John Eppinger 17. 41 
 
 James Shaw 5. 25 
 
 George Jones 4. 50 
 
 William (iibbons Sen'r 3. — 
 
47 
 
 Thomas Rice 3. 87i 
 
 Frederick Herb 4. 00 
 
 John Habersham 10. 12^ 
 
 [saac Benedix 5. 37^ 
 
 Thomas Young 5. 12i 
 
 At a Regular Meeting of the Union Society held at the Filature 
 on monday the 24th April 1707. being the 47th Anniversary ot the 
 Society — 
 
 Present — (36.) 
 
 (A statement of excuses of the Honble Mr. Clay, Mr. Woodbridge, 
 Mr. Anciaux, Mr. J. P. Dickenson, Mr. Sheftall Sheftall and IMr. 
 •Tohn 3Ioore is here given and Avhich arc omitted.) 
 
 Resolution No. 1. new Rule 
 
 Mr. Thos. Cumming's fines of 7 dollars remitted, for uon atten- 
 dance on the diff't Anniversarys under the Spirit of the New Rule of 
 this day. 
 
 The president Informed the Society, that since the 3d. Instant he had 
 
 Loaned Wni Moore, John Glass X' J- G, White 200 dollars — and also 
 
 .T I\ivt 42:2.^) for Educating children 3d. April 
 
 p'd for the use of his room. 
 
 and had now in hand 122 — 72 i^ — Mr. Vice pres't. and Mr. Wm Gib- 
 bons Sen'r examined the Vouchers k reported accordingly. 
 
 Rule No. 2. Loan of Money 
 
 An Account of monies Received at the Society this day. 
 
 .rohn Moore, on acco't 12: 25 
 
 William H. Spencer in full 4: 00 
 
 Robert Watts— in full 6 : 6'2>i 
 
 Nioholaa Anciaux in full 4: 62)^ 
 
 Thomns Wootlbridge in full 4 : 00 
 
 Joseph Clay Senr 4 : 50 
 
 Mr. Noel 20: 00 
 
 Mr. S. Sheftall Con: & Ann: Exp: .'>: 
 
 Mr. John Moore in full » 4 : 12H 
 
 James Jones in full 15: 203^ 
 
 ■James B. Young in full 4: S'M 
 
 John Tcbeau 3: 00 
 
 John Morel 4: 15 
 
 Robert Bolton Con: fines A An: Exp: 18: 87>^ 
 
 Thomas Cummings in full 12: 00 
 
 John Berrien in full T: 50 
 
 J. McKinnon 6: 00 
 
 J. Gibbons 30. 00 
 
 W.Lewden 1- 00 
 
 •Towph .Miller 15: STjj 
 
 Ul : 9-,K 
 
48 
 
 Moved, That the Rule Restricting Country members, from beinj: off'rs 
 of this Soriety be rescinded, to be brought forward next quarterly 
 
 meeting: 
 
 li: 14 
 
 
 171. 97} 
 4. G2} 
 
 Corporation acco: passed. 
 
 nn. r.oi 
 
 Acco: Scc'y do. 
 
 40— 
 15. 87 i 
 
 
 
 55. 87 
 20— 
 
 
 Ordered to be paid 75. S7i 
 
 The Pctitiou of .^Ir. J. C Smith, was again read and ballotted for 
 & admitted — 
 
 William H. Latige ditto — admitted 
 Thomas Pitt — ditto — admitted 
 John Roberts — do. admitted — 
 G. J. H.ull's fines remitted since 10th June — 
 
 The Society proceeded to the choice of Officers — elected — 
 Geo: Jones — Esqr. President. 
 J. B. Young — Vice President 
 P. S. Laefitte Sec'r. 
 Robert Mitchell I g^^^^^^g 
 Rob T Watts — ) 
 (Monthly Meeting, May 1st, 1796, at the Filalur;;.) 
 Present George Jones President 
 
 James R — Young Vice President 
 John Glass Sctr— P— T— 
 the Filature Being Occupied By the Artilery Company it was tho 
 opinion of the President and Vice President that there would be no 
 Meeting of the Society for that Evening therefor adjourucd at eight 
 O'clock. 
 
 At a Monthly Meeting of the Union Society held at the FilaturQ 
 on Monday the 5th. June 1797 
 Present. J. B. Young Vice P. 
 P. S. Laffitte Secy. 
 
 R. Mitchell ] o, j 
 R. Watts [Stewards 
 
 5 W: H. Spencer G Shcftall Sheftall 
 
 7 John Gla:<s 8 John Armour- 
 
 No business before the Society 
 Adjourned 
 
40 
 
 (^Quarterly Meetiug; July -Ul, ITi'T, at the City Hall; 14 members 
 present.) 
 
 :*: :;: :'.: i^ 5jc :|: :;< :|: j'fi '\< :•: 
 
 Savannah 7th July 1797. 
 The President it Vice President; directed the Stewards to Summon 
 the members to attend the funeral ol" Mordecai Sheftall Esq'r the old- 
 est member of thi.s Society, this day at '5 o'clock and to meet at the 
 House of Justus H. Scheuber Esq'r it being uoar the Habitation of the 
 decea.sed. who has been a member of this Society upward.^ of 40 Years, 
 and died in the G2nd years of his auo, in consequence of the raio 
 none of the members attended but the following (30. ) 
 (Monthly Meeting, August 7th, 1707, at the Filature.) 
 Present 
 
 Peter S. Laftitte Sec'y. 
 W. II. Langc 
 'riie Weather being very bad, ,ui(l there Ix^ni; nn prospect of more 
 luembers attending. Adjourned 
 
 (Monthly Meeting, September 4rli. 1707, . it the Filature; 17 mem- 
 bers present.) 
 
 The President, (agreeable to an order of the ;:>d July la.st) repri- 
 manded Ihe Stewards for Neglect of duty on that (ivening — 
 
 Savannah 2(>th September 1797 
 
 The President JJirected the Stewards to Summon the members of 
 rhe Society to meet at the Filature this afternoon at four oclock, for 
 the purpose of attending the funeral of John .Moore Esq'r late a mem 
 ber of this Society, when the following members attended, viz: (?>l.) 
 
 (Quarterly Meeting, October "Jd. 1797, at the I'ilature; 17 mem- 
 ber.*! present.) 
 
 On motion : Kesolvkh, That the Secretary do remind the Ireutle 
 men appointed a Committee to collect from the minutes of the Society 
 all amendments iV alterations of the rules ; X' of the Necessity of 
 making their report and that they bo roquei<ted to prepare the same by 
 the next quarterly meeting — The Secretary at the same time is ordered 
 to furnish then) with the original Rules, Minutes and other papers 
 they may think necessary — 
 
 (Monthly Meeting. November Otb. 1707, at the City Hall.) 
 
 Present John Gla.ss. Sec'y. P: '!". 
 
 (Monthly Meeting, December 4tli, 1797, at the Filature ; present, 
 Peter S. Laffitte Sec'y — J. B. Vfnuii; V . P. Jan. Shaw, John Eppin- 
 ger. I 
 
 (Quarterly Meeting, January 1st, 179«, at th« Pilulure ; present, 
 
 7 
 
50 
 
 J. B. Young Vice President, 1'. 8. Laffitte vSec'y, John llmvell. Win. 
 [vewden, Jnhn E]i|iint:cr, W. Hnntcr, James Shaw. ) 
 
 (Monthly >Jeotintr Koliruitrv .'ith, 170s, ;u tin- Filatnrc ; 11 mtin- 
 bers present.) 
 
 The Vice Pn»sidout, infovnied thu Society that t'roin his iiidispo.>ti- 
 tion lie could not attend to the duties of his dftice this cveiiinu, where 
 upon Mr. 0: liowcn was appointed chairntan — 
 
 (Monthly Meeting, March .')th, 1798, at the Filature; present- 
 Peter S. Laffitte See'y, Thomas Kiee, liohert .^Iitchell, Thomas Kioe. ) 
 
 (Quarterly fleeting, April 2d, 1798, at the Filature; present — G 
 Jones Pre.s't, Peter S. Laffitte Sec'y, John Groinet. William Xorment, 
 Frederick Herb, N. W. Jones. Jo.seph Clay.) 
 
 Mr. Stephens, made Excu.se — being absent To Cents remitted — 
 
 Mr. John Herb, informed the Society that he was not .summoned 
 to attend the funerals of Mr. Moore it Mr. Roberts excused, one dol- 
 lar rem : 
 
 Mr. McAllister made absence an excuse at 4 meetiiiii July. Au^'t 
 Sept'r. & Oct'r. 7') cents remitted — 
 
 The President made excuse he was absent Jan'y. iN: February and 
 sick in October k, November, and had attended at Mr. Sheftalls funer- 
 al, but too late 5 dollars remitted — 
 
 Mr J. Gibbons — Same at Mr. Sheftalls funeral f)(> — re — 
 
 Mr. Clay same Excuse at Mr. Sheftalls- funeral — remitted — Same 
 at Mr. Roberts's- 1 dollar remitted — 
 
 The {^resident paid 
 James Port. (4th July. S4U. ) L'l^»th. Sept'r. »35:25e) 
 Dec'r. 21st. ?>35)— 
 
 Lydia Myers— (21st May. *♦),) (iNovr 9th. ifI2: 00) 
 P. S. Laffitte— r>7: <)2i 
 
 -10 
 
 
 35. 
 
 25 
 
 35 
 
 
 110. 
 
 25 
 
 18- 
 
 — 
 
 •57. 
 
 62i 
 
 195: 87* 
 
 (Fort// Eifihth AnnivKiMiri/ April2'6(f, 1798, a/ fht C!ti/H<tll\ nnmbfr 
 inul luxmt^s of nwmherf prenunt not itaied.i 
 
 Mr. Woodbridge made excuse that he was one of Mr. Moores paul 
 
 bearers, Ordkrki) : that the fine be remitted f 50 
 
 Also Mr. Sheftall cV Mr. Roberts's J 100 
 
 1 150 
 
51 
 
 Mr. Rice made oxcusc tliat he wa.s sick, at Mr. 8 lie ft a lis \- Mr. 
 Moores funerals. Ord : his fines be remitted — 100 Ceuts — 
 
 Mr. AiicieJinx, made Excuse that that ho attend at Mr. Sheftalls fu 
 neral <fc at Mr. Roberts's he wa.s not suninioned 100 remittod 
 
 Messrs. James «fc Nicholas Johnston & N. Johnston it Co Account 
 
 Mr. Glass, made Excuse that he attended at Mr. Roberts'a funeral 
 but could not stay, aJid at the last quarterly meeting he was obliged to 
 attend a meeting of the Corporation — 75 remitted 
 
 Mr. (xlass also made excuse that at the last anniversary he wa.s, Sick, 
 and moved to have his tine for non attendance at that time be remit- 
 ted, and on the (juestien being put it passed in the negative — 
 
 Officers Elected. 
 
 (tEORGE JoNKs President 
 
 J. B. Young Vice President 
 
 P. S. Laffitte. Secretary 
 
 David Gugel | q, , 
 T T^ - Stewards 
 
 Isaac Benedtx j "'^^"""'^^ 
 
 Mr. WooDBRinuE") 
 Mr. Milledge |- School Ooinmittee 
 Mr. McALiiiSTEK ) 
 Mr. Wayne made Excuse that he attended but could not Stay 50 
 ''ents remitted. 
 
 Dr. Young made excuse that he was in Jiryan (\iunty at the time 
 Mr. Moore vras buried — 50 Cents remitted. 
 
 (Mr. Hunter, Mr. Jackson, Mr. Williamson and Mr. Mitchell also 
 made excuses, and had different amounts remitted.) 
 
 At a Monthly Meeting of the Union Society held at the City Hall 
 on Monday evening the 7th May 1798. 
 Present. 
 
 Mr. .1. Benedix tStewan/. Mr. John Gibbon? 
 
 Peter S. Laffitte. Sec'y. John Eppinger 
 
 David Gugel Slcwanl James Shaw 
 
 .lohn Armour — 
 There being no business before the Society 
 adjourned 
 
 At a Monthly meeting of the Union Society held at the City Hall 
 on Monday the 4th June 1798. 
 Present 
 
 P. S. Laffitte Sec'y. 
 l>avid Gugel, Steward 
 William Gibbons, JamcH Shaw 
 
62 
 
 (Quarterly Meeting' .July id, 1798, at the City Hall; 22 mcniberis 
 present.) 
 
 (Mr. Benedix made cxi-ust- and luid tiuc roniitted ) 
 
 Dr. Young the Vice President of this Society, aud a lueuiber of the 
 Corporation of the City of Savannah, and Mr. Glass a member also of 
 each Body, stated to the Society, that they were directed by the Cor 
 poration, to give notice that it wtnild be moved in that Body to-mor- 
 row to declare void their (Jrant to this Society of the Jjotts in Holland 
 Tything Percival ward 
 
 Whereupon — ohi)KREI>, 'J'hat Mr. Clay, .Mr. Gibbons aud .Mi' 
 Stephens, be :i Committee to attend the Corporation, hear the grounds 
 of Complaint, aud State the imiiropriety of such an interference. 
 
 Resolved, that the President be authorized to pay the arrears of 
 ground rent of the Lotts in Holland tything Percival Ward, to the 
 Corporation of the (^ity of Savannah, due in terms of the Grant of 
 the said Corporation and that he do continue to pay the said ground 
 rent as the same shall become due. 
 
 A petition was received and read from Thomas Savage Ksq'r pray 
 ing to be admitted a member of this Society. 
 
 Ordered that the same do lay over uutill the next meeting 
 Adjourned — 
 
 (Monthly Meeting, August (Ith, 17J)b. at the City Hall. Present, 
 George eTones Esq'r President, James B. Young Esq'r V. presi- 
 dent, Peter S Jjaffitte Sec'y, David Gugcl Steward, James Shaw, W. 
 Xormeut, John Kppinger, Dr. Noble W.Jones.) 
 
 A letter was received from .Mr. Anciaux notifying his resignation 
 38 a member of this Society dated 24th .Vpril 1798 
 
 The Vice Presented an Kxtract froui the minutes of the City Coun 
 crl &c — 
 
 (Monthly xMecting, Sept. od, 179S, at the Filaturi' ; II Miombor.^ 
 present.) 
 
 Mr. Lewdeu was aj)pointed Chairman 
 
 ((Quarterly Meeting, October 1st, 1798, at the Pilaturc : present, 
 George Jones Esq'r President, Peter S. Laffitte Sec'y, David Gugel 
 Steward, John Eppinger, James Shaw, William Tf. Spencer, John 
 Armour, llobert Mitchell.) 
 
 Mr. ^Mitchell Pioportod his .\cl-o: kC as Steward — 
 
 (lna4qr. demy book of old style. r(>iijj;h, ereain laid, unruled, English paper, in 
 half sheep binding, labeled on the side "'Kulcs Union Society Savannah." are tr.in- 
 8cribed the following Rules, signed as below — tlie signatures about an inch aud a 
 half apart — the whole occupying U) leaves of the book, ijio balnnee of wljieii i^ 
 entirely blank.) 
 
58 
 
 GEORGIA. 
 
 P? T^ T. K S 
 
 or Tiir 
 
 111- TIIF. 
 
 (" I T Y F S A V A I^J N A H 
 
 ADOPTED 23d MAY 1808 
 
 Rules f»F ijik Union Sociktv di" tiik Crrv ur Savannah. 
 established in the year ITr^O, and incorporated in the year 1786. 
 which said Rules have been collected, arranged, di<>cstod, revised, and 
 amended, from the Ancient Rules of the Society, by a Couiniittec 
 appointed for that Purpose, and now finally adopted and established 
 by the said Society, at a Special ."Nlcetinir of the same, this 28d i\lav 
 1808. 
 
 RULE the first. 
 
 This Society shall be known by the nanic of the Union Soctety. 
 
 RULE the second 
 
 That any person, not under the age of twenty-one years, — desirous 
 of becoming a Member of this Society, shall signify his intention 
 thereof by petition, addressed to the President and Members; which 
 petition shall be read on the tirst regular Meeting, and again on the 
 next regular jMeetiug, and then ballotted for, and if a majority of the 
 votes shall be found in favor of the person so ballotted for. he shall 
 be declared duly elected; ])rovidcd, nevertheless, that no j)erson shall 
 be ballotted for as a Member of this Society uidess twenty-one .Mem- 
 bers are jiresent. 
 
 RULE the third. 
 
 The Meetings of this Society siiall lie <|uarteriy, on the rvcniiiLi's of 
 the first'"" Monday.s in July, October. January; and in the morning of 
 the first Monday in A])ril, at which times each Member residing with- 
 in the limits of the (^ity shall attend, by summons or otherwi.se, tln^ 
 duties ol' the Society, and in defiiult thereof, and on t'aihire to make a 
 sufficient excuse, to be approved by the Society, shall pay the follow- 
 ing sums, viz. the I'resident. three dollars; the Vi» <■ President, two 
 <lollars and twenty-five cents, the Secretary, one dollar and eighty- 
 seven and an half cents ; the Stewards, each, one dollar and Hfty cents; 
 and each private Member, fifty cents; and on failure to attend on the 
 ♦Altered to the Second Mondnvs *r. Ki>s: .if .T.m. (i. ^s\^. 
 
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 first Mouday in April, tor the payuiciit ul' Hrrcar,-. and for the transao- 
 of the business of" the Society, until the adjournment of the same, 
 all and every Member, residimr within the limits of the City, or with- 
 in twenty-five miles thereof, so absent or absenting himself without 
 leave, shall be fined one dollar, unless excused by the Society. 
 
 RULE the fourth. 
 
 AVheii the Soeietv is on busine.ss no per.son. exeepl the iMember* 
 thereof, :<hall be admitted in the room. 
 
 RULE the fifth. 
 
 The aeeount.s iti tlie iMend)eis ot' the Sociel\ siiali be ."settled and 
 ]iaid up on the anniver.'^ary, tpr mi the ijuarterly meetinji; previous 
 thereto 
 
 RULE the sixth. 
 
 The Aeeounts of the President sliall be settleil on the anniversary. 
 
 RULE the seventh. 
 
 Tlir anniver.-^ary ui" the Society shall be held and eelebrated on the 
 ■23d day of April annually, except when that day hajipens on Sunday, 
 then the anniversary shall be celebrated on the .Monday following, the 
 expence of Avhich shall not exceed three dollars to each .Member pres- 
 nnt ; but no part of such expenee shall be taken out of the funds of 
 the Society, but shall be borne by the Members thereof residing with- 
 in tlu! City of Savannah, or within twenty-five miles; and such Mem- 
 liers who shall be absent on that day shall pay a fine of" one dollar and 
 fifty cents, unless excu.sed by the Society; and if the Members pre.s- 
 ent are not .sufficient to defray the expenees of the dinner, the defici- 
 ency shall be made up from the above fine of one dollar and fifty 
 rents from the defaulting Members; and every Member who shall 
 invite at his house any gentleman on that day, so as to interfere with 
 the invitations of the Society, shall 1)e fined ten dollars 
 
 RULE the eighth. 
 
 t>n every anniversary of the Society the President shall request 
 Fome one of the Ministers of the Gospel of the City of Savannah to 
 deliver an appropriate scrmoni to the Society, and the Members 
 thereof arc solicited to attend the same. 
 
 RULE the ninth 
 
 Kvery }ier.<on admitted a .Meuibcr of the Society shall pay, on his 
 admission, twenty-twn dollars and fifty cents to the Societ}', and sev- 
 enty-tive cents to the Secretary, for reading his petition and granting 
 
 + Or sonip inomber of the SooV to dolivor .nii .ipprojirintf Ontion. Scp resolution IS14. 
 
55 
 
 a Certilicate, except the son of a person who has been seven years a 
 Member of the >Society ; and such applicant shall be entitled to ad- 
 mission on payment to the Society of one half of the nsual admission 
 money, and fnll fees to the Secretary ; but this privilege is confined 
 to the son of of such 3Iendjer who shall first apply for admission : 
 That no person elected shall be considered a Member unless he has 
 paid the above sum of money, and subscribed the rules ; bui should 
 any Member elect jirefer to ])ay one half at the time , and give his 
 note for the balance, payable one year from the date of his admission, 
 he shall then ]»e considered a Member on subsoribinti the rales. 
 
 RULE the tenth 
 
 That all persons elected, who have not paid the amount ol' their ad- 
 mission, or given their notes for the same, be notified, that unless they 
 do comply with the ninth rule before the anniversary their names will 
 be erased from the books of the Society; and every person petition- 
 ing to be admitted a member of this Society, whose petition shall be 
 signed by a Member, as the friend of the petitioner, such Member 
 signing the same shall, on the admission of such new Member, be 
 chargable with the admittance money, unless the same be ]iaid by the 
 admitted Member. 
 
 RULE the eleventh. 
 
 The Members of the Society shall contribute and j)ay annually the 
 sum of four dollars, as a Contribution towards the funds of the Society, 
 
 RULE the twelfth. 
 
 Any Member neglecting to pay his arrears due the Society, on tht-; 
 anniversary thereof, or the quarterly meeting previous thereto, if in 
 the State, shall, on notice given him by the Secretary of the Society, 
 be required so to do by the next quarterly meeting, which if he 
 neglects, then, the name of such Member shall be erased from the 
 rules of the Society, and lie be no longer considered a Meml)er there- 
 of, unless excused by the Society. 
 
 RULE the thirteenth. 
 
 There shall be elected, by majority of ballots, on the anniversary of 
 the Society, a I^resident, A'^ice President, Secretary, and two Stewards, 
 out of the Members resident in the City of Savannah, who shall be 
 Officers for the ensuing year. The President shall preside at all 
 meetings, unless prevented by absence out of the State, sickness, oi' 
 other good excuse, in which case the Vice President shall preside, and 
 in case of his ab.sence also, then the iMembers present shall appoint a 
 Chairman for the meeting. Any person elected to the foregoing 
 
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 offices, aud decliuinji t»i accept the .sniie. shall pay the followiug tiue.>«. 
 to be appropriated towards the funds of the Society, viz : the Presi- 
 dent, live dollars; Wtv I'rosident, four dollars; Secretary, three dol- 
 lars ; Stewards, three dollars each ; the Society shall then proceed to 
 ballot for other Officers in the room of such :ls decline accepting. 
 
 RULE the fourteenth. 
 The Seeretiiry shall be allowed a sum not less than one hundred 
 and fifty dollars per annum, whose duty it will be to keep the minutes 
 and accounts fair, and provide books and paper for the Society, and 
 jrive notice to the Members of their moetiiiir. 
 
 RULE the fifteenth. 
 
 The President shall keep yood order, and eau.'^e it to be observed by 
 tin* Members, and if any Member .shall so far forpet himself a.s to 
 make use of any profane or indecent language, during the sitting ol" 
 the Society, he .shall for the first offence pay tw(» dollai*s, the .»iecoud 
 offence four dollars, and for the third, and continuing obstinate, shall 
 be ordered to withdraw tVoiii the Society for that meeting, and shall 
 npt be considered a.s a Member until he .shall pay such tines, and make 
 such concessions as the President, and a majoriiy of the Members 
 present, shall think fit, at the next mi'eting of the Society, and the 
 attendance of siieli unruly Mem])er thereon. 
 
 RULE the sixteenth. 
 
 Tile Stewards shall provide necessaries fur the Society, attend all 
 regular meetings, and provide for the anniversary, summon tlu' Mem- 
 bers of the Society to attend the funeral of any Member that dies, and 
 also observe the orders given by the President for the time being, ta- 
 king special care that the expence of each night does not exceed 
 twelve and an half c<'iits t<t each .Member present, any extra ex'pence 
 inust be at the charge of the Stewards. 
 
 RULE the seventeenth. 
 
 riiere shall be a l)ox provided lor tlie Society, which shall be kept 
 by the President and Vice President ; in which box shall be deposi- 
 ted the monies, bonds, notes, and specialities, with the .uchive.fl, be- 
 longing to the Society. 
 
 RULE the eighteenth. 
 
 \uy person h.'iving been a .Member ut the Society for seven ycar.'i 
 aud upwards, and having paid his arreai-s, who shall through iniafor/- 
 tune be reduced, and stand in need of assistance irom the Society, 
 shall be allowed out of the stock and funds of the same, a sum not ex- 
 
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 peeding four dollars per week, aud shall be provided with a Doctor in 
 case of sickness at the expencc of the Society ; and in case such old 
 Member shall die in distress, the Society shall bear the charge of such 
 funeral, so that it does not exceed thirty dollars. 
 
 RULE the nineteenth. 
 
 The widow of such deceased 31cni])er as may require the assistance 
 i)f the Society shall be allowed fifty dollars, and his children educated 
 at the expence of the Society, as soon as the funds thereof will admit; 
 and all children who arc educated on the bounty of the Society, shall 
 be bound to the same by an indenture. 
 
 RULE the twentieth. 
 
 Every Member of the Society shall attend the funeral of a deceas- 
 ed Member, on being; summoned, or iorfeit one dollar unless a reason- 
 able excuse is made. 
 
 RULE the twentyfirst. 
 
 The Society having heietofore put their money at interest, shall 
 continue so to do, always reserving a sufficient sum in order to answer 
 the immediate demands of the Society. All monies lent on interest 
 shall be in sums not exceeding three hundred dollars to any one per- 
 son, and the bonds securing the payment of such money shall be made 
 payable to the "President and Vice President of the Union Society 
 in Savannah" and their assigns, and that such loan be made by the 
 President, and he is hereby required to take, as a security for monies 
 loaned, bond and personal security, (but the principal and his security 
 must not be both Members of the Society) with a Mortgage on person- 
 al property, or a bond without personal security, with a Mortgage on 
 real estate, the same to be for double the amount of the money so 
 loaned, and the property to be within the County of Chatham taking 
 care that a certificate from the proper officers be produced shewing 
 that there are no prior encumbrances on the property 3Iortgaged ; 
 such bond and Mortgage to be drawn and recorded in the Clerks office, 
 at the expence of the person borrowing the money; and that the inter- 
 est on all monies loaned (in case the principal is not required) shall 
 be paid annually on the anniversary of the Society, or a note, with 
 personal security, payable in thirty days, with interest from the date, 
 given therefor; and, on failure so to do, the President is hereby re- 
 quired to put the bond and >fortgagc of the person .so failing in im- 
 mediate suit, 
 
 RULE the twentysecond. 
 That, in case oi' the death or resignation of the President, or Vice 
 
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 President, the Society, at their next rejiular incetin}>; thereafter, shall 
 fill uji .such vnc.'iiiy :i<:rccjibly to the Rule for the election nf Officers. 
 
 RULE the twentythird. 
 
 No monies of the .^ooicly shall }><■ vtitoil away but at their roj;ular 
 or extra meetings called for tliat purpose, when at least thirty-one 
 Members shall be present. 
 
 RULE the t-wentyfourth. 
 
 Tho ['resident, ^'it■t' rivsiilont. and, in t:i,<o ut" their absence an> 
 live .Members, may call an extra mcetinjr, and the Members shall In- 
 bound to attend the same, or be subject to a fine of fifty cents. 
 
 RULE the twentyfifth. 
 
 The Society shall have a conuium .'^cal emblematical of their Insti- 
 tution. 
 
 RULE the twentysixth, 
 
 The Society shall continue so long as three Members are living, and 
 will meet toirether, and in ca.se no more than three Meml)ers be livinu 
 they shall have power to dispose oi" the stock of the Society to public 
 charitable uses, and not otherwi.se. 
 
 Hone in Society, this twenty third day of May, in 
 the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred 
 and eight, and in the thirty-second year of the Inde- 
 pendence of tlie United States of America. 
 
 130 Thomas Telfair 1S(I<) 
 
 110 1. Minis 
 
 m Joseph P. MeKinne 
 
 142 Joseph .Maxwell 
 
 14;; Kich"d \V Habersham " 
 
 144 F„ T„ Flyming 
 
 14') Oliver Sturges iSlU 
 
 14(i Philip 1): Woolhopter " 
 
 147 Thomas W Kodman • " 
 
 Its Will (Jaston 
 
 14!> llenrv Hall 
 
 l;"iO J. P." Henry " 
 
 I'll John Ualston " 
 
 1;')!' Benj'n Jacobs " 
 
 l;')!) jjcwis Cooper '< 
 
 154 Steele "White " 
 
 lofj A Cutlibert " 
 
 15(» Tho's Young (in jieiieil) " 
 
 157 Wni Mein (in ])encil) " 
 
 15s Jno Kppinger J'r " 
 
 1 Levi Sheftall 
 
 1772 
 
 2 Jos Habersham 
 
 17!ti> 
 
 3 
 
 
 4 Peter Deveaux 
 
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 5 W: Stejihens 
 
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 10 
 
 
 11 (leo. Milieu 
 
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 13 
 
 
 14 
 
 
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 10 John Kppinger 
 
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 17 JohnCI. ^^'illianlson 
 
 1791 
 
 18 
 
 
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 Norman Mclicud 
 
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 100 
 
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 Joseph J. Davis 
 
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 •J4 John V Noel 
 
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 102 
 
 Henry W. Williams 
 
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 108 
 
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 2(! Joseph Miller 
 
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 104 
 
 Fidnumd Roberts 
 
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 1^7 Thomas lliee 
 
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 105 
 
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 107 
 
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 100 
 
 Jno: J: Evans 
 
 1811 
 
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 171 
 
 John C. (Jugel 
 
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 Sam'l (JrijTSjs 
 
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 174 
 
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 1811 
 
 ;57 P Milledgc 
 
 
 175 
 
 F. S. Fell. 
 
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 David Polock 
 
 1812 
 
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 John Gindrat 
 
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 42 Tho Youni; — li: Sioy 
 
 
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 44 John N. Brailsford 
 
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 184 
 
 Jno Kerr 
 
 1811 
 
 47 
 
 
 185 
 
 Robert Small 
 
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 48 1): B: Mitchell 
 
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 40 
 
 
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 Jno Hunter 
 
 1818 
 
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 John W allace 
 
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 51 Kd. White 
 
 
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 John Bolton 
 
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 52 Rich. Wall 
 
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 101 
 
 Wm V Yonge 
 
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 54 Hen: Wall 
 
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 102 
 
 J. E. Hartridge 
 
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 55 Charles Harris 
 
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 Fred'k Densler 
 
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 50 J Cuylor 
 
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 104 
 
 Raymond P. Demere 
 
 1814 
 
 57 
 
 
 105 
 
 Jos. Habersham 
 
 li 
 
 5S Kdward Stcbbins 
 
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 J Fahm 
 
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 Jas Eppinger 
 
 1816 
 
 ('»0 Joseph Bryan 
 
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 108 
 
 James Morrison 
 
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 190 
 
 Tho's N. Morel 
 
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 200 
 
 Jno., Morel 
 
 1818 
 
 (io John P. Williamson 
 
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 201 
 
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 Henry Kollock 
 
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 08 Moses Sheftall 
 
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 Wm. Smith 
 
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 0!> Willi'm Davies 
 
 1805 
 
 207 
 
 James M. Wayne 
 
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 70 F. I). Petit dc Villers. 
 
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 208 
 
 Josiah Pen field 
 
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 71 iMorris Miller 
 
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 200 
 
 Norman Wallace 
 
 1818 
 
60 
 
 72 G W David.M.ii 
 
 73 Jaa Powell 
 
 74 Frederick Shaffer 
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 70 Adam Cope 
 
 77 Charles Copt- 
 
 78 James Johnhtoii Juur 
 
 79 A M Allen (in pencil ,i 
 
 80 James AIl'cv 
 
 81 Joseph Grant 
 
 82 (rcorfre flnoc 
 
 83 Wni J Spencer 
 
 84 Edward Harden 
 
 85 .lames McGec 
 
 86 William A. Moore 
 
 87 Jn: Macpherson Herrici 
 
 88 Jos'h Ad's Scott. 
 
 89 Peter Ward (in pencil) 
 
 90 James Bond Read 
 
 91 Fred'k Dall 
 
 lH Kich'd M. Stitos. 
 
 5)3 Tho. Schley 
 
 •>4 Tho:s V: 1': Charlton 
 
 95 francis Roma 
 
 90 Robert Habersham 
 
 ',•7 Tho's Bourkc 
 
 IIS N„ Greene Rutherlonl 
 
 99 E Mounger (in pencil) 
 
 100 C„G«?;cl 
 
 101 John Waters 
 
 102 John Dillon 
 
 103 Alex'r S. Roe 
 
 104 Joseph Hill Clark 
 
 105 Wm Woodbridge 
 100 Alex'r. Habersham 
 
 107 (Jriffin I., Lamkin 
 
 108 Robert J llimstouu 
 
 109 John Brickcll 
 
 110 Richard Leake 
 
 111 Will: F: Port 
 
 I 12 Moses Cleland 
 
 1 13 Geo. Harral. 
 
 114 P. Hebcrc. 
 
 1 15 James Rilbo 
 110 Gardner Tui'ts 
 
 117 Samuel Williams 
 
 118 .lohn Miller. 
 
 119 Rcnj'n Ansley 
 
 120 Joseph Stut/. 
 
 121 And'w Low 
 
 122 Robert Isaac 
 
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 210 Asahcl Howe 
 
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 211 Silas Hollis 
 
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 212 dames S. Bulloch 
 
 213 Th: Edward Lloyd 
 
 214 Eben: S: Rees 
 
 215 M Herbert 
 210 John Tanner 
 
 217 Jno Speakman 
 
 218 Jnu J Roberts. 
 
 219 L .M Knrth 
 
 220 Isaac Cdhcn 
 
 221 Wm H: Joyner 
 
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 1819 
 
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 1818 
 
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 224 1'. Gucnird 
 
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 1 " 
 
 225 .lohn Lewis 
 
 
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 220 .lames Cutter 
 
 ■' 
 
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 227 Jno C Nicoll 
 
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 •' 
 
 22S Tho's Clark 
 
 tt ' 
 
 
 229 (Jeo. G. Faries 
 
 it 
 
 
 230 .lacob Miller 
 
 « 
 
 
 2:;i .Licob Shaffer 
 
 t( 
 
 .. 
 
 232 Michael Brown 
 
 " 
 
 
 233 .Ino: F: Lloyd. 
 
 1821 
 
 
 234 J. George 
 
 1S19 
 
 
 235 Step'n S Williams 
 
 181S 
 
 ISOT 
 
 230 W: C. Daniell 
 2.37 Ben Sheftall 
 23S 1\ M. Stone 
 239 Alcx'dr Telfair 
 
 ISIO 
 
 u 
 
 240 lluirh Rose 
 
 1S22 
 
 '• 
 
 241 .JnoM Jarvi.s 
 
 1823 
 
 
 242 ,Tohn Davidson 
 
 1822 
 
 .- 
 
 243 .los. .\u/.e 
 
 " 
 
 
 244 .Ino Shirk 
 
 •' 
 
 
 245 Geo,, W.. Anderson. 
 
 •• 
 
 I SOS 
 
 240 I.saac JJ'Lyon 
 
 
 1800 
 
 247 Wm Belcher 
 
 1S23 
 
 17911 
 
 248 J. T. Rowland 
 
 1S22 
 
 1805 
 
 249 Wm Codpcr (in pencil 
 
 ) •• 
 
 180S 
 
 .1 1* Henry (in jicncil) 
 
 isio 
 
 -. 
 
 250 (ieo. M Waldbur-jr 
 
 1S25 
 
 iSOO 
 
 251 H. 0. Wyer 
 
 1S28 
 
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 252 Iw-ancis Sorrel 
 
 1S25 
 
 1 SOS 
 
 253 W. W. Wash 
 
 1S28 
 
 
 254 .lohn R. Gaudry 
 
 1832 
 
 .. 
 
 Jno,, W,, Anderson 
 
 1 S2H 
 
 .. 
 
 Geo White 
 
 " 
 
 t( 
 
 Henry McAlpin 
 
 1S32 
 
 (« 
 
 .John Gardner 
 
 u 
 
 '• 
 
 Jno, C, Starr 
 
 1880 
 
61 
 
 123 Tho: Meudeuhall 
 
 ti 
 
 Henry lloser. 
 
 1832 
 
 124 William Pai'kcr 
 
 u 
 
 S L W Harris. 
 
 
 125 A. S. Bulloch 
 
 il 
 
 Charles S Henry 
 
 1 82G 
 
 126 W. B. Barnes 
 
 180ii 
 
 A. A. Suares (ac 
 
 Imitted a 
 
 127 D D Williams. 
 
 (> 
 
 member for life 
 
 in) 1833 
 
 128 Juo. f. Everitt 
 
 •' 
 
 Anth: Barclay 
 
 1832 
 
 129 John Grimes 
 
 •' 
 
 John Milieu 
 
 1828 
 
 130 J no CumminL,' 
 
 isuc. 
 
 David Bell 
 
 1833 
 
 131 Jno: W: Mendenhall 
 
 180!l 
 
 Wm K Gaston 
 
 " 
 
 132 William Maxwell 
 
 " 
 
 Kobert Birch 
 
 1831 
 
 133 Ceoriio Herb 
 
 '' 
 
 Kredk. A. Tuppor 
 
 1833 
 
 134 Daniel Guffcl 
 
 " 
 
 William Boche 
 
 1834 
 
 135 John Shicic 
 
 •' 
 
 John Williamson .1 
 
 Ir 1835 
 
 13() Jno Habersham 
 
 ii 
 
 Tho's Purse 
 
 1833 
 
 137 James Armstroiiir 
 
 '' 
 
 Wm Herb 
 
 1S37 
 
 138 Alex,, Hunter 
 
 (i 
 
 •John .M Cooper 
 
 " 
 
 (The Minutes in possession of the Society next in order, date from May Itli, 
 1815; the book in which they are contained, hkc the two others from whicli tlie 
 preceding minutes have been taken, is a quire book of unruled, very rough sur- 
 face Knirlish l.iid pa))er, white, or perhaps cream colored originally, but very 
 iling}'^ from age; it is a Minute Book of the Board of Miviagers, and \k'- 
 gins with the date and heading below, and contains the minutes of tlie Board to 
 May 2(1, 1820. This was the tirst Board of Manngers fornicil. and the meet- 
 ing of May Itli. 1815, their first meeting. 
 
 The minutes are also misshig from May 2d. 1S20. to April 1st. 1S2S.) 
 
 M I N IJ T K S 
 
 OF THE HOARD OE MANAGERS TO THE UNION SOCIETY.- 
 
 'l'iiljl<s.l>AY 4th May 1S15 
 Members of the Board. 
 
 Moses Smektam,, 1* V. S. !•] Hakde.n. V. I*. 1". S. 
 
 John Bolton James Hinteh 
 
 'James M. W.wnk (iEoiuiE Gi-en 
 
 (iKoROE MVEKS — 
 
 J: WAM.AGK Sect'v— 
 
 At a meetini^ of tiie Board of Managers to the I'niijn Society formed 
 in ])ursuancc of a resolution of the ircncral Society, "U the 24th day 
 of .\pril last, the foljowinjr Members attended — 
 
 Moses Sheftflll, iOdward Harden, 
 
 John Bolton, Jas, ]M Wnyno • 
 
 .lamcM Hunter. 
 
(i2 
 
 The Board proceeded to the adoption of such iiiujisurcs as they 
 di'ciiied iiijiiic'diatcly necessary to tlic promotion df the Interest of the 
 Society over wliich they preside 
 
 Upon Motion of Mr. John liollon. 
 
 Hksolvei*, that the Secretary of this Board be re<[uire<l lorthwith 
 to make a list of all the claims of the Society and hand the same tu 
 the lioard on the cishteenth of the present month. 
 
 Kksolvkd, that as f^oon as the Board be furnished with the list of 
 Claims, the same shall he handed to Mr Wayne as the Attorney of 
 the lioard, whose duty it shall be to proceed to the collection without 
 delay, (callinj; first on the debtors,) and to institute suits ajrainst all 
 who fail to pay by the next return day of the Inferior Court, and that 
 he be allowed for his services the usual compensation, to wit, fees and 
 Commission — 
 
 Upon Motion nf 31 r. Harden 
 
 Kksolvkk. that be a Committee to en<juire 
 
 into the aflairs of the Union Society and to maki- as soon as possible 
 a Gjeneral expose of its situatio.i to this Hoard i\: tliat the aforesaid 
 (^ommitteo rcjxnt ;it the next Moetinir, Bye rules and retrulations for 
 the government of the Board — 
 
 Messrs Harden k Wayne were appointed that Committee 
 
 Kksulved that the Secretary furnish himself with a Book for the 
 purpose of transcribinp: the minutes of the procecdin<>sof this Board — 
 
 The Board adjourned till Thursday 18th— 
 
 TiiUKSKAY lyth May lHir> 
 Meeting of the Board post]ioned by onlrr nf thr Piiksidk.nt until 
 Thursday : 1 June — 
 
 Jlnk 1. IS];-). 
 (Met, James Hunter, Jauies M Wayne, iV (ieorge Gleu.) 
 There not being a sufficient number present to transact business, 
 the meeting was adjourned indefinitely — 
 
 (Meeting June UO ; present: Sheftall, i-Jdward Harden, Wayne 
 Hunter and Cilen.) 
 
 A letter from Mr. John Bolton (Signifying iiis wish to witlnlraw 
 Irom the Board) was read and agreed to — The President nominated 
 Mr. I'rcdk Herb to fill the vacancy occasioned by Mr Boltons resig- 
 nation — 
 
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 The following Petition of Mary iicwdcu was read and acted upon — 
 Judgment in ('h. 8. (^ourt 
 
 TiTE Union Swc'ikty') 
 
 Kx'ix John GLAf<s j 
 
 Amount of the Condition of the Bond 250 — 
 
 Int from 21st June 1800 to 2d May ISlf) 297,, 21 
 
 Costs 14,, 50 
 
 FiFa ^0 
 
 562,, 21 
 The foregoing is a correct Statement of tlic Debt due to the T'niou 
 Society from Fst John Glass 
 
 Signed W B BULLOCH 
 
 Savannah 20 June 1815. 
 To the Honorable the President, Vice President and Members of the 
 Union Society. 
 
 Tbe Petition of 
 Mary Lewden, late Mary Glass humbly Shewcth. 
 
 That Your Petitioner is unable to pay the Whole Amount of the 
 Judgment above mentioned at present, and therefore prays, that your 
 honorable body will upon her paying the Amount of Interest uow' 
 due and the Costs of suit, indulge her for one year from this date for 
 the payment of the Principal, she securing the payment of the Prin- 
 cipal in such manner as your honorable Body shall think proper — 
 And as in duty bound she will ever pray &c 
 Sav'h 20 June 1815 
 
 Signed, MARY LEWDEN. 
 
 The above Petition was granted, provided Mrs Lewden give bond 
 and mortgage on real property to the Amount. 
 
 Resolvkd that an additional compensation of One Hundred Dol- 
 lars be allowed the Secretary for the extraordinary duty imposed upon 
 him by the Board of ]\Ianagers, to be paid Quarterly. 
 
 Wednesday Evening 10th Jan'y 181() 
 
 At a meeting of the Board ar the Exchange in pursuance of notice 
 from the I'resident 
 
 (Present; Sheftall, Harden, Herb Wayne and Glen.) 
 
 RESoiiVED that Mr. George Glen do call upon the Secretary Mr. 
 Wallace for all the Books & papers appertaining to the Union-Soci- 
 ety & that Mr. Glen act as Secretary to this Board. 
 
 Monday Evenino 21> April 181('> 
 
 At a .Meeting of the Board of Managers to the Union Society at 
 tlie Exchange in pursuance of notice from the President. 
 
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 Present Moses Sheftall President 
 Kdward Harden V. V. 
 Moses Cleland 
 •lohn Hunter 
 Frederick Her)) 
 James li Read* • 
 
 The following Rules were adopted for the Government of this Board. 
 
 RULE 1st 
 
 That the Roard of Managers t^hall meet the first Moiidiiy in every 
 month, or oftcner if required by the President. 
 
 RULE 2nd 
 That every member absent lifti'en ^Iinutos after the President has 
 taken his seat (who shall take his scat at six o'clock from the month 
 of November untill the month of April & from thence untill October 
 at VA^ht o'clock) shall be fined two Cents per minute, & if absent 
 during the whole evening Fifty Cents, reasonable exeu.se to be admit- 
 ted ; and if the President or Vice be absent at the time pointed out, 
 then a Chairman protem bo appointed. 
 
 RULE 3rd 
 
 That two Members of the Roard be appointed by the President a 
 School Committee, to serve Two months, whose duty it shall be to 
 visit the School where the Roys are placed once a week, and at the 
 Expiration of their time to report in writing to the Roard, what num- 
 ber of Roys there arc on tlio bounty of this institution it tlioir opinion 
 of their Improvement. 
 
 Resolvkd that the Roys under the Care of this Institntion be 
 compelled to attend Divine Service every Sunday in a ]?ody to move 
 from their School room to such Church as n^iy be directed by the 
 Master or by the School Committee, they shall visit diiferent Churches 
 on the different Sabbaths. 
 
 Kes(iia'KI) that in future no JJoy shall be received on the JJounty 
 of this Institution, untill he shall have been regularly bound (by his 
 I'arjjnt or ( luardian ) untill he arrives at the Age of Twenty One Years. 
 
 ]{ksc»ia'KI) That each of the Roys be furnished with a suit of 
 cloths to be by them Worn only on Sundays, for the purpose of giving 
 them an T^niform and decent appearance, to attend Divine Worship. 
 
 Kksolvkd that notice be given to such persons who have not set- 
 tled up their Accounts, that the Same are placed in the Hands of the 
 
 (•Note. — No rccoril on the Minutes of tho election or .nppolntrncnl to the ItoHnl of Mnn«- 
 jprs of Moses Clelnnd, .loliii Hunter and .lames H, Resd.) 
 
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 President. & that unless irainediately paid, they will be placed in the 
 Hands of an Attorney for Collection ; (to be Published.) 
 
 The following Members were appointed the School Committee, to 
 serve two months in rotation. Mosks Clki-and, Moses Sheft.\i.l iS: 
 John Hunter, First Committee — 
 HiDWARD Harden and V Dkn.sler Second (^onimittee 
 Doct'r J ]} Read and F Hekp, Third Comniitteo 
 
 IIesolved that Doct'r Head and Mr Hunter be a ('ommittec to ob- 
 tain Lumber Sufficient to make the Doors & Windows for the Union 
 Society part of the Academy it to have the same immediately put up 
 in such manner as to prevent the Huildinp; from sustaining further 
 Injury from the Weather. 
 
 Monday 3d June 18 U) 
 At a meeting of the ]^iard of IMaiiagers at the Exchange, pursuant 
 to notice. 
 
 Present M Sheftall Presd't 
 J B Read 
 M Cleland 
 K Harden 
 K Densler 
 J Hunter 
 F Herb 
 The President reported he had placed at Mr. D D Williams's a Boy 
 by name of Wm Shearer, agreeable to a proposition made by Mr W 
 to board a Boy at the same rates that Mrs Christie does those in her 
 charge. Which was assented to by the Board. 
 
 The President laid the following letter from R Watts before the 
 lioard. 
 
 'I'o the President & Board of Managers 
 of the TJnion Society 
 Gentlemen, 
 
 An account was presented me on the 1 
 Inst exibiting a Balance due the Union Society of 69. 508. In re- 
 moveing from this State to South Carolina in the Year 1800 I con- 
 ceived it as disqualifying me from being a member of the Institution. 
 In the Year 1811 (when I again returned to Town) I was however 
 presented with an account & Informed that it was necessary in with- 
 drawing to send in a formal resignation I then spoke to Mr Davies 
 who I believe was President for that Year on the subject, and he ad- 
 vised me to submit in writing the Views I had taken of it to the 
 members at their next meeting, this wa« accordingly done, and not 
 
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 having lieard anything further on the subject, concluded they did not 
 Consider me as belonging to the Society, having iu no one Instance 
 been summoned on any occasion whatever — Under these circum- 
 stances I conceive it peculiarly hard that the sum of 69,, oOS should 
 be exacted from mo, particularly at a time when 1 can so illy afford to 
 pay it, — I certainly did consider my Communication ih 1811 as a 
 resignation. — I admire the Institution »t should not have had an 
 Idea of withdrawing from it were it not from the circumstance of re- 
 moving from the State. 
 
 I am &c 
 
 K WATTS 
 Sav'h 8d June 1816 
 
 On Motion of Mr Harden, Besolved that in Consideration of the 
 misunderstanding of Mr Robt, Watts as cxpress'd in the within 
 Note, that the President be and is hereby authorised to remit five 
 Years of the last charges in his account for Contributions A- Ones but 
 that he will according to the rules of the Society be considered as a 
 Member thereof untill all arrearages are paid and a formal resignation 
 made. 
 
 Resolvkd that Public Notice be given, requiring all Gentlemen 
 of the Law, to make an immediate return of the Bonds \ Notes in 
 their possession belonging to this Institution. 
 
 Resolved that the Committee of repairs be authorised to purchase 
 a sufficiency of Lumber to lay the lower lloor of the building & to Con- 
 tract with a Carpenter for doing the Work upon the best possible 
 terms. 
 
 Re.solved that .Mr Juhn Hunter be authorized to rent to Mr 
 Johnson the lower room of that part of thr- academy belonging to 
 this Institution, upon the best terms he can for Twelve months. 
 
 The following letter was received from Mr 11 J Iloustoun, 
 
 Monday Evening. 
 To the Board of Managers of the Union Society 
 
 Gentlemen, 
 
 An excellent School is now Established at White 
 BluflF, and it occurr'd to me the other day as an object worthy the 
 consideration of Your Board. Whether this School does not hold out 
 superior advantages to the Boys under your charge. I have never 
 suggested this to the School Committee at W B, nor have I mature- 
 ly Consider'd it myself, it was an Idea that occur'd to me only a day 
 or two since k I immediately suggested it to the President of the 
 Union Society whom J accidentally met I therefore do not know 
 whether it is practicable, but should it appear important k You think 
 
proper to euter Upon this Subject, I will readily give you. every in- 
 formation you could desire & for this purpose, if proper Will attend 
 your meeting this Evening (at your request. 
 Yrs <S:c 
 
 K, J HOUSTOUN 
 
 The Soci'ety are of opinion that at present it is unnecessary to 
 change the Situation of the Boys 
 
 T. V. GRAY Sect'y 
 
 At a meeting of the Board of 3Ianagera Monday evening 1st July, 
 Present M Sheftall Pres'dt 
 John Hunter 
 . F Herb 
 T V Gray Sect'y 
 there not being a sufficient number present the meeting was ad- 
 journed. 
 
 At a meeting of the Board of Managers Monday evening 5th Au- 
 gust 1816 
 
 Present M Sheftall President 
 F Herb 
 J B Read 
 F Densler 
 M Clcland 
 The President laid before the Board a Communication from the 
 Trustees of the Chatham Academy relative to a tract of laud lying 
 in Glynn County, the Joint property of this Institution the Academy 
 tt Hospital & Poor House, in the following words. 
 
 At a meeting of the Trustees of the Chatham Academy. 
 Present 
 
 Wm Stephens Esqr Prcsd't 
 Messrs Bulloch 
 Bolton 
 Lawson 
 H Kollock 
 L Kollock 
 Resolved that the Tract of land, situate in Glynn County, owned 
 Jointly by this Institution, the Poor House & Hospital and the Union 
 Society, in the Opinion of this Board, ought to be sold for the benefit 
 of said lustitutions, and that the Secretary be a Committee to confer 
 with Coniniittees from the said Institutions to that effect — 
 . Kxtract from the niinutes 
 
 RICHD W HABERSHAM 
 
 Set'y C A 
 
 pSojt.'—So record of tho election or oppolntment of T. V. Gray as Secretary.) 
 
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 Resolved that the President, be authorised to meet any Commit- 
 tee's appointed by the other institutions to make arrangements lor the 
 sale of said Tract of Land to the best advantage for said Institutions, 
 and that the Secretary furnish the Trustees of the Academy & the 
 Managers of the Hospital -with (.'opics of this resolution as speedily as 
 possible. 
 
 On Motion of Mr. Clelaud it was Kesolved that the meetings of 
 this Board in future be on the lirst Tuesday in Every month. 
 
 T A". GRAY 
 
 Sect'y 
 
 At a meeting of the Board of Managers Tuesday evening 3d Sep- 
 tember 1816 
 
 Present M Sheftall Presd't 
 Read 
 Herb 
 Cleland 
 Minutes of last meeting being read ; The President reptortcd that 
 he had met the Committees on the part of the Chatham Academy & 
 the Poor House & Hospital on the Subject of the resolution relative 
 to a tract of laud lying in Glynn, and that they had advertised said 
 Land for Sale on the first Tuesday in January 1817 — 
 
 Resolved that the President be a Committee from this' Board to 
 unite with such Committee's as may be appointed by the Poor House 
 & Hospital and Chatham academy for the purpose of making a de- 
 mand of all Titles lor lands or other papers that may be in the Hands 
 iif any Individual, the Joint property of these Institutions & to de- 
 posit them for safe Keeping in such place as the Committee's may 
 deem proper. The Secretary will notify tin; Secty's of each Board. 
 
 T. V. GRAY 
 
 Sect'y 
 
 At a meeting of the Board ul' .Managers lu Union Society held 
 Tuesday Evening 5th Nov'r 181G 
 F'resent M Sheftall Presd't 
 
 M Cleland 1' Densler 
 
 F Herb J B Read 
 
 The President stated that since the last meeting of the board, that 
 Mr D D AVilliams had departed this life, that in consequence of which 
 the lad named Shearer who was living with him at the time on the 
 liounty of this Institution had been thrown out of a Home k that in 
 consequence of his situation he had directed him to.be placed with 
 Mrs Christie which Ijad beeij done, 
 
The Board approved what had been done & directed him to be con- 
 tinued there. 
 
 The President informed the Board that he had advertised for pro- 
 posals to finish that portion of the Academy belonging to this Institu- 
 fion and that he had received only one proposal, which he laid before 
 the Board. & from the amount thereof the Board declined acting on 
 it for the present. 
 
 Resolved, that the School Committee be authorised to Call on Mr 
 John Carr to ascertain from him on what terms he will undertake the 
 Instruction of the Children on the bounty of this Institution & if 
 they can come to terms with him then, they be authorized to place 
 tbcm under his care for Instruction. 
 
 T. V. GRAY Sect. 
 At a meeting of the Board of Managers to Union Society held 
 Tuesday Evening 3d Dec'r 1816 
 Present M Cleland, 
 F Herb 
 Jno Hunter, 
 M Sheftall Presd't 
 Resolved that i\Ir John Hunter be empowered to have all the 
 Floors in the building belonging to this Institution, laid and to have 
 two rooms finished immediately in a plain and neat manner and to 
 have the windows finished. 
 
 The School Committee report, that iu Cousecjuence of a resolution 
 made by this Board to place the Children on the Bounty of this In- 
 stitution w't Mr John Carr, they have done so at Eight Dollars per 
 Quarter Commencing 25th Nov'r 1816 
 
 T. V. GRAY 
 
 Sect'y 
 At a meeting of the Board of Managers to Union Society held 
 Tuesday Evening 7th Jau'y 1817 
 
 Present M Sheftall Presd't 
 
 M Cleland 
 F Herb 
 Jno Hunter 
 J B Read 
 '] lie i'resideut stated to the Hoard that on Saturday last he had a 
 conversation w't I! Richardson Eeqr. relative to Estate of Joseph 
 Hills, and that he informed him that the PLxecutors had paid the Es- 
 tate of R Stites Es(|r Three Thousand Dollars on a(;eiiunt of its Demand 
 against Hills Instate, that he believed there now remained a balance of 
 somewhat more than Two thousand Dollars due Est'e Stites, that he 
 
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 believed the other Debts could 6i would be extinguished by property 
 either already sold or that would be sold, that he advised this lustitu- 
 tion and the female asylum to take up money at Bank to pay oflf that 
 demand «fc to lease out the Bridge to the best advantage, it being a 
 property that wou'd not at present fetch its Value, ct that a good Ten- 
 ant could be got for it, at he believes Fifteen Hundred Dollars per an- 
 num. In Consequence of the above communication. Resolved that 
 the President be authorised to pay out of any money he shall have by 
 him, or receive, whatever may be due Estate of Stites, on acc't of 
 Es'te Hills so far as this Society is liable, & if he has not sufficient, 
 that he be authorised to borrow the same from cither Banks in this 
 City and to act in such manner as he may deem to be most advanta- 
 geous to this Institution. Which was agreed to. 
 
 The undersigned begs leave to report that the repairs now going 
 on at the Academy having internipted the religious Society that had 
 rented one of the rooms, they h.'ivc given the same up, & have paid 
 the rent for the Six months which they have occupied it. Saj" Fifty 
 Dollnrs. 
 
 (Signed) J NO HUNTER 
 
 7 Jany 1817 
 T. V. GRAY Sec'y 
 At a Meeting of the Board of Managers to Union Society held 
 Thursday Evening o April 1817 
 
 Present M Sheftall Presdl 
 M Clelaud 
 J Hunter 
 F Deusler 
 Frcd'k Herb 
 Resolved that the President bo authorised to allow Mrs Ann 
 Christie Ten Dollars pr mouth for Board of the Boy.s under her care, 
 in consequence of the great rise in the Markets. 
 
 Resolved that the President bo authorized to place with .^Irs 
 Christie Two more Boys in jdace of Anthony Suares it William Du- 
 rasseau, who were to be bound to F S Fell to learn the Printing Busi- 
 ness. 
 
 The Board were of opinion that the Printing Business, was not of 
 Sufficient Importance to bind any of the Boys of this Institution to, 
 therefore Resolved that the President be directed to withhold the 
 binding of said Boys to that Business and that Mr. John Hunter be 
 requested to apply to some Respectable Carpenter, Bricklayer or some 
 other mechanic to place such of our Boys who may be educated suf- 
 ficiently to be bound out. 
 
 T. V. GRAY Sect'y. 
 
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 At a meeting of the Board of Managers on Tuesday evening 6th 
 May 1817 
 
 President M Sheftall Pred't 
 
 Jno Hunter V. P. 
 M Cleland 
 S White 
 J Morrison 
 F Herb 
 The Resolution made in Society 23d Ult'o respecting Sale of the 
 Interest of this Institution, in & to the Estate of Joseph Hill dec'd 
 was read, AVhereupon 
 
 Resolved that the same be acted on, & that the Interest of the 
 Union Society in & to the Est'e of Jos Hills dec'd, as devised to 
 that Institution be advertised for Sale for the space of 30 Days. 
 
 James Tracy the son of Mrs Pearce, being represented to this 
 Board as a fit object for tlie Charity of this Institution & his 3Iother 
 totally incompetent from her decrcpid Si, destitute situation to give 
 him support & maintenance. 
 
 Resolved that the President be & is hereby authorised to place 
 with Mrs Christie, the said James Tracy on the same conditions as 
 the other Boys under its protection, in Conformity with the regula- 
 tions of the Society. 
 
 Resolved that Messrs. Hunter & White be a subcommittee to 
 Confer with a Committee on the part of the Free School for the pur- 
 pose of adopting measures to secure a permanent teacher jointly for 
 that institution and the Union Society — and to report their proceed- 
 ings to the next meeting of this Board. 
 
 The following were appointed School Committees for May & June 
 F Herb M Clel.\nd July(!fc Aug't J.\o. Hunter &Jas Eppinoer, 
 Sept'r ifc October Morrison & White. 
 Building Committee John Hunter. 
 
 T. V. GRAY 
 
 Sect 
 
 At a meeting of the Board of Managers to the Union Society on 
 Tuesday Evening June 1817 
 
 Present Moses Sheftall Presd't 
 Jas Morrison 
 M Cleland 
 F Herb 
 The President informed the Board, that in pursuance of their reso- 
 lution of 0th May relative to James Tracy, he had his Indentures sign'd 
 by his Mother & that he is now placed with Mrs Christie, that since 
 
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 binding hiui his Mother, had Departed this life, he further Reports 
 that he has placed William Duressor as apprentice to Mr J R Kinu, 
 Taylor, & that his Indentures have been signed, he also reports that 
 he has advertised the Interest of this Institution in & to the Estate 
 of Joseph Hill, for the time pointed out by their resolution of Gth ^May 
 and that no ofifer has been made to purchase I he laid before the Board 
 a general account of Mr. Jeremiah Cuylers transactions with Estate 
 J Hill; he has not been able to obtain from Mr R Richardson any 
 statement of the Business relating to same Estate, altho he has repeat- 
 edly promised to furnish it. 
 
 T. V. GRAV.Sect'y 
 
 At a meeting of the Board of Managers on Tuesday 5th August 
 Present M Sheftall Presd't 
 
 Jno Hunter V P 
 Steele White 
 Fred'k Herb 
 M Clelaud 
 
 The President Inform'd the lioard that since their last meeting, 
 Mr R Richardson informed him that he had leased out the Ogechee 
 Bridge at Twelve Hundred Dollars pr Year; the leaseor to put it in- 
 to tt Keep it in repair, subject to be delivered up whenever called for 
 and that Mr Richardson has since left the City, that for these and 
 other reasons, he had not complied with the resolution of the general 
 meeting of calling the Society together, if no offer was made to pur- 
 chase out their right to the Estate of Hill, among the reasons for not 
 convening them was the absence of a number of Members at this sea- 
 son of the Year, he regrets extremely the Society did not borrow 
 the money to pay off the Debts & Legacies as the Bridge would have 
 Yielded to each Institution a nett Income of Four hundred Dollars 
 pr Year, which at this time would be all important. Since the last 
 regular meeting of this Board Mrs Christie who had charge of 
 Several of the Boys has departed this Life & the iioys remain at pres- 
 ent with her son Mr Robert Christie, it will now be the duty of the 
 Board therefore to pass some resolution for their future disposal. 
 
 Resolvkd that Steele White k John Hunter be a committee to 
 contract w't Mr. Carr for boarding, Washing mending & Tuition oi' 
 the Boys now on the bounty of the Union Society, And also to 
 contract w't him for the use of that part of the Academy belonging 
 to this Institution. 
 
 Resolved further that the above named Committee be & they are 
 hereby appointed &, empowered to rent out per annum such parts of 
 
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 the aforesaid Tenement that may not be taken by Mr Carr, on such 
 terms as they may be able to contract for. 
 
 Kesolved that the Secretary to the Union Society be and he is 
 hereby required to ascertain what number of Debts due to the Society 
 have been sued, the Pate of the Suits against whom the amount & 
 progress of such suits, together with any other particular connected 
 therewith, and to report the Statement to the next meeting of this 
 board. 
 
 T V GRAY Sect'y 
 
 At a meeting of the Board of Managers on Tuesday evening 9th 
 September 1817 
 
 Present M Sheftall Presd't 
 
 Jno Hunter V'P 
 Steele White 
 Fred'k Herb 
 James Eppinger 
 Moses Cleland 
 The President laid before the Board a letter from Mr Jeremiah 
 Cuyler as follows 
 
 Dr Sir, I have an offer of 10,000 D'ls for Hills Bridge, I have not 
 Mr Bolton to advise with & only Mr Hall the Young Gentleman in 
 Mr Richardsons place, We have upon the best consideration we can 
 give this case determined 
 
 If the Union Society & the female Assylum are of opinion with me, 
 to sell, if with Mr Hall, who thinks more can be got, not to sell — 
 
 T will thank you to procure for me by monday next 10 oClock the 
 determination of the Institution over which you preside, the Appli- 
 cant is to get an answer Monday 12 oClock 
 
 Yours w't Friendship & Respect 
 
 J: CUYLER 
 Aug't 28th 1817 
 also a proposition from Mr Abbott for the purchase of the Ogechee 
 Bridge — 
 
 Orderd that the Letter & Proposition be laid over untill the next 
 quarterly meeting of the Society. 
 
 The Committee appointed to Contract with Mr Carr report. 
 That they have Concluded a Contract with Mr Carr on the first 
 proposition viz, that he Mr Carr will take the Boys to the number of 
 Twelve, more or Less at the rate of One Hundred & Sixty seven 
 Dolrs (1678) per annum each, for Tuition, boarding, Washing, lodg- 
 ing, mending and such other attention as they may require or be en- 
 titled to; as boys in their situation ought to receive, both as well as to 
 
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 these particulars as to their morals J And on the second proposition, 
 That they have agreed to give 31r Carr the whole of that part of the 
 Academy belonging to the Society (reserving one room for the use of 
 the Members, for the sum uf Six Hundred Dollars (SGOU) per annum, 
 to be reducted from the amount payabli' by the Society under the eon- 
 tract Contained in the first proposition. 
 
 Signed JNO IH'NTER 
 
 S WHITE 
 Resolved that the rejtort of the Committee relative to the propo- 
 sitions of Mr Carr be received & that the Same be laid before the 
 next quarterly meeting of the Society. 
 
 T. V. GRAY Sec't 
 At a meeting held Tuesday Evening 7th October at the Exchange 
 Present M Shcftall I'resd't 
 J Hunter V P 
 Jas Eppingcr 
 F Herb 
 iM Cleland 
 In Conformity of Resolution passed 5 Aug't the Secretary reports 
 That he called on Mr J Cuyler who stated he had nothing in 
 his possession belonging to this Institution, Mr Habersham is not in 
 Town ; that he has frccpR'ntly re(juested 3Ir Wayne to give him a 
 statement of the Papons in his Hands k has waited at his oflico this 
 afternoon but cou'd not see him, I\Ir Morrison is at at the N-rthward 
 and therefore a return cannot be made by him, Will endeavour to pro- 
 cure statements by the next meeting of this Board. 
 
 The President handed a Lettor roc'd iVom Mr .lohn Carr as follows 
 
 Ski't'k lath 1S17 
 Doct'r M Sheftall 
 
 Sir, A boy named Wm Hollingcr was brought last Saturday even- 
 ing to my House who says that he was formerly on the bounty of the 
 Union Society and apprenticed to them, that he went to see his moth- 
 er, who carried him to .^Iillcdgovillc i^ there married, but left that 
 place & he apprehended Came here. He eamc here accordingly in 
 pursuit of her but could learn nothing of her, he is now he says de- 
 sirous of returning it Committing himself to the (!are of the Society ! 
 But as your approbation is reciuisite first, I cannot (!ontinue him with- 
 out it. 1 therefore, take this method of cmjuiry what is your will re- 
 specting him ';* Is he to be continued, or cast upon the world. 
 
 I am &c &c 
 
 J CARR 
 
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 Resolved that the Boy named Bollinger mentioned by the Presi- 
 dent be continued w't ]Mr Carr as by him directed 
 
 T. V. GRAY Secfy 
 
 Meeting 4 Nov'r 1817 
 
 Present J Hunter V P. K Herb 
 
 Jas Eppinger, M Clelaud 
 
 Steele White. 
 The I'rcsident being absent Mr Hunter took the Chair j who 
 lianded a Petition to be presented the Legislature of this State, for 
 the purpose of obtaining Lands adjacent to Ogechee Bridge; which 
 was directed by the Board to be forwarded to our Representatives in 
 the Legislature: 
 
 Resolved, that the Vice President of this Society & Mr Cleland, 
 be a (^mmitttee to request the Ministers of the Gospel in this City 
 to preach (^harity Sermons in their respective Churches for the pur- 
 pose of aiding the funds of this Institution, Commencing on the last 
 Sunday in the present month. 
 
 T V GRAY 
 
 Sect'y 
 Meeting of the Board of Managers 2nd Deer 1817. 
 Present 31 Sheftall Presd't 
 J Hunter V P. 
 F. Herb 
 Jas Eppinger 
 Jas Morrison 
 M Cleland 
 The President laid before the Board, the following Communication 
 from J H Ash. 
 
 I)"r Sir, Being quite buisy on this day it entirely slipt my memory 
 that I was to call upon You, relative to the Estate of Burnside — but 
 now hasten to address you these few words — Mrs ]?urnside will take 
 a fair and reasonable valuation for the House, concerning which I 
 spoke to you, my opinion relative to the best mode of settling the 
 price should the Union Societ}' conclude to purchase, wou'd be to 
 leave the Valuation of the same to the Discretion of Arbitrators ap- 
 pointed for that purpose 
 
 Yrs &c 
 
 J H ASH 
 
 M Sheftall Pres't 
 
 U. S 
 
 On the Communication of Mr Ash in behalf of iSlrs Burnside, rela- 
 tive to some property belonging to the Society & Mrs Burnside. 
 
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 Resolved that the President Mr Hunter and Mr Herb be a commit- 
 tee to meet Mrs liurnside cS: when mot, that they be authorised to take 
 such Steps with rcirard to arbitrators ifc the purchase of said property 
 as they may think proper & report the same at the next meeting of 
 this Board. 
 
 T V GRAY Sec't 
 
 At a Meeeing of the Board U Feb'y 1818 
 Present M Sheftall Presd't 
 
 M Cleland. J Morrison 
 
 James Eppinger. 
 The Acc'ts of J Cuyler& U Richardson agent for Jno Bolton Ex'or 
 Est'e J Hills were laid before the Board ; and orderd to be present- 
 ed at the next quarterly meeting of the Society. 
 
 Resolved the President be a Committee to meet a Committee of 
 the Hospital & of the Chatham Academy for the purpose of advertis- 
 ing for .sale a Tract of Land lying in the County of Glyn belonging 
 to these Institutions, on such terms as they may agree upon. 
 
 T V GRAY Sect'y 
 Extra meeting of Board Managers 26th ]\Iarch 1818. 
 Present M Sheftall Presd't 
 J Hunter V P. 
 F Herb 
 M Cleland 
 The Committe appointed to meet Mrs Burnside, for the purchase 
 uf her House report that they had called on Mrs B & could not agree 
 on terms. 
 
 T V GRAY Sec't. 
 
 At a meeting of the Board of Managers of the Union Society May 
 5. 1818. 
 
 Present John Hunter President 
 INIo-ses Cleland 
 Fjederick Herb 
 Joseph A Scott 
 James Bilbo— V. P.— 
 The President having represented to tha Board that Hills Bridge 
 is now advertised for sale under executions obtained against the es- 
 tate of Hills 
 
 Whereupon jiesolved That the President & Vice President be a 
 committee to meet the Female Asylum to devise means to protect the 
 property & preserve it for the Institutions — 
 
 Resolveb that the Secretary be directed to publish in the Savan- 
 nah Gazettes the resolution changing the mode of the admission of 
 
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 applicants for membersliip from the Society to the Board of Mana- 
 gers — 
 
 The following gentlemen having been proposed for admission at the 
 last meeting were unanimously admitted — viz Donald McLeod — John 
 Speakman — Moses Herbert — John Tanner & John J. Roberts 
 
 Ordered that the Sec'y notify them of their admission & receive 
 their admission money — 
 
 Resolved that the President be requested & directed to procure a 
 marble slab to be placed on the outside of the building immediately 
 over the entrance door, with a suitable inscription upon it, pointing 
 out the time when the Society was founded and its object — 
 
 Adjourned JAMES MORRISON 
 
 Sec'y — 
 
 At a meeting of the Board of Managers of the Union Society June 
 1. 1818. Present 
 
 John Hunter President. — 
 James Bilbo — Y. President — 
 James Eppinger — 
 Frederick Herb. — 
 
 Mr Hunter the President, reported that he, in conjunction with Mr 
 Bilbo V. P. had called on the managers of the Female Assylum, & 
 that they had come to a determination not to let Hills Bridge be sold 
 for a less sum than ten thousand Dollars — and that should it not bring 
 that sum, the two Societies, would purchase it jointly, and jointly de- 
 fray the expence of the same — 
 
 Resolved that the President be a Committee to attend tlic Sher- 
 iffs sale at the Court House tomorrow and that be be directed to pur- 
 chase in Hills Bridge for the use of this Society & the Female Assy- 
 lum unless the same should exceed ten thousand Dollars — 
 
 Resolved that Mr Bilbo Vice President, be requested to attend 
 the Shffs sale to aid the President in discharging the above duties — 
 
 The President reported that he had procured a marble slab, with a 
 suitable inscription on the same agreeable to the resolution of the last 
 meeting of the Board & that the expence of the same was forty Dol- 
 lars, which was ordered to be paid — 
 
 The Petition of William H. Joyner praying to become a member 
 of this Society was read, and ordered to layover uiitill the next meet- 
 ing— 
 
 Resolved that the President bo directed to l)ind out as an ap- 
 prentice James S., Hoffnjan, to such, persons & upon such terms, as he 
 may think proper, — 
 
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 llEsoLVED that Daniel I'hilips be received & admitted as one enti- 
 tled to the bouuty of this institution — 
 
 Resolved That not wore than two of the boys under the Patron- 
 age of this institution be |icriuittcd tu sleoji in one bed — that they 
 have a mattrass for two, &. a I'illow or bolster fur eaeh — that they be 
 provided with a pair of clean coarse sheets weekly, and coverlid in 
 the Summer, and a jiair of lilaiikets it coverlid in the "Winter — 
 
 HKSdi.VKi) that Mr (Meland «.t I)r .Sheftall be a Committee to sec 
 that the above resolution is carried into effect for the months of Juue 
 it July — Mr Herb it Mr Kppinirer fur the months of August & Sep- 
 tember it Mr IJilbu it Mr Scott fur the mouths ol" October & Novem- 
 ber 
 
 Adjourned 
 
 J. MORRISON 
 
 Sec'y 
 
 At a Meeting of the Roard of Managers of the Union Society 
 July 7. 1818. 
 
 Present John Hunter President 
 Closes Sheftall 
 Frederick Herb. 
 James Eppinger — 
 
 The President reported that he had purchased in Hills Bridge lor 
 the joint benefit, and at the joint expence of this Institution it the Fe- 
 male Asylum for the sum of Five thousand Five hundred Dollars — 
 And that agreeable to a former resolution he had got a note discount- 
 ed at the Jiank of the State of Georgia for two thousand Dollars — 
 That the Female Assylum had paid also two thousand Dollars — That 
 twenty five hundred Dollars has been paid to the SherilV for the pur- 
 pose of extinguishing Judgments, and that the Rallance of the four 
 thousand Dollars is now in the hands of the i'residont fur the pur- 
 pose of meeting legacies or other Judgments — 
 
 Resolvki) That the J^resident be authorised tu make such repairs 
 on the said Rridge as may be necessary to keej) it in a proper state — 
 
 Resolved, That the 1 'resident be directed to have the lands adja- 
 cent to Hills Rridge belonging to the same surveyed by the County 
 Surveyor as soon as practicable — 
 
 Resolved That the President be directed tu make an application 
 to the Justices of the Inferior Court to have the sum of five hundred 
 Dollars due by the estate of Hills to said County remitted fur the ben- 
 efit of this Society — 
 
 William H Joyner having at the last meeting petitioned for admis- 
 
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 sion to this Society, was at this meeting ballotted for and unanimous- 
 ly admitted — 
 
 Resolved That the President be directed to bind out to John F. 
 Herb to learn the art of a Blacksmith Stephen Walsh, upon such 
 terms as he may think proper — 
 
 There being no other business before the Society the same was ad- 
 journed. — The Petition of Archibald Smith for admission to this So- 
 ciety was read and ordered to lay over to the next meeting — 
 Adjourned 
 
 J. MORRISON 
 
 Sec'y". U. S. 
 At a meeting of the Board of Managers of the Union Society held 
 at the Societys Rooms in the west end of the Academy August 5. 
 1818 Present, John Hunter Pres. 
 Joseph A Scott — 
 Frederick Herb. 
 Moses Sheftall 
 The President reported that he had leased the Bridge to William 
 Hanna for one year at twelve hundred Dollars per annum payable 
 monthly, he, W. Ilanna to keep the face of the Bridge in repair — 
 
 The President further reported that he had received from said Wil- 
 liam Hanna two months rent of the said Bridge whereupon it was or- 
 dered that he do pay over to the Female Assylum the one half of the 
 amount he has already received, and that he do also pay the one half of 
 every future sum which he may receive to the same Institution — 
 
 The Petition of Archibald Smith to become a member of this So- 
 ciety was read a second time, and he was unanimously admitted — 
 Resolved That the President be authorised to bind out such of 
 the boys on the bounty of this Institution as he may think 
 sufficiently advanced in education, to such persons and to 
 learn such trades as may be deemed most advisable — 
 Adjourned 
 
 JAMP:S MORRISON 
 
 Sec'y U. S. 
 At a meeting of the Board of Managers of the Union Society at 
 the Societys Room in the west end of the Academy September 1. 
 1818. 
 
 Present John Hunter Pres. 
 Joseph A Scott 
 Moses Sheftall 
 Frederick Herb. 
 Moses Cleland 
 James Eppinger 
 
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 The minutes of the last lueetiug were read & confirmed 
 The Petition of Samuel M. Bond for admission to this Society were 
 read the first time and laid over to the next raeetinc; — 
 
 Kesolveh That the President do make known thro' the medium 
 of the Public papers, That the Board of Managers will receive upon 
 the bounty of this Institution one additional orphan boy and that he 
 request applicants fur admission, to present their Petition to the Sec- 
 retary within the month of September. 
 Adjourned 
 
 JAMES MOHKISON 
 
 hec y — 
 At a meeting of the Board of Managers of the Union Society in 
 the Societys room in the West end of the Academy October G. 1818 
 Present — John Hunter President 
 Dr Moses Sheftall 
 Joseph A Scott 
 James Eppinger 
 The Petition of Samuel M Bond to become a member of this So- 
 ciety was read a second time, and he was admitted a member of the 
 same — 
 
 (Petitions for membership read the first time omitted here.) 
 
 *********** 
 
 The Petition of Samuel M Bond, Guardian of Kichard Strop to 
 ftavc his Ward placed upon the bounty of this Society was read — 
 Whereupon, Resolved That the Board will receive the said Strop 
 upon the bounty of this Society, upon condition that his Guardian 
 will continue to superintend the management of his property, and pay 
 anuualy to the President, the amount of his annual income — 
 Adjourned 
 
 JAMES MORRISON 
 
 Sec'y — 
 
 At a meeting of the board of managers of the Union Society at 
 the Societys room at the west end of the Academy Tuesday Novem- 
 ber iid 1S18. 
 
 Present John Hunter President 
 Moses Clclaiul 
 Frederick Herb — 
 James Eppinger — 
 The Petitions of S. S. Williams, Worthingtoii (Jale & Joseph King 
 were read a second time, and were unanimously admitted members of 
 the Society — 
 
 ******* (Petition read first time.) 
 
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 Mr Bilbo & Mr Scott, the visiting- &; School Committee for the 
 months of October & November were requested to report at the next 
 meeting the State of the boys clothing and their progress in educa- 
 tion — 
 
 Adjourned 
 
 JAMES MORRISON 
 
 Sec'y — 
 At a meeting of the Board of 3Iauagers of the Union Society, at 
 the Societys Room in the West end of the Academy Tuesday Even- 
 ing December 1.' 1818 — 
 
 Present John Hunter President 
 Moses Cleland 
 Frederick Herb. 
 James Eppinger 
 The Petition of William M Kelly to become a member of the So- 
 ciety was I'ead a second time and upon balloting for him, he was 
 unanimously admitted — 
 
 The President reported that he had bound out to S. C & J Schenk, 
 James Johnston to learn the trade of a Book -binder untill he shall 
 have arrived at the age of twenty one years — 
 
 Resolved That the President of this Society be authorised to con- 
 fer the Female Assylum on the subject of a sale of the Bridge at 
 Ogeechee & that he do report at the next meeting — 
 
 Resolved that Mr Scott & Mr Bilbo be continued the visiting 
 and school Committee for the month of December, and that they be 
 requested to report at the next meeting the situation of the boys, par- 
 ticularly their progress in education k their domestic situation — 
 
 Adjourned — 
 
 JAMES MORRISON 
 
 Sec'y— 
 At a meeting of the Board of Managers of the Union Society, at 
 the Societys Room in the west end of the Academy on Tuesday even- 
 ing January 5. 1810. — 
 
 Present John Hunter President 
 Moses Cleland 
 Frederick Herb 
 James Eppinger 
 The President reported that he had had a conference with the female 
 assylum on the subject of a sale of Hills Bridge, and that they had 
 agreed to dispose of it as soon as convenient — That he had adver- 
 tised for persons who felt disposed to purchase it to make their pro- 
 posals on or before the fifteenth of January instant, at which time 
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 should no proposals have been received a public sale was contempla- 
 ted — 
 
 *********** 
 
 Resolvki) that the President & Mr Clcland be a oouunittee to 
 wait upon and request the ministers of the (lospel in this City to 
 preach Charity sermons in their respective Churches for the purpose 
 of aidiui,' the funds of this Institution commencing: as soon as practi- 
 cable 
 
 Resolved that the debts due to this Society from the following 
 persons be cancelled & their accounts ballanced viz: George II David- 
 son §79.70. — Kstate of Joseph Davis 82!l.80 — James E. Houstoun 
 S56.50— IJenjamin Jacobs 821. AU Kstate of William Lewdon S'lOJ^O. 
 George i^Iillen SS7. 50— Nathaniel Pendleton S4!».12. William Ste- 
 phens SU)1.50. 
 
 Resolvki* that the President be authorised to emi»loy a suitable 
 person to collect the debts due to the Society, k that he be author- 
 ised to allow a proper compensation for the same — 
 
 Resolvki* that William Middleton & Dent aged 12 years 
 
 be admitted to the bounty of this Institution — the former recommend- 
 ed by John Bryan, it the latter by Mrs Frances Dent, both of whom 
 were required to give such iudenturcs as have been heretofore re- 
 quired 
 
 Resolved that Mr Cleland & Dr Sheftall be the visiting Commit- 
 tee for the months of January & February — 
 Adjourn' d 
 
 JAMES MORRISON 
 
 Sec'y— 
 
 At a meeting of the Board of Managers of the Union Society held 
 at the Societys Room in the West end ol' the Academy on Tuesday 
 evening Feb'y 2d 1811) Present 
 
 John Hunter President 
 Doctor Moses Sheftall 
 Frederick Herb 
 Closes Cleland — 
 The Petition of Thomas Wright &, Charles Manul to become mem- 
 bers of this Society was read a second time and they were unanimous- 
 ly admitted — 
 
 *********** 
 
 The resignation of Membership of John 1*. Henry & James Hun- 
 ter was received & accepted they having })aid their accounts in full — 
 
 * * * * :;: * * * * * 
 
 The President Reported that he with Mr Cleland had applied to 
 
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 Mr Kolloch to preach a Charity sermon & was by hiiu informed that 
 the members of the free school had made an appHcation previous to 
 theirs, Whereupon 
 
 Resolved that anotlier application be made as soon as convenient 
 for the same purpose — 
 
 RESt)LVED, That Richard W. Habersham & James Morrison be a 
 committee to P]xamine the claims of this Society to the estate of the 
 lato Justus H Scheuber 
 
 Adjourn'd 
 
 JAMES MORRISON 
 
 Se'y 
 
 At a meeting of the Roard of Managers of the Union Society held 
 at the Societys room in the West end of the Academy on Tuesday 
 evening March 2d 1819. 
 
 Present John Hunter President 
 James Eppinger 
 Moses Clcland 
 Frederick Herb 
 The Petition of p]dward F. Tattnall, Francis H. Welman Joseph 
 Clay. Habersham, Benjamin Howard, William Neff & William C. 
 Wayne, was read a second time & they were unanimously admitted 
 members of this Society — 
 
 The President reported that he in conjunction with the female as- 
 sylum had sold Hills Bridge to Stephen Williams, & David F. Bour- 
 quine, for the sum of eight thousand Dollars — one half cash, and the 
 balance at one and two years, with mortgage on the premises — 
 
 Mr Cleland & Dr Sheftall the visiting committee for the months of 
 January & February reported that they had repeatedly examined the 
 situation of the boys & the advancement they had made in their 
 studies — and that they were pleased with their improvement in learn- 
 ing & satisfied with the accommodation afforded them by Mr Carr — 
 
 Upon the representation of J Morrison that a Mr Couper had taken 
 possession of the College tract in Glynn County owned by this Insti- 
 tution, The Chatham Academy & The Poor House & Hospital, Re- 
 solved That Mr Morrison be a committee, in conjunction with a com- 
 mittee, to be appointed by the other institutioni^ to enquire into the 
 situation of the said Tract of land, and report as early as possible — 
 
 Resolved That this Society will receive upon its bounty 
 McTiagan, an orphan boy now at thoHospital — 
 
 Resolved That the use of this room be given to the Sunday 
 
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 School, and that a committee be appointed to wait on Mr Carr, to re- 
 new his contract with the Society 
 
 Kesolvki> That the President & Mr Cloland be that Committee — 
 Resolved that the President & Mr Cleland be the Scliool Com- 
 mittee for the months of March and April 
 
 Adjourned 
 
 .TAMES MORRISON Sec'y 
 At a meeting of the board of managers of the Union Society held 
 at the Societys room in the West end of the Academy on Monday 
 morning April 5 1810 — 
 
 Present John iruiiter IMesidcnt 
 
 James Hilbo, N'ice President 
 Frederick Herb 
 Moses Cleland 
 Moses Sheftall 
 James Morrison Sec'y — 
 The Petitions of William T. Williams. Durham T. Hall IJenjamin 
 Sheftall, John Shelmao, Josiali Lawrence, Kich'd. Wayne, Francis II. 
 Wclman, Fidward F. Tattnall, Charles II. Ilayden, Charles Kelsey, 
 William C. Daniel, John Carnochan Dimas I'once, John jjcwis, 
 William II. Thompson, John McXisli, Renjamin W Leach, Jonas 
 Cutter, Alexander Irwin, George F Palmes, George G Farics Jacob 
 Miller, John C Nicol Joseph (xcorge, John Morrall, Peter (luerard, 
 Thomas Polhill, Francis M Stone, Andrew G Semmes, Peter Mitchell, 
 John Oane, James Mcllciiry, i^' I'leming Akin were read a second 
 time and they were unanimously admitted 
 Adjourned 
 
 JAMKS MORRISON 
 
 Sec'y 
 At a meeting of the Board of Managers of the Union Society held 
 at the Societys Room in the West end of the Academy on Tuesday 
 evening May 4 iHli). 
 Present. 
 
 James Morrison Sec'y 
 Moses Cleland 
 Frederick Herb.. 
 John Lewis 
 There not being a quorum present the members adjourned untill 
 Thursday evening next — 
 
 .\djourn('<l 
 
 J. MORRISON 
 Seo'y— 
 
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 At a meeting of the Board of Managers of the Union Society held 
 at the Societys rooms in the West End of the Academy on Thursday 
 evening May 6. 1819 — 
 
 Present John Hunter President 
 Frederick Herb 
 Moses Cleland 
 Moses Sheftall 
 John Lewis 
 
 James Morrison Sec'y — 
 ******** (Petitions read.) 
 A letter was read from Joseph Bacon desiring the Society to take 
 cliarge of Henry Hatfield an Orphan child of the late Mr & Mrs 
 Hatfield— 
 
 Whereupon Resolved — That Henry Hatfield be received upon 
 the Bounty of this Institution ; and that he be bound to the Society 
 together with the other boys on the bounty of this Institution who 
 have no guardians, as soon as they can be appointed by the (^ourt of 
 Ordinary 
 
 The Resignation of John Dillon a member of this Society was read 
 and received — 
 
 A letter was received and read from Mr John Carr praying that 
 the rent of the building may be reduced from six, to four hundred 
 Dollars — whieh was rejected by the board 
 
 Resolved that the Sec'y notify the I*ublic that there is vacancy 
 in the Society for one boy to be received upon its bounty — 
 
 Resolved, That arrangements be made to receive the President of 
 the United States who is about to visit this (^ity for the purpose of 
 showing him in the Academy the different charitable institutions, & 
 the number of pupils who attend the respective private Schools in 
 this City — 
 
 Resolved That 3Ir Herb. & iMr Lewis be a (yomraittee to exam- 
 ine the situation of the boys on the bounty of this Institution for the 
 ensuing month — 
 
 Adjourned 
 
 J. MORRISON 
 
 Sec'y. 
 At a meeting of the Board of Managers of the Tnion Society held 
 at the Societys room in the West end of the academy on Tuesday even- 
 ing June 1. 1819. 
 
 Present John Hunter President 
 James Bilbo \. P— 
 Kbenezor S. Roes 
 John Jiowis 
 Fredcriok Herb— 
 
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 The luiuutcs of the last iiieetin<; were read and contirmed — 
 
 The l^etition of Joseph Bacon, J H Hrucii, Klias Kccd, Alexander 
 Telfair, Thomjus Clark, & Jacob Shaffer to become members of this 
 board was read a second time and they wore unanimously admitted — 
 Whereupon I{ks(»lvki) that the Secretary do notify them of their 
 admission — 
 
 Agreeable to arrangements previously made the President of the 
 United States visited the Institution was received in an appropriate 
 style, on Wednesday the twelfth day of May eighteen hundred & 
 nineteen, at which time the President of the Board of Managers & 
 of the Society delivered the following address — to his Excellency 
 Sir, 
 
 The higli honimr of receiving the Chief 3Iajistrate of our 
 Country has seldom fallen to our lot, and it is with no common feel- 
 ings of gratitude and joy, that we welomc you among us — 
 
 The sweetest recollections of many now before you, arc those which 
 were produced, when he, who was justly styled '^The Father of his 
 Conntnj'' visited his i)eople, and, you Sir, moving in the footsteps of 
 that Great Man are securing the affections of a community, of which 
 the children we this day present to you, form a most interesting part — 
 
 Religion, Peace and Ticarning flourish under your auspices; — may 
 they long continue the bright characteristics of that (lovornment, so 
 wisely administered by your Excelency" — 
 
 To which the President of the United States made an appropriate 
 reply—. 
 
 The President reported that he had bound to John M Ilanny, Alex- 
 exandcr Marlome to learn the art or trade of a ]*rinter — 
 
 HK.soiiVED that the boys bound by this Society to John 11. King, 
 viz John F. W. Duresseau &; Philip J. Chaly be discharged from their 
 apprenticeship if the Justices of the Inferior Court should approve of 
 the same, and that they be bound, Duresseau to Cannon & Fowler, & 
 J. Chealy to Rolf iV Newman 
 
 Rksolved That the President be re({Uostcd to reinstate Reujamin 
 Philips (now with Mrs Fitzgerald), upon the bounty of this Society. 
 
 Mr. Uees, and Mr Cleland were appointed a committee to examine 
 the situation of the boys for the ensuing month 
 
 Adjournpd 
 
 J. MOHRlSOxN. 
 
 At a meeting of the board of .Managers held at tlic Societys room 
 in the AV^est end of the Academy on Tuesday evening July <». 1S1!> 
 
 Present 
 
 James Morrison Sec'y — 
 Moses Cleland 
 John Lewis — 
 
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 There not being a sufficient number to constitute a board the meet- 
 ing was adjourned to the next meeting in Course — 
 
 JAMES MORRISON 
 
 Sec'y 
 
 At a meeting of the Board of Managers of the Union Society held 
 at the Societys room at the West end of the Academy Tuesday even- 
 ing August o. 1819 
 
 Present John Hunter ['resident 
 Dr Moses Sheftall 
 Frederick Herb. 
 James Morrison Sec'y 
 There not being a sufficient number present to constitute a board 
 the same was adjourned — 
 
 JAMES MORRISON 
 Sec'y 
 
 At a meeting of the Board of Managers to Union Society held 
 at the Societys room in the west end of the Academy, Tuesday even- 
 ing September 8th 1819. 
 
 Present John Hunter President 
 James Morrison Sec'y — 
 There not being a sufficient number present to constitute a board, 
 the meeting was adjourned 
 
 JAMES MORRISON 
 
 Sec'y 
 
 At a meeting of the Board of Managers of the Union Society held 
 at the Societys room in the West end of the Academy Tuesday even- 
 ing October 5 1819. 
 
 Present John Hunter Prcs't 
 Dr Moses Sheftall 
 Frederick Herb 
 John Lewis 
 Moses Cleland 
 James Morrison Sec'y 
 The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed — 
 Mr. Morrison having to attend a meeting of Council was excused 
 for the evening — 
 
 Edmund Walsh who was formerly on the bounty of this institution, 
 having returned to this place and wishing to serve the remainder of 
 his time to the painting business, the President is hereby authorised 
 to engage him with a suitable person for that purpose 
 
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 The Visiting Committee having reported that the boys appear to 
 stroll more iu the streets than seems proper it is therefore 
 Resolved, 
 
 That in future they be confined in 
 
 the Academy, except those who may be required to attend market in 
 the morning before breakfast, and a reasonable time for relaxation in 
 the afternoon after School hours — 
 
 \'isitiug Committee — John Lewis Fre'dk Herb- 
 Adjourned — 
 
 At a meeting of the Board of Managers to the Union Society held 
 at the Societys Room in the West end of the Academy on Tuesday 
 evening Nov: 2d. 181!). 
 
 Present Moses Cleland 
 
 Frederick Herb — 
 John Lewis — 
 There not being a sufficient number present to constitute a board 
 the meeting was adjourned to the next regular meeting iu course — 
 
 At a meeting of the Board of Managers of the Union Society held 
 at the Societys room in the West end of tlie Academy on Tuesday 
 evening December 7th ISIO. 
 
 Present John Hunter President 
 
 James Bilbo Vice President: 
 John Lewis 
 Frederick Herb 
 Moses Cleland 
 James Morrison Sec'ty — 
 The minutes of the two last meetings were read and confirmed — 
 The Petition of Michael Brown to become a member of this 
 Society was read a second time, and he was unanimously admitted a 
 member of the Society 
 
 Re.solved that the President be reijuested to call on the several 
 Clergymen in this city, and request them to preach charity sermons 
 in their respective churches for the benefit of the Society — 
 
 The President appointed Josiah Pentield one of the Board of 
 Managers to supply the vacancy occasioned by the removal of Kben- 
 ezer S. Recs — 
 
 The visiting committee reported that they had not observed much 
 improvement in the boys on the bounty of the Institution since the 
 last meeting 
 
 Resolved That Moses Cleland & Josiah Penfield be the visiting 
 committee for the months of December & January — 
 Adjourned 
 
 JAMES MORRISON 
 
 Sec'y 
 
89 
 
 At a meeting of the Board of Managers of tlic TTnion Society 
 Jan'y 4. 1820— 
 
 Present, Frederick Herb Pres Pro Tern — 
 Moses Clelaud 
 John Lewis — 
 Josiah Pen field — 
 James ^Morrison Sec'y — 
 The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed — 
 There being no business before the Board the same was adjourned — 
 
 JAIMES MORRISON, 
 
 Scc'y 
 At a meeting of the Board of Managers of the Union Society, held 
 at the Sociotys room in the West end of the Academy on Tuesday eve- 
 ning February 1 1820. 
 
 Present John Hunter President 
 John Lewis 
 James Morrison Sec'y 
 There not being a sufficient number present the board adjourned to 
 the next regular meeting — 
 
 Adjourned 
 
 J. MORRISON 
 
 Sec'y 
 At a meeting Df the Board of Managers of the Union Society, held 
 at the Societys room in the West end of the Academy Tuesday eve- 
 ning March 7 1820 
 
 Pr(5sent John Hunter President 
 
 James Bilbo Vice President. 
 Frederick Herb. 
 John Lewis 
 Dr. Moses Sheftall 
 3Ioses Cleland 
 James Morrison Sec'y — 
 The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed — 
 The President reported that the collections in the several churches 
 had been made and that he had received from the 
 
 Presbyterian Church §428-12 ^ 
 
 Christs Church 07 62J 
 
 Methodist Church G8„5G 
 
 Amounting i n ;il 1 to 8589„3 1 
 
 Rksot,vki), That, Messrs Cleland ifc Lewis be a committee to con- 
 sult with Mr Carr on the subject of a reduction of the annual amount 
 12 
 
90 
 
 to be paid for the support of * the Boys on the bounty of this institu 
 tioD, and that they be requested to report at the next quarterly meet- 
 ing 
 
 *********** 
 
 There being no other business before the Board, tho same was ad- 
 journed untill the next reguhir meeting — 
 
 Adjourned 
 
 JAMES MORRISON 
 
 Sec'y — 
 At a meeting of the Board of Managers of the Union Society held 
 at the Society's Hall on Tuesday evening April 4th ls2(i 
 Present .lolni Iluuter President 
 Moses Cleland 
 Frederick Herb 
 John Lewis 
 Josiah l^cnfield 
 James Morrison Sec'y 
 The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed 
 The Committee appointed to confer with Mr Carr on the subject of 
 u reduction of the amount paid him for the support of the boys, report, 
 That they had agreed with 3Ir Carr to support & instruct the boys on 
 the bounty of this Institution for one hundred and lil'ty Dollars per 
 annum each, to commence at the expiration of this (juarter 
 
 The following accounts havuig been open on the Ijcdger for many 
 years, the Board directed to be ballanccd, believing that some of them 
 had been paid, and that the remainder never could be collected, or 
 that the persons from Avhom they might be collected were themselves 
 objects of Charity — 
 
 Estate Noble W. Jones... 0.02 Est. R Leake LOO 
 
 Estate of W. (iil)bons L50 Est. A :McCradie 74.8S 
 
 Estate of John Morel! r)4.()() Est. J. B. Young 180.0!) 
 
 Estate of Samuel Beecroft Oll.ill Est. Pt. Bolton 4.25 
 
 Est of (jleorgo lloustoun.. 4.85 Est. Jno Tebcau O.oO 
 
 Estate of F. Fahni 4.25 Est. Jiio Rcntz 1.25 
 
 Estate of John Armour... ;5.50 Est. JOdward Harden 1.12 
 
 Estate of Jno D.Dickinson :J2.00 Estate of James Alger.... 10.50 
 Estate of John (Jrommet. 10.75 Estate of Levi Shcitall.... 1415.72 
 
 Estate of John ({lass 430.72 Peter U Morel 14.50 
 
 Estate of James Robertson 44.00 William 11 Spencer....!.... 2!».00 
 
 Estate of Z IIor.skins 20.00 Charles Oding.sell 2.00 
 
 Edward Lloyd 120.27 Joseph Clay..' 12.00 
 
 Slaughter Cowling 12.00 John N. Hrailsford 122.02 
 
 John llowcl 08.00 James Mcintosh *.. 140.07 
 
 Richard Wall 40.00 Benjamin Wall ;i7.50 
 
 John P. Oates 04.50 Morris Miller 50.05 
 
91 
 
 James Mao;ee 38.00 Estate Peter Ward 27.40 
 
 Thomas Schley 4.00 Christian Gugel 1.00 
 
 Alexanders, lloe 2.50 (iriffin L. Lamkin 10.00 
 
 Richard Leake lo.-'iO Samuel Williams S.OO 
 
 D.I). Williams (i2.r)0 John (Jrimcs (J2.80 
 
 John F Everett 40.00 William Maxwell 4().60 
 
 R T. Fljming 7.50 P. D. Woolhopter X.fiO 
 
 Lewis Cooper 20.00 James Boyle o7.35 
 
 Enoch M-***^^' 42.15 Walter lloe 20.85 
 
 Charles Eritot 4.50 John J Evans 29.50 
 
 W.B.Barnes 4S.50 William Lloyd 31.50 
 
 J. Dufaure 40.00 Murdoch McLeod 43.00 
 
 .John E. llartridge 50 John Wallace (5.00 
 
 Jacob Hcrsman 22.00 Kdward Stebbins 25.50 
 
 John Gibbons 3.50 (Jeorge V. Proctor 22,50 
 
 The petition of Lazarus Petty to become a member of this Society 
 was read the first time, and laid over to the next meeting — 
 Adjourned 
 
 J. MOUllISON 
 
 Scc'y 
 At a meeting of the Board of Managers of the Union Society,, 
 held at the Societys Hall on Tuesday evening May 2. 1820 — 
 Present John Hunter President. 
 Dr. Sheftall 
 Moses Cleland 
 Joseph George 
 John Lewis • 
 , James Morrison Sec'y Pro Tern 
 
 The Board proceeded to the election of Jiazarus Petty when upon 
 
 counting the votes he was elected, his petition having been read at 
 
 the last meeting — 
 
 The first annual payment to this Society, & the Female Assylum 
 from Mr Bour((uin, for Hills Bridge, having become due on the 17th 
 April, and no part of it having been paid — Hesolved That the 
 President be required to apply to 31 r. Bourquin for the money, and 
 that the amount when received be vested in stock for the benefit of 
 
 the Society — 
 
 The following persons were appointed the visiting committee for the 
 months of 3Iay & June — viz Dr M Sheftall & Joseph George — 
 
 Adjourned 
 
 J. MORRISON 
 Sec'y. P. T. 
 
92 
 
 (Here ends the Minute Book of the Board of Managers — and from this time to 
 April 1st, 1828, tbere are no minutes whatever in the possession of the Societ}-.) 
 (The books now in our possession besides the Minute Books are — 
 
 Ledper and Journal No. 3 (G qr Cap) 1802 to 1810. 
 
 Led per No. -4 (12 qr Cap) 1810tol824. 
 
 Ledper No. r» (•: qr Caji) 1823 to 1832. 
 
 Repisiry Book of Beneficiaries (2 qr Med. -] bound) 
 Book of Rules and Signatures of Members, (j'qr Demy ibd) 1808 to 1837. 
 Cash Book, (4 qr. Royal 4to,) kept by President Fay and now continued 
 
 by Treasurer Courvoisie.) 
 Minute Book (Demv C qr.) new, opened in 1858. 
 Registry Book of Boys, " " " " 
 
 Repistrv Book of Members, " " " 1859. 
 
 Ledger\l2j crown) " " " " 
 
 Bdok of Rules and signatures of members 8vo opened in 18r>Jt with printed 
 lists of memlicrs and officers as far as could be ascertained. 
 
 (Ledgers I and 2 arc missing, also a "Blotter" referred to in Journal No. 3.) 
 (The Society has also in its possession the Copperplate of Certificates of 
 Membership referred to in the earlier minutes; also some U(J copies of the 
 Certificates. Five of these are signed by W. B. Bulloch, Pres., AVilli'm Davics, 
 V. P., John N. Brailsford, Sec; and filled up each with a member's name, and 
 one not filled up signed by Davics P., Jn: Macpherson Berrien V.P. and Brails- 
 ford Sec. 
 
 (There is no seal now in possession of the Society.) 
 
 (We have also, out of the numerou.' sermons and orations that have been 
 delivered and asked for to be depo.^itcd in the archives of the Institution, but 
 one in MS., that of Judge R. M. Charlton.) 
 
 (From Journal to Lahjrr }\o. '-l./or the jmrs 1.S02 to 181U.) 
 8.\VAN.NAii, April 23rd, ISOi'. 
 1. Cash uew Account Dr to Cash olil Account. I\ir bal- 
 ance of said account paid by Matthew McAllister, late 
 President, to .)o.«oph llabershani elected President 
 
 this day • ..PJ5.44 
 
 For amount received from sundry members this 
 •lay, and for which they have, severally, been 
 credited in Lcd<;er No. 2 l()().8o /Jdl.TD 
 
 Sundry Accounts Drs. 
 
 1. To Cash — viz: 
 
 1). Disbursements for Children for this sum paid Lydia 
 ]Myers for tuition of Abraham & Henry (Jilbert and 
 Mary Lacie, each one <|uartcr !l. — 
 
 4 Contingent Expenses : I'or this sum paid Peter S. 
 Laffitte for his Salary as Secretary to the Union 
 Society for one year cndiiiu- tliis day (U). — (ill. — 
 
 L'C. 
 
 4 . Contingent expenses I^r. 
 
 1. To Cash : for this sum paid Kdward White, Steward, 
 beiD" the amount of expenses on the Anniversary, ex- 
 clusive of the sum paid in by members on that day.... 82.50 
 
93 
 
 ^1 . 
 
 7 Subscription for Building an Exchange in Savannah... Dr 
 1 To Cash : for this sum paid Thomas Pitt Secretary, for 
 
 Instalment on two shares No 133 & 134 40. — 
 
 May 18. 
 
 !> Disbursements for Children Dr. 
 
 1 To Cash : for the sum paid John (i . Williamson the 
 amount of K. Yarnell's account of sundry articles of 
 clothing 12. — 
 
 Savannah, Juno 21st 1802. 
 
 i> Disbursements for Children Dr, 
 
 1. To Cash. For this sum paid William F. Port for tuition 
 of John (Tilbert, Thomas McLain, Daniel Baas, Thomas 
 Steel, AVilliam Patterson, Thomas Patterson, William & 
 John Randolph, one (juartcr due on the 15th in- 
 stant 3(5. — 
 
 Abraham Gilbert •] quarter due at the same 
 
 time 2.25 
 
 Paper, Ink & Quills 2.— 40.25 
 
 September 15. 
 
 Disbursements for Children Dr. 
 
 1 To Cash. For this sum paid William F. Port, for one 
 
 Quarters Tuition, due this day, of John Gilbert, Thomas 
 McLain, Daniel Baas, Thomas Steel, William l*arker, 
 Thomas Patterson, Abraham Gilbert, William Ran- 
 dolph, & John Randolph, at ^4,^ each 40.50 
 
 I»aper, Ink & Quills 2.— 42.50 
 
 October 20. 
 
 Disbursements for Children Dr. 
 
 1 To Cash. For six months Tuition of Henry (filbert it 
 
 Mary Mannon due on the 23d instant to Mrs. Lydia 
 
 Myers 12. — 
 
 Savannah, March 22nd 1803. 
 
 Sundry Accounts Drs. 
 
 1. To Cash viz: — 
 
 7 Subscription for Building an Hxchaugc in Savannah. 
 For this sum paid Thomas Pitt, Secretary; for an in- 
 stalment on two shares, No. 133 <fc 134 40. — 
 
 0. Disbursements for Children. For this sum paid Willium 
 
 F. Port for tuiti<in 20. — 
 
 06.— 
 
91 
 
 Savannah in GKoimiA 17th January 1805 
 
 7 Subscription for Iiuil(lin<x an Exchange Dr to C:ush 
 135 
 
 paid Thomas Pitt for an instalment on 2 shares 12.00 
 
 Savannah in Georgia 1 April 1S05 
 
 <i Sundry Accounts Dr To Stock for leaving the Society 
 this day without permission 
 
 13S William Davies for amo't his fine 1.0(t 
 
 88 Charles Odingsells " " l.UO 
 
 114 Zachariah llorskins " " l.OO 
 
 82 Thumas M . Woodbrid-o, '• 1 .00 
 
 ll(j .lames K. Houston '' '• 1.00 
 
 85.00 
 
 l;)5 Cash Dr To Donation Account for 
 
 l.'i'.l 
 
 this sum received from Harack (libbons Executor of 
 William (Jibbons Jun'r in full for a Legacy left the 
 Society by the said W. Gibbons 100.00 
 
 Savannau in Georgia 28 April 1800 
 
 Sundry Accounts Dr to Cash 
 
 4 Contingent Expenses for 
 
 paid 1\ S. Laffittc 1 years salary (»0:UO 
 
 1) Disbursements for (Miildren for 
 
 paid D ct C (lugel for Clothing &C 20:0(;', 
 
 paid W. F. Port for Schooling l(»ii.S7i 
 
 paid.!. La wson for Clothing &C :!2.:{7A 210.31} 
 
 139 Donation Account. 
 
 rec'd from Thomas Dechenaux 20. UO 
 
 Savannah in Gkoucjia 23d Ajiril 1SU7 
 
 135 Sundry Accounts Dr To Cash as per the Presidents 
 Account Current laid before the Society this day viz: 
 
 4 Contingent Expenses for 
 
 paid Everett J IMcLean for printing 3:00 
 
 paid Mr I'etit a balance due liini on fhc Anni- 
 versary dinner (»5:00 
 
 paid Seymour i\: Woulliopteribr printing (irOO 
 
 j)aid .1 lleley for printing 0:75 
 
 l»aid S. P. i/iilitte 1 years salary (50:00 
 
 paid W. D. ]}nlloeh for having blank Certifi- 
 cates struck in New York 1 5:;>7 ] 1 5!t I 'l.js 
 
 Disbursements for Children for 
 
 paid Mr. Port for Schooling 203:75 
 
95 
 
 paid Mrs Myers fordo 10:50 
 
 paid Mr Lawson for Clothing &C furnished the 
 
 Children 35:00 249.25 
 
 Savannah in Georgia 23d April 1808 
 Disbursements for Children Dr to Cash 
 
 paid W. F. Port for Schooling 238: 12J 
 
 paid Mrs McGavar for ditto 20:00 
 
 paid J. Lawson for Clothing 148: 85 406. 07J- 
 
 May— 23d 1808. 
 Sundry Accounts Dr to Stock 
 173 for amount of fines this day '^ Blotter* which have been , 
 
 debited to their respective Accounts in Ledger 18. — 
 
 Savannah Georgia 24th April 1809 — 
 
 4 Contingent Expenses Dr to Cash paid P. S. Laffitte 2 yrs 
 
 salary 1-^0,, — 
 
 8 Disbursements for Children Dr to Cash paid 
 
 Wm. F. Port for Schooling 299„37J 
 
 Mrs McGavar 34„ — 
 
 E Stebbins & others for Clothing &C for Child- 
 ren 281„13 (;14„50 
 
 Savannah Georgia 23d April 1810. 
 
 Sundry Accounts Dr to Cash as '^ Presidents Acc't curr't 
 
 of this date viz't 
 Stock — paid the Stewards balance of their Acc'ts last An- 
 niversary Dinner 50„ 
 
 Contingent Expenses paid J N Brailsfordf 5 qrs salary... 187, ,50 
 
 paid Everett and Evans Bill 14.76 
 
 " Mrs Shaw 39.14 
 
 " Job T. Bolles Recording Deeds 21„25 
 
 " Seymour and Woolhopters bill 21. 87J 97„01| 
 
 Disbursements for Children 
 
 paid Taylor (fc Scribners bills 40„50 
 
 " Jno Lawsons bill ^))25 
 
 " J. Cuylers bill 18„27 
 
 " Edw'd Stebbin's bills 442„05 
 
 " Wm F. Port 382„25 
 
 " Mrs McGavar 18,, — 
 
 " Mrs Christie 277,, — 
 
 " Mr Jcnneys bill 33„25 1213„57 
 
 1548„08 
 
 ♦Blotter not tiow in pos,<o.ssion of Ibc Society. , 
 
 +Mr. B. was Secretary in 1S09 nnd ISIO, ai nppoars hy the i«lx Certifloatcs of Mcmbcruhlp 
 above referred to, five of tlieni filled uji and sipied by Bulloch, Pros., Davics, V. P., and 
 Brailsford, Pee,, a.* also appears by tho hand writing in .Tonmal ; and by which it appears .il.'o 
 that he wft.s SccrcUry a part of the year 180S— Mr. B. died July 21 or 20, ISll. 
 
96 
 
 (Ledger No. 4, folio li41, 
 T. V. (Jray, Sec, is credited April 2:{, ISls, liy 1 yrs salary... S2r)0,00 
 Also, on folio 270 James Morrison Scc'y credited 
 
 May 20, 1811> By 1 yrs salary 250,00 
 
 April 3, 1820 Uy 1 yrs salary 1")0,00 
 
 Also, on folio 8o2 Lowell ^lason Scc'y is credited by salary 
 in 1821, '22, and '23, each ir)U,00 
 
 On folio 3;$') is the following account) 
 
 Exchange Shares Pr. Cr. 
 
 1S1<J 
 Jan'y 1. To Interest on 2 Shares for 2 years "^ Cer- 
 
 ti6cates No 87 & 8S 84S — 
 
 June s liy Cash from City Treasurer ?4S — 
 
 1S20 
 
 Jan. 1 To interest on 2 shares for one year "^ 
 
 Certificates No X7 & 88 824 — 
 
 April 22 By (^ash from City Treasurer 824 — 
 
 1821 
 
 Jan'y 1 To interest on 2 shares for one year "^ 
 
 Certificates Nos 8 & 88 824 — 
 
 " I> By Cash from City Trca'r 824 — 
 
 (ITIIMS ntfiM .li'IKNAL 3 CONTlSfED KrBTIIF.n ON.) 
 
 >••♦••< 
 
 RULE S* 
 
 ANI> 
 
 R E G U L A T IONS 
 
 ■ r ■nil: 
 
 Instituted 1150, Jiirurp07-atr(/ ]~^i\. 
 
 £ a ti a n n a <) 
 
 I'UINTKD IIY lIKMtV I". Ill KSr.I.I. 
 
 At a Quart( ill/ Murtliiy of the Union Society, "t the SocUti/'a 
 JIall, on Mondai/ Eivuimj, Jiili/ 10, 1S20. 
 On motion of Stkklk Wiiitk, Es(j. seconded by James Morrison, 
 Esfj. " Resolved, That the Secretary be and he is hereby author- 
 ized under the direction of the Board of Managers, to have digested, 
 the Bulcs of the Society, as they now aro — and to submit the same to 
 the Society, at the next i^uarterly Meeting." 
 
 •From a very binall pamphlet of twelve paged, of which there are aome thirty in our 
 possession. 
 
97 
 
 At II Meetlncf of the Board of Ma»agers of the Union Society, on 
 Tuesday Evening^ Sept. 5, 1820. 
 
 The Secretary presented to the Board, a Digest of the Rules of the 
 Society, iu conforiuity with the Rii^olnfion- of July 10th. Whereupon 
 Resolved, that the Arrangement of the Rules this evening presented 
 by the Secretary, be approved ; and that the same be recommended to 
 the Society at its next regular Meeting, as its permanent Rules and 
 Regulations. 
 
 At a Meeting of the Union Society, on the 2Bd April, 1821 — the »uine 
 being the SevenTY-First ANNIVERSARY : — 
 A Digest of the Rules was presented to the Society, iu conformity 
 with the Resolution of July 10, 1820, which was accepted, adopted 
 as the Constitution of the Society, and ordered to be published, with 
 the names of the members belonging to the Institution. And it was 
 requested that each Member should furnish himself with a Copy. 
 Extract from, the Minutes. 
 
 LOWELL MASON, 
 
 Secretary Union Society. 
 
 RULES, &c. 
 
 Name and Object oj the Society. 
 RULE 1 ...This Society shall be known by the name of the UNION 
 SOCIETY. Its object shall be to support and educate Orphan Boys. 
 
 Boys to be Bound to the Society by Indenture. 
 RULE 2... All Boys received upon the bounty of the Society, 
 Rhall be legally bound to the same by indenture. 
 
 Meetings of the Society. 
 RULE 3. ..The Meetings of the Society shall be Quarterly, viz. : — 
 on the evenings of the second Monday in July, October, and January; 
 and on the morning of the first Monday in April. Each Member, re- 
 siding within the limits of the city, shall attend the quarterly meet- 
 ings; and in default thereof, and on failure to make a satisfactory ex- 
 cuse to the Society, shall be fined in one of the following sums, as 
 the case may be. The President, Three Dollars ; the Vice President, 
 Two Dollars and Twenty-five Cents ; the Secretary, Two Dollars ; the 
 Stewards, One Dollar and Fifty Cents each ; and the private Mem- 
 bers, Fifty Cents, each, except on the first Monday in April, when 
 the fine of a private Member shall be One Dollar 
 
 13 
 
06 
 
 Annivrrmri/. 
 RULl! 4... The Anniversary of the Society, shall be celebrated on 
 the twenty-third day of April, annually, except when tliat tlay shall 
 come 00 Sunday, it shall then take. place on the Monday following. 
 Previous to every Anniversary, the President shall request soiuc one 
 of the Ministers of the Gospel in the city of Savannah, to deliver an 
 appropriate Sermon, or some Member of the Society to pronounce a 
 suitable Oration on that occasion — after which, the Members of the 
 Society shall dine together. The expense nf the Hinnor shall bo 
 defrayed by the Members who dine ; but shall not exceed Three Dol- 
 lars each. Any extra expense shall be made up by absent Members* 
 who shall pay a fine of One l)ollar and Fifty Cents each, unless ex- 
 cused by the Society; and if any Member shall invite company to his 
 house, or accept an invitation to dine out on that day, so as to inter- 
 fere with the arrangements of the Society, he shall pay a fine of Ten 
 Dollars. 
 
 Election fif Ojfictrs. 
 RULE 5. ..There shall bo annually elected, by ballot, on the .Anni- 
 versary, from the Members resident in the city, a President, Vice- 
 President, Secretary, and two Stewards. Any person, who upon an 
 election to either of the foregoing offices, declines serving, shall pay 
 one of the following lines, as the case may be : — the President, five 
 dollars; Vice-President, four dollars: Secretary or Stewards, throt* 
 dollars each. 
 
 Appointment and Duties of a Board of Managers. 
 RULE 6... The President, elect, shall annually, on the Anniver- 
 sary, appoint a Board of Managers, to consist of five members of the 
 Society. The President and A'ice I'resident shall be members of the 
 board ex-officio, and the Secretary of the Society shall also net as Se- 
 cretary to the Hoard. The Board of Managei-s thus formed shall have 
 full power to transact any busine.ss of the Society, for which purpo.s.- 
 they shall meet on the first Tuesday of every month. 
 
 Duties of the President. 
 RULE 7... The President sliall preside at all meetings of the So- 
 ciety and of the Board of Managers; he shall preserve order, and in 
 case of an equal division, have the casting vote, lie shall also act as 
 Treasurer, and to his lieeping shall be committed all mouics, bond.s, 
 notes and specialties belonging to the Society. lie shall annually, uu 
 the Anniversary, report to the Society, its progress and the state of its 
 fands. He shall also exhibit his accounts ns Treasurer, certified to 
 
be correct by a committoe of two memben of tlie Society appointed 
 for that purpose at the Quarterly meeting on the first 3Ionday in April. 
 
 DufieA of the Virc President. 
 
 RULE 8... The Vice-President shall perform the duties of the 
 President in case of his absence from the meetings of the Society, or 
 Board of Managers. 
 
 A Ch'iirman to he appointed in case of the absence of the President 
 r>r Vire-President. 
 
 FiULE tl...lii case of the absence of both President, and Vice 
 J'resident from the Jiseetings of the Society, or Board, a Chairman 
 sli.ill be appointed who shall perform the duties of President for the 
 meeting. 
 
 Duties of the Secretary. 
 
 RULE 10... The Secretary shall notify and attend all meetings of 
 the Society, and of the Board of Managers — keep the minutes and 
 accounts, and perform such other duties as may be required. As a 
 compensation for his services, he shall be allowed the sum of one hun- 
 dred and fifty dollars, per annum. 
 
 Duties uf the Stewards. 
 RULE 11... The Stewards shall attend the anniversary and other 
 meetings of the Society, and provide all necessaries for the same. 
 They shall also perform other duties as the President may require. 
 
 Annual Contribution. 
 RULE 12... Each member of the Society shall annually contri- 
 bute towards its funds, six dollars,(*) which sum, together with all 
 other amounts due to the Society, shall be paid on the anniversary, 
 or on the quarterly meeting previous thereto. 
 
 Admission of Members. 
 RULE 18... Any person desirous of becoming a member of the 
 Society, shall signify the same by petition addressed to the board of 
 managers, who may admit or reject such applicant as they think 
 proper. Each member on his admission, shall subscribe the rules of 
 the Society, and pay into its funds twenty-two dollars and fifty cents; 
 .'ind also pay to the Secretary seventy-five cents for reading his peti- 
 tion and granting a certificate of membership. But in case the son 
 of a person who has been seven years a member, shall apply, he shall 
 be admitted, on paying one h.alf of the usual sum, with full fees to the 
 Secretary. 
 
 •The annual contribntlon wan ohanuert from three to fonr dollars May 23d, 180S, See Jour- 
 Tial 8, fulio 181, and previously; also minutes adopted May 28d, 1808. 
 
Resit/nation uf Membcfs. 
 RULE 14... Any person wishing to resign his mciubcrship, shall 
 signify the same, in writinj.', addres^.sed to the board of managers ; — 
 but such resignation shall not be accepted, until all ucmands against 
 the said person have been paid. 
 
 h'xtiii Mc(tiii<js. 
 RULE 15...Kxtra meetings of the Society may be called by the 
 President, or in his absence, by the Vice-President; — or in the ab- 
 sence of both, by any five mcnibcrs : — And the fine for non atten- 
 dance at meetings thus called, s-hall be the same as at the quarterly 
 meetings. 
 
 Coimnon Seal. 
 RULE 10... The i^ocioly shall have a common seal emblematical of 
 the institution. 
 
 Funerals of Deceased Mcinbers. 
 HULK 17... The Boys supported on the bounty of the Society, 
 shall attend the funeral of a deceased member of the Society, accom- 
 panied by their teacher upon being notified by the Secretary. 
 
 Cuntlnnation of the Sociefj/. 
 RULE 18. ..The Society shall continue as long as there shall be 
 three members living; — but in oa.se there shall be but three, they 
 shall have power to dissolve the Society, and to dispose of its funds, 
 to public charitable uses only. 
 
 Alteratiuii vf these liiths. 
 RULE 19... These rules shall not be altered but at a regular meet- 
 ing of the Society, three months notice of such intended alteration 
 having been previously given. 
 
 illnnijtrs of ttit 53 u ion Sotict]). 
 
 •Vkiii, Fleininn 
 Arm!-troiig. Juiiie.- 
 Hiicon, Ji)»eph 
 Berrien, .John M, 
 Bilbo, JiimcH 
 Bond, Samuel M. 
 Hollon, .John 
 Brown, Michael 
 Bnien, .John II. 
 Bulloih, Willluni li. 
 Bulloch, James S. 
 Bulloch, .lohii r. 
 Carnnchnn, .John 
 I'barlton, T. t'. 1'. 
 ("lark, Thomas 
 Clark, Joseph mil 
 Cleland, Mosus 
 ('ope, Aduin 
 
 April 1st, 1,^22. 
 
 Habenihani, Kobt. 
 llabersihnm. Josej)!! 
 Habersham, Jo.s. t". 
 Harden, lulward 
 Harris, Charles 
 JIall, Durham T. 
 Herb, Fred. 
 Herb, (Seorne 
 Herbert, Mose.- 
 Howe, Asahel 
 Hollis, Silas 
 Hunter, John 
 .Jones, George 
 Joyner, Wm. H. 
 Isaac. Hobert 
 Kcll, John 
 Kelsoy, Chivrlus 
 l.4iwrenco, Josiah 
 
 Nieoll, John C. 
 Neir, William 
 I'arker, Wm. 
 I'almes, Georpo I'". 
 I'enliel.l, Joslab 
 I'etty, L. 
 I'ind'er. Jos. W. 
 Pol hill, Thos. 
 I'olock, Davi.l 
 Kead, Ja-s. IJ. 
 Keed, Ellas 
 Kecs, E. S. 
 Koma, F. 
 IJoberts, John J. 
 Kulhcrford, N. G. 
 S<<)tt, Jos. A. 
 Schuuk, S. C. 
 Semnics, Andrew <; 
 
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 Cope, Geo. L, 
 Conen, Isaac 
 Courvoise, Francif 
 Crane, John 
 Gumming, John 
 Cuthbert, Alfred 
 Daniel, Wm. C. 
 Davies, William 
 T>e. Villei-s, P. 
 Densler, Fred. 
 Eppinger, Jame.s 
 Farics, Geo. O. 
 Fahm, Jacob 
 Fell, Fred. S. 
 Fuerth, L. 
 Gale, W". 
 Gaston, Win. 
 George, Jos. 
 Glenn, George 
 Grant, Joseph 
 Gray. T. V. 
 Griggs. Samuel 
 Gugel, David 
 Guge), Daniel 
 Guerard, Peter 
 Havden, C. H. 
 Habersham. Bicbd. W. 
 
 Lewis, John 
 Leach, B. W. 
 Lloyd, John F. 
 Low, Andrew- 
 Low, George 
 Maurel, Charles 
 Maxwell, Jos. 
 Mason, Lowell 
 M'Henrv, James 
 M'Call, Hugh 
 M'Allister, Matthew 
 M'Leod, Donald 
 M'Leod, Murdoch 
 M'Nish, John 
 M'Konkey, D. M. 
 M'Kinnori. John 
 Mitchell, Peter 
 Mitchell, David li. 
 Miller, Jacob 
 Miller, John 
 Miller, Joseph 
 Morrall, John 
 Morel, John II. 
 Morel, Thomas N. 
 Morel. John 
 Morrison, James 
 Nichols, Abraham 
 
 Sheftall, SheftsU 
 Sheftall, Moses 
 Sheftall, Benjamin 
 Shellman, Jno. 
 Shaffer, Jacob 
 Shick, John 
 Shad, Solomon 
 Smith, Archibald 
 Smith, Wm. 
 Spencer, Wm. J. 
 Stone, F. M. 
 Tattnall, Edward F. 
 Telfair, Alexander 
 Thompson, Wm. 11. 
 Tuft.s, Gardner 
 Watts, Robert 
 Wallace, Norman 
 Wayne, Richard 
 Wayne. Jas. M. 
 Wayne, Wm. C. 
 Welman, F. H. 
 White, Steele 
 Williams, 3. 8. 
 Williamson, John P. 
 Wright, Thorns.'* 
 Young, Thoma.i 
 
 UNION SOCIETY. 
 
 INSTITUTED A. D. 1750. 
 //.< Object The Support oj Orpha n Boy». 
 
 QUARTERLY MEETINGS. 
 
 On the second ]^onday in July, at 8 o'clock, P. M. — Fine lor nou-aticndauco 50 Cts. 
 On the second Monday in Oct., at 7 o'clock, P. M. — Fine for non-attendance 50 Ct«. 
 On the second Monday in Jan., at 7 o'clock, P. M. — Fine for non-attendance 50 Ct3. 
 On the first Monday in April, at 10 o'clock. A. M. — Fine for non-attend.ince 1 Dol. 
 
 ANNIVERSARY. 
 
 On the 28cl. of April, fine for uon-attendancc 50 Cts. Fine for non- 
 attendance at tlie Anniversary Dinner, 81. oU. 
 "If any member shall invite company to his house, or accept an in- 
 vitation to dine out on that day, (the Anniversary) so as to interfere 
 with the arrangements of tlio 8ocioty, ho shall jtay a tine of .^1 ••. — Ex. 
 trad from Ruh: Atlt. 
 
 Contribution. 8ix Dollars annually, payable on tiie tir.^t Monday in 
 .\)iril. 
 
 /io_y.< Suj)portr(/ ill/ till Sffcut^, April 'IXll. ISli'i. 
 
 .lohn Mc'Latrgen, aged 14 years, born in Scotland. 
 
 .\bner Towiisend, 
 Lewis Trevoyer, 
 Samuel K. liuffal.. 
 Joseph Wilson. 
 Kdwin WiLsou. 
 Ii(jbert Trout. 
 
 Georii.t. 
 
 -New York. 
 ( iC(ir(ri:i, 
 
102 
 
 ^fcmbers of (he Societi/, April 3, 1826. 
 
 Andanon, George W 
 AuM, Joseph 
 Bulloch, W. B. 
 Bnlloch, J&naet S. 
 Butler, Thomas. 
 Charlton, T. I'. IV 
 (lark, Tbiiu)a&. 
 ('leland, Mo»es. 
 ("ope, Adam. 
 Coiic. George L. 
 Co«, George \V. 
 Cohen, Isaac. 
 Cooper, Win. 
 Cunimlnp. Goorgc C. 
 Cuyler, Wni. JI. 
 Da vies, Wm. 
 Panlcl, Wm. ( . 
 Pavlilson. Ji>hii. 
 I)e ViUcr.". 1'. 
 IVLyon, Isaar 
 IVLvon, Levi s. 
 iJX'von, Abraham I. 
 Dc Lnmotta, J. 
 Kpplnper, James. 
 Kahm, Jacob 
 Karltfs, George G. 
 Kell, F. S. 
 
 Foster. Andrew, Jr. 
 Fort. EU.is. 
 (Taston. Wm. 
 (xale, W. 
 (tray. T. V. 
 George. Joseph. 
 Glen, George. 
 Griggs, Samuel. 
 Girodon, L. 
 Gugel, Daniel. 
 Greene, IL D. 
 
 Gur.i.jn W. W. 
 Harris. Charlfv 
 IlaliersiUam, U. W. 
 Habersh.im, Kobcrt, 
 Habersiham, Jo!K!ph. 
 Haber>linni, Joseph C 
 Henry. J. V. 
 llartridge. Charles. 
 Hardt-n. K'lward. 
 Hayden. C. !l. 
 Herb. Frederick. 
 Higgins C. A. 
 Hovt. C. H. 
 Helncniann, F. W. 
 How, :«. 15. 
 Jone.H. (toorge. 
 Jenner, Wni. 
 JohnMun, (tcorge H. 
 .lohnston. James. 
 I.Tw rence. Jostak 
 I^np. John W. 
 Litiiiar, G. U. 
 MWish. John. 
 M.ison, Lowell. 
 Miller. Jacob. 
 Morel, Thomas'N. 
 Morel, John. 
 Morel, John H. 
 Morrison. James. 
 Mvers. .M. 
 .M.nrHhall, Wm. P. 
 M"lntire, Charles. 
 Nieoll, JohnC. 
 Nichols. Abraham. 
 Parker, Wni. 
 Palmes. 0. F. 
 PcnIU-Ul. Joslah. 
 
 Pettv. L. 
 r,irk"in.in, 3. B. 
 r-r;,r. A. 
 l;< J !, >lsTnc5 B 
 i:' 1. Kii.-i!. 
 i;-M. iiueii. 
 ;; .•:..:rord. x. G. 
 "cll, c. w. 
 ' -. Jacob. 
 .1. Mojfcs. 
 . fheftall. 
 ... Benjamin. 
 
 .^. 6. C. 
 
 .-'{..'Ilman. John. 
 ~liicl;, John. 
 Smith, Archibald, 
 jcudilcr, John. 
 ?cudder. Amos. 
 ^ .rrel. F. 
 
 - . ::. w. 
 -• ■ . U.K. 
 
 . '11, James P. 
 ii.:tnall, Kd. F. 
 I'llulr, Alexander. 
 Tliompson, Wra. It 
 Waters, John. 
 ■Wsvne, James M. 
 Wayne. W. C. 
 Wallace, Norman. 
 Welman. F. H. 
 Williams, !?. ^. 
 Williamson. John P. 
 Willi;inis Wm. T. 
 Waldburg. G. M. 
 W.ildburg. Jacob. 
 Willeo.x, Jacob. 
 Y.'ung. Thoms!-.— Total 113. 
 
 (From Minute Book, G cjr Mediuiu, opeued April 1st. 18.!8. and coutinued in uao 
 uninterruptedly until the last Anniversary, 1858.) 
 
 {From JWsi,lcnt AV.c<//*.s- licjjort, Aj>n7 '23(/, 1828.) 
 No cliange in the nuiubcr of the objects of the bounty of the So- 
 ciety or of their situation ha^ taken place .since the hi.st Anniversary — 
 Their number is a.s was then, six. Tlieir tuition is still received at 
 the Free School, and they continue under the immediate charge of 
 Mrs. Cooper who devotes her attention to them with the paiue kind- 
 ness and acceptablencss as heretofore. 
 
 (The unfinary receipts and expenditures per unnnui at this time ap- 
 pear to have been about .^!)00. Total licccipts this year, with 
 S41>8::J5 balance IVoni last, 82,27;i:12.5 . Total ]v\penditure, §1,725:03 . 
 — balance carried forward to next year §547:10 '.) 
 
 {From Frritofrut 'XicoH's Report, Apr if 23(/, 1829.) 
 It may hiAvcver be considered certain, that uidess the sources of ex- 
 penditiircs be increased, a sum oxceedini; SlUOU will remain on hand 
 at the expiration of the year — It therefore becomes a matter of inter- 
 esting iutjuiry whether it be advisable to husband these resources or 
 a portion of them by some profitable investment, or to employ tlu-m 
 
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 in the maintenance and education of a further number of objects 
 worthy of charity. Should our funds be applied exclusively to the 
 latter purpose, although the amount of our charity may be immediate- 
 ly increased, it will be so but temporarily, and must from the exhaus- 
 tion of its means become speedily restricted. The present accumu. 
 latiou of funds, is by no means an indication of continuing prosperity, 
 but is the result of the sale of lands whose proceeds ought perhaps, 
 from the object of their donation, to be converted into a permanent 
 fund for the support of the Society, and the accomplishment of its 
 benevolent designs, which, should those funds be immediately exhaust- 
 ed, will be left to depend entirely upon the contributions of the mem- 
 bers, and the contingent and uncertain bounty of future donors. Yet 
 at the same time, in as much as objects whose claims upon the benev- 
 olence of the institution may be as strong as those of such as shall at 
 a future period appeal for aid, may present themselves, it might not 
 comport with an enlightened and just charity that those should be en- 
 tirely postponed for the benefit of others, and the society deny itself 
 the performance of a certain for a future and contingent good. It 
 is desirable therefore, that the Society should indicate its wishes upon 
 the Subject, and what, should it determine upon an investment, shall 
 be its amount and mode. 
 
 Sav 23d April 1829 Signed JNO. C. NICOLL. 
 
 (At the 81st Anniversary, April 23d, 1831, after election of officers, 
 Geo. AV. Anderson, President, and F. Sorrel, Vice President, the 
 following resolution was unanimously passed.) 
 
 Resolved That so much of the Constitution as relates to dinner 
 be abolished 
 
 (The boys (12) were this year sent to Springfield, Effingham 
 county. See President's Report in 1832.) 
 
 (April 23d, 1832 ; the above resolution, offered by Rev. Mr. White 
 at the last Anniversar}', and as amended by Mr. Sorrel, April 2d, 
 1832, was taken up and passed, as follows:) 
 
 Resolved that the Constitution of this Society be so amended 
 aa to abolish fines for non attendance at the Anniversary dinner and 
 .'dso all fines for Quarterly meetings with the exception of the meet- 
 ing on the first Monday in April Annually and the anniversary 
 meeting — 
 
 The following resolution was offered by Doctor Sheftall aa an 
 Amendment to the latter clause of Mr. Sorrel's resolution and was 
 adopted viz 
 
 Resolved that, the fine for noa attendaDce at the meeting od the 
 
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 fir?;t monday in April Annually be one dollar, and for the Anniver- 
 sary meeting one dollar and fifty centf. 
 
 {From Report of Pnsidvn( Sorrd, April 'I'itl, 183;). ) 
 Our late fellow Citizen, Thomas Younp, Esquire, a regretted member 
 of this Society, who died in August last, has by his last will and tes- 
 tament bequeathed to the Prcsidont :ind Vice President of the 
 L'nion Society the sutu uf oOUOJ, in Trust, to be invested in Bank 
 Stock, or other securities, at Interest, for the benefit of said Society. 
 The interest accruiuL' thereon only to be used in promoting the be- 
 nevolent designs of the Institution. The Principal to be kept for 
 ever entire and untouched ; It is uncertain when this legacy shall 
 be made available ; I have been informed that it may not bo before 
 two or three years. The four shares uf Exchange Stock owned by 
 the Society having been called in by the City Council for redemption, 
 they were accordingly surrendered and the sum (if TO'ii? received 
 for Principal and Interest. 
 
 (At the Anniversary dinner, April 28d. 1833,; 
 
 The Following Sentiment was offered by Samuel B. Parkmau, E.**- 
 quire, and adopted as one of the Regular Toasts of the Society, viz : 
 
 The Memory of Mordecai Sheftall, Josiah Powell, John Martin A: 
 John Stirk, who preserved the existence of this Society with all it.-^ 
 rights and privileges, by holding regular meetings and keeping the 
 -Snniversaries of the Society, for three years, while detained prisoner? 
 of War at Sunbury. 
 
 (At an e.vtra meeting of the Board of .Managers, July L"Jth, 1833.) 
 
 The President informed the Board that he had summoned them to 
 attend this meeting for the purpose of aiding him by their advice, 
 in properly noticing a donation of 500 Dollars, received from Mr. A. 
 A. Suares, a former pupil of the Society, & who has also requested to 
 be admitted a member of the Institution. Whereupon 
 
 The following Resolution was offered by A. Barclay. Esqr., and 
 Seconded by X. Wallace, Esqr. 
 
 Resolved. That a Committee of Two be appointed of whom the 
 President shall he one, with power to appoint a colleague, to ac- 
 knowledge the receipt of Mr. Suares' Letter & donation, and forward 
 to him a diploma of Membership for life, neatly framed, and that a 
 time be appointed by .said Committee for Mr Suares to sign the Rules 
 k Regulations of the Society. 
 
 The President then appointed Anthony Barclay. Esqr., to act with 
 him. 
 
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 (The following letter was addressed to Mr. Suares.) 
 
 Savannah, July 30th 1833 
 A. A. Snares Esq — 
 
 Sir, 
 The President of the Union Society in this City, having laid before the 
 Board of Managers your letter of the 27t!i Inst, addressed to him, covering a 
 Donation of Five Hundred Dollars to the Society, requesting to be ad- 
 mitted a member of the same, and desiring to be informed when & where you 
 could subscribe your name ; wc, the undersigned, were thereupon appointed 
 a Committee, to express to you the sincere thanks of the Society, for your 
 raunifficent remembrance, and the gratification they will experience in receiv- 
 ing you as a member. For the purpose of enrolling your name, we beg to 
 trouble you, to call at the office of the President, where the Books of the So- 
 ciety are deposited, any morning which may be convenient to you, between 
 the hours of 8 and 9. 
 
 The Society feel the greater gratification in accepting and recording this 
 token of your liberality, because they are persuaded the exercise of the emo- 
 tions of a generous and grateful heart confers the highest happiness on the in- 
 •lividual from whom they spring. 
 
 In compliance with our insi ructions, we have the further satisfaction of 
 presenting you a Diploma of membership for life, which will accompany this 
 letter — 
 
 We have the honour to subscribe ourselves 
 Sir, Very Sincerely 
 
 Your much obliged & 
 
 Most Ob Servants 
 
 FRANCIS SORREL 
 Free. U. Society. 
 ANTH'. BARCLAY. 
 
 {Froi7i the President's Report, April 23rt', 1834.) 
 Gentlemen of the Union Society, the past year has been remark- 
 able for some of the most interestinir incidents which have ever oc- 
 furred in the history of the Institution. Mr A. A. Suares now of 
 Louisiana but formerly ;i pupil of this Society, on a visit to this City 
 last year, presented a donation of 8500 in aid of j'our funds — no cir- 
 cumstance could bo inoro creditable to the Institution, or more hon- 
 ourable to the beneficiary. In his prosperity he has not forgotten 
 the Institution from which he received the education which was the 
 basis of his fortune. At the time of making this liberal donation, 
 Mr Suares requested to be admitted a member of the Society — The 
 Hoard of Managers wishing to notice in a distingui.shing manner this 
 first act of remembrance from a pr(sp3rou3 beneficiary, admitted him, 
 without requiring the payment of the admission money and left him 
 al liberty tx) pay the annual contribution or not as he might think 
 fit — This being contrarj' to the Rules & Regulations I respectfully 
 solicit that you will by a special resolution approve k confirm the 
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 act ot" the managers that it may not he availed ol" as a precedent. 
 The next occurrence is the recollection of this Society hy f"^' who. 
 when a resident ot" this his native city, was foremost in promotintr the 
 benevolent designs of this association. John Bolton K.^qviirc of New 
 York, remitted me last fall ihi' sum of 2((^ for the u-se of the So- 
 ciety — The last incident 1 shall brinu to your notice, and by far 
 the mo.st gratifying, is what you have this day .seen and heard — 
 (lentlemen, you have been addressed on the present Anniversaj-}- oc- 
 casion by one who has shared in your benefaction I I .-iiall imt en- 
 large or detain you on this very interesting occurrence — if you feel 
 as I do, cS: I have no doubt you do. we shall make new resolutions 
 to be more active in promoting the advantages of education to those 
 unfortunate Orphans wh(» are thrown upon our charity, and draw 
 fresh encouragement from the renewed proofs ol' the blessings, which 
 the Union Society under Providence, has conferred upon the father- 
 less. 
 
 On -Motion oi' Dr Head, .seconded by W H. lUillodi 
 It was unanimously hesolved that for the high gratification 
 which the Society have derived from the celebration of this Anni- 
 versary, they are principally indebted to the orator ol the day, who. 
 with so much Candour, Simplicity, and eloquence, l)oili by example 
 «& by precept illustrated the advantages of the Institution. Where- 
 upon it is moved that the cordial thanks ol' the Society be present- 
 ed, with a copy of this resolution, to Colonel Howell Cobb, for the 
 kind feelings which induced him to meet the Society on this day \- 
 for hi.s appropriate iV Klocjueul Oration ; with a request that he will 
 confer a further favour on the Society, by furnishing a copy there- 
 of to be preserved in the Archives of the Society. 
 
 On Motion of Jno C. Nicoll K.sqr, .seconded by (uHu-gc Jones. 
 It was unanimously resolved That, Colonel ILnveii Cobli he ad- 
 mitted an Honorary member oi" the Society. 
 
 Resolve!*, that the Keporl of the President be :ie<;epled A llie 
 thanks of the Society be presented to him A: the Hoard ol .Man:i- 
 gers for the management of the aftairs of the I'nion Society 
 
 Resolved that the Act of the Roanl of Managers, admitting A. 
 A. Snares K.sqr a juenibcr of this Society for life, as stated by the 
 President in his repoit this day, in consequence of the very libcnil 
 donation made by ."-aid Snari's lo the Society. i>^ highly approved ,V 
 the same is herebv eonlirineil. 
 
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 (Tlif liiUuwinu letter was addressed to Colonel lluwcll Cobb:) 
 
 Savannah, April -JLUl, 18^1. 
 Col. Ilowfll Colib— 
 
 I)r Sir. 
 
 It is my ili-stiiiguiblied privilege not IcbS lliau 
 .1 (l(;c|i IVlt .-;iiis;l:i<ti(ni t(i lie tlic organ of the Union Society in transmitting 
 \uii. luM-ein cncluscd lupic.^ of resolution.'? uniinimou.s]y adopted at a large 
 meeting of tlie nicnihcrs of" tluU Institution — T beg leave also to hand you n 
 I'ertiticate of your Adniis.sion as an Honorary meuilicr of the Society. Perniii 
 me to avail myself of this opportunity to tender you my individual thanks 
 for tlie gratilication I liave enjoyed in our short intercourse — The recollection 
 of your visit to this City will frequently recur to my mind with renewed 
 |de;i,-urc. Reronnnending you to thcClioicest blessings of a kind Providence, 
 .t w i.shiug you a safe Journey back to the bosom of your family — 
 I remain very respectfully, your obd scr 
 
 Signed FRANCIS SORIIKL. President Tnion Society. 
 
 (At llio S."»tli .Viiuiversarj, .Vpril 2od, lS,')."i. i 
 
 The IbiluwiiiLr Ive^^olutions were offered by the llev'd Geo Wbite, 
 seconded by (ieo Jonc;^, Ks<(. 
 
 Wbcrea.s fbe Iniun Society duly values tlie scrviee.s of those mcui- 
 li.Ts who have supported and sustained it when its u.sefulness has been 
 limited, from lukewaruiness or other eircumstauccs, to whieh all Institu- 
 tions arc liable- And whereas it eoneeivcs it a duty whieh it owes to 
 Kcnrd its sympathy for the loss of any member who has been active 
 .10(1 zealous in its supjiorl. ]k it therefore unanimously Resolved, 
 tiiat this Society highly appreeiatcs the services rendered by Doct. 
 .Moses Sheftall in bis life time, and deeply deplores his death — That 
 it entertains for his memory that respect & regard which his zeal & 
 usefulness in acts of charity so fully merit. 
 
 He it further Kesolvcd that his family be furnished with these 
 Resolutions, as evincing the high esteem felt for bis memory by the 
 r nion Society, of whi(d) be; was one of the oldest members, and 
 most active supporter?. 
 
 His Excellency Raron Behr, the Rev Mr JJultinch, Captain Joseph 
 .lones, !\lr.Iohn Charlton «t Doctor James were guests on the occasion 
 \ as Avill as Kdwanl \\ il>oii, a ioriner beneficiary of the Society — 
 
 lo Slieftall Shcftall Ivsci— Savannah .May I. IS,').,. 
 
 Sir, As the organ of the Inion Society, it has been made my duty to cou- 
 M-y to you, the nearest .surviving relative of the late Doct, Moses Sheftall, the 
 .innexcd Resolutions, unanimously adopted on the last anniversary meeting ol 
 ilie I'liion Society — In tlie performance of this act, you will permit me to ex- 
 press my individual i^ympathy in your bereavement, and the assurance of the 
 liigh regard 1 entertain for the memory of the deceased member of our benev- 
 olent Instilntion. That you k his other relatives JTifty Ipng live to enjoy the 
 
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 pleasing reflection tbat his life wa? not so long spared in vain, is the wish of 
 .your most ob. servont 
 
 FRAN'CIS SORREL 
 President Union Society-. 
 
 Savannah Fcbv H> lS8(i 
 To Mr r. Sorrel Treasurer riiiMii Society — 
 Dear Sir, 
 
 iu Accurdauce witli tlie last reijueht ul' Mr 
 Robert Cooper deceased 1 herewith enclose you a Check of this date, 
 on the Bank of the State of Georgia, for Fifty Dollars, as a donation 
 from him to the Savannali Cnion Society — may I ask an ;tcknow]cdpe- 
 nient of the receipt of the saiin 
 
 I am respectfully your nbdt m-vi 
 
 Si-nod W. K. IA)N(; 
 
 Savannah '-Mith February iSoli 
 ])car Sir. 
 
 I have pleasure in aeknowledginjr the receipt of your 
 note oi yesterday, enclosing a dieck on the State IJank for Fifty Dol- 
 lars for the use of the Union Society, being a donation in aeeordauee 
 with the last request of Mr lloberi Cooper deceased 
 
 1 am IxespeetfuUy your obdt sevt 
 Signed FRANCIS SORRKl. 
 
 President I'nion Society 
 Mr W. E. Long — Savannali 
 
 (In December, 1887, the buy.-^ were brought iVom Spnngtield tu the 
 city and placed on board with Mr. John Haupt, whose offer to board, 
 wash and mend for the boys for one year at 81 2o each was accepted by 
 the Board on the 8th of the same month. They were instructed in 
 the elementary branches of lOducation at the Savannah Academy 
 under the direction of the Rev. (ieo White.) 
 
 (From President Pnrna Report, April 2o</, J83I'.) 
 On the 6th November last I received Script lor ibur Shares of the 
 Stock of the Planters' Bank u^t)n which Eighty dollars per share had 
 been paid, irom the Widow of the late William .^I. Kvans, of West 
 Chester New York, bequeathed by the deceased to the Society. Mr. 
 Evans was a worthy resident of Savannah some yeai*s past and it is 
 grateful to us to know that our institutions are remembered in their 
 after years by those who have made our City their early home — 
 
 (At the 90th Anniversary, April 23d, 1840.) 
 
 On motion of F Sorrel Esq'r, Seconded by Geo Glen Esq'r 
 
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 Resolved, 
 
 That the Secretary be aud he is hereby authorized uuder 
 the direction of the Board of iManagors to have digested, the Rules 
 of the Society, as they uow are, and to submit tlie same to the Society 
 at the next annual meeting: — 
 
 [Frotii, Pri'SidriU Antohl\'< lujior/, Ajiri/ 'Soil, 1841,) 
 The boys are still boarded by 3Ir. Haupt, and 1 cannot speak ton 
 highly of the manner in which they are treated cV: the excellent disci- 
 pline they are under — Nor ought I to omit an acknowledgement to 
 Dr. Posey for his kind & gratuitous attention to such of them as have 
 been sick during the past year. 'Phcy arc still under the tuition of 
 the Rcv'd Geo White, whose reputation as a Teacher is a sufficient 
 guarantee ibr their faithful instruction — 
 
 (The Secretary in conformity to a resolution ]uissed at the last anni- 
 versary, submitted the digested Hules of" the Society. It was agreed 
 that the rules submitted should ))e submitted for action thereon to tlie 
 next regular (juartcrly meeting, or to any subse(|ucnt (|uarterly meet- 
 ing held prior to the next Anniversary,) 
 
 (Receipts this year, §1.88o. 81 ; Expenditures, !|>2.0!).").4;i) ; iialance 
 from last year, ?2G0. 17 ; Balance carried to next year, $48.55.) 
 (The Ibllowing resolution was passed by the Hoard May, 184'j:.) 
 Uksolved, that the Secretary make out the accounts against the 
 members, and place all those over twelve dollars, in the hands of 
 Joseph Felt, Esfjuire, .1. l'., for collection, by suit or otherichr. 
 
 {From Pnsi(/ciif AnmliCs Iitjiurf. Ajinl IXlli, 1 84.').) 
 The Secretary informs me that owing to deaths resignations \; ina- 
 liility to pay, the paying Subscribers of the Society arc reduced to 
 between ninety «fc one hundred — The present salary of the Secre- 
 tary is one hundred A: fifty dollars — It would be well before pro- 
 ceeding to the election of officers, to take into consideration the pro- 
 priety of reducing this salary. 
 
 Previous to the Election of Secretary, it was on niotiun Hcsolvcd 
 That the Secretary's Salary be Scvcnty-iive Dollars per annum 
 
 ( /''mill /^nsii/rii/ Cohf'ii's lirpori, 'Hf/i Aiuiivnsiny/, Ajuil 'IVtd^ 1841.) 
 1 would re<-onimend a change in our rules so as tu admit members 
 without charging an admission fee. »V: reducing the annual contribu- 
 tions to Five Dollars, which would perhaps induce some df our citizens 
 to add something in aid of a charity so honorable in the giver, so in- 
 estimable to the recipient. 1 would also advise the propriety (»f' 
 taking away the salary from the secretary, k to allow him a per centagc 
 on his collections — 
 
lit* 
 
 'J'lic .'•ulyucl ul tliL' ri<hutioii ut tlic .sub^scriptiuii of llir uiciiil)i:i> 
 I'rom 8ix Dollars to I'ivr Dollars wa> on motion l»K^t. 
 
 The hubjcet of the Sccri'tary".- salary In-iti^ now bcloiv tlu- nifrl- 
 inj; — The Sferc'tary staled that ho w<tiil(l .serve as such Seeret;irv 
 without compensation, provi<le»l he ha<l nothing' to «1m with the Colleo- 
 liotis. iV. that a ("dllcctor he appointed. 
 
 On niiiiioii. the sul)ieet was referred to the IJnard of Manai:er> with 
 jMiwer t(i act. 
 
 ' l-'iiiin l\i siihiil ( 'ti/i< us h'l f,i,, (.'Ji)(/t Aniilr, isiiri/, .l/iii/'2'.')i/, ]H-\{j.) 
 
 Our Society i> niaiiirestiy nn the deeline, and unlos soniethinf: is 
 ilone to resuseiuite it, the period cannot he lar distant when it will 
 'iiily be reekiiiicd ;ini(MiL: the ihiiius that have passed. 
 
 I beu leave lo renew my recuniniindation that the rule reipiirin^ a 
 lee of twelve dollars for admission he ahrouate<l. it is an anomaly in 
 eliaritalde societies, and is a j:reat l>ar to .in\ increase ni" members. 
 
 I wouhl also recnnnnend that the annual subscription he redueed lo 
 li\e dollars. an<l thai a Committee he appointed to endeavour to en- 
 large our iMunhci- liy iii.ikinv; p(!rsoii;il ;ipplicittiiin> lo our fellow citi- 
 zens — 
 
 The finances of the Society arc rather in an iiiipiovinji eomJitioii-- 
 i!y a ri^id .system of economy in the minor details, and hy reduein;; 
 the annual sujn pai<l tor the board and lodgini:; <il eaeh hoy, from one 
 hundred and twenty-live tlollars to one hun<lrcd (a .saviug of twcuty- 
 tive per cent) I have been enabled not only to < xjiend a lar^e sum in 
 the two past years in repaii"s, ])aintin:: and piiperinir our Iiouscm, but 
 have also been enalded to make an investment of ,'<even hundred dol- 
 lars in a Mond of the (Vntral Kail Road .\, Kankinc Company of 
 t^Tcorgia, bearinir .seven ]»er cent inlcresi 
 
 :;• ''f ■'.' 
 
 On motion 
 
 Kl.sn|,\ Kl'. 
 
 'I'liat IJule loth of the Jiye-haws be amcud- 
 cd hy strikin;^ out the words "and pay itito its funds twelve dollars, 
 and also pay to the Secretary seventy live cents for rcadiuj: bia peti- 
 tion and ^'rantiii!.' a Certilicjitc of .Membersbij> — Hut in ea.se the 
 -on of a person who has been .seven years a member shall apply, he 
 -hall be admitted on l)ayin;; one half the usual ^iini, with full fees to 
 tin- Seerotary" so th.it fin- same shall be read ■•ii'if/nn;/ />< juiii/ fur 
 iii/niiiisitiii 
 
 KksiiIA Kl>. 
 
 That Kule l-th ol the IJyj Laws be amended by 
 Htrikiuir out the word "Six" and iusertin;; "live'' — 
 
Ill 
 
 The above resolutions were severally put and adopted. 
 On motion 
 
 Hesolvki), That the I'resident appoint a Committee ol' 
 Six to endeavour to obtain Subscribers on the new terms. 
 
 The President appointed as that Tdnnnittot^ the I'ollowinp nuMiihcrs, 
 t(» wit. 
 
 liaonii Baldwin 
 Benjamin Snider 
 .M. Prendergast 
 Joseph Felt 
 .Jn Murchison 
 -Matthew Hopkins — 
 
 ( From J^riKi'dent Cohi ii's Rcpoil, UltJi Annlirrsart/, April 'J3(/, 1847. ) 
 So fai' as the pecuniary affairs of the Society are eonccrued. [ have 
 the pleasure to report, that they are in a healthy and flourishing con- 
 dition, and refer you for particulars to my account current, a copy of 
 which is hereunto annexed — 
 
 Thi.s lexscniui/ of our members is the more to be regretted from the 
 lact that their places are 7iof i^upplied by new members. Thi.s is a 
 melancholy fact, and I fear, too surely foretells the dissolution of our 
 venerable institution — 
 
 On Motio.n of Richard I). Arnold, M D, Seconded bv John W. 
 Anderson Es(| 
 
 Resolvkii. 
 
 That the thanks of the Society be tendered to John F 
 Fosey, M D, for his gratuitous medical attendance on the beneficiarie.-j 
 of the Society for the past and several previous years, and for liis 
 uniform kindness exhibited towards them. 
 
 .\iiTER.\TION OK Tin; HvK-L.wvs. 
 
 The anuMidment offered to Rule l.'Jth of the liyc-liaws, ))roposed at 
 the last meeting, came up for action, and wa.s unanimously adopted. 
 
 {From Frcxldnil Cohni's /^ij)orfA\^)/h Annirrnitrri/, Aprif 2?>f?,\>*-l9. \ 
 We have ten hcneliciaries on the Society, and T have applicalion.'- 
 
 Ibr several more, but do not deem it prudent to increase the nunibci 
 
 for tlie present. 
 
 Tiiis year .several new members have been added to our list but, imt 
 
 in sufficient numbers to make up the los,ses of past years. 
 
 KM)/// Ainnrrrmrj/, Apr If I'M, FSaO. 
 The Minutes of thr last meeting were rear! and confirmed 
 
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 A beautiful Box, luauufactured I'roiu the Live Oak, under which 
 iIjc Charter of the Society was preserved during the occupancy of the 
 ('ity by the Britiph, in the Revolutionary War, was exhibited to the 
 lueeting, as a present to the Society from Mrs. Perla Sheftall SolonionH, 
 ;i daughter of (Dr. Moses Sheftall, Pres. Union Society in 1815.) 
 
 The President read the Letter making the present. 
 
 On niotion uf Hon John (.'. NicoU, seconded by Henjamin Snider 
 Esq'r, the foUowinp H<'«olutions were read and unanimously adopted 
 viz — 
 
 UkhulVEU That tlif L nion Society accept with ^roat {iratitication 
 the Valuable present of which they are made the recipients through 
 the kindness of Mr li. Solomons, & will pre.scrve it as a precious me- 
 morial of the patriotism & benevolence of the small Init noble band 
 whose devotion to this Society was only strengthened & brought into 
 more active exercise by their glorious struggle for their liberties A 
 honors, & by the calamities of captivity. 
 
 Kesolved, That the Secretary communicate to the esteemed donor 
 u copy of the above resolution, together with the cordial thanks of the 
 Society for the cherished relic of which she has made it the deposi 
 tory i: guardian — 
 
 The President then submitted his Annual Report — viz 
 
 Kei'(»rt ol the President of the Union Society on the Centennial 
 Anniversary 
 
 Fellow Members — 
 
 One Hundred Years havt; passed away since the founders of this 
 Society laid the corner stone of the noble charity now committed t4i 
 your charge. How sacred the trust — how imperative the duty to 
 transmit it to your posterity unimpaired in usefulness — and strengtli- 
 i-ned by -increased nn'ans in the power to relieve the distressed — to 
 wipe the tear from the orphan's cheek — to clothe the naked, to feed 
 the hungry, and to instil into the minds of the youthful poor that edu- 
 i;itioniS: moral culturr which may tit them for time \- eternity. This 
 (lay is full of interest to us and may be to tlic uiihoiii poor .iiid needy 
 through unnumbered years. 
 
 Who can calculate the good that lias sprung IVom tiu' ilispcn.sation 
 III our charity during the Century that has just closed upon xin'f 
 Who tan tell of the ainotuit of misery and wiiiit that has been relieyiMl, 
 of crime j)rcvented ^ 
 
 7V('' past (jiiH'n food for njUrtinn, hut tin- fntiirt' is t/ic jield for 
 lalior. Our ancestors have done well ; their charitable deeds have 
 ascended to heaven, a sweet incense to a tJod of mercy, and it is now 
 left to ti*) to prolit by their example, and labor as they labored. Tin- 
 
dispensation o^ charity is one of the most sacred and important duties 
 that devolves on tnan and the neglect of this duty is treason against 
 Heaven — 
 
 Let us then make this the commencement of a new Era — let each 
 of us detorraine to do more, than merely pay our annual Subscrip- 
 tion — Let us determine to double our numbers — this may easily be 
 done with proper exertions, and no one can doubt the propriety of ef- 
 fecting an object so dear to every charitable heart. 
 
 This day, so interesting to us as Members of this Society, has been 
 marked by a most agreeable event. Mrs. Perla Sheftall Solomons, a 
 descendant of one of the Founders of this noble Charity, has, through 
 me, presented to the Society a beautiful box made from the Oak under 
 which, in 1770, Mordeeai Sheftall, John Martin, John Stirk and Jo- 
 siah Powell, though Prisoners of War, assembled to celebrate the an- 
 niversary of the Society. These were "good men and true" — True 
 to their Country, and amidst the horrors of war, and the pains of im- 
 prisonment, still true to those principles of love and charity, which 
 
 taught them "to love their neighbors as themselves". 
 
 * * * ♦ *'*• i * * 4 • 
 
 The affairs of the Society may be regai-ded as in a comparatively 
 prosperous condition, though I am not prepared to say that we can yet 
 extend the sphere of our usefulness — and we surely should so hus- 
 band our resources, as to meet the increased want* of an increasing 
 population — 
 
 The amount of money received from all sources during the past 
 year has been §2488,40, and the amount expended §1841,98 — leav- 
 ing a balance in hand of $646,42, of which I recommend that 8500 
 be invested in a City Bond. 
 
 Resolutions read and Adopted 
 By Joseph S Fay Esq. 
 
 Resolved, that the report of the President and the accompanying 
 papers, with a statement of the property of the Society, be printed 
 
 Resolved, that the President & Board of Managers digest «fc have 
 printed with the President's Report, the Rules of the Society as they 
 now exist, and lay before the Society at a regular or special meeting 
 to be called by the President through the Secretary- when prepared to 
 report — 
 
 Resolved — that the President be requested to add to the pamph- 
 let a synopsis of the History & objects of the Society. 
 (From President Cb/ien's Report, lOlst Anjiiversari/, April 2Zd, lSb\ .) 
 
 With the coDBent of the Board of Managers I have caused to bo 
 built an addition to our building, at an expense of about Twenty Six 
 
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 hundred Dollar*, and the prcRcnt occupant Mr Clarke will, from No- 
 vember noxt. pay a rent of One thousand Dollars — 
 
 -1^ youT Inat annua/ nvrtiuij you directed that the rej>ort of the 
 Pn'sident <^ accompanying documents, with a statement of the prop. 
 •Tty of thr Society should he published, that the rulch of the Society 
 "ihould be digested, tS: prepared for publication, and also a Synopsis of the 
 History and objects of the Society, and the ^ame reported to the Soci- 
 ety — All of which I have carefully prepan-d. and now report the 
 -arac for your inspection and amendment or approval — 
 
 :•• 'i m : .\ ■< 1: t! a <> 
 
 Ki'solinl that the Secretary have printed in Pamphlet form there- 
 port of the President, and the accompanying documents, the rules of 
 the Society, and a synopsis of the history t^ objects of the Society, as 
 reported by the President — (See Rules, &c., below.) 
 Ih/ A. Minis Esq, Seconded by Edward Paddford — 
 
 Wherkas it has keen the Will of IVovidoncc to remove from us 
 »ince our last Anniversary the Kev'd Kdward Neufville, an old 
 :»nd highly esteemed member of this Society, the privilege is claimed 
 lo express our sorrow of his loss — 
 
 Resolved, that we deeply deplore the demise of theUEv'i) Kuwakk 
 Neufville, as one who has left a void in almost every sphere of thif; 
 Community, but particularly in this Society, where his active benevo- 
 lence was ever found in cheerful co-operation for the cause of the 
 humble & needful orphan — 
 
 Resolved, that our sympathy be oxprrssed to fhi- Widow t^ faroih 
 of the deceased on this heavy affliction — 
 
 Resolved that our appreciation of this late and most excellent 
 member be recorded on the minutes, and a copy of the above be com- 
 municated tr» the relict of the deeeased by the Secretary of this 
 Society — 
 H}' A. Mini^, xironded by A. A. Sincts Euj 
 
 Resolved that the President & Stewards be authorized to turuish a 
 dinner for the members of this Society, at 4 o'clock, P. M, on the- 
 next Anniversary, and that the F'resideut k Stewards have authority 
 to invite twenty five Strangers as Guests (no inhabitant save Clcrgy- 
 man), jiud the sanif hf paid for by Subscription. 
 
RULES AND REGULATIONS. 
 
 ilULK I. 
 yaiiu and Object t>J (If Society. 
 This Society shall be kuown by the uame of the UNION SOCIKTY 
 Its'* object shall be to support and educate Orphan Both. 
 
 RULE II. 
 
 lioi/a to be liound to the Society by Indenture. 
 All Uoys received upon the bounty of the Society shall be legally 
 bound to the sntuc by Indenture. 
 
 RULE III. 
 Mcctinys. of the Society. 
 The Meetings of the Society shall be Quarterly, viz. :— On the 
 •Tiecond Monday in July, and October, at eight o'clock in thL-; evening; 
 ou the second Monday in -Lanuary, at seven o'clock in the evening ; 
 and on the first Monday in April, at ten o'clock in the morning. 
 Each Member, residing within the limits of the city, .shall attend the 
 ijuarterly meetings; and in default thereof, on failure to make :i 
 satisfactory excuse to the Society, .shall be fined in one of the follow- 
 ing sums, as the ca.se may be. to wit — one dollar for detault on the 
 first Monday in April, and one dollar and fifty cents for default at the 
 iinniversory meetiutr. 
 
 RULE IV. 
 
 Anniversary. 
 flu- Vuuiversary of the .Society, shall be celebrated on the twenty- 
 third day oi" April, annually, except when that day .shall come on 
 Sunday, it shall then take place on the Monday following. Pre- 
 vious U) every Anniversary, the President shall rciiuest .some one 
 of the Ministers of the (Jospel in the city of Savannah, to deliver an 
 appropriate Sermon, or some member of the Society to pronounce u 
 suitable Oration on that occasion. 
 
 / RULE V 
 
 Election of Ojfficcr^. 
 There -hall be annually elected, by ballot, ou the aunivor«ury. 
 from the members resident in the city, a PrcHident, Vico-Prcsidcnt. 
 Secretary, and two Stewards. Any nersoq, who upon an eloctiou 
 
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 to cither of the forcgoiug offices, declines serving, shall pay one ol 
 the following fines, as the oa.se may be: the President, five dollars ; 
 Vice-President, four dollars : J^ecretary or Stewards, three dollars 
 each. That in nil elections, a majority of the mombcrs present shall 
 be required. 
 
 KULK VI. 
 
 Appointmtut >i/ul Duties of a Board of Maniujcis. 
 
 The President, elect, shall annually, on the Anniversary, appoint a 
 Board of Managers, to consist of five members of the Society. 
 The President an<l Vioe l*rcsident shall be members of the Board 
 ex-officio, and the Secretary of the Society shall also act as Secretary 
 to the Board. The Board of .^Ianagc^^< thus formed shall have 
 full power to transact any business of the Society, for which ]iur|x».H»' 
 they shall meet on the first Tuesday of every month. 
 
 RULE VII. 
 
 Duties of the Prcmleut. 
 
 The President shall preside at all njeetings of the Society and of 
 the Board of Managers; he shall preserve order, and in case of an 
 equal division, have the casting vote. He shall also act as Treasurer, 
 and to his keeping shall be committed all monies, bonds, notes and 
 specialties belonging to the Society. lie shall annually, on the anni- 
 versary, report tu the Society, its progress and ilie state of its funds. 
 He shall also exhibit his accounts as Treasurer, certified to be correct 
 by a committee of two men)bers of tht- Society appointed for th:U 
 purpose at the cjuarterly nu-etinu on the first Monday in .\pril 
 
 Kli.K Vlll. 
 
 Dutiet! I if lli< Vice President. 
 
 The Vice-President shall perforni the duties of the President in 
 case of his absence from the int'ctings of the Society, or Board of 
 .Managers. 
 
 iu;lk L\. 
 
 A Chairinan to if a/>j>oiiifid in rust, of the ahsencf of tht President 
 and Virc-Preaith lit. 
 
 In casi- of the absence ot both I'resident, and Vice-President from 
 the meetings of the Society, or Board of Managers, a Chairman sliall 
 be appointed, who shall perform the duties of President for the mejot- 
 ing. 
 
iir 
 
 RULE X. 
 
 Dudes; of the Sccretan/. 
 The Secretary shall notify and attend all meetings of the Society, 
 and of the Board of Managers, keep the minutes and accounts, 
 and perform such other duties as may be required. As a compen- 
 sation for hia services, he shall bo allowed the sum of one hundred 
 and fifty dollars, per annum. 
 
 RULE XL 
 
 DufifK of the StcxcanU. 
 The Stewards shall attend the anniversary and other meetings ol' 
 the Society, and provide all necessaries for the same. They shall 
 also perform other duties as the President may require. 
 
 RULE XIL 
 
 An nual Contrihntinn . 
 Each member of the Society shall annually contribute towards it-s 
 funds, five dollars, which sum, together with all other amounts due 
 to the Society, shall be paid on the anniversary, or on the quarterly 
 meeting previous thereto. Any member resisting the claim of the 
 Society for contributions due, and also does not plead inability to 
 liquidate the same, shall after a copy of this rule has been served 
 upon hiin, be stricken ofi" the role of the Society as h member. 
 
 RULE xin. 
 
 Ad miss km of Mcmhera. 
 Any person desirous of becoming a member of the Societv, .'<hali 
 signify the same by petition addressed to the Board of Managers, -Rbo 
 may admit or reject such applicant a,*; they think proper. Kaeli 
 member on his admission, shall subscribe the rules of the S(x-i(^ty. 
 
 RULE XIV. 
 
 Resvjnation of Mcmbf^rs. 
 
 .\ny person wishing to resign his membership, shuil >-ignifv th^ 
 
 ■^amc. in writing, addressed to the board of managers ; but such re.«»ig- 
 
 n.'itinn shall not be accepted, until .♦til demands against th*; snid pet- 
 
 -.011 have been pnid. 
 
 RULE XV 
 
 E.itrii Mvlimis. 
 K.xtnt meetiuii^ ut the Society may be called in tiic Pre.iident. or 
 ill his absence, by the Vice-President, or in tht- ;<bsencc of both by 
 .iiiv five member':. 
 
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 RULE XVI 
 Common Seal. 
 The Society shall liavc :\ common senl oiiibloujaticil of the iDStitu- 
 tioD. 
 
 IllLK XVII 
 Finu')(i{.< <'/ Dcci'o isCil Ml mill If. 
 The lioys buppoited on the bounty of the Society, shall attcucl the 
 funeral of a deceaHcd member of the Society, accompnuied by their 
 teacher, upon beinp notified by the Secretary. 
 IIULE XVIII. 
 Continuatirn) of the Soci^lt/. 
 'i"hc Society nhall continue as long as there shall be three memben< 
 living; but in cast- there should be but three, they shall have power to 
 dissolve the Society, nnd to dispose of its funds t<> public charitable 
 uses only. 
 
 RULE XIX. 
 
 AUcnitioii of thrar /i'm/ls. 
 
 These rules shall nut be altered but at a regular mettinf: v( the So- 
 ciety, three months notice of such intended nlttrntion liaving been 
 previously given. | 
 
 List of Member-s on the 23d April, 1851 
 
 Anilerson, (ico. W. 
 AtidiTMin, .Tolili W. 
 Arnold, K. I>. 
 All.n. Ii..bcrt A. 
 Bell, Uavi.l 
 IlatlPrsl.y, Win. 
 Ciunniiiip, Oi'K. K. 
 Cohen, Is-wo 
 Colien, >>oloinon 
 Cohi-n, M«.'»tJi S. 
 Charlton, IJ. M. 
 Cuyler. W. H. 
 CodritT, J. M. 
 Clark. W. r. 
 Cumuiinc. M. 
 Coiic, ilulin 1,. 
 Davis. W. II. 
 Diiiiiiin^, Kh1|i1i 
 Kallifcnnt, L. N. 
 Fi'lt, .loM-ph 
 Kay, fIotw>|ih S. 
 (rr<-fn. C'linrlts 
 Orimii, i:. II. 
 HlllK'r.^hulIl, Kobt>rt 
 Hutrhlnson. Hobert 
 Uartridu'e, ClmrK's 
 
 ll.ir.!...-, N. A. 
 Ilck-oiiil.e. Tho.v 
 Knupii, N. B. 
 Kini., Will. 
 Udd. .}. li, 
 I.IIW, Andr»« 
 I..a\vtiin. A. 1:. 
 I/ioko, .1. I.. 
 Lloyd, Tho.s. E. 
 Miirrhisiin, .lohn 
 .MerctT, HuBh 
 MiilU-ry. John 
 Minis Abrani 
 -Myrs. Levi .r. 
 .MtKiro, A. K. 
 Marsh. Mulforri 
 Meiill, John C. 
 Norris Jus. A. 
 Nevitt, J. W. 
 Neylo. <{. N. 
 OlinfiU'ad, Jnu. 
 I'otlcr, Jauie.s 
 I'ottor. Thos. y. 
 I'adi-lfonl, Kdwaril 
 I'ume, Thonian 
 I'alnii-s, Oto. F. 
 
 i;.vnold&, 1^ (t. 
 
 ItlLSScl, W. S. 
 
 Sorrel, Franci.n 
 Snii'ts, .\. A. 
 Sidder, lionjaniin 
 Si.ldinons A. .-v. 
 Shaffer, O.-o. W. 
 Stewart, Diiiil. H. 
 Tumor, Thos. M, 
 Turner, Joo. M. 
 Vnnllorn, CharloN 
 Walliiee, Norman 
 Willink, 11. K. 
 W aldl.ur^'. Ceo. M. 
 Wnldburi.', Jaeob 
 Willidiiisiiii. Jolin 
 Wa-shliiirn, Joseph 
 Wilson, Kdward (; 
 Wadlev, W. M. 
 W:ilke'r, ICobl. D. 
 WilliaiiiM, S. B. 
 Williani.s, Win. 
 W.ivne, Uieliani 
 Wrk'ht, Allen U. 
 Voii"e, \V. I'. 
 
UP 
 
 (In published proceedings the President stated.) 
 
 Being directed by resolution to add to the pamphlet, "A synopsis 
 of the History and Objects of the Society," I have deemed it best to 
 republish the following from an Oration delivered before the Union 
 Society in April, 1838, by the llev. Willakd Preston. 
 
 (Instead of the extract only, the whole address is here given.) 
 
 a.:n OKA.Tioisr 
 
 DELIVERED BY THE REV. WILLARD PRESTO-N 
 
 Before the Union Sockti/ in tSarannah, 2Sd Aprif, 1838, fjcinrj its 
 Ei'/htt/- Third Anniversary/. 
 
 Within the last fourteen months we have bee n convened on two 
 centennial occaisons : one to commemorate the nativity of him who, 
 under God, was the Father of his Country; the other to celebrate the 
 landing of the Pounder of this State — epochs in the history of both, 
 of proud and inspiring recollection to the citizen and the soldier ; 
 and the events and incidents associated with each occasion, were re- 
 counted with an ability and celebrated with u splendour, which will 
 long perpetuate a vivid recollection of them. Far different is the oc- 
 casion which convenes us to-day ; while even the hope is not enter- 
 tained of awakening equal interest, much less of affording equal 
 gratification. The present anniversary occasion admits, indeed, of an 
 extended retrospect. The next epoch, (for it merits that designation.) 
 in fair and hopeful prospect, on the list of centennial distinction in 
 this place, is the origin of that society which celebrates to-day it««; 
 eighty-third anniversary. But that retrospect embraces few or no 
 incidents to gratify the fancy, to excite curiosity or command the ap- 
 plause of the world. It awakens no thrilling recollections of daring 
 deeds or splendid achievements ; points to no battle fields, where, on 
 the issue of contending armies, was suspended the reign of despotism 
 or the triumphs of freedom : such as were the attractions which the 
 revolving years of a century had been gathering around the hallowed 
 8pot where was presaged a nation's birth, in that of her Washing- 
 ton ; or the charms which, for a like period, had been clustering 
 about the first footstcp-s, on the banks of your Snvannah, of the first 
 warrior-patriot, the venerated Oglethorpe. 
 
 We can summon no such attractions, no such charms, about us to- 
 day. 
 
 This Society, too, has its monuments ; but not those monument's 
 which patriotism rears to the valor of the Hero, or the wisdom of the 
 
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 Statesman, which arc seen Jc felt in the freeest and happiest form of 
 human governments : nor yet such as arc witnessed in the transform- 
 ing power of civilization, turning the wilderness into a fruitful field ; 
 erecting habitations of ^50cial order and happiness, where once stood 
 the Indian wigwam, and temples of worship and justice, and science 
 on spots where burned the council fires of savage warriors ; and the 
 bustle and thrift of a commercial city, where lately roamed the wild 
 beasts of the forest. 
 
 These, truly, are noble monumenti> ; monuments of liberty, of pa- 
 triotism, of enterprize. of civilization over barbarism, of freedom over 
 oppression, liut the institutitn in whose behalf 1 address you, has 
 none of these ; yet it has claims — noiseless, but powerful, as that 
 benevolence on which it is founded — unostentatious, but urgent as that 
 charity which it administers. 
 
 Its achievements consist in rescuing the miud from the worst of 
 despotisms — the cruel, degrading, witlurinij grasp of iijnurancc ; in 
 training it to effort and to useful enterprise ; in rescuing the child of 
 misfortune from the deep and overwhelming, and but too often demoral- 
 ising and ruinoiLS depressions of poverty, and consequently, relieving 
 the widow from those burdens which often sink her to an untimely 
 grave. In a word, in training to habits of industry & virtue, and fur- 
 nishing the means of useful and respectable employment, and even of 
 eminent standing in society, to those, many of whom might otherwise 
 become the inmates of your ftoor-house, your hospital, or your prison. 
 Such are the efforts which this Society has put forth for more than 
 three-quarters of a century. Such the monuments which have been 
 rising and annually multiplying during three generations. Such the 
 achievmeuts which its muuiticeuce has. in unnumbered insLinces, 
 effected. Monuments of mind, the achievements of knowledge over 
 ignorance, of industry over idleness, of liberal charity over .squalid 
 poverty, of active, .systematic benevolence over the lowest depths of 
 human misery. Let the marble and the brass record the deeds of 
 others, be those trophies the momeutos rather of my life ; these shall 
 live when those shall have crumbled intt) dust ; shall be told, when the 
 last historian shall have laid aside his pen, and the chisel shall have 
 forever fallen from the grasp of the sculptor. But the best commen- 
 lary on those institutions which have their origin in an enlightened 
 and liberal charity, is their permanency; and the best eulogium 
 which can be pronounced upon them is the good which they have 
 been the means of effecting. These are both the tests and the proofs 
 ^ii their excellence, and they furnish the best and strongest claims to 
 public patronage. Associations of a benevolent character have often 
 
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 suddenly risen into being, and almost as suddenly expired. The chief 
 incident in their history was the simple record of their birth, having 
 been left to expire without even an obituary notice. Much of the 
 benevolence of the world is of that fantastic character which can pity 
 and shed tears and recommend relief, but adopts no measures to alle- 
 viate distress. This may be denominated the benevolence of poetry — 
 mere fancy, mere fiction. There is another department of it which 
 confines its sensibilities, and of course, limits its charities to present 
 objects of wretchedness. Its views do not reach to coming genera- 
 tions ; nor docs it consult the permanent good of its objects, pursues 
 no plan of systematic effort ; bestows without wise and prudent dis- 
 crimination, and is satisfied with administering momentary relief. 
 This may be denominated a secular benevolence. This is character- 
 istic of those who either have no leisure or inclination to seek out the 
 objects of their charities, or devise measures for their permanent 
 good. But true benevolence does not consist in a mere paro.xism of 
 feeling, however violent or tender, which expends itself in the heav- 
 ing of a sigh or the shedding of a few tears, or in sudden bursts of 
 pity ; nor in a single effort, however well applied or successful. Tt 
 looks to future results. It contemplates its olijects in relation to their 
 future benefit and their eternal destination, and aims at the greatest 
 amount of attainable good ; and to secure this there must be system- 
 atic action, combined effort and untiring perseverance. And when 
 an institution possesses these characteristics, believe me, there is 'a 
 spirit of liberality which lies deep, but beats strong in the bosom of 
 an enlightened community, on which the claims of a generous patron- 
 age are never urged in vain — and in the confidence that these positions 
 will be amply sustained by the history of the Union Society, I am 
 myself sustained in addressing you on this occasion. 
 
 Unfortunately, the records of this Society have not been preserved 
 entire. Large portions of them have been destroyed, particularly 
 such as were made previously to the summer of 1782; when the 
 IJritish army evacuated this city, the records of this Society shared 
 the fate of every thing else which possessed value, in the wanton de- 
 struction which that army caused ; nor from that period till 1791, are 
 there either piinted or written documents, of which the .«!peakcr is 
 aware, to show the operations or state of this Society. A chasm, 
 therefore, of forty -one yeara, remained to be supplied from tradition- 
 ary information, and occasional references to transactions during that 
 period, found in the records of a subseijucnt date. This information, 
 however, it is believed, is entitled to the credit of historical facts, 
 from the consideration tliat it comes from some; of the oldest an<l 
 
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 most active members of the Society, th«^ immediate descendeots of no 
 less active meniliors. whom n kind IVovidence has yet spared from 
 the infirmities and ravages of numerous years : and to whom, for the 
 information they have communicated, T take pleasure in thus publicly 
 expressing my vrratoful acknowlcdtremonts. If these facts shall pos- 
 sess interest, the labor of nn little research will be amply repaid. 
 
 The Society which celebrates to-day its eiirhty-third Anniversary, 
 was, of course, founded in tlu- year >iiic thnusaiitl s«'nn /mtnlnd amf 
 fifty ; thus posses-^ini: a vciieratitm for the antiqity of its ori<rin. which 
 no other institution in this State can boast, or of a similar character, 
 which few. if any, in niucli older settled jiortions of our coimti"}' can 
 claim. This alone ciiiistitutos a briidit I'caturc in an institution of en- 
 lightened and liberal charity ; the more >vorthy of admiration from 
 the fact, that its origin was nearly contemporaneous with the exis- 
 tence of Georgia as a colony, being but seventeen years subsequent to 
 the first visit of Oglethorpe, and at a period of peculiar endjarrass- 
 ments. With most men thus circumstanced, the common maxim of 
 the world, in its most restricted sense, would have possessed a sove- 
 reign and an omnipotent I'niee, tliat CJinritt/ hnjlvsat honif. Though 
 in the very infancy of their settlement, when personal protection 
 from savage foes, and the supply of present and pressing wants, might 
 reasonably have ])een presunied to have excluded from their calcula- 
 tions and their thoughts, objects of charity, which future and far dis- 
 tant generations nnght furnish ; yet with these men, charity was not a 
 mere fiojncsfir. It was too diffusive and too strong to be the fondly 
 cherished nursling of their own bosoms. It could do more than pity 
 the misfortunes and weej) at the woes of others. While it had a voice 
 to speak and say to the naked and the hungry, 7>V yr rlntliii/ and he 
 je f<l, it had a hand to act and furnish the garments and spread 
 the board. Theirs was a charity, which sought for its objects, and 
 when found, took theiii in charge ; a charity which, while it relieved 
 the wants of the body, made provision l"or the cultivation of the mind ; 
 and which extended its views to future generations, and adopted a sys- 
 tenj of benevolence for the benefit of unborn orphans, doomed to in- 
 digence. IJut who were these men? These acts have reared niouu- 
 ments to their enlightened patriotism and their active benevolence. 
 Mut fin these inonuments should be inscribed their names. They 
 should be enrolled on the fairest page of the records of this Society 
 — be deposited in its archives. I''very l)eneficiary sboidd be taught to 
 pronounce them with respect and affection. They should find a place 
 in every anniversary addn^ss. We have carefully searched those re- 
 cords, but founil tliem not there. We have minutely surveyed those 
 
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 monuments, but found no inscription, save the dtrp biijrlit lines of 
 their charity, without a signature to tell the hand which tir.st engraved 
 them. Tradition, however, lias happily rescued some of thcni from 
 oblivion ; they were, originally, five in number. We deeply regret 
 we can give the names of only three uf them — ]iK.\.i.\MiN ISllEFTALL, 
 Pkter Tonpee and Richarh MiLi.EixiK. 
 
 With an institution bearing ?o high an origin, and without official 
 records oi' its cotnmencemcnt and early operations, it might be ex- 
 pected that mueh of fietiun would be eouiiected. IJut so far as pre- 
 tended tradition has associated with its origin inei<lents which detract 
 from its character as a charitable and most laudable institution, care- 
 ful inquiry has produced a full convictiou that they have no founda- 
 tion in truth. The character of its early members as given in the 
 history of this State, (and the character of many of them is given in 
 terms of the highest commendation,) would, indeed, be siifficient to 
 disprove their claim to credit. None have stood higher, in this, or 
 any other community, than many who have been members and warm 
 patrons ol" this Society, Many of them have received the highest 
 honors of their State and country, and occupied places of no less dis- 
 tinction in the church. 
 
 But we do not rely wholly on the evidence which these facts afford : 
 this evidence is confirmed by direct and positive assurances, in rela- 
 tion to the circumstances of its commencement. 
 
 In the year 1750, there was a society in this place, composed of 
 Scotch emigrants, the particular objects of which arc not known to 
 the speaker; but probably combining entertainment and charity. It 
 was, however, too exclusive and national in its character, to admit as 
 members, those not of the same extraction. This circumstance first 
 gave rise to what wa.s termed a club; a term, by the way, which ac- 
 cording to the popular vocabulary of our day. has somewhat depreci- 
 ated in its meaning, from its ancient usage. This club was composed 
 of the five gentlemen to whom allusion has been made. They pro- 
 posed, for its leading object, the education of orphan children, in in- 
 digent circumstances. For the purpose of raising the means, each 
 member was rccpiired to ccmtribute two pence, weekly. This was, 
 indeed, a small beginning. IJut a very few years showed that they 
 had no occasion to despise the dai/ of small tlihif/s. And it is here 
 worthy of remark, that it is agreeable to the history of most charitable 
 institutions, that those have grown to the greatest importance, and 
 been the most permanent and iLscful, whose beginnings were small. 
 It scrms to be a general law. as applicable to societies as to the pro- 
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 reaches its growth, and of coui-se is soon on the decline. Large sub- 
 scriptions and donations, in the outset, (unless to secure some spe- 
 cific object,) have generally proved injurious and often fatal, especial- 
 ly to those charitable institutions which were intended to benefit fu- 
 ture generations : their pernianonce and success depend on the con- 
 stant application of means, while rich endowments often serve only to 
 relax and paralyze effort. Gradual success alone keeps up vigilance 
 and exertion. Apprehension of failure and hope of success, when 
 properly balanced, constitute the mainspring to benevolent enterprises. 
 Mankind refjuire the stimulus of a constant and a pressing necessity. 
 The terms of membership, however, were gradually increased, when 
 in 1793, they were £b. 5s. and the following year the sum of S3 was 
 levied as an annual tax upon each member towards the funds of the 
 Society. In IT'.lD the tuition of about thirty scholars was paid by 
 this Society, which then consisted of sixty-six members. 
 
 It has been an object of careful examination to ascertain the full 
 amount of the receipts and expenditures of this Society, from its ori- 
 gin to the present anniversary. Accuracy could not be reached. 
 But from annual reports since 1791, and other data, it cannot have 
 iiillen short of 870,000; about 840,000 of which have been expended 
 for the education of orphan children. About 810,000 is vested in 
 real estate, in the condition of productive funds. 
 
 But it is proper here to remark, that the bounties of this Society 
 liave not been exclusively appropriated to educational purjioses. T)o- 
 nations have been made to a large amount to other benevolent objects; 
 the Poor House, the Hospital, and the Female Asylum have shared 
 largely in its munificence, as well as individuals, particularly widows 
 in necessitous circumstances. ."Nlany losses have been sustained, but 
 in must instances they were in consequence of that benevolence which 
 pntnipted this Society to make hians in aiding mechanics at the com- 
 mencement of business, but who were unable to reimburse them. 
 The full amount, therefore, of the receipts of this Society, has been 
 expended for charitable purpo.^cs. Its riches have consisted, emphat- 
 ically, of good deeds, liberal charities and bountiful alms, liittle has 
 bcon appropriated to defray incidental expenses; these have been paid 
 liy a contribution of its members. It has had no salaried officers. 
 For the first forty-five years, its Secretary, notwithstanding the duties 
 of that office were far from ligbt, and attended with no inconsiderable 
 expense, received no compensation; and from that time but 800 per 
 annum, till 181G, when it was increased to 8150, the present salary. 
 We are thus minute to show that the internal operations of this So- 
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 it was instituted. It originated in charity, and it has been conducted 
 on the same disinterested principle. Tt has also been an object of no 
 less strict inquiry to ascertain the number of the beneficiaries of 
 this Society : but exactucss here cotild not be attained. There are, 
 howeA'ev, data from which an estimate may be formed of consider- 
 able accuracy, agreeably to Avhich the number cannot fall short, it is 
 believed, of nine hundred. In some years, committees appointed to 
 ascertain proper objects \\n- reccivinu' the charities of this Society, 
 reported that not an individual was ibund who was not then receiv- 
 ing them. Such a report was made as late as 1807, notwithstand- 
 ing the increased population of this city. In 1811, the number of 
 boys was twenty-five. It is proper also to remark, that formerly, no 
 distinction was made between male and female orphans : both receiv- 
 ed assistance as necessity required. This continued till the institu- 
 tion of the Female Asylum in the year 1801 ; when, after making a 
 liberal donation to that institution, its bounties were exclusively ap- 
 plied to the education and entire support of boys. These, as they 
 completed their course of instruction, have, since the year 1705, 
 been bound, to express it in the words of the ordinance which requir- 
 ed it, to some "useful trade, occupation, profession or calling." The 
 course of instruction has been unusually liberal under such circum- 
 stances. It has not been restricted to those branches which are indis- 
 pensable to the ordinary pursuits of life, but in many instances it has 
 embraced the classics, and laid the foundation for the liberal profes- 
 sions, upon which some have entered. With the character of not a 
 few of them, as they have risen to manhood and discharged the du- 
 ties of citizens and of social life, many of you are acquainted. 
 
 At what time this dub, as it was at first called, was regularly organ- 
 ized into a Society, it docs not appear ; but it was not long after its 
 origin. Its first President has not been ascertained. Its firet Secre- 
 tary was Peter G.a.ndv, a teacher of youth. The title it nssumed, 
 when organized, was the St. C«EoiiriE's Society. Hence its anni- 
 versaries have always been held on the twenty-third of April, the 
 kalendar day of the canonization of the tutelar Saint of England. 
 In 1780, if. was incorporated by an act of the Legislature of this 
 State, by the title of "The Union Society ." the I*rosident of which 
 at that time, was Wyi. Stepiien.s, Es(|. The relinquishment of its 
 old name, it is believed, was a matter of patriotic feeling; the as- 
 sumption of its now one, was an expression and a proof of a liberality 
 ol' sentiment and ieeling most honorable to its early a.s.sociates ; the 
 Society embracing gentlemen of Jive dixdiirf rrligionx denominations. 
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 for combined eflfort was pre>jcnted, which would at once test the sin- 
 cerity, at least, of their respt^ctive abettors. Such diflfercuces, in- 
 stead of preventing, should provoko lo holy onmlatioii, and invite to 
 cordial co-operation in enterprises of benevolence. 
 
 There is otic provi.^ion in the Coui-titution of this Society which, 
 as connected particularly T\'ith a portion of its history, deserves special 
 notice, viz: that the existence of this Society, with all its rights and 
 privileges, should be continued, on condition that any three of its 
 members should hold regular meetings and observe its anniversary oc- 
 casion. Twenty-eight years after its formation, this provision saved 
 the Society from extinction. On the defeat of the American army in 
 this city, in December of 1771*, and Sunbun,*, a town on the sea- 
 board, forty miles south of this city, had fallen into the possession of 
 the liritisii troops, several members of this Society, with others, 
 were put on board of a prison-ship. But those who were officers in 
 the .Vmerioan army, were subsequently sent, on their parole, to Sun- 
 bury. Among these wore, four members of this Society, viz : Mou- 
 ItKCAI ShEFTALL, .JolfN MaRTIN. J(JH.\ StIHK, and Ju.SIAll Pow- 
 KLL. They were there detained more than three years, during which 
 time they observed the meetings and kept the anniversaries nf tlii> 
 Society ; at the lirst of which, MoRDECAl SllEFTALL was cho.sen 
 President. On that oceasion, several of the officers of the British 
 army joined in the celebration and furnished the entertainment. The 
 sentiments which were given on that occasion, equally express tin- 
 noble and honorable feeling of both parties. The first by a member 
 of this Society was, "T'A'' Vuion Soriift/;" the second by a British 
 officer, '-Gaieral Gixn-gt ]V<isIii»r/fo)i," which was responded to with 
 ecjual magnanimity bj' an American officer, " T/w Kluf/ of Qreat 
 liiitdiii." These gentlemen thus preserved its existence, in conse- 
 quence of which it afterwards .•■•ecured much of the property which 
 had been leased or loaned to individuals. To these gentlemen, there- 
 fore, under the circumstances in which they were placed, not less than 
 to the original founders of the institution, many hundreds and proba- 
 bly thousands of destitute orphan children, have been and will be in- 
 debted to an immense amount of gratitude. Had this Society at that 
 time })ceome extinct, in all probability under the increased embar- 
 rassments of that period, it had never been revived. The happy re- 
 sults 111" its eoutinuance, both to individuals and to the community, 
 on the one hand, and the- sad consequences which would have follow- 
 ed its extinction, on the other, who can estimate or conceive ? An 
 institution, that, as it were, creates and multiplies and extends bene- 
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 is a noble institution. But when without such an institution, the ne- 
 cessary alternative had been positive detriment to a whole communi- 
 ty, and personal wretchedness to hundreds of individuals, it possesses 
 an importance beyond all estimation and praise ; and just such is 
 ^^Thc Union Society.'' 
 
 In the examination which it became necessary to make of the re- 
 cords of this Sociery, I may be permitte<I to express the very high 
 satisfaction derived from a knowledge of many of its regulations. 
 They attach to it a moral and religious character, which claims for it 
 the unqualified approbation :uul cordial support, of the religious part 
 of the community, as well as of society in general — regulations adopt- 
 ed at an early period of its existence, and probably at its commence- 
 ment. Of this nature arc such as require those who are under the 
 care of this Society to attend public worship, as it is expressed, both 
 parts of the Sabbath, (under the special charge of their teacher) and 
 when Sabbath-schools were established, to become members of those 
 important institutions. The morals of tl)ose youths were guarded 
 with parental and christian care, and books, specially designed and 
 calculated to promote their moral and religious improvement, were re- 
 commended and procured by this Society. And all the rules adopted 
 by the Society for the regulation of its own members, show a high 
 regard to moral and religious obligations. 
 
 Such arc some of the interesting facts connected with the history 
 of the Union Society, and such the claims which it presents to the 
 unqualified approbation and liberal patronage of an enlightened and 
 religious community. The highest commendation which can be be- 
 stowed upon it, and the strongest motive to public patronage which 
 can be urged, is the simple statement of its object and its operations. 
 And this must be my apology for having indulged in so many minutiae 
 in addressing you on this occasion. IJut although yon have already 
 indulged mc with your attention beyond the ordinary length of an ad- 
 dress on such occasions, yet, at the hazard of a trespass on your pa- 
 tience T shall venture to say more. This is no ordinary occasion; it 
 is the anniversary of a Society of no ordinary character: an as.socia- 
 tion for no ordinary purposes; it embodies principles and motives, and 
 involves objects and results of incalculat)lc importance. What is 
 there that is dearer to the citizen, the neighbor, the friend, the 
 patriot, the philanthropist, the christian, which forbids fellowship ol 
 feeling, which does not demand co-operation of effort in promo- 
 ting the objects of this Society. Had one doubt existed in the mind of 
 the speaker on this subject, another's voice had been heard to-day, or 
 this anniversary had passed in silence. Or. were the object of this So- 
 
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 oiety merely secular in its character, he would have used his little 
 influence atrainst unfoldins the doors of this sanctuarv for this occa- 
 sion. But it is oiif ior which all the churches in this city have been 
 repeatedly opened, and the charities of the respective worshippers in 
 them been solicited by the ministers at their altars. Rolifjinn her- 
 self is not exclusively confined, cither in her motives or principles of 
 action, to the interestsof another world. She draws, indeed, from thence 
 her hiirhest sanctions, but thf.sc sanctions are desijrned and calculated to 
 influence and prdniotc tlic temporal welfare of mankind. She is fitted 
 to preside over all her interests. In her obligations the binding force 
 of all other obligations is to be sought, and is alone to be found. One 
 grand principle, supreme love to God ! should prompt to every enter- 
 prise and every action, [t overlooks no duty which results from all 
 that variety of relations which men sustain to each other here ; but 
 the actions to which it prompts are often limited in their immediate 
 results to this life. All those objects, therefore, whose promotion 
 conduces to the best temporal good of individuals or Society, fall 
 within the legitimate province of the Christian religion, and all the 
 solemn weight of her holy sanctions bears directly upon them. What 
 a field then, is thrown open before us, from which to gather arguments 
 in support of the objects of this Society. What a variety and an ar- 
 ray of motives which press the obligations of a warm and liberal pa- 
 tronage. Temporal and eternal interests are here combined ; not, in- 
 deed, inseparably, for men can form no such bond, but hopefully and 
 intimately. Let us take a closer in.spection. 
 
 'i'his Society, in the prosecution of its benevolent purposes, pro- 
 rnotef; the respectability, the usefulness, and the happiness of those 
 who are the objects of its benefactions. On this point we could give 
 you the united testimony of its nine hundred beneficiaries, with tin- 
 corrobor.itinti declarations of the community in which they have lived, 
 .(bating those only who in despite of all that human benevolence coulil 
 do for them, perverted its bounties and became moral suicides. A few 
 Hueh there may have been. It is true that the opposites of these 
 traits of character or conditions of life are not the nece.s.sary results 
 of poverty. On the contrary, sorac of the greatest benefactors of the 
 liuniiMi nu'c, and the very salt of the earth, have had their origin and 
 spent their lives in the lowest depths of poverty. But it is not on 
 this broad ground wo now place this subject. What is the testimony 
 oj" the general community y What the voice of strong j)rol)ability in 
 relation to those children who are orphans in indigence. And such 
 arc the son--, by adoption, of this Society, without whose parental 
 supervision and .support they must necessarily grow up in igno- 
 
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 ranee and, without an interposing miracle of grace, in vice. Why 
 should they not ? Even honest ignorance is unfiivorablc to virtue. 
 It leads to idleness, idleness to vice, and vice abandons to ruin; and 
 tliis ruin finds its consummation, but too often, in the future destina- 
 tion of the lost souK Against such a result, this Society, to say the 
 least, rears a strong barrier. It .snatches the child of misfortune 
 I'rom the precincts of vice ; rescues it from the overpowering influ- 
 once of a thousand temptations ; instructs it, places it within the 
 direct influence of *niotives to virtue, trains it to habits of industry, 
 (if social order, and of enterprise ; and entrusts it to the immediate 
 guardianship of those who arc bound, by the force of their own 
 moral and religious principles, as well as the obligations imposed by 
 this Society, to give it an education which an enlightened and re- 
 ligious community shall approve. What is the hopeful if not cer- 
 tain result of all this i' Vou at least save the individual from the 
 degradation of ignorance and almost inevitable vice, relieve a widow- 
 ed mother from an in.suppor table burden, prevent a pest or a nui- 
 sance to society, and hopefully save an immortal being from future 
 and endless ruin. Were this negative good all that this Society 
 achieved, who would not commend and patronise it '{ Hut this nega- 
 tive good is necessarily connected with positive benefits. If you res- 
 cue from ignorance, you enlighten ; if you save from vice, you ren- 
 der virtuous ; if you relieve the widow of a burden you afford her a 
 support; if you prevent a pest or a nuisance to society, you bless so- 
 ciety with a useful and active member; and if an immortal being be 
 .saved from endless ruin, that being secures immortal glory. Within 
 iliis short compass, there arc embodied all those motives which can 
 lie conceived to exert an influence on those who feel themselves re- 
 sponsible, as citizens, as neighbors, as friends, as patriots, as philan- 
 thropists and christians ; and which of them has not a direct bearing 
 nil th(' objects of this society? The feelings of true benevolence are 
 kindred and social in their nature, and the circle ol' their influence 
 is limited only by the objects which can be promoted by the efforts 
 of those who possess them. In their nature they grasp a world, while 
 ill their operation they arc necessarily limited to objects within their 
 reach. Mere then is another principle on which this Society founds 
 a claim to the patronage of tho.sc who an; able to yield ft. For it is 
 I lie .same feeling, so far as it is a benevolent one, which proinpt,s to the 
 proper j^dueation of an orphan child, that would send the (Jospel to a 
 distant heathen The objects (»f this Society are benevolent, and we 
 appeal to licnev<ileiice for their support; and the .'^aine benevolence, 
 too, which, wen- it within its influence, would ble.ss a world with 
 
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 moral and spiritual light, and restore its inhabiUmts to social order 
 aud to happiness. But in whatever point uf view we contemplate this 
 Society, even though it were exclusive of that distinizuishing benev- 
 olence which characterizes the christian, if we look at it as citizens, as 
 philanthropists, or as patriots, it is one of the noblest nionunient.s of 
 an enlightened and liberal charity, which this or any other State can 
 boast. Vou have, indeed, a proud monument erected to deeds of 
 valor and heroism, in the heart of your city. Hut the fruits of the 
 munificence dispensed by this Society, constitute a far nobler one, 
 set up in many a grateful human hearta — a monument which, instead 
 of being impaired by the revolutions of years, is constantly incrcitsing 
 in .splendor, and to which every beneficiary who fulfils the just ex- 
 pectations of his benefactors and the public, will be an additional or- 
 nament. This should stimulate those youths who arc now enjoying 
 the liberal bounties of this Society — and whom 1 have the plca.sure 
 to see before me, to prosecute their studies with the utmost diligence; 
 to form and establish habits of industry ; to imbibe and cherish the 
 sacred principles of rigid morality and pure religion. Do not forget 
 it my young friends; your prosperity, respectability, usefulness and 
 happiue.ss depend on your possession of these f|ualitics. While your 
 possession of them is all the remuneration whicli this Society asks 
 or can desire for its care and solicitude and liberality in your 
 behalf. But however rich an ornament this Society is to this city 
 and county in which it is established, it is not as citizens within 
 these limits merely, that its importance is to be estimated by you ; it 
 is intimately associated with the noblest institutions of the State, 
 What legitimate object of patriotism is tlu-re to which it does not 
 contribute 'f It increases her wealth ; the wealth of a virtuous popu- 
 lation, of ent^rprizing citizens, of industrious members of Society, of 
 firm supporters of her civil and her religious institutions — a wealth, 
 compared with which her mines ol' gold are tinsel and are dross. It 
 may furnish (why not?) ornaments in tlie learned professions, heroes 
 in the field, and champions of her rights in her halls of legislation. 
 Such things have been, such things now are, and why may they ixit 
 be again? We could read to you a long catalogue of names, high 
 on the list of distinction, in every State in the Tnion, and on both 
 sides of the Atlantic, ol' men born in indigence and educated by 
 charity. Talents are not confined to the rich Distinction is not the 
 necessary consequence of high or noble birth. Rather, oft times, to 
 these different conditions of men, the CJod of nature seems to have 
 assigned endowments and defects to efjualise their states. But tn 
 whom belongs the high honor of rescuing them from their obscurity ':' 
 
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 of bringing them tbith to light, to usefulness and distinction .' under 
 God, to their honcfaotors — to the patrons and to the uicuibers of the 
 Union Society. These are deeds whieh olaini for you, gentlemen ol 
 this Society, the affectionate regard of your adopted sous : which 
 bespeak for you the gratitude of many an unborn orphan, whieh en- 
 sures to you and yours, the prayers and blessings of many a widowed 
 mother — deeds wbicb demand tlie grateful acknowledgments of 3'our 
 State, and the high eommendation of your country ; and which enti- 
 tle vou to <listinction among patriots, philantbropists and the bene- 
 factors of mankind. I^ut Avhilc these are your honors, most solemn 
 are your responsibilities ; you have immortal as well as temporal in- 
 terests confided to you — you are guardians of orphans. To train up 
 rhildren for God, to render them good citizens, is but half your work, 
 and should be far less than half your aim. Let it be your high and 
 holy purpose to secure the reward of another life ; then receive the 
 approbation of your final -Judge, and in that last of days, when 
 these and all your deeds shall ])e reviewed, and your eternal state 
 shall be adjudged, may it be your unspeakable privilege to say — 
 "here Jjord are we, and the children Thou gavcst us," and receive 
 fur yourselves the richest of all gratuities — the gil't of God, which ia 
 eternal life — through Jesus Christ, Our Lord. 
 
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 (From Pnsiilcut f'n/irii'x /!rjnii-t, 10'2(J AnninrMtrif, April -'^^ 1852.') 
 The addition <o that win^ of (he Academy holoii^inj; to you is now 
 completed, and the rent is increased to One Thousand I)olhii-s per an- 
 num, from the first of November htst. The cost of th(> ad<lition was 
 three thousand two liundred \- eij^hty oa-lOO dollai-s, wliieh has heen 
 paid in full, th(»Ui:h the Society is indebted ftir the sum of one tliou- 
 sand dollars, balance of nioney borrowed to pay the builder. The 
 whole, however, 1 think will be paid in the ensuing year. 
 
 •;• ■)■■ :(■ ^i: :(! * * 
 
 Uesolutioiis read and unmiiniously adopted. 
 IJy doseph S. Fay Ks(|., 
 
 Seconded liy l')dw;inl I'adelford Ks(j 
 
 IIkis<)L\ Kl>, 'fliat in the death of Hciijamin Snider Ksip.. this Soci- 
 ety has cxj)erienecd the loss of one of its most zealou> :in(I inh reeled 
 mcnibcJ>, which is deeply lo lie deplored. 
 
 IkEsoi.vKD, 'fhat while wc would ex]»ress our sincere rc^ivt lor tin 
 vacancy thus created in (tiir iiiinilicr, we would offer our sympathy to 
 his widow t\: family, to wliuiii the Secretary is rc(|ucsted to communi 
 cate these resolutions. 
 
 # ^f- * 'Y- •;-. * * :i: 
 
 liy Thomas Purse Es<(r, seconded by David liell Ks<|. 
 
 11E.S0LVK1), that the President, Vice President and IJoard of .^ian- 
 a{5Ci*s, bo authorized to improve Lot No '1 and East half of liot No :>, 
 Percival Ward, with brick buildings, if in their judu,nieiit the inter- 
 ests of the Society would be thereby promoted, and that they be au- 
 thorized to apply the money at interest, and sell such stocks as may 
 be needed for the purpo.se. 
 
 Hy A. Minis l')si(., secontled l»y Jos S. Fay 1"]m|. 
 
 Resolved, that the President and IJoard of ISlanaj^ei-s slinulil unite 
 ill an application to our nicndjcr of (\)iii;ress representing this l)is- 
 rrict, to procure the appointment of a (ladetat West Point or a War- 
 rant as midshipman in the Navy, should at any time one of our beiie- 
 liciariea incline to either of these jirofessions. 
 
 {From President Cohcu'x Ji'/mrt, IWUfAiiiiircrsurj/f Ajtril '!'•), \><W,\.) 
 You have at prcscut on your bounty only cloven boys, but as you 
 arc now free from debt, and will Iiavc a greatly increased revenue you 
 may extend the sphere of your usefulness. 
 
 The receipts from all sources during the past year, including a bal- 
 ance of ?2S.4.'), amount to >?.'!0 l"). (i.". 
 
 of which there has been exjiended ior ordinary 
 
 expenses S1!I0!». (L' 
 
 Extraordinary •' HK55. Oo 
 
 leavinii a balance ut 71. 5y lltjio. (>o 
 
100 
 
 The extraordinary expenses eonsist exclusively of the sums paid 
 for the addition to the Academy, the rent ol' whieh, T presume, will 
 he increased at the expiration of the present lease. 
 
 f think your means may be greatly increased by lookim; after the 
 vawint lands in this County. I have conl'erred with Mr. William 
 llui^hes on this subject, and herewith submit his offer. 
 
 In conclusion, I will add, tli;i( i( is impossible for me to continue 
 loni;er as the I'residcnt of this Society. I have had the office for ten 
 years — more than double the term of service of any of iny predeces- 
 sors, — durini;- which time, by rii;id economy and minute attention to dc 
 tails, I hav<' frce<l the Society from debt, :ind h;ivc ;iddeil to your cap- 
 ital (ineludini: (lie sum invested in (lie juldilioii In this building) Five 
 thousand dollars. 
 
 I do no! mention tlii;> in a boaslftd spirit, but simply '" vender a 
 final account of my stcwardshijt. 
 
 Hesix'ct fully snbmiltrd, 
 
 SOI.O.MUN (\)1IEN, 
 I'residcnt 
 
 Savannah liLl April |S,>;;. 
 
 \j\SV (IF AsSKTTf; 
 
 belonging to flie T'liiim Smii'ty inul (Jclivoifd liy Sukniiuii ('uIk'Ii, I'n'.-idetit. to 
 
 liis successor. 
 
 Noll' ill Ik'iiiy Dittuicrs, MM locil liy mortgage, lor $3000 
 
 " " Judge Fleming "dillo l()On 
 
 Scripl No. 3011 for <: i^ljans I'lanlcrs IJank §100 COO 
 
 " " 'i37 " i '• " " 80 ;;lmi 
 
 " " 'JOOO "IS " '■ " " 1140 
 
 " ■" 2080 " 'J •' •• •' " KiO 
 
 " " L'07t> "'JO •■ • ■■ ■' lOOO 
 
 '' " 17j " :(!» • Cciilral IJailUoail .JOOO 
 
 " " 1807 '' •' (100 
 
 " " 12 " 7 PrcrcriTil .SUiek 70n 
 
 \o. <il Hoiul of llic ("ily (if .Savamiiili .'»00 
 
 $12,020 
 
 Jjcase of the Academy to W. !'. ("lark, at ■Sl.iMlli per annum, 
 licase expires 1st Nov., IS.")!!. 
 
 The three small tenements nil YdvV >tn(l. wc-i uf tlir _M jJapiist 
 ('liurch, arc rented as follows: 
 To Stephen Cubbedgc, at^lOO; on (lie ist .Ma\ hi; will owe 
 
 one <iuarter, viz §2;') <Mi 
 
 To ('. A. Mairili, at 817.0; on (he 1st May lie will owe two 
 
 <juartcrs S7 .">() 
 
 To John Sherlock, at 817;") jicr annum; on the 1st April he 
 
 owed three (piarlers 1;;| :i,"i 
 
 (,)n the 1st .^lay Mr. Clark will owe one «|U!iMcr "JoO fMi 
 
184 
 
 Mr. iStarr leasee the Lot on which he lives at ?oO per annum, pay- 
 able kh l^eccmbcr, March, . I unc anil September. He has paid in 
 lull to March. 
 
 Savannah, May 14, IK.VJ. 
 Siiluiiion ( nhch, Lsi| • 
 
 Dear Sir, 
 
 I am wiilini; to fcncf out, survey and make plots of the vacant 
 laud.s to which Chatham Academy and the InioM Society arc entitled, 
 lor twenty-five dollars on every hundred acres. 1 would be uuwillinp; 
 to undertake for less, as I kjiow the many difficulties 1 shall have to 
 encounter, and obstacles to surmount. I .im willing to sell these 
 lauds, as fast as located, at li per cent commissions, the agents of the 
 above named institutions executin;^ titles. In undertaking as pro- 
 posed, 1 mu.'-t lie allowed the liberty ol'emphtying one or more deputies. 
 Vctur.--. with respect, 
 
 w.M nrnnEs 
 
 Ue.MjIution,- read and ailnp(c<l unaniniou,.;!} . 
 
 I>y Josi'pli S. I'ay, K.^<|., 
 
 Seconded by Col. Nnah 1>. Kiiapp. 
 Kksoiaku 
 
 Tliat tlie llc|iiirt oCllic rrc^idciil lia.-. been lieanl with ]ilcas\ire and 
 acceptctl. 
 Resolved 
 
 That the thanks of tiiis Society are due to the late President for 
 the zealous and skilful attention he has bestowed upon the aflairs of 
 the Society — creditaltic to him and a good example to his successors. 
 
 (Mr. Kdward Padclford was elected President — resigned May 11, 
 and Joseph 8. Vay, E.sq., elected President.) 
 
 (101//( A)inirr)\<(i.n/, 2o(/ Ajiri/, IS,')!. 
 
 :>. .;: :'f. ■:■ -'i- '-'f * * ^- :i- '^ 
 
 Tlic President stated that it was the intention of the Stewards to 
 meet this day at. '.I o'clock, and adjourn I'nr leercatioii at (he 15 mile 
 station, C It. K., but Mr. Fillmore's arrival bad prevented the ar- 
 rangements from being completed. 
 
 (^From the ProiidrnC^ Riport.) 
 The Children have enjoyed good health, and are well attended to 
 and cared for by ^Ir. Ilaupt, but it seems to me that their education 
 does not i)rogrc.ss much, and the general system so far kept up by the 
 Society is uotsuch as I approve, as calculated to do much effectual or 
 practical good. The Children arc well maintained, and sufl'er in no 
 
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 way, but they do not make that progress in intellectual or moral at- 
 tainments that it should be our ainj to liavc them do. It has seemed 
 to me that some plan could bo devised by which they could partially 
 support themselves, and receive a closer supervision and more 
 thorough teaching. 
 
 1 would reconinumd tlio purchase of a place, not too remote or in- 
 accessible, where the President, the l^oard of Managers, and even 
 the members could aiul would often visit thcni, and overlook their 
 condition ; where they could practice gardening and various other em- 
 ployments conducive to their comfort, hei^lth and support, and where 
 they could have a teacher devoted to them exclusively, who would not 
 only instruct them in school hours, hut supervise them at other ])eri- 
 ods. It seems to me (hat this would cost no more, or if it did. a 
 larger benefit could be derived to the boys — and certainly if a greater 
 outlay were required, a greater nundjer of children could be educated 
 and prepared ibr the active business of life, without a corresponding 
 increase of expense. 
 
 We now expend il2, 200 (about) per annum, for fifteen boys; lor 
 double the number, in the way suggested, probably not over one half 
 as much more expense would be incurred. It seems to me that our 
 income could be enlarged to meet any increased expense, by addition- 
 al subscriptions, if we could show an enlarged and more thorough use- 
 fulness. 
 
 I would suggest a change in the Rule about the appointment of an 
 Orator by the President, to enable him to select some other suitable 
 person besides a Minister of the Gospel, or a member of tiie Society, 
 if he should find it desirable. 
 
 1 subjoin a statenu^nt of the property of the Society and its incoinc. 
 
 * M: ^i: ^l: -;< * :•: :[: :•: ::, ■^: 
 
 There has been added to it,s property, besides the cost of buildin- 
 addition referred to. t(>n shares of the Augusta and Waynesboro Hail 
 F^oad stock. 
 
 I submit an abstract of the Act of the Legislature ceding to tin- 
 (,'hatham Academy, the Union Society and the Free School, (lie im 
 granted lands of (Chatham (V»unty. 
 
 It will be seen that all action on our part is dependent npon that ol' 
 the Trustees of the Academy, and as one might as well try to move 
 a tlnnf body, all effort expended upon them having proved vain, tin- 
 Act is valueless, without further legislation on the subject. I believe, 
 with proper energy on the part of the Trustees of the Chatham Acad- 
 emy, something very valuable might he realized for the Society, at 
 
Ifasf :i liandsomo domain, mi wliicli to seftlc and maintain all the Ur- 
 plian Hoys that mi<;ht be ofterod to us (8cc the Act in full below.; 
 
 liisr (iK r.MoN Society's J'Rdi'Einv \\n Income. 
 
 |(i shares Aui:nsta iV Waynesboro Rail IJoad. 
 
 par value !<1,0(H> inconu' ..S 70 
 
 tl .shares IManters' l>ank, par value 000 '• GO 
 
 II " ^' " " " :;,r)20 " 352 
 
 1:5 •' Central Uail Head A: I5ankin«: Co... l.oOO " :]U 
 
 1 IJond City of Savannah, par value fjOO " of) 
 
 2 [{onds.Flemmin-^sSljOWd: I)ittmer.s8i},000 1,(>()(I 2)^0 
 
 ;?l:;.<»2(i SI, ill 
 I] Lots west of liapti.st Church, with three 
 
 bou.scs on .same S,000 •• [itU 
 
 S Lot west of above, (iccupieil by W.Starr.. 2.00(1 '■ r»0 
 Academy KuildiuL', west end, per lease. SI, 200 
 
 Costc.f additions .SI, soil (r«i 121.. 22;'. 1,42.'. 1,1'^;". 
 
 vS:is,17o '< ;j:{.0(i(J 
 
 And \s«; have lull SO ]iayinj^ members at S;') per annum tO(» 
 
 Till- Society owes .^I^. llaupt a bill of- S)>7*»,()>> 
 
 and a balance to Mr. Clark, on addition to Pa- 
 vilion f) ;') , 
 
 8923,C>.'{ 
 
 .AN ACT, to nftCffUitn, (linpoae of and npproprhtt^ th* iingfantrii lanih in thf I'ouiilyof 
 ( 'hiitliain, and to rent the prohefilx of the name In certain rharitalile unrietien. 
 
 Ki* it eiioctcd lij" tlio .Sciiali- ami lloii.sc i.f ItcprosiMit.ntivos of tlii> State nf Ueorgia, in ticii- 
 f-rtl Asson.tily met, Tlint all tho iiii^rniitcil niiil uiiappriiprinti'd lands in tlic County of Cl.nt- 
 Imiii hlmll b« <llspo'..'(I iil'niid apprupriiitod, nflrr the pas.sin<; oftliis Ai't, in tlio ninnni>r heroin- 
 jil'tiT piiint<-<l mil, 
 
 Si-.c. v. Be it tiuulii/ hij the iiiilliiiritij iiforeniiid, 'I'lial William W. nullnrli, Isaac Minis, 
 Wllli.ini T. Williams, IJohiTl W. I'oolor, and Ale.vnndor Telfair, lio appointed Coinmisikiners, 
 wlioiHe duly it t-liall lie to vmpluN a lit nnd eonipetont .Surveyi)r to desiKnnte the meten and 
 liiiuiidarle.'^, iind landnutrks of all the ungranted lands in said Couuly, dosif;natin^ each (;rant. 
 
 't<r.i\ :t. lie it enacted Inj tlte autli<iiilij aforeaaiil, Thai wiUiin six innnUis after ^aid survey 
 and map are c<imploleil,and nutice Ihereol' to the trustees, it shall lie oliligatury on tho trustees 
 ..f the Chatham Academy to select .\(H)0 aei-es of jiiiid laud for the .sole use, lienclll and hehool' 
 <>r i<ald Academy, and lor which they tho sahl t rust eei> shall he entitled to and iditnin a i.'rnnt or 
 (.■rants of the sanio upon the the payment of the usual fbe.s. 
 
 Sec •!. JSe it fiiiiher eiiai'ted hif the aut/iori/i/ afofesiiiil. That the surplus ol' land vacant 
 and unpranled In said County, over and ahove the saiil G,<H.U acres aforesaid, shall he sold l>y tin- 
 •lald Commissioners aforesaid, and on such terms, and at iiucb times, as nniy in the opinion of n 
 fiiujurity of them seem 111 and jiroper, and the Interest arising from the purchase money of said 
 land shall heannually pfthl ovi-r to the Treasurer of the County, wIkw duty it shall lii> to (lay 
 over the same in oquid proportions to the Trensuier of tho Free School .Society in tho city of 
 ^>uvaniiah, ami the I'resident of the I'nion Society, for the use of said eorporations. /'roriiled, 
 no f^a\c. of said lands shall ho made upon credit, unlc.<s ;;oad and sunielent security of personal 
 and roni estate shall he given to said C'ommissionors, to »ucurn the payment of the principal 
 and Interest of the deht arising fi-om said sale ; and jiri/fided almi, thai if the 'aid lands he 
 ^old for cash or money, the said cash or money shall be Investcil in tho slock of one of the 
 chartered banks of the State, In the name and for the use of the wild trustees of the Free 
 
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 School insai 1 city aforesai 1, anri tho Prcsi.l^ntof the Union Society; anrl the Tre«urer of said 
 County is hereby directe.l and veq lii-ed to draw from said banl; or banks, the dividc-nd arising 
 from said stock, annually or semi-annually, an 1 pay the same in equal proportions, to the said 
 trustees of the said Free School and tho Presilent of the Union Society, for the purpose of edu- 
 cating any poor orphans within the County aforesaid, whose parents have died residents thereof. 
 Sec. 0. Be it eniUisc?, That the said Comnissioners with the Trustees of the Chatham Acad- 
 emy shall pay the surveyor employed, in equal proportion, the compensation which the said 
 Commissioners may agree and covenant with the said surveyor to pay for his services in 
 making the survey afores.aid, from the money arising from tho lirst sale of said lands or In any 
 other manner they may deem just and equitable. 
 
 Sec. 6. Be it fttrthei' enacted. That where any person shall be in actual occupation of said 
 vacant lands or purchased the samean.l improve 1 them.it shall and may be lawful for the Com- 
 missioners to appoint one disinterosteil freeholder, and the persons in possession another, who, 
 if they do not agree, shall call in a third freeholder, and place a value on the said lands, exclu- 
 sive ol" the improvements so made on them, and their judgment or decision shall bo final and 
 conclusive; and tho persons in possession shall have the right of purchasing the same at such 
 valuation and on such terms as the Commissioners and the purchasers may agree upon. 
 
 WAKKJEN JOURDAN, 
 Speaker of Honse of Representatives. 
 THOMAS STOCKS, 
 President of Senate. ' 
 Assented to Dec. 21, 1S29. 
 
 GEORGE R. GILMER, Governor. 
 
 .\N ACT, To alter and enlarge ''An Act, entitled an Act to agceriaiii, dispose of aitd ap- 
 
 proprVite the unf/ranted lands in the county of Chatham, and to rent the tame in certain 
 
 cliaritahle societies" and for other purposes. 
 
 8ECTI0.N 1st. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Geor- 
 gia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted bj' the authority of the same, That 
 from and after the passage of this Act, George Paul Harrison, Thomas Holcombe and Joseph 
 K. Waring be appointed couimissionei-s to fill the vacancies caused by the death of William B. 
 Bulloch, Robert W. Pooler and Alexander Telfair, and that any vacancies hereafter occurring 
 by dc.aUi, resignation or otherwise, may be filled by tho majority of the remaining commis- 
 sioners. 
 
 Sec. 2d. Ami he it further enacted bi/ the nuthvrili/ nforcsaid. That the Act of a majority 
 of the commissioners shall be legal and valid, and that they be authorized to act by a majority. 
 
 Sec. 3d. And he it further enacted, by the authority < foresaid, That tho Surveyor appoint- 
 ed under the authority of tlie said Act, shall be empowered for the purpose of making his sur- 
 vey and mai),and fulfilling all duties connected therewith, to cro.ss existing lines, without being 
 subject to the pains and penalties in such cases made and provided, nor be held oivillj- liable 
 for trespasses. 
 
 Sec. 4ih. And be it furtJier enacted by the authority aforesaid. That if any dispute shall 
 arise between the said Surveyor and other parties, as to the existence of lines previously run, 
 It shall and may bo lawful for tho said Surveyor to require the production of original grants and 
 surveys, or cither, in the possession, custody, or control of tho party so claiming the existence 
 of a previous line. 
 
 Sec. 5th. And he it further enacted by Vie authority aforesaid. That if the Trustees of the 
 Chatham Academy fail to select the land in said Act reserved to their use for six months after 
 the said survey and map have been completed, that then itshall and may be lawful for the said 
 commissioners or a majority of them, to appropriate the said lands according to the provisions 
 of the Fourth Section of the Act aforesaid. 
 
 .'^EC. 6th. And he it further enacted by t)te authority aforesaid. That all titles heretofore 
 executed by the Tru.stecs of the Chatham Academy to anj- person or i)ersons of any part of said 
 nngranted lands, be and the same are hereby deelare<l valid, sub.Mi>ting, perfect and legal and 
 further that the number of acres so aliened, or .«)M by the saiil Trustees, shall be deducted 
 from the saifl five thousand acres in said .Vet. reserved to them. 
 
 Sec. Tlh, That the said Commissioners or a majority of tJifm, shall be authorized to re- 
 quire from the said Trustees, a statement of the quantity and location of the lands aforesaid 
 for which they may have executed titles to any person or persons, and the number of acres 
 that they may be deducted as aforesaid. 
 Sec Slh. Antl be it fu,rth€r enacted by the. autliority aforesaid, Th«t after tho said iurrey 
 
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 and map shall have be«D completed, the tiU«» to the said unwanted lani^s shall rest in the said 
 commissloDcrB, k> as tu cnablo them or a majority of them to bring Milt in he name of the 
 whole a^in&t any person or persons occupying or tresprjssing up<in any part of the same. 
 
 8ec 9th. Pro\ ided neTtrVulm*, that any actual occupant shall be entitled to the benefit of 
 the provisions contained in the Sixth Section of the said Act, if he shall appoint a Freeholder 
 to represent him within twenty days after 1ft shall have bci-n nutificd in writing, of a similar 
 appointment on the part of the commissioners ur a inajority <>f them. 
 
 6kc 10th. And he it furOier enacted hy Ou auUioritij aforttaid. That all necessary ex- 
 penses Incurred by the commissioners la c.irrylnjr out the pmvlsions of this Act, shall b« 
 chargeable and defrayed In the same manner .is the cost of the survey and map: Pro< ided 
 howerer, that if the extent of the lands unpnntcd should prove but five thousand aerea 
 then all the charges of survey and maps and all other expen-ies borne or Incurred, shall be en- 
 tirely chargeable upon such landt as may be surveyed and m.ippoil, and thus accniing chiefly 
 to the Trnsiees of Chatham Academy aforesaid, and in any event pro rata according to the 
 number of acri-s received by each, 
 
 Bbc, 11. And be it further enacted that all laws and parts of laws militating against this 
 Act be and the same are hereby repealed. 
 
 WILLIAM 11. STILEs, 
 Speaker of ILnno of Re^ircs^ntatlres 
 DAVID J. BAILEY, 
 President of the Senate. 
 Approved Much let, 1S5& 
 
 HEBSCHEL V. JOHNSON, 
 
 Governor. 
 
 Office of the Secretary of State, I 
 MiLLEHGEViLLE, Ga., March 5th, ISM. j 
 1 hereby certify ihat the foregoing l.i a true .ind correct copy of the Original Enrolled Act, of 
 file In this offleo. 
 
 BBfiflS OiTi::< under my hand and seal of ofllce, the dav and vcar above written. 
 ai «StJ » ' E. r. WATKINS. 
 
 HBMftB Secretary of State. 
 
 Resolutions read nnd adoptod. 
 
 By Gilbert Butler, 
 
 .^^eeonded by Kobert D. Walker. 
 
 Resolved, That this body approve.s of the suggestion of the Pres, 
 ident, to an establishment for th^ Beneficiaries of the Union Society, 
 and that he, with the advice and co-operation of the Board of Mana- 
 gers, consummate the arrangement, if they in their judgment find it 
 practicable so to do. 
 
 Alteration of the Ruk'S, road l.*<t tiiiic. 
 
 RIILK 4Tn. 
 Proposition to nitt-r llule 4th, by addinu tbc \vord.>; "or some other 
 vnitahle person" after tlic word •'(Jospol," w.is rea<l tlie lir.'^t time. 
 
 KLKfTlON (»l' ((FFICKHS. 
 
 The Society tlicn went into the election of Oflicers, for the ensuing 
 year, and upon counting out tlic b:illot.>^, tlie followinu gentlenieii were 
 declared duly elected, viz : 
 
 JcsEi'ii S. Fay. President. 
 
 John W. Anderson, Vice President. 
 
 Edwrd G, Wilson, Secretary. 
 
189 
 
 Stewards. 
 John L. Cope, ^ James li. Johnston. 
 
 Johu W. Anderson, A^ice J'resideiit elect, declined said election. 
 Whereupon AnuAiiAM Minis was duly elected Vice President of the 
 Union Society. 
 
 The President then appointed the Ibllowinj: 
 
 hoard of managers. 
 
 Solomon Cohen. 
 Robert D. Walker. 
 Johu li. Johnson, 
 Allen 11. Wright, 
 Alexander A. Smets. 
 
 Savannah, 24th June, 1854. 
 Board of Managers met. 
 Present — 
 
 Joseph S. Iviy, President. 
 
 DIRECTORS. 
 
 Solomon Cohen, Robert D. Walker, 
 
 Johu }l. Johnson, Allen P. AVright, 
 
 Alexander A. Smets. 
 Resolutions read and adopted. 
 
 It is Ordered, that a purchase of the Place called Bethesda. or 
 the Orphan House Tract, be perfected, at a price not exceeding 
 twenty-five hundred dollars, on such terms of payment as may bo 
 actreed upon with the proprietor. 
 
 • * V :.•: i: J|: * H-' :t: * * 
 
 Resolved further, and it is hereby ordered that a Committee 
 of three be appointed to aid the President in carrying out the pre- 
 ceding order, and to contract for three buildings, (18x30) eighteen by 
 thirty feet, suitable for School, Eating Room and Dormitory, and 
 
 carry out their erection, to be completed by the first day of October. 
 
 ■H * ♦ <■■ ■;• -y * * H: * * 
 
 Resolved further, and it is hereby ordered, That Robert D. 
 Walker, Allen R Wright and Johu R. Johnson be the Committee, 
 and the same are hereby appointed as the Committee, to aid the Pres- 
 ident in carrying out the first resolution, and to contract for the three 
 buildings, and to have the same completed. 
 
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 Bethesda, Chatham County, Georgi*, ") 
 23d April, 1855. j 
 105^/i Anni'vcrsari/. 
 
 The minutes of the last ineetin»: were read and couBrmed. 
 
 The President submitted the following annual report, viz: 
 To the Members of the I^nion Society, 
 
 Gentlemen- It is my duty under the 7th Kule of the Society to 
 report to you its progress, and the state of its funds. Its affairs arc 
 just now in a transitive state, yet, I trust, not without progress in the 
 right direction. At the last annual meeting the suggestion was adopt- 
 ed, that a location in the country should be obtained, where the boy.s 
 could be placed away from city influences, and where they could learu 
 habits of indu.stry, as well as receive a more thorough education by a 
 teacher specially devoted to them. The Board of Managers availed 
 themselves of an opportunity to purchase this place, the original lo- 
 cality of Whitfield's Orphan House, and in the course of the sum- 
 mer and autumn erected here some cheap but suitable buildings. 
 
 In January- last the boys were removed hither. The place cost 
 82,500, the building-s 82,700. and the outfit about 82,000, including 
 two negroes and a pair of hor.sos. To render the place suitable to it.*; 
 objects and purposes, however, new fences and new farm buildings 
 were requisite, and the expenditure is not yet at an end. The Board 
 of Managers are, however, proceeding as economically as possible to 
 place everything on a comfortable, convenient and .serviceable footing. 
 The expense of supporting the establishment has so far been heavy 
 owing to the fact that there was nothing to start with. All the pro- 
 visions, fodder for horses, and afl kinds of supplies, have to be hauled 
 from town, which is expensive, added to the fact that everything this 
 season is particularly dear. ^Ve have to expend much labor in pre- 
 jiaring for a u.seful and sufficient crop, which is now in the ground, 
 a!id, with (iod's blessing, will make our expenses next year comjiara- 
 tively light. 
 
 At my last report there were fifteen boys in the care of the Society. 
 During the sununer and fall, George Gwyn, Thaddeus K. Fisher, 
 Uichard H. Manning and Henry II. Manning, were withdrawn by 
 their friends, and help was afforded the parents of the two last, to go 
 back to Columbus from which place they originally came. On the 
 22d January, preparations having been completed, the remaining 
 eleven boys were brought to Bethesda. A few days afterSvards Owen 
 Brittle ran away, and returned to his mother, and under the circum- 
 stances it was deemed undesirable and injudicious to attempt to re- 
 claim him. Since then, all have lived here contentedly, and eight 
 
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 boys having been added, from time to time, the nmiiber is now eight- 
 een, I am glad to say that as a whole they are oi'derly, well dispos- 
 ed, obedient and industrious boys. 1 subjoin a list of their names. 
 
 It is very creditable to Mi*, and Mrs. Ilaupt, under whose care the 
 children of the Society have been, that the boys received from them 
 are all well mannered and well behaved, and will compare favorably, 
 in a moral point of view, with the same number anywhere. 
 
 They exercise a good influence upon new coiners, and the whole 
 now present the spectacle of a united, diligent and happy family, cred- 
 itable to the past and hopeful as to the future. During the past sum- 
 mer, all the boys, but one, had the yellow fever in Savannah, and re- 
 covered, owing, under God, to the good nursing of Mrs. IJaupt, and 
 the judicious treatment of Dr. Posey. 
 
 This gentleman having, for seventecji yearti, attended gratuitously 
 and faithfully the children under the charge of the Society, the ]5oard 
 of Managers have thought proper to make some suitable testimonial 
 of their appreciation of his kindness. They have procured a hand- 
 s(im(> silver pitcher to present to him, which you will doubtless ap- 
 ))rove. It is to be regretted that circumstances prevent his being 
 present to receive it, and accept personally our tribute of thanks for 
 his benevolent labors. During the period referred to, there have been 
 sixty-one boys in the care of the Society, and boarding with IMr. Tlaupt, 
 of whom but four have died, and of them two were sick when received. 
 
 During the past year we have lost three members by death, Messrs. 
 .lohn L. Cope, Charles Ilartridge, and Jonathan Olmstead ; and, in- 
 cluding those elected to-day, sixty-six members have been added. 
 The large accession during this yeai*is an indication of increased in- 
 terest in the Society and its objects, and an earnest fliat it will take 
 no steps backward. 
 
 The property of the Society, as it now stands, is as follows : 
 
 Bethesda, containing about 125 acres ol land, and impKive- 
 
 ments and outfits, costing about 80,401' 
 
 Two negroes 800 
 
 Seven Shares Central Kail Iload Stock 700 
 
 Ten Shares Planters' Bank Slock SOO 
 
 Ten Shares Augusta it Wayncsborn' \\. ]{. S*«vk SOO 
 
 One Pond City of Savannah r>!)0 
 
 .Note <A^ Wm.'P. Klcuiing .' 1,000 
 
 .Vote of Trustee of II. Dittimers 8,000 
 
 Two Lots and impnivements on South Broad Street, west end 
 
 of Academy, known as the "Pavilion" 20,<'<M» 
 
 Two lots and improvements adjoining Second liaptint Churrh 
 
 in York street .- .' h:,000 
 
 842,000 
 
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 The Annual Idcouic of the Society from all sources is as follows : 
 
 Froui Seven Shares Central Hail Road Stock 56 
 
 " Ten " I'lanterV Hank " - .'16 
 
 '* Interest on Notes 280 
 
 Kents from KsUite ill Vurk street 500 
 
 '• " Pavilion 1,530 
 
 St. Andrew's Society towards E. Mortimer's support... 100 
 
 W. K. liong. Guardian of Jos. (Mark's Orphans 180 
 
 Interest on City IJonds ;»5 
 
 '* Augusta k, Waynesboro' Railroad Stock 
 
 .^Iembers Annual Subscription 715 
 
 ToUil .?2,782 
 
 To pay for lietlu'sda, and for the buildinirs Httiiiir up there, and 
 improvement of the same, it was necessary to sell a large part of our 
 Planters' Rank and Rail Road Stock.-*; and to meet the out-standing 
 accounts, and to finish the improvements at Hethesda, it will be ne- 
 ecssary to apply a part of the money to be received for the notes of 
 W'm. H Fleming and H. Dittimcrs, which fall due next month. The 
 Society receives from tlu; St. Andrew's Society SlOO^nnuully towards 
 the support of Kwen Mortimer, and from Mr. Wm. H. Long, (luar- 
 dian of Josiah Clark's orphan.s, SI 5 per month towards their support, 
 as appears in my statement of annual income. It seems .safe to cal- 
 culate that when the establishment at Rethesda is eomplete and fully 
 paid for, the income of the Society from it,s other property and from 
 the contributions of members will be at least 8;],U00. Something too 
 may yet be derived from the ungranted lands in Chatham County. It 
 seems probable tuo that the produce of the farnt will contribute ma- 
 terially to its support, and it is fair to e.\pect that there will be some 
 surplus annually that can be alloweil to accumulate, or bo used im- 
 mediately for the enlargement of operations. 
 
 It may be that the plan adopted at the last anniverciary, and com- 
 menced by the Hoard of Manager.'*, may not ])rove a pecuniary saving, 
 yet that the money e.xpi'nded will be productive of better results, and 
 provide for the support of more children ;if a not proportionably in- 
 creased expense, can hardly be doubtful. .\t any rate the new sys- 
 tem appears, so far, to commend itself to thi- approval of the Society. 
 In choosing Hcthesda, though at a higher price than that at which 
 some other place might have been obtained, and perhaps above its 
 market value, the Hoard of Managers were inHuenccd by the fact that 
 upwards of a century ago, it had been consecrated to the same noble 
 purpose, that it 1ias au unblemished reputation for health, and that 
 the desirable services of the occupants, Mr. and Mrs. Murphy, could 
 
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 be secured for the manaaement of the children. So far they have, by 
 the interest they have manifested in the succc:;" of the experiment, 
 and by the contented industry, and the comfortable condition of the 
 boys, realized the expectations formed of them. 
 
 A good and competent teacher, Mr. R. C. Tasker, has been tempo- 
 rarily engaged, and the boys have manifested a fair degree of interest 
 in learning and as rapid improvement as could be expected from the 
 short period of their present instruction, after an interval of five 
 months in which they vrere not at School before leaving town. Mr. 
 Tasker may be induced to remain until another year. His compeusa 
 tion m the mean time, is indefinite, as he came out from the North 
 more as a matter of health than employment. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Murphy receive 82.75 per day, and find their own 
 supplies. 
 
 The Society is indebted to the Central Rail Road Company for an 
 old locomotive bell, which will serve to call the I'amily to its several 
 employments, and to several friends for plants. So much had to be 
 done in arranging for crops of the more needful character, that not 
 much progress has been made in the higher branches of horticulture, 
 to which it is designed to bestow considerable attention hereafter. 
 
 The children received into the care of the Society this year have 
 not been indentured to it according to its rule.s. It is rare that any 
 one has the power to do it, and it seems a vain expenditure of money 
 to take out letters of Guardianship for this purpose only. If there 
 was a law by which children voluntarily- placed and left in charge of 
 the Society by their nearest relatives or friends, or liy the public au- 
 thorities, were by that fact and act indentured to it, it would be a 
 simple matter. As it is, a heavy labor is imposed on your officers if the 
 rule is carried out. Joseph K. Campos indentured last year to Mr. 
 Dugald Ferguson, and who is here to-day, seems to be doing well, and 
 so far is a credit to the Society. Jerry .Manning was taken to Colum- 
 Ijus by his parents. 
 
 Were not this report already a long one, it would be pleasant to nolo 
 some coincidence between the position of affairs at Bethesda now and 
 one hundred years agu. V.r. Robert Habersham who i.s on this spo( 
 for the first time for upwards of sixty years, has kindly submitted to 
 my inspection copies of some of the letters of his Crand Father, 3Ir. 
 JaracH Habersham, written from the year 1741 to 1751. Thi.s gen- 
 tleman, abandoning a career more promising in worldly matters, came 
 totJeorgia as the friend and companion of Whitfield, to share his la- 
 hors. He nobly aided in carrying out this work, aud'was President of 
 Bethesda College, and manager of the Orplian House for many years. 
 
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 They bad many difficulties to contend with, which we are spared, and 
 the adverse circumstances which conspired to impede their efforts and 
 finally to break up ihe establishment, do not exist now. We should 
 not be deterred, therefore, by the interruption of their pood work, 
 from endeavoring, from this small beginninjr, to build up an institu- 
 tion that will bo a blessing not only to the children it may protect and 
 educate, but to those who foster and maintain it — an institution, too, 
 which may po on enlarging its usefulness to an extent that will fulfil 
 the utmost wishes and hoartfelt fervent prayers of the pious and do- 
 voted Whitfield. May his spirit animate us, and mny <^iod bless us in 
 this and all other good works. 
 
 I would gladly be relieved of my ro.^ponsibilities as your I'resident, 
 but if it is desired by you that I should continue to carry out your 
 wishes until everything is more complete and more thoroughly sys- 
 tematised, I will not decline the honor. I must ask in all things 
 your favor, kind interest and co-operation, tu enable me to fill proper- 
 ly a place of so much im]iortancc, and in whioli 1 have had so many 
 able and distinguished predecessors. 
 
 While agreeable and inspiring associations surround us and cfowd 
 in upon us. lot us congratulate each other >i]ion the awakened interest 
 that is manifested in cmr Society, and upon the cheering prospects 
 which open before us. 
 
 T submit horcwith niv annual account and vouchers, which T hope 
 will bo found correct. 
 
 Vntir obedient servant, 
 
 JOS. S. FAY, 
 
 President. 
 
 MST or i;ovs. 
 
 Alexander K. Wilson, l.'l years old, has a mother. 
 
 Ewen Mortimer, 10 years, orphan. 
 
 William Henry Sagurs, VA years, has a father. 
 
 Charles A. Sagurs, 12 years, has a father. 
 
 Robert A. IJcasley, 12 years, has a mother. 
 
 ficorgc W^a.shington Cole. 14 years, has a father. 
 
 •lacob Ilohr, S years, orphan. 
 
 Frederick Rohr. 4 years, «»rj)han. 
 
 .lames E. Ueasley, 8 years old, has a niotluT. 
 
 Joseph James Singer, 14 years old, orphan. 
 
 William S. Clark. !• years old, orphan 
 
 Josiah T. Clark, 5 years old, orphan. 
 
 Samuel Miller, 5 years old, has a mother. 
 
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 John O'Keefe, 4 years old, orphan. 
 
 Cornelius A. Long, 10 years old, has a mother. 
 
 Cliarles H. R. Thorpe, 11 years old, has a mother. 
 
 Matthew Dotson, 13 years old, orphan. 
 
 Daniel Towles, 5 years old, has a father. 
 
 CORRESPONDENCE WITH DR. .JOHN F. POSEY. 
 
 The pitcher prepared for Dr. Posey has the following inscription: 
 
 " To Dr. John F. Posey, from the Union Society, in remembrance 
 of his long efficient and gratuitous medical services to the boys under 
 its charge while in Savannah." 
 
 Betiiesda, April 2o, 1855. 
 
 Dr. Posey not being present to receive this testimonial, the Presi- 
 dent sent it to him with the following letter, which is accompanied by 
 the Dr.'s reply : 
 
 Savannah, April 28, 1855. 
 ]\Iy Dear Sir : 
 
 The inscription on the accompanying pitcher will explain why it is 
 sent to you. It gives me much pleasure that it is my province, on be- 
 half of the I^nion Society to present this mark of their gratitude and 
 esteem. It was exhibited to day at a large meeting of the members 
 at Bethesda, on the occasion of their anniversary^ the first one cele- 
 brated there. Much regret was felt that you were not present to re- 
 ceive their kind assurances personally. You do not, however, re- 
 (juirc this gift or these assurances as compensation for a long, gratui- 
 tous, and faithful medical services to Ihose boys under charge of the 
 Society, and indeed they would be (juite inadeiiuate. You have what 
 is far more precious to you, the testimony of a good conscience. It 
 may nevertheless be a satisfaction in the decline of a well spent life to 
 know that a part of your labors have been appreciated, and to have 
 before you this simple testimonial of it. 
 
 With my best wishes for your welfare and happiness, I am, 
 
 Yours, very respectfully, 
 
 JOS. S. FAY, 
 President Union Society. 
 
 To Dr. .John F. Posey. 
 
 Reply. 
 
 Savannah, April 24, 1855. 
 Hear Sir : 
 
 I read the letter which accompanied your beautiful memorial with 
 deep feeling, and I wish I could convey to you in words the sense I 
 I have of your very flattering notice of my services to the boys under 
 
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 tlie charge of our Society. Aside from the reward received while per- 
 foriuing sueh hjcrvices, I can conceive of uo gratification e(|ual to the 
 consciousncsfl of the estimation you have placed upon them. 
 
 lie plca.'scd to accept for yourself and your Society uiv most hearty 
 thank.s for the memorial and for the expressions of regard and esteem 
 conveyed in your letter. 
 
 I wish the hoys under the charge of the I'nion Society may have 
 the good fortune to h:ve your services spared to them long enough to 
 stamp your impress indelibly on their characters. 
 
 1 am with great respect yours, 
 
 JOHN F. POSEY. 
 
 1\) Jos. S. Kay, Escj., 
 
 Pres't. Union Society. 
 
 BY UOUEUT II. CRTFFIN. 
 
 It is now more than one hundred and fifteen years, since on this 
 spot a company was first a.sscnibled for a purpo.se nearly akin to that 
 which has brought you, (Jcntlemen of the Union Society, hero to- 
 day. Foremost aihoiig tlicm, was a man of noble presence and com- 
 manding action, young in years, but grey in spirit; poor in the riches 
 of the world, but with a right royal income of love and gratitude ; 
 «elf-exiled from the land of his birth, where thousands and tens of 
 thousands had beset his pathway with homage amounting almost to 
 idolatry, and where the faintest whisper that fell from his silvery 
 tongue, was more potent in the ravished ears of his listeners, than the 
 labored eloquence of any other living man. On the extreme frontier 
 of civilization, and surrounded by primeval forests, he had that day 
 gathered around him — that new apostle — a few friends who dearly 
 loved him, and who were of kindred spirit, and with an earnest confi- 
 dence that tlie cause in which he was about to la})or would bring suc- 
 cess to the work of his hj^uds, he commenced what aiterwards came to 
 be called Jicfhcsda, — a House of Mercy. No formal corner stone, 
 filled with memorials of the fleeting day, was laid ; he left his heart 
 for a corner stone, and there that heart remained throughout the 
 storms and trials, the glories and triumphs of his after life. 
 
 Tliere is no name of man which (leorgia should teach her children 
 to jn'onounee witli greater reverence than that of (lEoiKiK Wiirr- 
 FlKLl). Sprung from an humble parentage ; in his boyhood, even a 
 iiienial in his mother's inn j suddenly inspired with a dim presentiment 
 
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 of his destiny, and entering l\^nibroko College by ehii-it ;il)K' aid, in the 
 lowly position of Servitor; following at a distance, witii self-abasing 
 reverence, the rising lights of Methodism ; discovered accidentally by 
 the Weslf.ys to be one of their disciples, and caught at once their 
 hearts; advancing, step by step, until at a premature age, the good 
 IJishop of Gloucester gave him ordination ; ap])roaching with bitter 
 dread of failure the delivery of his first sermon ; descending from the 
 pulpit, and passing over the prostrate hearts of a congregation, oi 
 whom fifteen are said to have gone mad; borne on a rising gale of 
 popularity with sucli tremendous force, that those who came to hear 
 him sometimes numbered more than twenty thousand, and many who 
 were forced to stand outside prayed only for a sight of "his blessed 
 face ;" the gates of church preferment thrown wide open before him, 
 and the mitre and the crosier glittering in the prospect — he turned 
 his back on fame and fortune, and sought what were then the wilds 
 of G-eorgia, because he believed that God was calling him to under- 
 take the mission. Even after his embarkation, the voice of John 
 Wesley, to whom he looked up with filial affection and respect, was 
 raised in vain to call him back, but fortified with a serene and pious 
 self-reliance, he went on his way. 
 
 Almost contemporaneously with his arrival, the idea of establishing 
 an Orphan House, suggested to him originally by the younger Wes- 
 ley, became indelibly impressed upon his mind; and, as he himself 
 wrote back to England, he determined, "by the Divine assistance, to 
 get about it in earnest." The mismanagement of the Colony had re- 
 duced the people to such poverty that he said that such an institution 
 was imperatively demanded. He labored long and diligently, assisted 
 always by one who came out in the same ship with him, whom he 
 called his "beloved fellow traveller," and whose name has since be- 
 come one of our household words, James Habersham. He return- 
 ed to Encland to further his object, and found the Trustees of the 
 Colony in a generous mood. They gave to the Charity, for a location, 
 five hundred acres of any vacant land which he should select. The 
 people, to whom he preached, appealing for assistance out of their 
 over abundance, gave with liberal hands. The ground wa.s selected 
 by Mr. Haijersiiam — this ground formed part of it — and on the 
 •25th day of March, 1740, Wihtfield stood not far from where we 
 now arc, "and with his own hands," in the language of one of his 
 historians, "laid the first brick of this great house^ which bo called 
 
 He had not waited for that event, but had already oommenced his 
 work. Even then he had collected forty chiWrcn, who depended 
 
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 upon him for daily food and raiment. From that time forth, until he 
 rested from his labors, his Orphan House was never out of Whit- 
 field's thoughts. With a parent's ardor and abiding love, he clung 
 to it and labored for it. Even when calumny and detraction assailed 
 him and Idackencd his name, and when the gorgeous robe of popular- 
 ity which hi; had won, was trampled in the dust, he had spirit enough 
 left to think of its Jirthmda. And afterwards, when he again stood 
 up before the world the "i'rince of Preachers," the "Apostle of the 
 Knglish Empire," he knew no moment of elation in which he forgot 
 his orphans. For thirty years this labor lasted, and in the very year 
 of his death, when his strength had yielded and his life was fast eb- 
 bing away, he projected the i)lan i>f a College to be added to the 
 House of Mercy, and preached hcrr in the Chapel before the Gover- 
 nor, Council and Assembly, whom he had invited hither to secure 
 their co-operation, lie spuke with all the lire of his by-gone time. 
 The hearts of his auditors were touched, as he alone could touch 
 men's hearts. His object seemed to be within his grasp, and any one 
 would have carried away from that assembly the conviction that the 
 calm confidence which had selected the text from wliicli lie jiroached, 
 "The hands of Zerubba])el have laid the foundation of this house, his 
 hands shall also finish it," was the out-speaking of a jjrophet's spirit. 
 Alas I there was no prophet there. A few months gone, and lie who 
 then spoke with so much zeal, and hope, and earnestness, lay beneath 
 the sod, far, very far, from his beloved Bdlici^rhi. 
 
 The love and veneration which had waited on his living presence 
 could not be torn away from his soulless body. ^Icn came Irom many 
 churches to beg that his ashes might be sent to rest with them. The 
 Legislature oi" Georgia, being then in session, unanimously appropria- 
 ted a sufficient sum of money to bring his body here, that it might 
 repose in the shadow of his Orphan House. Fortunately, considering 
 the fate which soon befel Jict/icsiht, even this request was denied, and 
 he sleeps in Newburyport, before the pulpit once occupied by the 
 friend under whose roof he died. But now, that the retributive jus- 
 tice of time has restored his liethesda, — shorn of its fair proportions, 
 it is true, but still Bethvuda — to the destiny for which he intended it, 
 what act can be more becoming than for us, into whose hands his 
 work has fallen, to revive the dormant prayer of the State, and to- 
 a.sk, once more, that 31assachusetts shall give up our dead? in our 
 own time, the world has almost stood still to see the ashes of a fallen 
 comjueror brought back, in the full glare of imperial ])onip, from the 
 island pri.son where he died, to repose among the people whom he said 
 he loved so well; and, yet again, the son from whom he was torn, on 
 
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 whose features coldly expressed in marble, his dying eyes were fixed, 
 that son, too, like himself, a prince dethroned, is to be given back to 
 his side in death. If to the memory of carnage and usurpation such 
 tributes be paid, how much more arc they due to one Avho Avas a 
 Prince of Peace ? If to tyranny such honors belong, how much 
 more to charity ? Let then the bloodless conqueror be brought home ; 
 let his revived Bethesda receive into her bosom his sacred ashes; let 
 monumental marble rise above his newer grave, and let it bear this 
 truthful record of his life : 
 
 "Assailed by scandal, and the tongue of strife, 
 His only answer was a blameless life. 
 And he that forged and he that threw the dart, 
 Had each a brother's interest in his heart. 
 Paul's love of (^hrist and steadiness unbribed, 
 Were copied close by him and well transcribed. 
 lie followed Paul — his zeal a kindred flame, 
 His Apostolic charity the same. 
 Like him crossed cheerfully tempestuous seas, 
 Forsaking country, kindred, friends and ease — 
 Like him he labored, and like him content 
 To bear it, suffered shame where'er he went. 
 
 Blush calumny, and write upon his tomb. 
 
 If honest eulogy can spare thee room. 
 
 Thy deep repentance of thy thousand lies. 
 
 Which, aim'd at him, have pierced th' offended skies. 
 
 And say, 'blot out my sin, confessed, deplor'd. 
 
 Against thine image in thy Saint, O Lord.' " 
 
 It seemed to me, (Jcntlemen of the Union Sociktv, when your 
 President did me the honor to invite me to address you on this anni- 
 versary, that it would be well to dedicate this, our first meeting since 
 the purchase of JictJirsifa, to the memory of the great man at whose 
 life and labors we have just thrown back a hasty glance. I trust, 
 that in this, you, gentlemen, agree with me ; bnt having named the 
 name of WiiiTFiKLD, I cannot expect pardon from the ladies, who 
 have graced the occasion with their presence, unless 1 pay a passing 
 tribute to his constant friend, his generous benefiictress, the heiress of 
 Bclhrnda^ Semna, Countess of Huntingdon Born amid the sph n- 
 dor of high rank, young, beautiful, eminently gifted, rarely accom- 
 plished, daughter and wife of belted Karls, worshipped by all who 
 knew her, and ruler of licr set, which included Sau.\m, the proud 
 
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 Duchess of Marlborough, Mauv Wohtley Montagu, Maroaret 
 MoNTAOU, PniMi' l)<iHMKU J^TAMioi'K, KaH of Chcstcrficld, IIknry 
 St.VoHN. L«»ui> l>nLMN(;i«u<»KK, — a lordly and illus^trious array of 
 genius aud irreligion — so born, so bred, and so surrounded, what had 
 this proud woman to do with chapels and conventicles, and the 
 stran<'e n)cn who promulgated the doctrines of Methodism !■* Earnest, 
 serious, and almost sad, Irom her early childhood, her mind was exact 
 ly fitted to receive the impressions which the rising sect of Methodists 
 sou"ht to make, liut she and they were separated by a wide inter- 
 val. Social barriers prevented her from hearing anything more than 
 the distant echoes of their preaching. Ilcr soul was yearning for the 
 spiritual food which they were scattering with lavish hands, and 
 whenever some thrice distilled reports of their meetings reached her 
 ear, she unwittingly cherished them in her memory. Stricken with 
 illness, she suddenly .saw the light which she had needed but not 
 sought, and rose a follower of the Wkslkvs. She was not the woman 
 to fear conventionalities or dread the loss of social influence. She 
 '_MVC herself, at once, with all her native enthusiasm, to the work, and 
 until death, remained unwaveringly the same. The names of other 
 women equally exalted in rank, her cotcmporaries and her friends, 
 have passod into oblivion, or come down to us with no claims to ex- 
 traordinary respect, but above the grave of Skm.na, Countess of 
 Huntingdon, sweet flowers perpetually bloom, ami grateful hands, un- 
 ceasingly, cast votive chaplets. 
 
 The house of the Earl and (!ountess of Huntingdon became the 
 favorite resort of the leading ^lethodists. The Earl himself had 
 neither lot nor part witli them, save as tlioir ever courteous host. 
 Eirst came the M'k.slkvs, and after them, by degrees, as they raised 
 themselves above the level of the crowd, eauio other great names in 
 Methodism. Wuni'iKi,!), was, of course, at .^onif time or another, 
 one. When it was, however, that the Countess and himself flrst met, 
 is not known .with certainty, though it must have been after his flrst 
 voyage to Georgia, and it may have been after his second, or oven his 
 third. ]5e that as it may, the Orphan llou.-^e soon became a favorite 
 object with the Countess. She gave her money, her counsel and her 
 countenance to Wiiitfikld. It became almost as much her work as 
 his, and, when he died, his will was found to contain a clause devising 
 Bdiicxda to her. She did not falter when the intelligence was com- 
 municated to her. The Orphan House was incumbered with many 
 debts. It had always been a great labor to keep it up. IJut she a.s- 
 sumed the burden and submitted herself cheerfully to the responsi- 
 bility. All things were done that could be done ; but the star of 
 
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 Bethesda had descended into Whitfield's grave. Lightning smote 
 the buiklings, and thcj were consumed. After their restoration, dis- 
 aster followed disaster, sometimes with lingering footsteps and some- 
 times with rapid march, until just twelve years after the death of its 
 founder, and in the closing year of the llevolution, Bethesda was re- 
 claimed by the CJovernment of the State, after the Royal troops had 
 destroyed almost everything that was valuable. From that time until 
 this Society became its proprietor, Bethesda was perverted from its 
 destiny. In the lapse of time, nearly all vestiges of the '^great house 
 of brick" and its attendant buildings have, passed away; but al- 
 though there remains nothing that is material, except the consecrated 
 ground, to connect us with Whitfield, yet we have constituted our- 
 selves his heirs, and by reviving the object of his life, have reclaimed 
 our inheritance. Spirit of the illustrious dead ! if, in this moment of 
 our rejoicing, thou hovercst near us, impart, if thou canst, to us, the 
 fervor which possessed thee living, so that, in our day and generation 
 we may prove ourselves worthy to have succeeded thee, and may trans- 
 mit to those who shall come after us thy Bethesda, thy Bethel, thy 
 Fcnicl, arrayed in all the loveliness and light for which thou didst 
 pray and labor. 
 
 For you, children of Bethesda, there is a solemn but a splendid 
 moral to be drawn from the story of the life of Whitfield. Re- 
 member what he was and what he became. Remember that he 
 was once a servant of servants ; and that when he was older, 
 yes, much older than nearly all of you, the future frowned upon 
 him like one, great, black cloud. Remember, too, that when 
 that cloud turned on his enraptured gaze its silver lining, he did not 
 carelessly bask in the sunshine, but gave himself at once, soul and 
 body, to labor. Remember also, that he raised himself, until while 
 yet alive, legions of men spoke of him as you have heard me speak to- 
 day ; and when he died, the world took up the chorus. Remember 
 yet again, that you live in happier times than he lived in. When he 
 stood here, the Indian and the wild beast were his nearest neighbors. 
 Since then, this great State has been born, and growing with a glori- 
 ous growth, has given you a name which vails its crest before no 
 other name — the name of Georgians. She beckons you to her hon- 
 ors. There are no such obstacles in your way as Whitfield fought 
 and conquered. The cold shade of no aristrocratic form of govern- 
 ment interposes difficulties which only genius of the highest order 
 can overcome. The one talent which will achieve for you success, is 
 patient labor. Engrave that word upon your hearts. Fix, like the 
 eaglets, your eyes upon the sun, and perchance, on the rushing cur- 
 
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 rent of time, some one of you, my children, may be bohie to the high- 
 est honors which our couutry can bestow, and then, oh I Wuitfiki.dI 
 thy Bethcida will be illustrioiLs indeed. 
 
 "Lives of great men all remind us, 
 \Vc can make our lives sublime, 
 
 And, departing, leave behind us, 
 Footsteps on the sands of time. 
 
 Footprints, that perhaps another. 
 
 Sailing o'er life's soloinn main, 
 A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, 
 
 Seeing, may take heart again.. 
 
 Let us, then, be up and doing. 
 
 With a heart for any fate. 
 Still achieving, still pursuing, 
 
 Learn to labor and to wait." 
 
 C> D K , 
 
 15Y KKV. JOHN PIKKPONT, JR. 
 
 Within old Salem's walls, 
 In sight of gorgeous halls, 
 
 A crystal spring 
 In olden time once rolled, 
 Who.se sparkling drops of gold, 
 IJcamed with a love untold j — 
 
 Its praise we sing I 
 
 Around its waters bright. 
 At early morning light, 
 
 Multitudes lay : — 
 Impotent folk, and blind. 
 Withered, diseased in mind. 
 The halt, here came to find 
 
 Healing for aye. 
 
 O'er the sweet gushing springs. 
 With healing in her wings, 
 
 An angel form 
 Troubling the waters there. 
 
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 Answered the earnest prayer 
 That floated on the air, 
 
 Fervent and warm. 
 
 Though many hoping came — 
 Thp Mind, (he deaf, the lame,— 
 
 Around the pool, 
 Who lirst the waters pressed. 
 Who there surpassed the rest, 
 Fi'en him tlic an^cl blest. 
 
 And made him whole. 
 
 Around the market, place, 
 Faee answering to face. 
 
 Eye to eye, 
 Those crowds are seen no more, 
 1 m]iatient as of yore ; 
 Nor near Bethesda's door 
 
 Is heard their cry.' 
 
 Angels have left those springs. 
 Folding their golden wings. 
 
 Obedient bow — 
 Bethesda's gate is still, 
 No cries its porches fill, 
 And e'en the inui'muring rill 
 
 Js silent now. 
 
 Hut here, where now we meet, 
 Within this cool retreat, 
 
 Angels have trod : — 
 Angels of Joy and Light, 
 Angels of Love and Might, 
 Angels of Truth and Kight, 
 
 Angels of (lod I 
 
 A new Bethesda here. 
 
 To human hearts most dear. 
 
 Healing imparts ; 
 Here orphan* tears are stayed, 
 Here orphan prayers are prayed. 
 Here nameless blessings craved 
 
 For orphan hearts. 
 
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 BlcsB thoBO, Cuh\, whn hle.is 
 Thp poor and fathorle^^. 
 
 With lovinp onri' '. 
 'I'houph here no an{:ol wint"<. 
 Wave o'er Bethesda's hpriug.s. 
 Receive thou, King of kings, 
 
 The orphan's prayer. 
 
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 The Rules of the Soeiefy were read, and the followinu aiiieiidiiient 
 adopted, viz : 
 
 Kfi.K Itii. 
 
 The proposition to aher l{ulf Ith, hy adding the words "or some 
 other suitable pernon" after the word (Jospel, read the first time at 
 the last anniversary, was again read and unanimously adopted. 
 
 Kl.KC'TION OF OFFICKRS. 
 
 The Society then went, into an election of Officers for the ensuing 
 year, and upon counting out the hallots, the following gentlemen \v«'re 
 declared duly elected, viz : 
 
 J'resident. Vice President. 
 
 .l<»sKpn S. I-'av. Auraham Mini.s. 
 
 Secretary. Stewards. 
 
 Kdwari) (J. \\ ii.soN. Daniel H. Baldwin, 
 
 .Ia.mks M. 1*rf.ntiss. 
 The I'residcnt then appointed the following 
 
 HOAHK (»!' MANAOKRS, viz : 
 
 John |{. Johnson, Allen R. Wright, 
 
 Koliert I). Walker, Francis (.1. Dana, 
 
 William Hatler.sby. 
 
 (UK)/// Aiuiirn-aan/, Ajnit 'I'.'ul, ISfjO.) 
 
 The niinutes of the last meeting were read and conHrmed. 
 
 Joseph Story Kay, Eh((., the President of the Union Society, then 
 submitted the following annual report, viz : 
 
 Betiiksda, April LMith, ISfyC, 
 (.fENTLKMK.N : Members of the Union Society — 
 
 In aecordance with your Rules I am again called iipim to make a 
 report to you, "of the progress of the*Society and state of its funds." 
 
 The first year of our experience here has rolled round, and 1 think 
 with a high degree of encouragement. At my last report we had in 
 our charge IS boys. Of these CJeorge Washington Cole has been 
 placed with Mr. John S Sturtevant, to learn the trade of a carpeu- 
 
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 ter, and promises well Charles H. R. Thorpe wn? ?oiit to his mother 
 in Charleston, by her urgent request, with the prospect of being prop- 
 erly maintained and brought up. Uwen Brittles, under the influenco 
 of some of his nomadic friends, ranaway and ha.s not been reclaimed 
 
 We have added the following named boys, making the total of 25 
 Francis J. Hunt, 18 years old, taken June 23, 1855. 
 Julius A. C. Heidt, 7 years old, taken June 23, 1855. 
 Albert J, Carolan, 9 years old, taken August 13, 1855. 
 Jacob B. Trump, 7 years old, taken August 23, 1855 
 George E. Trumpler, 7 years old, taken Nov. 7, 1855. 
 Sylvester Syntis, 11 years old, tnken Dec, 10, 1855 
 Thomas Smith, 10 years old, taken Feb. 22, 1856. 
 Tatrick O'Brien, 12 years old, taken March 15, 1856. 
 Kdward Wall, S years old, taken April 7, 1856. 
 
 These make as many as our present buildings can areommodatc, and 
 perhaps as many as our means warrant us in taking at present. 
 
 1 cannot give you a reliable opinion as to the extent to which wc 
 can carry our plans of benevolence, a.s circumstances prevent any 
 thing like an accurate estimate of the cost of sustaining those we 
 have begun. There has been, as you will perceive, a great deal dune 
 ill the way of farm improvements, and in adding to the convenience 
 and comforts of our large family. This has required, beyond the cost 
 of materials, a considerable expenditure in the support and wages of 
 mechanics, transportation, (See, which cannot well be separated from 
 the current expcn.ses of the establishment. Our crop last year reliev- 
 ed us of .some outlay, but was not sufficient for our wants, much labor 
 having been diverted to buildings, fencing.s, &c. 
 
 We begin this year out of debt, with our expenditure for improve- 
 ments at an end lor the present, with the prospect of a good crop, and 
 the hope of showing more clearly, if needed, that a great amount of 
 good can be done at a moderate comparative cost. Our buildings, as 
 you perceive arc but temporary in their character, as was proper in the 
 outset of our experiment, but as its success developes itself we must 
 look forward U) improvements of a more permanent kind. 
 
 In hours of leisure, hereafter, it should be our policy to collect from 
 neighboring deposits a sufficiency of shells, to commence, before long, 
 1 h(; construction of larger and more substantial edifices of tabby. Much 
 of the labor can be performed by the boys, who are very apt and use- 
 ful in all employments of the kind — and they in turn promote the 
 views which led us to adopt the change in our mode of maintaining the 
 children in our charge. So far these views have been fully realized, 
 and need only to be persevered in. The chiidrco take part in all the 
 
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 labor -going on, Icarn habits of industry and usofulucss, become famil- 
 iar with the use of tools, anil with farming and mechanical operations, 
 and at the same time, from their limited number, receive strict atten 
 tion in their schooling, so that without drudgery or over cunfincmcnt, 
 they have advanced rapidly in their education. Tn all these points we 
 have been highly favored in sueh faithful, kind and zealous supervi- 
 Hors as Mr. and Mrs. .Murjthy, and so good, thorough and judicious 
 a teacher as Mr. Tjuskcr. The children arc very orderly and intelli- 
 gent, and well behaved, and eannol be surpassed by the same number 
 any where. 
 
 To complete uur improvements and pay tur I hem. ha.s rc<|uired a 
 further reduction of our I'undcd means. 
 
 The pro])erty of the Society stands now as follows: 
 
 Bcthesda, containing about 125 acres of upland, and improve- 
 ments, stoek, outfit, and farming tools, flat. i\:e., costing about .SUl^dlHt 
 
 •> negroes I, ;")(«) 
 
 7 shares Central Kail Hoad Stock, par 7U0 
 
 10 " Augusta cSo Waynesboro Kail Road Stoek, cost SOU 
 
 1 Bond City of Savannah, par "lOO 
 
 2 Lots and improvements on 1'. in York street S.dOO 
 
 - Lots and improvements, the Pavilion, on South JJroad street liO,OUO 
 
 S 11,500 
 
 One hall' of one of the Lots in York street is under ground rent to 
 William St<irr, Es((., without any lease, as has been mentioned by my 
 ])redcee.ssors in their reports. He may bo considered as a tenant at 
 will or an annual lcs.sor, a tenure wbieh can at any time be changed 
 by an equitable arrangement betweiMi him and the Society, should 
 such change be deemed desirable. 
 
 The legacy of '?5,0U0 left to tlie Society by llu' late Tlionias Young, 
 was doubtless intended t« be an endowment of wbieh tlu^ income only 
 should be applied to the use of the Society. This has been rather 
 lost sight of, and as a matter of good faith and good policy, we shonid 
 look to replacing and setting this amount .sacredly apart, in the future 
 accumulation of this Society, as a special fund, (be income ol" which 
 should be used. 
 
 The income of the Society is as follows : 
 
 iMoni 7 Shares Ccutral Kail Koad Stock 85(1 
 
 •' Kent of Hstate in York street 500 
 
 " " Pavilion 1,5X0 
 
 t' St. Andrews' Society, towards E. Mortimer's support.... I0(i 
 
157 
 
 " Wm. E. Long, Guardian, towards support of Josiah 
 
 Clark's Orphans IbO 
 
 " Interest on City Bond -iS 
 
 " 269 annual Members 1,845 
 
 .?:{,71(i 
 
 I truly Lope that this iucuuic will inaintaiii 21 Ituys, and provide 
 something towards the special fund alluded lu, or towards the renew- 
 al or increase of our buildings. T also cannot but liope that some, 
 (liinu; will accrue to the Society from its h^ug slumbering interests in 
 "tlie ungranted lands in Chatham County." A law j^assed in l.S2'.t 
 jirovidcd for a survey of these, and un its cunipletion .),()()() acres 
 were to be set apart or chosen by the Trustees of the Chatham Acad- 
 emy, and the balance sold and the jirocceds invested etjually for the 
 benefit of the Free School and the I'nion Society. The total is esti- 
 mated at the least at 20,000 acres. Of the five Connnissioners ap- 
 pointed to carry out the law, three died, from which and other causes 
 no action was ever perfected, and there was no provision for filling the 
 vacancies in the commission. The Society is indebted to Messrs. 
 Lloyd k Owens for gratuitously lurnishing a most lucid opinion on 
 this law, upon which they based an Act filling the vacancies in the 
 rommission, and reviving the old law and remedying its defects. 
 This Act was passed by the last Legislature : Col. Lawton, a member 
 of this Society, interesting himself in its behalf; and 1 have sanguine 
 hopes that some advantages from it will accrue to this Society. The 
 new Commissioners Messrs. Harrison, TTolcombe and Waring, arc 
 men of action, and T am sure will not allow the statute to become a dead 
 letter. Many of these lands, comprising marsh, swamp and wood land, 
 are now of considerable value, and it would be very satisfactory if we 
 should receive from this source a very handsome addition to onr means 
 of usefulness. But let us not depend upon it, but rather upon our- 
 selves. Let us try to gather means to place our new orphans' home 
 npoti permanent foundations — let us rally our aft'eetions round it, and 
 i doubt not that the remembrance of our labors in alleviating the sor- 
 row and in elevating the lot of the poor humclcss and schooljcss orphan 
 will be more than an ado<iuate reward. 
 
 Another law was also passed by the last liCgislature to legalize the 
 binding of children to the Society by their natural guardians or near- 
 est friends, or by the public authorities, which is so easy a ])roccediiig 
 that the rule of the Society recjuiring children to be bound to it can 
 readily be complied with and is now enforced. 
 
 During the epidemic of 18 VJ, ;» considerable mm was coutribuled 
 
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 to the relief of the poor and suflFering in the city, and each charitable 
 Society received a portion «>f it except ouis, which. ncvcrthclesF, took 
 charge of its full proportion of bereaved children. I received, hoTv 
 ever, from his Honur, the Mayor, this year the sum of S75, which ap 
 pears in lU}' account herewith Bubmittrd. 
 
 Situated as we arc it ic- impossible to comply with the rule requiring 
 the children to attend the funerals of deceased members without great 
 expense and trouble. Thi.s and the rule rxactinp tines for uon-atten 
 daiioc (if iiieuibpi"s at nicetiu;rs T think chould bo repealed. 
 
 The Society has to lament the death of three of it^ members during 
 \hv past year. Robert H. Griffin. E!<i|., who 8o eloquently addressed 
 you on the lai^t anniversary, and Alulford >Iarsh, and Charles S. Ar 
 nold, E6f|r.s. W. /-. Florancc. H3(|., ha;? resigned and removed from 
 (br city. There have been added tu it 101 members, making the 
 total of 2r)7. This is ;i higher number, I believe, than was ever en- 
 rolled at any one time ujion the lists of the Society, and if* a gratify 
 iu'j; evidence i»f increased interest in its object and plans. It hn- 
 been in times past considered an honor to belong to the oldest chari- 
 table Society in the State ol' (Jeorgia, but beyond this there sbovild 
 bo a pleasure in promoting its welfare, that should make membership 
 a privilege to be asked for, as was formerly the practice, the privi- 
 lege of bestowing charity. 
 
 "The fjuality of iiicroy is not strainod . 
 It droppeth like the gentle dew IVoiu lloavcii 
 Upon the place beneath. It is twice blessed, 
 It Mosso.-- biiii tli:i{ gives and liiiii that takes." 
 
 I'or a report nl' what lias been aeooinplislied in the way of farming, 
 I rclcr you to an extract from a note IVom Mr. Murphy on the sub- 
 ject and in reference to the stock belongiu;.; to the place, from which 
 it appears that we have oOA acres planted in corn, melons, ground 
 nuts, sugar cane, iV:e., and that we nave fyJ. head of neat cattle, and r)(i 
 bead of swine, with poultry innumerable. 
 
 1 have procured ol' .Mr. Iluglies a Mirvey and plat of the |i!aee, as 
 a matter of reference. 
 
 The Society is indebteil to Mr. liattcrsby, tin- Kev. i\lr. I'ieipoiit, 
 .^l^. Iv d. I'urSc, and others, lor usoliil and entertaining reading 
 books, which will lorni the nucleus of a library — a good and sugges- 
 tive cxamjdc. 
 
 Congratulating the Society on its present promising condition, and 
 praying that its attairs may pro.«pcr and its iiscl'ulncss increase, a re- 
 
I6f) 
 
 suit, depending, uudfr God's bleasing, upon tho intereaf and nttontidii 
 of all its members, 
 
 I snbscril)e myself, respectfully, 
 
 JOS. S. FAV, 
 
 I^reaident. 
 
 On mntion of (]harle,'! (Jreen, Esq., 
 
 Seconded by Charles Van Horn, K,^(|. 
 The report and account of the i-*resident and Treasurer woie re- 
 ceived, adopted and ordered to bo entered on the minutes. 
 Kesolution read and adopted. 
 By Robert D. Walker, 
 
 Seconded by W. T. 'rhomp.sou. 
 Hksolvei), That the report of the President be Inrni'ihed to tht- 
 city press for publication free of charge. 
 
 .AMENDMENTS To RULES. 
 
 By Alderman Walker, 
 
 Resolved, That Rule 17th, rendering- it obligatory to attend 
 funerals of deceased members, be repealed. 
 
 Resolved, That thi; fines levied ibr non-attendance at meetings 
 by Rule od be repealed. 
 
 In compliance with the By-Laws the above stated amendments to 
 the Rules were read the first time, and laid over for action at the next 
 anniversary. 
 
 ELECTION OF OFFICERS. 
 
 The Society then went into an election for Officers, for the ensuing 
 year, which resulted in the unanimous election of the followinj- 
 named gentlemen, viz : 
 
 Joseph S. Fay, President. 
 Arraiiam Minls, Vice President. 
 Kdward G. Wilson, Secretary. 
 Ja.mes H. Demund, ) r,. , 
 James W. .McAlpi^, j Stewards. 
 
 The Presideut appointed the following officers for the enauing year, 
 viz : 
 
 HOARD OF managers 
 
 (!harles Green, John M. (.'ooper, 
 
 Francia S. Bartow, ('harle'> Van Horn, 
 
 Charles F. Mills. 
 
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 ASSISTANT STEWARDS. 
 James M. Prentiss, Daniel II. Baldwin, 
 
 •John R. Johnson, William V. Holland. 
 
 The Society then adjourned for dinner, .\fter partaking thereof, 
 in company with the ladies and other invited guests, the whole a.s.sem- 
 hlage retired to the prove, at 3 o'clock, for the purpose of hearing 
 the addn's>< frniii the Hon. Francis S. Hartow. the orator of the day. 
 By invitation of llir President the exercises were opened by a brief 
 :inil appropriate iirayer by the Bev. .\ .1 K:irn. of the Lutheran 
 Cliurcb. 
 
 After which the tolhtwing song was sung with line effect bv the 
 boys, who occupied a ]il:iec iie:ir the speaker's stand, viz : 
 
 SONC. 
 
 Oh, come, come away, from labor now reposing, 
 Let liusy care awhile forbear. 
 
 Oh, come, come away ; 
 Come, come, our social joys renew, 
 And there, where love and friendship grew. 
 Let true hearts welcome you ; 
 
 Oh, come, come away. 
 
 From toil and the care, ou which the day is closing. 
 The hour of eve' brings sweet reprieve. 
 
 Oh, come, come away ; 
 Oh, come where love will smile on thee, 
 And romnd its hearth will gladness be. 
 And time flics merrily ; 
 ( )h come, come away. 
 
 While sweet PhiUtuicl, the weary traveller cheering. 
 With evening songs, her note prolongs. 
 
 Oh, come, come away ; 
 in answering songs of sympathy, 
 We'll join in tuneful melody. 
 With hope, joy, liberty ; 
 
 Oh come, come away. 
 
 The bright day has gone, the moon and stars appearing. 
 With silver light illume the night. 
 Oil come, come away ; 
 
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 We'll join in grateful songs of praise, 
 To him who crowns our peaceful lays, 
 With health, hope, happiness ; 
 Oh come, come away. 
 
 The Hon. Francis S. Bartow, the orator of the day, then gave an 
 eloquent, practical and forcible address, wliich was listened to by 
 all present with deep interest and profound attention, particularly that 
 portion addressed to the boys. 
 
 At the close of the address the following song was sung by Wm. 
 i^Vancis Holland, Esq., assisted by several ladies and gentlemen.' (See 
 Ode, by llev. J. Pierpont, sung at last anniversary.) 
 
 The benediction was pronounced by the llev. Mr. Clark, of the 
 Episcopal Church, after which the boys sang another song, and the 
 company retired from the grove. 
 
 The members of the Society then convened in the School Room. 
 
 Resolutions read and adopted. 
 
 By Charles Green, seconded by James W. McAlpin. 
 
 Resolved, That the thanks of the Society be presented to the 
 orator of the day, for his eloquent address, and to the poet, our worthy 
 President, for his beautiful ode, and that each be requested to furnish 
 a copy of the same to be spread on the records of the Society. 
 
 By Charles Green, seconded by Robert Y>. Walker. 
 
 Resolved, that the approbation of the Society be accorded to the 
 Stewards for their efficient and acceptable services on the present an- 
 niversary. 
 
 (At a meeting of the Board of iManagers, in the summer of this 
 year, date not on minutes, the following was read and adopted :) 
 
 Resolved, That the Society will unite with the Chatham Acade- 
 my and Savannah Free School in siLstaining the Commissioners on un- 
 granted lands of Chatham County, in the expense of surveys and 
 plats, and that Messrs. Minis and Mills be a committee to consult 
 those parties and arrange it. If they decline then this Society will 
 take the responsibility. 
 
 (107//( Anniuersarif, at BefJufida, ISd April, 1857.) 
 
 Just after 11 o'clock, A. M., many of the members, and visitors, 
 including a large number of ladies, having arrived, a fine American 
 Flag, with the words " Union Society" in large letters across it, was 
 presented by the l^resident, in behalf of the Stewards, to the Bene- 
 ficiaries of the Society. 
 
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 PRESENTATION OF THE FLAO TO THE UNION SOCIETY BOYS. 
 
 The Boys being aitsembled around the Flag StaflF, Joseph S. Fay, 
 Ksq.. the President, in the presence of" members of the 8ooiety, 
 surrounded by the hidies and nthcr invited jrucsU*, delivered the fol- 
 lowing address : 
 
 INIy dear Boys : 
 
 I am requested, by the Gentlemen who act to day as Stewards, and 
 their Assistants, to place this beautiful flag, which they give to Bcth- 
 (>sda,.in your charge. You know it is the emblem of the country to 
 which you belong, than which none is more beautiful or glorious. It 
 was devised and designed by the patriots and great men who first 
 founded this government, and made ours a free and happy nation. 
 It floats in every town and village of our land ; it is carried at the 
 mast head of a thousand ships to every shore, and tells the world that 
 they belong to America, the land of "Wa.shington. You must remem- 
 ber that he, and those who labored with hiuj, were once little boy.s, 
 with no more to boast of than you. What they became, they, 
 with God's help and blessing, achieved for themselves. Whenever 
 then you look upon this flag, or any other like it, remember that you 
 must never disgrace it; that you must try to imitate the virtues of 
 those who originated it, and who have left to you and millions of 
 others, the glorious iuheritance of their good works. In remember- 
 ing this you will reward fully the care and kindness of those 
 who have given your early days a h;ippy home, and make them 
 look upon their good work witli joy. And a.s additions are made to 
 your numbers, and other boys join and succeed you, they must learn 
 from y/»/- example, and must be influenced by _//«», to follow in (he 
 path of goodness, which alone leads to ]iaj)pine.ss in this world, and 
 beyond the grave. 
 
 At the conclusion of the address, .^Iaster ('(triieliiis Long, made the 
 followijig reply : 
 
 We have heard your remarks with pleasure. We receive this flag, 
 and will try to be grateful for this kind remembrance of the Stewards 
 of the Tnion Society. Whenever, hereafter, we shall see the Amer- 
 ican flag streaming to the wind we will endeavor to remember that 
 we have lived under the shadow of one which beai-s upon it the name 
 of the I'nion Society; that under its protection, as do the happy 
 people of this mighty country, we have lived in peace and quiet hap- 
 piness. I hope we may api)reciate the many l)]essings w<' enjoy here, 
 and that we may never di.sgrace it by our conduct, ))ut rather, that we 
 
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 may live to do honor and credit to those wlio have suhtaiiuMl us, and 
 who have so anxiously watched over and cared for us. 
 
 May Cfod bless the efforts of the Union Society, and guide aright 
 us and the successors who are the objects of its protection, and 
 who have been placed in charge of that beautiful flag of our beloved 
 country. 
 
 To this the boys responded Amen I and while the flag was being 
 raised, the boys gave three cheers for the flag, three for the Stew- 
 ards, and three for the worthy President of the Society, in which 
 they were joined by the members and guests. After which the 
 party separated and partook of lunch, prior to the Society's being 
 organized for business. 
 
 About 1 o'clock the members assembled in the school room and 
 proceeded to the business of the Society. 
 
 The minutes of the last meeting were read and contirmed. 
 
 Joseph Story Fay, President of the Union Society submitted the 
 following annual report : 
 
 (jrENTi.KMKN — Members of the Union Society : 
 
 Ft is again my pleasant duty to make to you an annual report ol 
 the progress of the Society and the state of its funds. I am happy 
 to say that the former has come fully uj) to any expectations that 
 may have been formed, and is such as should gratify your best 
 wishes, while our motto should still be ^'onward.'^ Much has been 
 done, but there is still more to be accomplished. 
 
 At my last years report there were 24 boys in the charge of the 
 Society. Of this number o (Alexander K. Wilson, William H. Sa- 
 gurs, Charles A. Sagurs, Joseph J. Singer, and Patrick O'Brien,) 
 being of suitable age have been placed at proper trades and employ- 
 ments, and 15 others (Robert A. Beasley, James E. Beasley and 
 Samuel Miller,) have been withdrawn and provided for by their 
 friends. On the other hand, there have been added 10. , 
 dune i."), 185H, Randolph Williamson, aged 10 years. 
 
 " '< Henry Ennis, 
 I'eb. is, 1H57 Louis Andres, 
 .March I, " .John Crawford, 
 
 " " " Rufus E. Thompson, 
 
 '• " '' Charles V. Rieckcr, 
 " " .Mbert Hunt, 
 
 " IS, ' William J. Friend, 
 April It), " .Joseph Lopez, 
 
 « 23, " Thomas W. Robbing, 
 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 12 
 
 
 
 10 
 
 
 
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 7 
 
 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 8 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 8 
 
 
Making our prchcnL niuiilter "Jii. There are six more applicaiiUs, a 
 {•art of whom licini: oases jil" great need will probably be admitted, 
 though our acconnuodations are hardly ade<juate to auy increase. 
 
 I am glad to state that the children maintain a high character fur 
 their gonenil deportment, and in every way show themselves worthy 
 of the care best<>wed upon them. Their progress in education is as 
 grcjit as can be expected, they have been industrious, useful and or- 
 <lcrly, and are as happy and lioalthy as the same number of children 
 .inywherc. 1 believe there has been no case of sickness recjuiring the 
 attcnti<in of a ])hysician since they have been at Bethesda. 
 
 The property of the Society stands the same as at the last report, 
 viz : 
 
 Hethesda with its improvements, costing about ?10,0(H> 
 
 :! Negroes l,r)0O 
 
 7 Shares Central Kail Koad Stock, par 7<H( 
 
 Hi " Augusta & Savannah Hail Koad Stock, cost SUd 
 
 1 J^ond City of Savannah, par .')0(t 
 
 2 JiOts and Improvements on 1 J in York street. Savannah S, (»()(» 
 
 •2 " " " tho I 'iivilion ou South Broad sticct. L'U.OOO 
 
 S4 1,500 
 Of this the city property and stocks only are j)roductive of reve- 
 nue, and the total income of the Society will vary but little i'roni hist 
 years, which was set down at ?o,7 U» namely, 
 
 From Kents ^jI.OlO 17 
 
 " Interest and dividends 01 00 
 
 " Contributions to support of orphans 295 00 
 
 " Donations S5 00 
 
 " Members 1,200 00 
 
 S3,741 17 
 
 1 remarked in my last report that we began the year with our im- 
 j)rovem«nts completed, and out of debt, and that we could now sec 
 the actual expense of maintaining our establisliiiuiit. I had lost 
 sight of the Teacher's salary, which was in arriiars, and a further 
 amount of investment which has been required in iron bedsteads, and 
 in a pair of mules to replace a valuable horse which died during the 
 summer. These and some other extra items, however, can be separa- 
 ted, and our current expenses appear to have been not far from 
 
 sy,(;oo. 
 
 Our total disbursement h;is been as follows : 
 
 Anniversary expenses by Stewards : §15o (50 
 
 Wages for carpenters, &c., and servants clothes 138 25 
 
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 Materials lor building, hardware, &c 198 89 
 
 Seeds, trees, manure, &c 171 91 
 
 Groceries and salt provisions ()4o 50 
 
 Dry goods, clothing, hats and shoes o88 97 
 
 Medicines and seeds 51 1'2, 
 
 Corn 105 27 
 
 Beds and bedding 8o 25 
 
 2G new iron bedsteads 130 00 
 
 Insurance at Bethesda 78 50 
 
 Insurance of property in Savannah 2 years in part 159 25 
 
 Repairs, Pavilion Hotel and improvements, &c G4 50 
 
 Advertising, (old bills) 2G 20 
 
 Commissions, Collecting Subscriptions 1(> :>7 
 
 Commissioners ungranted lands advertising 8 12 
 
 Disbursed by S. Z. Murphy for fresh provisions, making 
 
 clothes, corn of the boys kc, &c (320 22 
 
 Teachers salary to 23d April, 1855 105 00 
 
 " '' " " " 1856, balance 225 00 
 
 " " <' " " 1857, 1 year 400 00 
 
 School Books 18 78 
 
 S. Z. Murphy and wife, salary to 1st May 13 mo 1,083 33 
 
 1 pair of prime mules 369 35 
 
 85,184 42 
 
 This will show a balance against the Society (after deducting the 
 balance over from last year of $233 76) and in favor of the Presi- 
 dent and Treasurer of $1,209 49. 
 
 In this am't of disbursement there is included nothing for negro 
 hire to work the place, which has not been paid and will go to swell 
 the cost of maintaining our family. Counting this as $600, it would 
 appear that the legitimate expense of our 24 boys for the year has been 
 about §175 each or S4,200. This is as cheap as the expense of 
 maintenance was in town, with this difference against the funds of 
 the Society, that the number of beneficiaries is more than doubled. 
 But suppose the cost of maintenance were twice as great as under 
 the old system, should we curtail our operations ? Should we not 
 rather enlarge thcn> and meet the responsibilities like meu 'f Have 
 we not made an advance and shall we not maintain it ? There is 
 not a member of the Society, I trust, who does not recognize this and 
 feel proud of it. Formerly we had to seek out beneficiaries, now tliey 
 seek us. 
 
 There is one advantage in our change of system which has been 
 
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 demonstrated, aud which recommends our institution us u great moral 
 conservator. We liave had sevenil instances of boys who were un- 
 manageable by their mother or lather, aud wh<» were truantis and vag- 
 abonds in Savannah, who have become obedient, useful and steady 
 boys. This roformini: influence could not have; been exerted in the 
 city, where the boys would daily have been broutiht into contact with 
 their old associations. This, among other considerations, will satisfy 
 you, gentlemen, that it is not a mere matter of dollars and cents. You 
 are doing a great public good, and you must take no steps backward. 
 
 It is a little curious that during last summer, taking occasion to en- 
 (|uire into tlie organization of the Fanu School in Hoston, where a 
 large number of boys arc maintained, 1 found it,s history and system 
 to be very similar to our own. It was an orphan aj^ylum in the city, 
 which convinced of the advantages of country life and education for 
 boys, the managers converted it to a Farm School. They located it 
 on a beautiful island in Bt)ston Harbor, nearer but, less accessible, 
 than Bethesda is to Savannah, The orphan house in Charleston is a 
 glorious example to us of solid comfort, yet they lack the invigorating 
 influences of country life. They have no scope i'or the cultivation of 
 industrious habits. Our own experience and that of others must sat- 
 isfy us, that we are on the right course, and lune only to pursue it. 
 If we find defects let us correct them, but kt us steadily enlarge tin- 
 sphere of our operations as occitsion oflers. 
 
 The Commissioners for the ungranted lands of Cliatliani County 
 have not been idle ; quite the contrary, but having no funds at their 
 command they have been able to accomplish nothing towards procur- 
 ing a full survey of the county, which the law requires and which 
 will be rather expensive. Further legislation may bn needed and call- 
 ed for. I am sure the matter is in good hands, and i Iiope that good 
 progress will be made before another year comes round. It will be a 
 happy thijig if the Society can realize enough from this source to pnt 
 up permanent and sii])stantial buildings and enlarge its resources and 
 usefulness. If not, we must rely upon private liberality and indi- 
 vidual beneficence. 
 
 I would recommend the creation of a new ollieer, namely : lliat of 
 Treasurer, as distinct from tlie {'resident, who should collect all 
 monies and disburse them on tin; order ol' the President or acting 
 Fresident. It will relieve tins officer from a heavy labor, which ad- 
 ded to his other duties is rather onerous. 
 
 1 would also recommend the ap])ointment of visiting and examin- 
 ing Committees. If every menil)er of the Society would pledge him- 
 self upon the call of the President to pay Bethe-sda oiif) visit a year 
 
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 there would be here every week no less than five members. This 
 would be light upon all, and a great help to your President and to the 
 Society. 
 
 The rules require quarterly meetings. It would be well if it is not 
 considered desirable to hold them, to modify the rules, and it might 
 be well to make an entire revision to suit our altered position and 
 plans. 
 
 The number of members reported at the last anniversary was 257. 
 Of these there have died 5, namely : iMcssrs. Wm. H. Kelly, Jacob 
 De ]ja Motta, John 11. Ladd, Isaac Minis and James Sullivan. 7 
 have removed from the city, and 1 has resigned — leaving 244. To 
 these there have been added IG new members, binnging our present 
 number up to 260. 
 
 1 regret to say that our teacher, Mr. R. C). Tasker, contemplates 
 leaving us as soon as we can supply his place. He has been faithful 
 and efficient, exerting a good influence upon all those under his care. 
 
 Everything has gone on satisfactorily on the place, and Mr. and 
 Mrs. Murphy assisted by Mrs. Chitty, have well carried out the ob- 
 jects of the Society. There is much yet to be done, but with the 
 means at command, and taking all things into view, I cannot but feel 
 that we have reason to be encouraged by the past and hopeful for the 
 future. A fair crop was made on the place last year, and we shall 
 not have much corn to buy. With God's blessing, I hope we sliall 
 do better and better from year to year in this particular. 
 
 The Society is indebted to Mr. William Battersby for a handsome 
 donation of books, and also for the same to Mr. John Stoddard, and to 
 Mr. W. R. Symons, and others, for a neat book case and numerous other 
 kindnesses. You are also indebted to Mr. Andrew Low for a land 
 warrant for IGO acres land. It has been located in Alamakec (!ounty. 
 State of Iowa, and it may prove very valuable. To the Stewards of . 
 this year, and their Assistants, the boys are under obligations for being 
 placed in charge of the beautiful American flag that to-day waves over 
 us for the first time. It is a handsome gift. 
 
 I submit my account with the vouchers. There appears as is shewn 
 l)y the summary already given a balance against the Society of 
 §1,209 49. As it appears that the current income is nearly adequate 
 to meet the annual expenses, it is very desirable without further re- 
 ducing our capital to meet this balance and to start the year fairly 
 and above board. 1 recommend this to your consideration. 
 
 As your representative and agent I have had much at heart the 
 welfare and success of your venerable Society, and have done what I 
 could to carry out your views. If I had not full faith in the enthu- 
 
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 siastic interest you take in it, and were not confident that you will 
 not fail to let any future anniversary show the '^'prixjrcss of the tSo- 
 ciety," I should regret to say that I cannot be a candidate for re-elec- 
 tion. Circumstances may necessitate my being much absent during 
 the year, and it is not proper or consistent with my notions for me to 
 hoUl a place I cannot fill. I am heavily indebted to you for your en- 
 couragement and approbation in the past, and 1 shall feel it the high- 
 est compliment if you show that approbation by a zealous promotion 
 and increase, under (iod's blessing, of the usefulness of the Society. 
 
 The rena.scent Bethcsda will always have my warmest prayers, my 
 fondest good wishes, and my untiring labor, whenever and wherever 
 it is in my power to make that labor useful. 
 
 My friend Mr. Abraham Mini.s, your Vice President, whoso unflag- 
 ging zeal and interest in behalf of the Society are worthy of the high- 
 est praise, is necessarily absent. He has requested me to say that he 
 is also desirous of retiring from office, though, as in my case, it will 
 not lessen his devotion to the interests in which we have been so long 
 and so happily united. 
 
 Respectfully submitted, 
 
 JOS. S. FAY, 
 
 President. 
 
 On motion the report and account of the President and Treasurer 
 were received, adopted and ordered to be entered on the minutes. 
 
 ELECTION OF OFFICERS. 
 
 The Society then went into an election i'or Officers, for the ensuing 
 year, and upon counting out the ballots the following result appeared, 
 
 viz : 
 
 Joseph S. Fay, President. 
 
 RoKT. D. Walker, Vice President. 
 
 Kdwaud G. AVilson, Secretary. 
 
 William Hone, ) g^^^^^j, 
 Jamks B. Foley, J 
 The I^resident having declared the result of the elections made the 
 following appointments, viz : 
 
 assistant stewards. 
 James Wallace McAlpin, .James II. Demund, 
 
 James M. Prentiss, William Francis Holland. 
 
 On motion the said appointments ol' Assistant Stewards was unan- 
 imously confirmed by the Society. 
 
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 RESOLUTION READ ANP ADOPTED 
 
 By John E. Johnson, 
 
 Resolved, That the Bye-Laws be referred to the Board of Mana- 
 gers, to report such alterations as they may deem necessary. 
 
 AMENDMENTS TO RULES, Read 2d time. 
 
 The Ibllowino: amendments to the Rules or Resolutions offered at 
 the last anniversary and laid over, were again read, put to vote and 
 declared carried, viz : 
 
 Resolved, That Rule 17th, rendering it obligatory to attend 
 funerals of deceased members, be repealed. 
 
 Resolved, That the fines levied for non-attendance at meetings 
 by Rule 3d bo repealed. 
 
 The Rules were then declared amended accordingly. 
 
 The meeting then adjourned and proceeded to the Grove, the place 
 prepared for the annual address. The exci'cises were opened with 
 prayer by the Rev, Joseph S. Key, of Trinity Methodist Church, 
 after which the Rev. (xcorge TI. Clarke, of St. John's Episcopal 
 ('hurch, delivered a brief and well written addrc.'^s, which was listened 
 to with deep attention by the .Society and the visitors. 
 
 The President then announced that as most of the boys were small 
 they felt themselves unable to sing for the gratification of the audience, 
 and therefore some of their friends would be hoard in their place. 
 
 The following Ode, written by Rev. John Pierpont, Jr., of the 
 Unitarian Church, was sung with much spirit and effect, by Mrs. 
 Scholl, \Vm. F. Holland, and others. 
 
 THH ORPHANS' WKJ.COME. 
 
 All!. — '"Wh.-it fairy like nm.'iic." 
 
 Kind friends, we are orphans, all sad and alone. 
 
 No father to greet us, no mother to bloss ; 
 On the wings of the night-wind we utter our moan, 
 
 No eye to beam kindly, no hand to caress. 
 'Neath the sod in the graveyard, our parents' forms lie ; 
 Their spirits look on us in love from the sky. 
 
 Oh ! could they surround us, as once, even now, 
 With visible blessings, their love and their care. 
 
 Kre death pressed in silence its hand on the brow. 
 And angels above caught their last pleading prayer, 
 
 We should not be left to this heart-anguished moan, 
 
 Nor fatherless, motherless, feel all alone. 
 
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 And yet to (he will of our Father in heaven 
 
 We bow in submission, as orphan hearts should ; 
 
 He bereft us of parents, but still He has given 
 
 True fiiith in His kindress : true faith in the good, 
 
 Whose hearts and whose hands here in mercy providi' 
 
 Kind parents to those whose own parents have died. 
 
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 Perhaps 'tis but little we pive in return, 
 
 For the luve that has blessed every day of our youth ; 
 
 We may not S'ty much, but our {rrjiteful hoart.s burn 
 To repay all your kindness by love and by truth; 
 
 We feel that dear friends are near us to bless; 
 
 "Wc ask uot, we pray not, for one sorrow less." 
 
 Then welcome, kind friends, to the orphans' "sweet home," 
 
 For the smile of our Heavenly Father is here ; 
 These blue skies may prcet ye where ever ye roam, 
 
 But they smile not more sweetly, they shine not more clear, 
 Than over the home for the fatherless reared, 
 
 Bethesda, the sweet spot to orphans endeared. 
 
 The exercises were clo>0(l Avitli :i benediction by Kev. A. J. Kani, 
 of the Lutheran (church. 
 
 The members of the Society then returned to the school room, 
 when the followinc; resolutions were offered and unanimou.sly adopt- 
 ed, viz : 
 
 By Mr. Joseph B. Ripley, seconded by Kuos 0. Withington. 
 
 Resolved, That the thanks of the Society bo tendered to the Or- 
 ator for his clo(juent address, and to the Rev. iMr. I'ierpont for his 
 Ode, 80 beautifully sung by the amateur eliuir, and that a copy of each 
 be re(juested to be placed in the archives of the Society. 
 
 By Thomas l^urse, Ks(|., .seconded by Wm. Hone, Ksij. 
 
 ResOLVEJ). Tliat the thanks of the Society be presented to the 
 Stewards for the inaniier in which lliey have ])r()vided for oiir wantN 
 to-day. 
 
 By Mr. Frederick \V. Sims, 
 
 as ameded by Hon. John (]. Nicoll. 
 
 Resoln Ki), That the thanks ol' this Society are due to Mr. William 
 Battcrsby and Mr. John Stoddard for books, and Mr. John M. Cooper, 
 and others, for a bookcase, and also to .^Ir. Andrew JjOW, for the gift 
 of a land warrant of KiO acres of land, which has been located in 
 Iowa. 
 
 In order to pay tlie amount advanced by tiie President, for certain 
 
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 expenses necessary in starting the improvements, kc, at Bethesda, 
 us mentioned in his report, John Schley, Esq., moved that the sub- 
 scription fee of members lic Ion dollars per year annually. After 
 some discussion, the following; resolution was read and adopted, viz: 
 
 By Thomas Purse, Esq. 
 
 Resolvei). That the members of the Inion Society pledge them- 
 selves to pay live dollars or procure a new member, to meet the present 
 deficiency of the Treasury, within the next '•) months. 
 
 :!= * ^: t- ■■:. ■)■■ ■■■: ■:■. ;!: * * 
 
 The President then appointed tlie following Board of iNlanagers 
 for the ensuing year, viz: 
 
 John M. Cooper, Johu K. Johnson, 
 
 William Battersby, William M. AVadley, 
 
 George W. Wylly. 
 The Society (in company with the male visitors) adjourned to tin- 
 dinner table, (where the ladies had previously been,) and did full jus- 
 tice t(» the ample provision made for their refreshment by Mr. Chick) 
 under the direction of the Stewards and their a.ssistants. 
 
 The boys enjoyed the table spread before them, and were very 
 kindly waited upon by Messrs. James W. >IeAlpin and James H. 
 Demund, the Stewards, and their Assistants. 
 
 The Society then adjourned, and the company separated for their 
 respective homes, after having spent a delightful anniversary. 
 
 (108/// Ainiiversar//, at Bethisda, 2V><I April, 1858.) 
 The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed, 
 -loseph S. Fay, Es(|., the I'resident of the Society submitted the 
 following annual report, viz : 
 
 ANNUAL REPORT. 
 
 To the Members of the Union Society : 
 
 It is again my duty, as your President, under the Tth Rule of the 
 Society, to report to you "its progress and the state of its funds.'' 
 
 The property of the Society is the same as heretofore reported, with 
 slight variation, say about 841,000. This includes the cost of Beth- 
 esda, its outfit and servants, which, of course, produce no income. 
 The productive property is as follows : 
 
 Th<' Pavilion Hotel in South Broad street. 
 
 Two Lots and Improvements on York street. 
 
 7 Shares of Central Rail Road Stock. 
 
 10 liharcsof Savannah & Augusta Rail Road Stock. 
 
 1 Bm 1 of the City of Savannah for S500. 
 
 6 Shares of South Western Railroad Stock, 
 
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 Besides this there is a quarter section of land located in Iowa. 
 
 The late Mr. Win. Stnrr »tccupied a house on the western halt of 
 one of the Society's Lots on York street, for a long period of years, 
 at a ground rent of 850 per annum. The house was erected by him, 
 or by the ]>pr.'^on from whom he bought or received it, and as there 
 appfar3d to be no lea.«c or contract, for the occupancy of the Society'.^ 
 land, he was considered, and 1 believe considered himself, as 
 n tenant at will. No is.'^ue, however, was ever made with him. 
 and from respect to his advanced age, he was never di.sturbcd, 
 thou";h the trround rent was not more than half the le<ial interest on 
 the estimated value of the half Int. Thder these circumstances, 
 though, it m.ny bo that tbe linu.se, both in Law and E<iuity, should 
 revert and belong to the Society, on who.^e land it stands, the Board 
 of Managers have thought it proper and agree to allow the heirs of 
 Mr. Starr 8500 for the imjirovenicnts. This .seemed to the Board 
 liberal, yet to have done otherwise might have savored of oppression. 
 Tt is better for them than the removal of the buildings, relieves any 
 apparent hard.ship in the case, and gives the Society at once an in- 
 crease of annual income of .^25(t. 
 
 The late Mr. Henry Haupt. I am credibly informed, bccjueathed 
 among other legacies, the ^um of S500 to the Soeiety, but in some 
 way the will has been lost. Flis good intentrons may be frustrated by 
 the inability to establish the will on the part of the executor, Mr. 
 <}eorge S. Frierson. I hope it may not be su, but even if it is, 1 trust 
 that 80 thoughtful an act on his part in his hours of feebleness and 
 sickness uiay be appreciated by the Society, and this example not be 
 lost upon others. 
 
 1 submit with thi.s the Treasurer's Account, showing a balance of 
 S4(» Oo in the Treasury of the Society; also a statement of the 
 •sources of our income, and the details of our expenditure. The total 
 of the latter is S4,l)45 00, sliowing the cost of maintaining tmr boy.s 
 (the average number for the year having been about -M),) nut far from 
 8165 each. The income api)ears to have been ^8,081 99, shewing a 
 deficiency of 890;> 01 wliieli li:is been made up by special contribu- 
 tious. 
 
 At the time of my last report there were twenty-live boys in the 
 charge of the Society, since wliieh there have been 10 admitted, and 
 four withdrawn by parents or guardians — none having been of a suit- 
 able age to bind out. The present number under your care is 4(1. 
 
 We have now reached the maxinuim number that we ean shelter, 
 even if our pecuniary ability were adecjuale to support more, and as 
 many as can be thoroughly instructed by one teacher. 
 
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 It may reasonably be asked by you, why witli an inadequacy of in- 
 come your managers have continued to enlarge the operations of the 
 Society. The answer is, that we have had to feel our way and gain 
 our own experience. It has been an experiment, and though our ex- 
 penses mnij be beyond our income, a successful one. The salaries, 
 cost of buildings and specific expenses, are no greater for 40 boys 
 than for 25. The only addition to the cost is for food and clothing 
 If the Society and the community will not sanction what we have 
 done, we cannot go back to 25 only, we must go back to a small family 
 of 12, which can be superintended and instructed by one person. 
 Hut when you consider the advantages conferred on the community, 
 the relief to the suffering, the good accomplished, there seems only 
 one course to pursue. It does not seem a question of how Ave shall 
 reduce our expenditures, and restrict our charities, but how we shall 
 increase our resources, and perfect and extend our operations. 
 
 My last report showed the Society to he in debt the sum of 81,20! I 
 4i). An active effort at your anniversary meeting resulted in a con- 
 siderable addition to the number of members, and some donations 
 were made to the funds of the Society. Among them was one I'or 
 •S175, from an unknown but liberal friend, with the promise of a like 
 sum annually, on certain conditions. All tliis, however, was insuffi- 
 cient, and this winter a further movement was made to relieve the 
 Society from debt, and add to its permanent funds. The appeal was 
 not a general one, for want of time, but a generous response has been 
 made, and thirty-seven ladies and gentlemen have contributed up- 
 wards of 62,700 rn(juestionabIy niore would have been obtained 
 by more extended applications, but it is hoped that all interested will 
 conic forward and follow up this beginning, with such voluntary aid 
 as they may be able to render. Oxir debt t's jxiid fur (lie ptryriit, and 
 S500 has been added to the property of the Society, and about the 
 same aniount set apart for the "building fund." 
 
 Vou will perceive that the house occupied by the Superintendent 
 and his family is very much decaj-ed, and we must be pnividing means 
 to erect substantial, permanent and more extensive buildings to ac- 
 commodate more enlarged operations on the part of the Society. We 
 should also steadily increase our permanent fund, so that our income 
 may be of sufficient amount to be independent <>i' the uinual fluctua- 
 tion in the number of contributing members, '{'his should be the 
 fixed policy of the Society. At the last anniversary meeting the avs- 
 geslion to separate the offices of President ami Treasurer met the : p- 
 proval of the Society, though it could not be finally acted upon. Tlic 
 Board of Managers therefore felt authori/od to adopt the change, ai;<l 
 
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 elected Mr. James 'M. Preiitisis temporarily as Treasurer, but his other 
 arranjrement'j com |>el lint: him to jiive up the appointment it was trans- 
 ferred to Mr. .I:iiiic.« A. Courvoisic, wlio now holds if. Both these 
 ireiitlcmen have rendered acceptable service. 
 
 .\t the same meetintr also, the Rules of the Society wfix- n-i'orrcd to 
 the littard «if Maiiagi-rs <br entire revi.<5ion. They have performed 
 this duty, and now submit a draft of Rulc.« nr By-Laws conformable 
 t<i the altered position and operations of th(> Society. T hope they 
 will be approved and promptly adopted. 
 
 With regard to "the ungranted lands in Chatham County," nothing 
 ha.s yet been accomplished, and without the co-ojicration of the Trus- 
 tees of Chatham Academy, who seem ((uite iadificrent to the matter. 
 1 fear nothing will ever accrue to the Society from them. 
 
 1 submit a report from our Superintendent and farmer, Mr. .Nlur- 
 phy. Our farm has gained somewhat in productiveness, and has 
 ;idded more thiin in any previous season to the support of the i'amily. 
 1 hope this progress will continue — much lias been done. Init nmic 
 remains to be accomplishetl. 
 
 It seems hardly needful to connnent. upon the statu of tliiugs htiv. 
 It shows for itself to those who visit Bcthosda. To those who do not 
 1 will briefly state that Mr. .^I^u•ll]ly, as Superintendent, and .^Irs. 
 ."\lurphy, as Matron, have well perlornied their parts, and that all has 
 gone on steadily and in a satisfactory manner 
 
 Our school has been more successi'ul than v\c\\ and has been pro- 
 nounced by those who have examined it as second to noJie of its ela.ss 
 in Chatham Ctiunty, or perhaps elsewhere The Teacher of last year, 
 .^Ir. Tasker, lelt tis fur the west, soon after the anniversary, Jis contem- 
 plated, and was succeeded by Mr. William 11. Shepard. whose report 
 I submit with this. He has proved himself very competent, and has 
 given entire; satisfaction. The boys have progressed admirably under 
 his care, and continue to maintain a high character for deportment. 
 They usually attend, when the weather is suitable, the Isle of Hope 
 (,'hurch, and are indebted to some ladies and gentlemen of tlint l>is 
 trict for valuable Sunday School Instruction. 
 
 The Superintendent's report shews a continuance of health, for 
 which we should be duly grateful to the (iiver of all Good. During 
 the three years and upwards that we have occupied Bcthcsda, there 
 has been, as he n marks, no occasion to call a physician to the boys 
 under our charge. This is als(j an evidence nf good care and judici- 
 ous superintendence. 
 
 The number of members reported at the 1 ist anniversary was 2G0. 
 Some have removed to other sections of the country, and others, 
 
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 Robert Raiford and W. W. Goodrich, haA'e gone "to that bourne 
 whence no traveler returns." Some have resigned, but enough have 
 been added to bring your present number up to 363. 
 
 I congratulate you upon the prosperous condition of the Society. 
 It occupies a position in the affections and interest of the community, 
 which insures its vigorous continuance and maintenance. To the 
 Board of Managers I owe many thanks for hearty co-operation aud 
 kind assistance at all times. You owe an acknowledgement to them 
 for the principal cost of an addition to the sleeping accommodations of 
 the boys, and among them to Wm. T. Thompson, J. R. Sneed, Esq., 
 the Rev. John Pierpont, Jr., and Mrs Perla S. Solomons, for valuable 
 books, aud to others for many tokens of friendship. I close with thib 
 my term of service as your President. . Its remembrance will be full 
 of pleasant associations, and I am thankful to you for your confidence, 
 and for the encouragement and the very many kind expressions 1 
 have received from members of the Society. I have retained the 
 post longer than I intended, and as long as it was one of doubt or em- 
 barrassment. All is now progres.sing well, "though the poor ye have 
 always with you," and there is no rest from duty. A good work has 
 been begun, and God has so far favored it. It is for you, with His 
 help and blessing, to continue it. Without these you will work in 
 vain. 
 
 May God bless and prosper the Union Society. 
 
 JOS. S. FAY, 
 ♦ President. 
 
 supkrintendk.n't's report. 
 
 Bethesda, April 17, lsr)S. 
 To Mr. Joseph S. Fay, President of the Union Society: 
 
 Dear Sir — At your re(juest, I make the following statement of the 
 .stock belonging to the Society, and of produce raised on the place 
 during the past year : 
 
 We have 1 pair of Mule.'^, worth .^350 
 
 2 Horses " 175 
 
 35 head of Cattle, large and small, at $H 280 
 
 125 " "Hogs, " " " at ?2 250 
 
 Farming Utensils, worth 1 5(1 
 
 •SI, 205 
 We lost last season (died and strayed) 11 head of cattle, and amoni: 
 them, some of our best cows. 
 
 La.st year we had under cultivation 50 acres of land, in corn, peas, 
 
I7rt 
 
 potatoes, (sweet and iri^h) oats, bean.<, suirar cane, turnips and 
 ineloos. We raised as many garden vop:otables ns could be used ou 
 the place. We hauled out and applied durinfj the course of the sea- 
 son 4') 2 two-horse loads ol* manure; made t)12 panels of new fence, 
 repaired 01*J piinols <if old. Onr fcnoini; i.s now. ftir the most part, in 
 i^ood order. 
 
 I consider that thi* jdacc is ini]irovin<: yearly, and the use ot .mi 
 much drcssincj <»n the land tells upon the product. On one piece of 
 il acres of light land which would without manure produce about 1- 
 bushels of corn to the aoire, we raised \^yJ. bu.xhels. or nearly o4 
 bushels per acre, in conse(|uence of a free use of compost made in the 
 cowpen of iiiarsh mud and gniss. 1 find deep ploughing also very 
 beneficial in the relief afforded. from the effects of drought. 
 
 According to my estimates, we raised in all last year, about 
 
 tiUO bushels corn, peas, tS:c., worth 8iJc Si'ilO 00 
 
 .'500 bu.shels sweet potataes, at TjOc 150 00 
 
 1000 ])umpkins, at Oc OM GO 
 
 We have killed pork and licef for the u^e of the place, 2305 
 
 lbs net. at 10c L'.'SO 50 
 
 We have sold pork, cattle, calves and hides 250 57 
 
 Wo have raised forage enough for our own use, worth 150 00 
 
 81. '572 07 
 
 The boys work cheerfully, and many of them are very handy in the 
 various departments of farm work. Indeed, all our labor except that 
 which is too heavy, is accomplished by them. They usually do the 
 most of their work in the afternoon, thereby avoiding the morning 
 dews and having the benefit of the afternoon sea breeze. 
 
 In addition to field work, the boys a.ssist in washing and ironing, 
 scouring, milking, together with all the small work about the place. 
 
 We have morning and evening prayers, and on the Sabbath the 
 boys attend the Sabbath School and worshij) at the Islo of Hope 
 Church. 
 
 For the most part we have been favored in iieaUh, and have had 
 no occa.sion to call a I'hysiciau on the place for tlie three years that 
 the boys have been at Bethesda. 
 
 As for the management, we endeavor as much a.s possible to control 
 then) by appealing to their feelings and by relying upon their respect 
 for themselves and -those .connected with the institution. We en- 
 courage them by relying upon their respect for themselves and those 
 connected with the institution. Wc encourage them by allowing each 
 boy a small jiiece of ground, upon which to raise corn, for which w<! 
 
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 pay them double the market value and a premium for tbe larjiest pro* 
 duct. This stimulates their efforts and they frequently, after regular 
 working and play hours, are seen tending their crops by torch-light. 
 
 Mr. Shepard, the teacher, is of great assistance to me with the 
 boys when at work, enabling me to accomplish much more than I 
 otherwise would be able to do. All of which is respectfully submit- 
 ted. 
 
 S. Z. MURPHY, Superintendent. 
 teacher's report. 
 To the Managers of the Union Society. 
 
 Gentlemen — With the exception of a little over three months, a 
 portion of five days per week has been speut in school. Our session 
 has been from 7 to 1"2 o'clock, A. M , during the summer and autumn, 
 and from S o'clock, A. M., to 1 o'clock, P. M., during the winter and 
 spring, with, in each case, one half hour's recess. Also, from two to 
 three hours each evening, is spent by thfe greater portion of the school 
 in reading and study, where they arc free to communicate with each 
 other and their teacher, in the preparation of their lessons, or, to listen 
 to any remarks their exercises may call forth or an opportunity may 
 offer, to impress a troth, or lead the mind to greater action. Sabbath 
 School lessons are studied Saturday evenings. In all our efiorts in 
 mental culture the improvement of the heart is kept in view. 
 
 For the increased number of pupils our school room is far too small, 
 and we are forced to sacrifice comfort and convenience in our limited 
 space. 
 
 We feel warranted in saying, not boastingly, that, considering their 
 advantages, a more intelligent class of boys cannot be found ; and we 
 feel that our exertions, for the improvement of their minds, have 
 been amply rewarded in the interest all have manifested in their 
 studies, in their exertions to gratify their teacher, and in theiradvance- 
 ment; still our motto ever is "Excelsior." 
 
 Twp or three of the more advanced usually have charge of some in 
 the elements of reading and spelling, and thereby I can devote more 
 time to the more advanced cla.sses, and all make greater progress. AVe 
 make singing a daily and general exercise, which is entered into with 
 much spirit; most of them are natural singers, and only require culti- 
 vation. We devote part of an evening one week in practicing sing- 
 ing with the larger boys, and part of an evening of the next week, 
 alternately, in a juvenile debating society, which affords pleasure as 
 well as profit. Subjects for discussion are usually chosen, of which 
 all have learned, or may learn from our library, and thus they are led 
 to chose profitable reading, and facts become fixed in their minds. 
 
 We have a library of about o80 volumes, many of which are in a 
 style to attract and interest youth, to which the many and interesting 
 little readers have daily access. 
 
 The latter part of the year, a few of the larger boys have been 
 drawn out of school each week, the same boys every fifth week, to 
 assist on the farm, which makes their amount of schooling about 2 J 
 months per year less than the smaller boys, or about 7 months school- 
 ing per year, though many smaller boys are more advanced than many 
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large ones. Those which would least derange the classes have always 
 been chosen by the Superintendent, who, with the Matron, have ever 
 sought to promote the interests of the school, and through their kind 
 and efficient care, seldom a boy is out oi' school on account of sickness. 
 Before closing these remarks we would present our most earnest 
 thanks to those officers of the Society, who have stimulated to greater 
 exertion by the awarding uf prizes, and who have manifested so kind 
 an interest in our welfare and improvement. 
 
 llespectfully presented, 
 
 WM. 11. SUEPARD, Teacher. 
 Bethesda, April 23d, 1858. 
 
 Sum mar J/. 
 The following represents the number of boys in school, including 
 the Superintendent's sons, and their present attainments, as taken 
 collectively. 
 
 Whole number in School,* 40 
 
 '' '' who Read and Spell, 32 
 
 " '• who study Mental Arithmetic, 11. 
 
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 " '• who study Primary Geography, 17 
 
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 " " who study Grammar, 7 
 
 " '* who study l*hysiology, r 2 
 
 " " who practice Declamation, 25 
 
 '* '• who write Compositions, <> 
 
 ♦This includes Mr. Murphy's children. 
 
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 SUMMARY FROM TREASURER'S ACCOUNT CURRENT. 
 
 Total Expenditure this year, as per Treasurer's report, as published in 
 
 printed "Proceedinp^ of the l<is Anniversary" 86,615 89 
 
 Added to I^crmanent Investments §500 00 
 
 Invested as a Building Fund, 510 00 
 
 1,010 00 
 
 Leaving Balance in hand 46 63 
 
 ?7,672 52 
 
 Receipts from all sources, i?4,930 52 
 
 Donations from 'M persons, 82.712 09 
 
 .Subscriptions oO 00 
 
 2,74:i 00 
 
 87,672 52 
 
 (The By Laws of the I'^nion Society reported by the Board of Man- 
 ajrers are oniittod here, this beint; the first rcadini;.) 
 
 Thomas Purse moved to accept the By-Laws as reported, put the 
 same in operation for one year, and then take a final vote thereon. 
 Adopted unanimously. 
 
 ELECTION OF OFFICERS. 
 
 The Society then went into an election of oflScers for the ensuing 
 year, (Joseph S. Fay, Esq., the present President, and Edward G. 
 Wilson, Es(|., the present Secretary, decliiiin;j: re-election,) and upon 
 counting out the ballots the following result appeared, viz : 
 
 KoRKHT I). Walker, elected President. 
 
 J(»IIN M. Coopek, elected "N'ice I'rcsident. 
 
 John T. Tho.mas, elected Secretary. 
 
 James A. Courvoisie, elected Treasurer. 
 
 Frederick Myers, ) i ■ j c.. j 
 ,, ,,r ri ' > elected Stewards. 
 
 l^REDERicK W. Sims, j ^ 
 
 The President having declared the result of the elections the 
 Society adjourned, and with the ladies and other visiters partook of 
 relreshments. 
 
 The Society and visiters then |iri)ceeded to the grove, the place pre- 
 part'cl f(ir the annual address. 
 
 The exercises were opened with prayer by the Rev. Reddick Pierce, 
 after which an appropriate address was delivered by the Rev. W. 11. 
 P{»tter. 
 
 'J'lie exercises were closed by a bciiedictiuu by tlir luv. ^V. H. 
 Potter. 
 
 The members of the Society then returned to the School Room 
 when the following resolutions were read and unanimously adopted : 
 
 By Frederick W. Sims, seci>nded by William R Symons. 
 
 Resolved, That the thanks of this Society be tendered to the 
 late President, Joseph S. Fay, and to the late Secretary, Edward G. 
 Wilson, for their long and faithful service as oflleers of this Society. 
 
 By William Battersby. Escj. 
 
 Resolved, Ihat tlie thanks of this Society be tendered to W. T. 
 Thompson, J. R. Sneed, Rev. John Pierpont, and to i^Irs. Perla Shef- 
 tall Solomons (a descendant of ouc of the founders of the Society ) 
 for valuable books. 
 
181 
 
 By Joseph S. Fay, Esq. 
 
 Resolved, That the thanks of the Society be tendered to Messrs. 
 Wadley and the late Board of Managers for their contribution towards 
 the addition to the house made by them. 
 
 By F. W. Sims. 
 
 Resolved, that the thanks of the Society arc due and hereby 
 tendered to the Rev. W. H. Potter for his beautiful and appropriate 
 address, and that a copy be requested to be placed in the archives of 
 the Society. 
 
 By I']dward G. Wilson. 
 
 Resolved, That the thanks of the Society be and the same are 
 hereby tendered to those members of the Society and others who 
 made the very handsome donations to the funds of the Society set 
 forth in the Treasurer's accounts submitted this day. 
 
 By William T. Thompson. 
 
 Resolved, That the Board of IManagers be instructed to have 
 published in pamphlet forin^ic report of Ex-President Fay with the 
 other reports, and the address of Rev. W. H. Potter, and that 
 the cost be raised by voluntary subscription of the members of the 
 Society. 
 
 (Here follows list of Beneficiaries, 40 in number.) 
 
 The President appointed the following Board of Managers, viz : 
 Abraham A. Solomons, Emanuel Heidt, 
 
 Benjamin W hitehead, fJames Wallace McAlpin, 
 
 John (rammell, Wallace Gumming, 
 
 John Scudder, James H. Demund, 
 
 AVilliam R. Synions. 
 
 The Society then adjourned. 
 
 Edward G. Wilson, 
 ^ Secretary. 
 
 ANNiyERSARY SONG, 
 
 ( Sung at the 106th Anniversary, April 2.3d, 1S56, instead of the Ode, as stated by mistake 
 
 on p.ise 101.) 
 
 AiK. — "home again." 
 
 Here again, here again, 
 
 Beneath these shades we meet; 
 A year lias pass'd, how free from pain, 
 
 Within this calm retreat 1 
 The days of youth, how slow they fly 
 
 When Hope, impatient, paints 
 The future with a clotidles.s sky, 
 The present, all restraints. 
 
 Happy youth! TIappy youth! 
 Its cares, like April show'ra; 
 To age i.s left to feel tiie truth, 
 Joys fade like summer flow'rs, 
 
182 
 
 Ago alone, Ajre ulonc, 
 
 Press'd on life's hurried race, 
 (^n tell how deeply sin and wroufi. 
 
 The lines of sorrow trace. 
 It learns to pity other's woe — 
 It feels that earth has given 
 No peace, no Joys, like those that How 
 From liopes laid up in heav'n. 
 Happy age! Happy age! 
 
 "Whose steps now blameless roam, 
 Along life's litful, changing stage, ^ 
 Still drawing nearer home. 
 
 Tlieu let youtli early learn, 
 That life is not a play — 
 That good and gay may have ^eir turn, 
 
 But good must rule the dajw 
 Age an example has to give. 
 
 Of patience and of love, 
 That youth from it may learn to live, 
 That life which dawns above. 
 Happy youth! Happy age! 
 
 Each has its calling due. 
 To write its record on the page 
 Of useful and of true. 
 
 Items of expenditure for tuition, d-c, from Journal 3 not embraced in 
 
 extracts o/i jJoa|t92 tu 96. 
 1802. Disbursements for CihldWn to Cash. Dr. 
 
 Dec. 20. For this sum paid Wiu. F. l*ort lor tuition... .S24. 00 
 
 Paper, Ink and Quills 2.00 26.00 
 
 1803. 
 
 April 23. For this sum paid Mrs. Lydia M. Myers, 
 
 for tuition 6.00 
 
 C<iNTiN(iENT Expenses to Cash. Dr. 
 
 *' 24. For this sum paid Peter S. Laffitte, for 
 services as Secretary for one 
 
 year, ending 2;>d instant 60.00 
 
 " 28. Do. James Johnston for printing 
 
 3 qrs Summons 4.00 
 
 Do. Lyon & Morse for publishing 
 
 four advertisements, from 
 
 2Gth Jau'y to 7th instant.... 3.75 — ' J. lb 
 
 Juno 3. Do, John Luwson, Steward, being 
 
 80 muoh oxpendod on tho lust 
 
188 
 
 Ann. more than the amount 
 rec'd from members for Anni- 
 versary expenditures 106.08 
 
 Disbursements for Children dr. to Cash. 
 June 16. Do. Wm, F. Port, for tuition, pa- 
 per, ink and quills 25.62 
 
 Contingent Expenses dr. to Cash. 
 " 28. Do. Hazen & Kimball for posting 
 
 the accounts of the Society, 
 and for two Account Books as 
 
 per receipt 158.00 
 
 July 8. Do. Seymour, Woolhopter& Steb- 
 bins for printing for the So- 
 ciety from the year 1799 to 
 the 23d April, 1803, inclu- 
 sive, as per accounts and re- 
 ceipts 36.52i 
 
 Disbursements for Children. Dr. to Cash. 
 
 Sept. 19. Do. paid Schooling 10.00 
 
 Paper, ink and quills 37^ — 16-37i 
 
 Nov. 4. Do. John Lawson, for clothing.... 26.50 
 
 Dec. 19. Do. Paid tuition 9.00 
 
 1804. 
 
 Feb. 16. For this sum paid John Lawson for D. & 
 C Gugel's account of clothing 
 
 for Randolph 21.00 
 
 March 22. Do. Wm. F. Port, for tuition 10.50 
 
 April 2. Do. G. Tufts & Co., for 1 pair 
 
 shoes for Randolph 75 
 
 Contingent Expenses to Cash. Dr. 
 
 July 2. For this sum paid Peter S. Laffitte for one 
 
 years' salary to 23d April last, 60.00 
 
 " 18. Paid the Stewards, being so much expended 
 on the last Anniversary, more 
 than was received from the 
 
 members 52. 62 J 
 
 Paid Lyon & Morse for printing 2.75 
 
 " Seymour & Woolhopter, do 3.50 58.87i 
 
 Disbursements for Children. Dr. to Cash. 
 Dec. 27. For this sum p'd Wm. F. Port, for schooling 
 
 children 67.50 
 
184 
 
 Do. Mr. Lawson for clothing 0.00 70.nO 
 
 1805. 
 
 March 30. Paid Mr. Port for schoolinsr 37.50 
 
 180G. CONTINGKNT ExPENSKS TO C.VSII. Dr. 
 
 April 23. Paid James John.<«ton for printing 8.00 
 
 " James Hcly, • " 2.00 
 
 " Lyon & Morse 4.25 
 
 " Ann Scrimgcr bal. on Ann. Dinner 45.25 
 
 " Joseph Prescott for two wands 1.50 
 
 " Seymour & Woolhopter for print'g. 3.75 
 •' Tho.s. Dcchencau for advertising a 
 Bank Note which delivered to the 
 
 President 2.50 1)7.25 
 
 1808. 
 
 April23. Paid J. Johnston for printing 12.00 
 
 " Adam Cope (Steward) a balance due 
 
 him on the Anniversary Dinner... 33.75 
 
 " J. F. Everett for printing 4.00 
 
 " Seymour & Woolhopter, fordo 2.75 52.50 
 
 1809. • 
 
 April 24. '' McLean & Barnes H.OO 
 
 " Everett k Evans 4.75 
 
 " Jas. Johnston, printing 33.75 14.50 
 
 Peter S. Laffittepaid him 17th Oct. 
 
 last 20.00 
 
 (The following entxy appears in Journal 3, folio 134.) 
 1810. 
 April. Cash. Dr. 
 
 To Bonds and Notes received from Orphan Bouse Estate* 
 Feb. 23. Rec'd of C. Odingsells on account his bond.600.00 
 Mar. 2. " Jas. Johnston, " " " 485.02-1085.02 
 
 (And in Ledger 4, folio 202.) 
 1S14. Voluntary Contributions. Dr. Cr. 
 
 April 23. By cash received from sundry persons.... 70.00 
 
 (*Tbi3 is all that appears upon any book in possession of the Society, in reference 
 to tho Orphan House Eatatc. In looking for Acts and Records relative to it or to 
 Bethesda, the following have been found. See pages of Acts and Schedule which 
 follow.) 
 
185 
 
 An act to explain an act, entitled "*4n act to establish an academy in the 
 county of Chatham, and for vesting certain property in Selina, countess dowager of 
 Huntingdon. 
 
 1. ^Vhereas there is in tliis state a considerable property, real and personal, 
 known and distiugnished by the appellation of Bethesda College or Orphan 
 House estate, originally intended for an academy, and devised in trust by the late 
 rev. George Whiteficld for literary and benevolent purposes, to Selina, countess 
 dowager of Huntingdon, and the same was, in and by an act, entitled "An act 
 to establish an Academy in the county of Chatham, and for vesting certain prop- 
 erty in Selina, countess dowager of Huntingdon," vested in her accordingly: 
 And tvhereas, the said Selina, countess dowager of Huntingdon, was a British 
 subject, and is, singe the passing of the said act, departed this life, whereby the 
 said trust is concluded, and the heirs of the said Selina being likewise British 
 subjects and non-residents, are incapable of receiving or executing the same, and it 
 therefore becomes necessary for the legislature to explain their intention respect- 
 ing the premises, as well to effect the end for whicli the same was devised, as to 
 remove all doubts, in and concerning the same : Be it enacted ly the Senate and 
 House of Representatives of the state of Georgia in General Assembly met, That 
 the true intent and meaning of the said act was, and the same shall be con- 
 strued to have been a vesting of the said Bethesda College or Orphan House 
 estate in the said Selina, in trust for lienevolcnt and literary purposes, only dur- 
 ing her natural life and no longer. 
 
 2. And he it further enacted, That the said property, both real and per.sonal, 
 called Bethesda College or Orphan House estate, as aforesaid, shall from and after 
 the passing of this act, be under the inspection of thirteen trustees, a majority 
 of whom shall have power to emplo}'- such profes.sors and tutors, and to establish 
 such rules and regulations for admission into and the governance of the said col- 
 lege, and to employ such overseers and managers for the working the said estate 
 to advantage, and to do all other, and further acts and things in and concerning 
 the same as the}' may think necessary and beneficial for carrying the original in- 
 tention o( the aforesaid institution into full effect, to hold the same, and the 
 powers hereby vested to the said trustees and their successors in office for ever. 
 
 :i. And 1)6 it further enacted, That the trustees hereby appointed, shall be and 
 thej^ are hereby declared a body corporate, and as such shall bo authorized to use 
 a common seal, and shall be liable to sue and be sued Provided, That no action 
 shall be brought against the said trustees for the term of two 3-ears after the 
 passing of this act. 
 
 "I. And be it further enacted. That George Hotiston, William Stevens, William 
 Gibbons, Senr., Joseph Habersham, Joseph Clay, Junr., William Gibbons, Junr., 
 John Morell, Josiah Tattnall, Junr., John Milledge, James Whitefield, Junr., 
 George Jones. Jacob Waldburger, and James Jackson, shall be, and they are 
 hereby appointed trustees for the purposes liereby intended ; and in case of va- 
 cancy, either by death, resignation or other means, the said trustees or a majori- 
 t}' of them, shall ballot for three persons, out of whom his excellency the 
 governor shall .select one to fill the same. 
 
 i"). Ajid be it further inact/id. That the said trustees, or a majority of them, shall 
 once in every year, well, truly and faithfully account for and have their accounts, 
 24 
 
186 
 
 receipts and expenditures, in and concerning the premises, audited, and the same 
 with a copy of their proccedinijs, laid before the governor for pubUc infoniiation. 
 
 WILLIAM GIBBONS, 
 Speaker of Otc House of Jiepresentatives. 
 NATHAN BROWNSON, 
 
 President of (Jte Senate. 
 Edward Telfair, Governor. 
 December 20, 1791. 
 
 AN ACT to authorize the Trustees of tlie Orphan House or Bethesda College, in the 
 county of Chaiham to sell certain unproductive lands, and to reduce the number 
 of Trustees of the said Institution. 
 
 Whereas, it appears by the memorial of the Trustees of the Orphan House, in 
 the county of Ciiatham, that it is expedient to sell and dispose of certain unpro- 
 ductive lands, belonging to the said Institution. 
 
 Sec. 1. HE it therefore enacted by the Senat<: and House of Jiejyresentalivcs of the 
 State of Georgia, and it is enacted, That it shall and may be lawful to, and for tiie 
 Trustees of the said Orpliau House or College, or a majority of them, to sell and 
 dispose of^ at public or private sale, the following tracts of land: (that is to say) 
 one thousand acres in the former Parish of St. Patrick, now county of Glynn, 
 situate and being on the south branch of Turtle River, bounded at the time of sur- 
 vey, on all sides by vacant lands ; also live hundred acres in the former Parish 
 of St. David, now county of (ilynn, bounded to tlie north-east by the Altamaiia 
 river, to the north by a Carolina survey for Henry LaureiK«i, and on every other 
 side by vacant land; and also five hundred acres in tlie same l'ari.sli of St. David, 
 and county of Glynn, bounded eastwardly by the Altamaha, north-west by land 
 laid out for Henry Monroe, and to the south by land vacant, which said several 
 tracts of land, were granted to the Reverend George "Whitelield, for the endowment 
 of the said Institution, of which ho was the founder, aud to make and execute 
 good and sufficient titles to the purchaser or purchasers of the said land, in whole 
 or in part, in fee simple or otherwise, as to the said Trustees shall seem most 
 beneficial and advantageous ; and to apply as well the monies arising from such 
 sale or sales, as the rents, issues and luolits of those other lauds appertaining to 
 the said Institution, known b}- the name of Bethesda, Euphrates, Nazareth, Hunt- 
 ingdon, Habersham, or by whatever other name ornames such lands may be called 
 or known, to the use, benefit and advantage of tlie said Institution, according to 
 the intention of ilio founder, and the laws of the State relative thereto. 
 
 And whereas, from the difficulty of convening a majority of the present Trus- 
 tees, it is rendered expedient to reduce the number. 
 
 Sec. 2. BE it therefore enacted, That the present Trustees shall continue and 
 remain until by death or otherwise, the number shall be reduced to nine, and that 
 in the meantime, a majority of the existing number shall con.stitulc a board, 
 and bo comjietent to do aud perform all tlie business of the said Institution. 
 And from and after the reduction of the said Trustees to tlie number nine, the 
 s§id nine, or a majority of them, shall constitute a Ijoard, and be competent to 
 business as aforesaid, and that when and so often as a vacancy shall Iiappen 
 amongst the said nine members, such vacancy shall lie lillod .is hcnlofore by the 
 governor. 
 
187 
 
 Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, Thai all acts lierctoforo passed, so fnr as the 
 same are contrary hereto, bo and the same are lieroby repealed. 
 
 ABKAIIAM JACKSON, 
 S^yeaker of the House of Represerifaiives. 
 JARED IRWIN, 
 
 President of the Senate. 
 Assented to, December 3, 1S04. 
 JouN MiLLEDGE, Govcmor. 
 
 AN ACT to authorize the president of the trustees of the Bethesda college, the 
 jiresident of the Union society, the 2}resideni of the board of managers of tlie 
 Savannah poor house and hospiital society, the chairman of commissioners of 
 the Chatham acad^emy, and the mayor of the city of Savannah, to dispose of 
 the projierty of the Bethesda college or orphan house estate, for the tises herein 
 mentioned. 
 
 Whereas, It has been suggested that from the loss by fire of one of the wings 
 of (ho college, the injury of the other, as well as the destruction of the buildings 
 on the plantation by the hurricane, and which inundated the rice lands with salt 
 water so as to render them unproductive, Avith other casualties, have rendered this 
 property by no means advantageous, or the original intention of the institution 
 in its present situation capable of being carried into effect. To the end thereof, 
 that the said property may be useful, and applied as nearly as possible to the 
 original intention of the said institution. 
 
 Sec. 1. BE it therefore enacted by the Senate andlTouse of Representatives of the 
 State of Georgia, in Genei'al Assembly met, and by the anthority of the same, That 
 it shall and maj-^ be lawful for the president of the trustees of Bethesda college 
 for the time being ; the president of the Union society in Savannah, for the 
 time being; the president of the board of managers of the Savannah poor houso 
 and hospital societj', for the time being ; the chairman of commissioners of tlie 
 Chatham academy, and the mayor of the city of Savannah, for the time being, 
 or a majority of them, to sell and dispose of all the real and personal property of 
 the said Bethesda college or orphan house estate, on the most advantageous 
 terms that may be obtained for the same, and to make titles to the purchasers 
 thereof; and after the trustees of the orphan house estate shall have retained a 
 sufficiency to pay any just debts that may be due and owing from the said orphan 
 house estate, and also retained a sufficient sum to pay any debts that may be 
 in litigation until decision at law on such claims, when such sum retained shall 
 be applied agreeably to such legal decisions, to apply the nett proceeds as fol- 
 lows, that is to say : one-fifth of such nett proceeds to the uses of the Savannah 
 poor house and hospital society; and the remainder of such nett sum, one-half 
 thereof to the Union society in Savannah, and the other half to the Chatham 
 academy, to aid their funds for the instruction of youth generally. 
 
 Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the aforesaid herein authorized persons 
 shall, after carrying this act into execution, file their proceedings in the exocutivo 
 office of this State for public information.* 
 
 Sec. '.i.- And be it further enacted. That the commissioners of the Chatham 
 Academy shall, in consequence of this donation, support and educate at least five 
 orphan children from its funds, as soon as it shall receive the property herein 
 vested in said institution. • 
 
 ^Application haying been made to the Exccntlve Dopartment throngh Mr. W. T. Thomp- 
 son, one of tho Manaircrs, for a copy of said "proceedings," the letter on next page from 
 Mr. T. M. Bradford, was received In reply. 
 
188 
 
 Skc. 4. Auil he )t hntlier inucUd^ Tlint notliinp: in this Act sliall Ik* a>nstrued 
 (o defeat the responsibility of the present truateos of the licthesda i-ollefte, 
 under an act passed in Dcceniljer, 1791. 
 Skc. 5. And be it further vnoctcd. That this act shall be held a public Act. 
 
 BENJAMIN WIIITAKKR, 
 Spi-aJcfT of till- House of Representalivtj;. 
 UKNUY MITCHKLL, 
 
 Presidi-nt of the Senate. 
 Executive Department, Georgia, Assented to, 22d December, 1808. 
 Jaked Ikwi.v, Govt-riiot: 
 
 LAND AND IJENERAL AtiENCV OFFICE, ) 
 MIU.EDGKVIIXE, Aug. 11, 1859. J 
 Mh. W. T. Thomp.sox. 
 
 Dear Sir: Your letter of the 8th inst., addressed to P. Thwealt, Es<i., was 
 received by him, and a.s every moment of his time is taken up in the examination 
 of the Tax Digests whicli iiave been recently returned to his office, he handed to 
 ine your letter with a rc([uest that I would attend to it. 
 
 Yesterday and part of the day before, I have devoted to tlie examination of 
 the books and papers in the Executive office, to endeavor to lind the 'proceed- 
 ings " to which you allude : but I have been unsuccessful. I went through the 
 whole of the Index Book of Packages, and examined every package having any 
 thing from Savannah or Clialham county — all returns from Academies, Poor 
 Schools, Colleges, &c. I then went through a large number of packages of "Mis- 
 cellaneous Papers ;" and I then examined all the small books, as I snpjjosed it 
 possible the return may have been made in a small book. In all this tedious and 
 laborious search I tbuud nothinir with tlio name of Jlethesda on it, except one 
 return, made by Judge W'il. Stephens, dated '28th Oct., 1801, containing jiroceed- 
 ings "appropriating two thousand dollars for repairing and completing Norlli 
 wing," &c. This report appeal's to have been filed for information, Ac. If the 
 report to whicli you allude, was ever sent up. it has been placed where it ought 
 not to be, or 1 certainly would have found it. 
 
 After spending so much time about it, I regret that I have been unsuccessful. 
 If the recorded proceedings of the Society show in what 5'ear these " proceed- 
 ings" took place, and you desire it, I will make further search. 
 
 Very respectfully, T. M. 15 H .\ D F( > K 1 1. 
 
 SCHEDULE of debts ap}>urtiomd to the Savantuih Poor Ihiutc and Hospital Socv'ty 
 
 from lilt d'bts arising from the i>aUK of Jlethesda or Orjthati House Estate. 
 1809. Marcli l.'i. Amount received by Poor House and llo.spital in 
 purchase of negroes, exclusive of the one-fourth 
 
 cjish payment .'JL'iTO (fo 
 
 Bond and mortgage of W. G. Porter, Security 8:?2 0(» 
 
 " " Peter Miller, " 180 OO 
 
 " " Mo.ses ShefUdl, " 400 00 
 
 " " " Thomas Jones, " 472 50 
 
 " " " AVilliam A. Moore, '• 1,088 00 
 
 " " " John D. Mongin, " 870 00 
 
 " " " John H. Dcubell, " l.:);i.'j 00 
 
 " " " AVilliam Cocke, " 202.00 
 
 $6,050 00 
 
189 
 \ 
 
 Upon a division Iiad this day of the debts proceeding from the sales of Bethesda 
 or Orphan House Estate, according to the Act of Asscmbl}' passed the last ses- 
 sion of the Legislature, amongst the l^nion Society, the Chatham Academy, and 
 the Savannah Poor House and Hospital, the above proportion was taken and 
 accepted by the President of the Board of Managers of tlie Savannah Poor 
 House and Hospital Society. Therefore, we the subscribers. Commissioners 
 appointed by the said Act of the Legislature, herebj' assign, transfer and set over 
 unto the said President of the Board of Managers of tlie Savannah Poor House 
 and Hospital Society and his successors in office, and assigns for the use of said 
 Savannah Poor House and Hospital Society, the said bonds and mortgages, and 
 all right, interest and title thereto belonging, hereb}'^ giving and granting full 
 power and authority to the said President of the Board of Managers of the Savan- 
 nah Poor House and Hospital Society and his successors in office or assigns to 
 receive, sue for and recover the said diflerent debts and amount, and upon receii)t 
 and payment of the said debts or either of tlieni, good and sufficient receipts and 
 discharges to be given for the same, by the said President of the Board of Man- 
 agers of the Savannah Poor House and Hospital Society or his successor in office 
 or assigns. Dated at Savannah this seventh day of August, in the year of our 
 Lord one thousand eight hundred and nine. 
 
 AV. B. BUr.LOCH, President Union Socirh/, [i,..s.J 
 CHARLES HARRIS, Chairman C. A. [l.s.J 
 JOHN P. WILLIAMSON, Mayor C. ,^: [i..s.] 
 
 Witnesses : 
 
 J. CITYLER, N. P. 
 
 C. POPE. 
 Recorded 6th November, 1809 in County Records Book C. C. folio .■?25. 
 
 Cash Account Kept by President Slieftall— 1815, '16, '17. 
 
 This is the only noiinl the ^iK'icty lias dt' this iieridd. The bdnk in which it is coutaincil 
 i.s about the size and style of a child's cojiy book, an<l was friven to the Society together with 
 a loose sheet contiiining the resolution of thank.s which follow, by Mr. Lizar Solomons. 
 
 UNION SOCIETY. 
 
 Dh. Cr. 
 To balance due on old account, examined and passed. 7.') 
 
 " cash paid H. Williams, lale Secretarj-, rect. No. 1 . 14.").i)(i 
 
 " " deposited in Bank 'JMT.oo 
 
 " " " " " •.']..-,() 
 
 " " paid over to tlie Secretary o.oo 
 
 By cash on 23d April, received in Society 22.1.38 
 
 " " received of Thomas Mendenhall ICOO 
 
 " " received of James Hunter . . 4.50 
 
 " James Powell 4.00 
 
 R. W. Habersham for Judgment obtained against 
 
 Judge Stephens 20.").r>0 
 
 $45.5. 88 
 4. " cash paid Ann Chri.stie, per rect. No. 2 1G8.00 
 
 23. " " " J. J. * F. Blanchard, rect. No. :! 19. .50 
 
 24. " " " Mayife L(?wis, Nn. 4 11.25 
 
 " " " '• Votoe, No. 5 5.00 
 
 1815. 
 
 
 April 
 
 23. 
 
 " 
 
 24. 
 
 " 
 
 27. 
 
 May 
 
 2 
 
 " 
 
 4. 
 
 " ' 
 
 1. 
 
 • 
 1, 
 
 3, 
 

 16. 
 
 
 17. 
 
 
 '26. 
 
 Sc'i.t. 
 
 1. 
 
 Nov. 
 
 3. 
 
 IIMI 
 
 .Imic C. " " " Williams k Seymour, No. C 00.00 
 
 2:{. " '• " Ann Christie, No. 7 181.50 
 
 26. " " " Chatham Aaidcmy, No. 8 119.00 
 
 29. " " " HoagiAmca, No. 9 5.00 
 
 $1058.60 
 
 29. " amount brought forward 1058.50 
 
 By amount brought forward 455.88 
 
 .July 19. By cash roccived of C. Treasurer on account of two 
 
 Exclianpe shares up to Jan'y. Ist, 1815 60.00 
 
 To cash paid R. II. Pcttj-grue, roc't, No. 10 -19.00 
 
 Aug. 15. By cash received of Js. M. Wayne on a judgment 
 
 against .To.s. Scott, depo.sitcd in Bank 57.00 
 
 16. By cash received of .Is. M. Wayno on account of 
 
 Stulz & Gibson's bond 200.00 
 
 To cash paid Ann Christie, rcc't. No. 11 96.00 
 
 " " " J. Fisher, No. 12 2.50 
 
 " " R. n. Pettigrue, Ui 35.00 
 
 " " K. S. Kempton, 14 4.00 
 
 " " R. n. Pettigrue, 15 9.99^ 
 
 By cash received of Jno. B. Norri.s, Shcrid', on judg- 
 ment against IjCVI Shcftall interest, cost &c. in- 
 cluded, 1 1 2.00 
 
 6. By cash received of J. Cuylcr on jugdnicnt apiinst 
 
 P. Deveaux 100.00 
 
 To cash paid at Bank and took up note. No. IG 2 10.00 
 
 Doc. 15. By cash of Js. Morrison, on a judgment against Jno. 
 
 Dettcncost&c 7I.O(i 
 
 $1088.88 
 
 " To cash paid Stebbins k Mason, reel. No. 17 4:i.G8} 
 
 " " " " Jno. Douglas, 18 5.00 
 
 $1543,63^ 
 
 " " amount brought forward 154:$.68f 
 
 By amount brought forward $1088.88 
 
 1816. 
 
 Feb'y. 13. To cash paid Iloag k Amos, rcc't. No. 19 4.00 
 
 15. " " " Katon & Johnson, 20 4.00 
 
 29. By cash received of G. Glen acting Se- 
 cretary being b}' him received of 
 
 Deasler, on rent account 70.00 
 
 To cash paid Ann Cliristie, rec't. No. 21 70.00 • 
 
 March 25." " " Wm. T. Williams, rec't. No. 22 21.50 
 
 By casii received of Wm. B. Bulloch 
 on a judgment against OBtato John 
 Gla-ss 22d June 1815 omitted to bo 
 
 credited deposited in Bank 297.25 
 
 April 9. To cash paid E. S. Kumptou'a acc't 23d 4.00 
 
 Omitted. 
 1815. 
 
 May 2. To cash paid G. Glen on Dinner account 41. 87^ 
 
 Aug, 10. To cash paid at Bank take up noto. . , , . . . 160.00 
 
191 
 
 1816. 
 
 April 17. To cash paid at Bank per balance ou note due 74.76 
 
 1923.81 1456.13 
 29. By cash received of R. "W. Habersham amount of 
 Jos. Tatnal's and J. Howell's Estate bond principal 
 and interest 331.50 
 
 .$1787.63 
 
 19. To amount brought forward 1923.81 
 
 By amount brought forward 1787 .63 
 
 22. To cash paid balance of Mrs. Christie's account 142.00 
 
 By cash received of Js. M. Wayne on balance of 
 James Johnson and Jno. Wood's Bond, principal 
 
 and Interest 1235.00 
 
 " To cash paid Js. Marshall Cashier P. Bank balance 
 
 due by Building Committee 575.07 
 
 " To cash paid Chatham Academy 105.00 
 
 $3022.63 
 Settled April 23d, 1816. 
 
 April 23. By balance due Society on settlement 
 
 this report of Committee 593.64 
 
 By cash received from sundry persons in Society, this 
 
 day 268.87 i 
 
 April 26. To cash paid F. Densler, Steward balance on Dinner 
 
 account, rec't. No. 1 55.00 
 
 May 1. To cash paid May & Lewis, rec't. No. 2 10.25 
 
 " " " A. Low & Co. 3 2.75 
 
 « .< .< D**** Gresham&Co. 4... . 20.62^ 
 
 3. " " " Jno. Tanner 5 14.37^ 
 
 4. " " " E. S. Kempton, 6 3.75 
 
 4. " " " IIoag&Amcs, 7 3.00 
 
 9. By cash of H. McCall 62.00 
 
 " " of Wm. Gaston 10.00 
 
 " " of R. Habersham 10.00 
 
 " " of Jos. Habersham Jr., excused him $1.50 
 
 ca.sh 13.00 
 
 21. By cash of J. P. Williamson for estate Jno. William- 
 son 4.00 
 
 " " of Petite DeVilliers G.OO 
 
 • 23. To cash paid Ann Christie board, &c,, No. 8 131.00 
 
 " " " " " for clothing, 9 5.31^- 
 
 June 20. To cash paid Jno. Hunter, Committee of Repairs for 
 
 lumber, &c. No. 10 48.59 
 
 $294.65i917.51i 
 
 " By amount brought forward 91 7.51 ^ 
 
 " To amount brought forward 294.65} 
 
 '• By cash received of .Jno. . I. Robert, C. Tr., one yeans' 
 interest on 2 Exchange Shares up to January Ist 
 1816 24.00 
 
102 
 
 21. By cash received of U. Glen, for the following acs. 
 viz: Geo. Low. $6.00; Es. J. Powell, $4: Alex. 
 
 Haljersham, $11.00; Jos. Habersham, $7.00 18.00 
 
 Jno. Lawson, $4.00 4.00 
 
 " By cash received by self of R. Isaacs 61.50 
 
 " " " of A. Low 00.50 
 
 I To cash paid P. P. Woolhopter, being balance due 
 
 him on his account, No. 11 5.25 
 
 " Paid K. S. Kempton per receipt No. 12 5.00 
 
 2 1 . By cash received of J. M. "Wayne on bonds of Stiilz 
 
 it ( iibson and Jonathan Norton 845.00 
 
 2<). To cash paid P. D. Woodhopter, reel. No. 13 6.20 
 
 Hy cash of Peter Peveanx'.s account 16.00 
 
 July S. " '• received of J. Cuyleron Bondof P. Deveaux 
 
 agreeable to resolution of T. S 1 80.4.'{jf 
 
 2i:J6.95i 
 10. To cash paid Brown & Green, lumber rcc't. No. 14. 123.000 
 
 $434. 15i- 
 10. To amount paid brought forward 434.15i- 2130.95^ 
 
 10. Tocasli paid II. Gibert. rec't. No. 1.') <"..50 
 
 " •• '■ Jno. Hunter, IG 21.50 
 
 I'.i. By cash received of Jno. 11. &, G. Ash, 2 years rent 
 of lot No. 2 and 3, Percival Ward, up to the 4th 
 
 of June, 1810 200.00 
 
 Aug. 1. To cash paid R. W. Habersham, T. C. a. i)cr reel. 
 
 No. 17 119.00 
 
 8. To cash paid T. V. Gray, rec't. No. 18 02.50 
 
 1 2. By ca.'sh received of W. Davis on judgment against 
 
 W. Lewden Q15.50 
 
 15. To casli paid Mrs. Cliri^lie, rec't. No. 19 90.0(1 
 
 22. " " " " " roc't. 20 7.87^ 
 
 Oct. 23. " " " T.V.Gray, 21 02.50 
 
 Omitted. 
 
 Sept. 21 . C.iish paid K. S. Kempton, rec't. No. 22 5.00 
 
 Nov. 9. " " Hoag&Ames, "23 5.00 
 
 9. " " Abm. Stevens, 24 5.021 
 
 11. " " Gillett& Milne, 25 8.1 2^ 
 
 " May & Lewis, 20 22.02^ 
 
 15. •' " Ann Chri.stie, 27 117.50 
 
 10. " " Hoag&Ames, 28 5.00 , 
 
 " " " K.S. Kempton, 29 ;!.00 
 
 $981.90i- 2552.45^ 
 
 To amount brought forward $98 1.90 J 2550.45^ 
 
 " 19. To cash paid 1'. .t J. Barrie, rec't. No. 30 8.04 
 
 " " '■ May \- Lewis, No. 31 21.021 
 
 20. Hv casli ofR. W. H. on a judgment against Es. J. 
 
 ■('lay, Jr 322.14 ^ 
 
 Dec. 2. To casli jiaid J. Carr in advance one quarter's school- 
 ing ten boys, No. 32 80.00 
 
 13. To cash paid .liio. Hunter, Building Committee per 
 
 rec't. No. 33 200.00 
 
193 
 
 1817. 
 
 Jan'y. 13. To cash paid John Hunter, Bnildiug Committee, 
 
 rcc't. No. 3-1 530.00 
 
 14. Cash paid Jolm Douglas, ."5.5 .5.G2J 
 
 Feb'y. Jl. " " Eatou Johnsou, :}G 3.37^ 
 
 '' Win. T. William.^. 37 59.07 
 
 12. '■ ■• T. V. Gray, Scc'iy.. 38 62.50 
 
 ir.. '• " Aun Christie, 39 120.00 
 
 " P. D. WooUiopter, 10 5.25 
 
 18. By cash received of J. Cuyler on judgment against 
 
 Ex'ix Juo. Glass 225.59 
 
 Marcli 3. To casli paid Jno. Carr, No. 41 92.GG 
 
 13." '■ •' John Hunter, 12 .300.00 
 
 31. " " '• J. Morrison, ndverlising lands for sale, 
 
 ree't. 4,3 G.75 
 
 $2476.79f 3100.181- 
 
 April. To amount paid brought foward S2476.79f 
 
 Bj"- this amount received brought forward 3100.18;Jr 
 
 5. To cash paid Jno. Douglas shoes rec't. No. 44 7.874- 
 
 7. By cash received in Society this day 1 GG.50 
 
 10. To cash paid Jno. Hunter, B'ding Com'tce, 45 400.00 
 
 1 7. " " advanced for Dinner 30.00 
 
 April 21. " " paid Eatou. Johnson & Co., Shoes, No. 46. . 1.25 
 
 2915.92 3266.68^ 
 To balance carried down 350.76 
 
 $3266.08 3266.68 
 
 By balance brought down S 350.76 
 
 E. E. 
 
 Savannah, 23d April, 1817. 
 
 April 23. By balance in hand this day 350.76 
 
 Cash received in Society this day , 231.75 
 
 " of John Lawson 7.50 
 
 24. To cash paid T. V. Gray, act'g for Stewards, No. 1, 1 1 .50 
 
 25. By cash of P. Deveaux, annual contribution 4.00 
 
 28. To cash paid T. V. Gray, Sec'y, No. 2 62.50 
 
 29. By cash received of D. B. Mitchell 46.00 
 
 Majr 2. To cash paid S. Hollis, rect. No. 3 50.00 
 
 " " " Way & Baker, 4 45.50 
 
 5. " " " Jonas Harrison .t Co. 5 26.12^ 
 
 " " " R. Ma^-, 6 l.lSf 
 
 13. " " '• Jonas Harrison & Co. 7 4.50 
 
 14. " " " Way & Baker, 8 7.06^- 
 
 By cash received of J. M. Wayne, Esqr., thebal. 
 
 of Stulz & Gibbons' bond 679.72 
 
 15. To cash paid Ann Christie, board, Ac. 9 192.60 
 
 20. '• '• '• John Carr. Teacher. 10 83.00 
 
 25 
 
li!4 
 
 July .'i. " '• •• John Douglat^. II 1. 00 
 
 " A. Stevens, 12 6.75 
 
 23. T V. Orav. Sec'n-. n 38.50 
 
 $530.12J 1310.7:! 
 
 2.!. To amount pd away brought forward r»30. \2i 
 
 ]3_v tliis sum reed and brought forward I .". 1 0.7:: 
 
 .\ng. 11. To cash paid Jno. Carr, (tuition) root. No. 14 83.00 
 
 IS. Cash paid Robert Christie (board, Ac.) Xo. 15 180.00 
 
 20. To cash paid Jno. Hunter, Building Com., No. IG.. 240.00 
 
 2S. •' •' " Wm. Stairs account. No. 1 7 10.00 
 
 Xov. 1 2. By ca.sh of C. Treasurer, on Exchange Shares up 
 
 to January 1st, 1817 21.00 
 
 17. By cash of H. Denslcr for 6 quartoi-s rent of half 
 
 of lot No. 3 GO.OO 
 
 To cash paid Jno. Cnrr, Toach'g, board. Ac, rcc't. 
 
 No. 18 2r,(;.72 
 
 ppf. 1. By cash received Es. Francis Courvoisic Ii0.7:i 
 
 To cash paid T. V. Gray, Sec'ry, quarters salary. 
 No. 10 02.50 
 
 Omitted. 
 
 Nov. 2 1. To cash paid A. Low & Co., No. 20 45.43 
 
 Dec. 5. Ca,sh paid Jno. Carr's bill for maiiing clothes, 21.... 22.00 
 7. By cash collected at the Presb}i;erian Cliurch, in- 
 cluding T. V. Gray's due bill for 20 dollars :i70.75 
 
 0. By cash received of Ths. Young, Esqr., this 
 amount of legacy left by Tlis. Young, dec'd, prin- 
 
 £100indollars \ *-"•''' 
 
 Interest on the above for 9 years .'!08.G2 
 
 By cash a donation from Miss Campbell 5.00 
 
 .S1439.77A 2G07..30 
 
 14. To this amount paid brought forward 1439.77| 
 
 By this amount received and brought forward. . . . 2G07.3O 
 
 By this amount collected this day at the Episcopal 
 
 Church 229.81i 
 
 16. To cash paid Jno. Hunter, for building, No. 22. . .370.75 
 
 21. By cash collected at Methodist Church 34.5(J 
 
 24. To cash paid Jno. Bapt*** for Coffin, rec't. No. 23. . G.OO 
 
 28. By cash received of K. C. Chapel 38.25 
 
 29. To cash paid Jno. Huaier per receipt No. 24 302. 62^ 
 
 1818. 
 
 Feb. .1. By cash received of Js. Momsou, a donation from 
 
 an unknown hand 50.00 
 
 4. By this amount received of R. \Y. Habersham on 
 
 judgment against P. * Jno. H. Moril 51 1.48 
 
 To cash paid Wm. T. Williams, stationary, No. 25. 75.19 
 
 13. " '• '• Jno. Carr, per rec't. No. 26 411.72 
 
 16. By cjush received at Baptist Church 32.00 
 
195 
 
 March I'.l To cash paid Juo. iluuier, B. C. No. 27 Gi::.20 
 
 '• •■ " .Tared HotehkisH. Xo. 28 'l.oO 
 
 'JG. By cash received of J. Morrison & Lloyd, on judg- 
 ment against estate Jno. Eppinger, Jr 30.87 ^ 
 
 27. To cash paid Mr. Carr in advance. rec't 29. . . . luo.uu 
 
 3321. 7G 3534.27f 
 April i;>. By this amount received and brought forward.... 3534.27? 
 
 To this amount paid away brought forward 3321. 7 ti 
 
 By this amount received this day in Society 03.50 
 
 7. - '• " •• ...... .c 24.50 
 
 S. of Lloyd <fc Morrison on :< 
 
 judgmeui against A. Hunter 75.811 
 
 • To cash paid G. Kelphs for Linnen. reo't. Xo. 30. . 18.02 
 
 13. •' " •■ Moses Cleland. 31 21.45 
 
 U. " •• •• Clark & Tillitsou, 32 3.00 
 
 •21. •• '■ •■ Betsy Beard, (work, A;c.) 33 12.0() 
 
 3376.23 3703.00 
 To balance due cairied down 326.86 
 
 3703.09 3703.09 
 
 Hy balance brought down >t32G.8G 
 
 Errors excepted, 
 .•^jivaunah, 23d April. 1818. 
 
 Signed MOSKS SHEFTALL. 
 
 Resoluliou on a loose sheet of letter paper in the handwriting of Secretar}- 
 Morrison, whicli accompanied the book containing the above, received from Mr. 
 L. Solomon.*. 
 
 On motion of Jamks M. Wayxe, Esq. — 
 
 Resolved, -'Unanimously that the thanks of this Society be presented to Lootor 
 Moses Sheftau., for his faitliful and constant exertions to advance the interest 
 of this Society during the three last years of his Presidency." 
 
 Kxtract from the Records of the Union Society, at a quarterly meeting, April 
 23. 1818. JAMES MORRISON, Sec'ry. 
 
inc. 
 
 fFroni tho Georgia Guzcllc Files in the Georgia Historical Society Library.] 
 MEKTIXOS OF THE SOCIETY, &f. 
 
 1774, 1st Monday in January, at the hou«o cif Peter Toudee. 
 
 Will Gibbons, Sec. 
 
 1775, April 'Jtth, 23d being Sunday, at same place at 8 o'clock, 
 
 A. M. 
 
 David Zubly, ) e, , 
 
 . ^i- T > Steward.s. 
 
 >. \\ . Jones, j 
 
 " " Advertisement for a person to school the children. " '• 
 1784, April -1 — At the house of Kichard Donavan Murray. 
 
 David Montaigut, Sec. 
 
 1784, April 2'A — At tho same place, at 1 1 A. M., to choose officers, 
 and celebrate the Anniversary. Dinner to be on table at ^5 o'clock. 
 
 David ]Montaigut, Sec. 
 
 1785, Feb'y. 14 — At the house ol" .Mr. Allison, at G V. M., Special 
 business. David Montaigut, Sec. 
 
 1786, April 24 — At the Coifce House, '.) A. M., to choose officers 
 and celebrate the Anniversary. Dinner at o P. M, 
 
 David Montaigut, Sec. 
 Win. Pierce, Ben. Lloyd, Stewards. 
 1786, June 5, Members in arrears earnestly requested to pay to the 
 President by 1st Monday in August. 
 
 David Montaigut, Sec. 
 
 1786, Sept. 14. A certified copy of the Act of As.sembly, passed 14th 
 July, 1786, for incorporating this Society, being read. 
 
 Resolved, That the tliaiiks ui iliis Society be given to the lion. 
 William Gibbons, E.'^cjuire, Speaker of the House of Assembly, Major 
 John Habersham, William Pierce, and George Walton, Mstjuires, 
 Members of the House of Assembly, and tho Honourable JJenjamiii, 
 Andrew and William Gibbon.s, juii. Estiuires, of the E.Kocutive Coun- 
 cil ; members of this Society, and all other members of the Legisla- 
 ture who supported the said law in the diflerent stages thereof; and 
 that this resolution be publLshcil in the next (iiizettc. 
 
 David Montaigut, Secretary. 
 
 1787, April 23— At the ('oflee House, !) A. M. to choose officers, 
 pay arrearages and celebrate Anniversary. 
 
 David Montaigut. Sec. 
 
 UNION SOCIETY. 
 
 The Members of this Society are desired to meet at the Coti'ee 
 House in Savannah, on Monday, the 23d instant, at nine o'clock in 
 
197 
 
 the foronoou. to choose officers for the ensuing _ye;ir, pay off their ar- 
 rears, and celebrate the Anniversary of this Society. 
 
 David Montaigut, Secretary. 
 Savannah, April 2d,- 1787. 
 
 ON THK UNION SOCIKTY. 
 
 Wcleouie the worth}' rrcsidonl, 
 
 And Tvelcomo nil, I say, 
 Yoa meet to keep and celebrate 
 
 Anci'nt Saint Oeorge's day. 
 
 The (bunders of this Society — 
 
 Wisdom their plan had laid ; 
 Benevolence their sole design — 
 
 'Twas the distressed to aid. 
 
 The unlearnt, hopeless orphan youlli — 
 
 virt'ous Institution ! — 
 They took them in, and had thoni taught, 
 
 To forward their iironiotion. 
 
 Those who .sur\ i\e remeniber, then. 
 
 Their plan improve and ohensii, 
 Xever to let the helpless youtli , 
 
 Fur want, of learning;- i)erish. 
 
 Then will your worthy names resound 
 
 Thro' all the world around. 
 And they with grateful thanks repeat 
 
 The benefits they fmuid. 
 
 God Grant you length of happy day,'<, 
 
 Old age and time may prove. 
 Friendship in heart and mind may reign 
 
 In Unity and Love. 
 
 1788, April T.y — At tlio ( 'ofl'ee House, i> A. .M., to choose officers, pay 
 oiF arrears, and celebrate Anniversary. Tho^se who had not attended 
 for some time past, particularly requested to notify the President 
 whether they considered tliemselves any longer members or not. 
 
 David ^Montaigut, Sec. 
 
 178!), April 'IV, — At Cottce House. !> A. .M., to clioose officers, pay 
 tifr' arrears and celebrate Anniversary. i). .M. Sec. 
 
 1700, April 5 — Notice given to tliosu who ii.i\c been admitted 
 members and who have negleclcd to pay their adii;ission money, and 
 subscribe the Holes, to iId sn by tli<' Annivers iry, or they will no 
 longer be considered member.^. 1>. M. Sec. 
 
 1790, April 'l'.U\ — At Brown's ('ofl'ee House, "i A .\|., to choose of- 
 Hrers, pay arrears and celebrate Anniversary. h. M.. Sec. 
 
198 
 
 1 70ii, .Inn. 7 — At til' I'ilalurc, "precisely at tuu set" — tjuaitcrly 
 
 iiioctiutr. Peter S. Laffitte, Sec'ry. 
 
 1800. .laii. 7 — At tin- City Hall, "precisely at sun set" — ijuartcrly 
 
 uiecting. Peter S. Laffitte, See. 
 
 1800, July 7 — At the City Hall, "precisely at S ]\ M." — c|uarterly 
 lui'cting. Peter S. Laffitte, !?ec. 
 
 isOl, Jaij. o — At the City Hall, "precisely at P. M." — quarter- 
 ly lueetinp. Peter S. Laffitte, Sec. 
 
 ISOl, April 2.;— At the City Hall, - precit-ely at 9 A. >L to 
 iraubaet the business of the day, and celebrate the Auuiversary." 
 
 Peter S. Laffitte, Sec. 
 
 1801, July (i— At the City Hall, "preei.'^ely at G." P. M. — quarter- 
 ly luoetiug. I'eter S. Laffitte. See. 
 
 1802, April 5— At the City Hall, "precisely ;it 10 A. M. "— ([uar- 
 terlv niectinc:, preparatory to thf Anniversary. 
 
 I'elor S. Jjaffitte, Sec. 
 iSO;;. Jan. :i7 — At the City Hall, "precisely at (> 1\ M." — extra 
 meeting. Peter S. Laffitte, Sec. 
 
 1803, April •!'■'>— \t the City Hall, -precisely at 10 A. M."— to 
 transact the business of the day. and celebrate the Anniversary. Dinner 
 at half- past 3 o'clock. Peter S. Laffitte, Sec. 
 
 1804, April 2o— At the City Hall, -precisely at 10 A. M."— tn 
 transact the business of the day. and celebrate the Anniversary. 
 
 Peter S. Laffitte, See. 
 
 1805, April 'So — At the City Hall, "pieeisdy at S A. >I." — to 
 transact the business of the day, and celebrate the Anniversary. A 
 charity sermon will be preached by the Rev. Mr. Clay, in the Baptist 
 Church, at 12 o'eloclc. Peier S. Laffitte, Sec. 
 
 180tj, April 7— At the (Jity Hall, -precisely at !» A .M."— (juar- 
 terly nieotin;_' preparatory tnthc! .Xuniver^ary. 
 
 Peter S. Laffitte. See. 
 "Those persons who are desirous ul' joining this institution will 
 take notice, that agreeable to the rules, unless application is made at 
 the above period, they will imtbe admitted at the Annual Meeting." 
 
 Peter S. Laffitte, Sec. 
 
 iStHi, Ajiril 2;! — At the City Hall, "precisely at '.) A. M." — to 
 tran.saet tin; business of the day, and celebrate the Anniversary. Ser- 
 mon at 12 M.. by the Kcv. Mr. IJcst. in the new Presbyterian 
 (^hurcli, St. James' S(juare. Peter S. Laffitte, Sec. 
 
 Oilleers elected — Gen. I), ii. Mitchell, President, Wm. B. Bulloch, 
 \'. P.. I'eter S. Laffitte, Sec., Adam Cope and lOdward Harden. 
 Stewards. 
 
190 
 
 1807, April B— At the City Hall, 10 A. M.— quarterly mcetinu 
 preparatory to tlie Auniversary. Peter S. Laffittc, 8cc. 
 
 ''Those persons who arc desirous of joining this institution will please 
 take notice that agreeable to the rules, unless application is made at 
 the above period, they will not be admitted at the Annual Meeting." 
 
 1807, April 28— At the City Hall, " precisely at A. :M."— to 
 transact the usual business and celebrate the Anniversary. A Ser- 
 mon at 12 M., by the Rev. Mv. Isdllock, at the new Presbyterian 
 Church, St. James' Square. Peter S. Laffitte, Sec. 
 
 1808, April 4— At the Filature, precisely at 9 A. M. — (juartcrly 
 meeting preparatory to the Anniversary. 
 
 Peter S. Lafhtte, Sec. 
 
 1808, April 28— At the City Hall, precisely at A. M.— to trans- 
 act the usual business, and celebrate the Anniversary. A sermon at 
 12 M., by TJev iMr. U(i1(oiiibe, in the Baptist Church, New Franklin 
 Square. Peter S. LaflGitte, Sec. 
 
 From the Savannah RepubUcau, April 28th, 1808. 
 
 On Saturday, the 23d Instant; the Union Society of this city, met 
 at the City Hall, and celebrated their fifty-eighth Anniversary. At 
 12 o'clock, they went in procession to the Baptist Church, where a 
 handsome discourse was delivered by the Rev. Air. Holcombe, from 
 the following words: "He that has mercy for the poor, happy is he" — 
 from thence they returned to the City Hall, admitted eight new mem- 
 bers, and at four o'clock, sat down to an elegant dinner provided by 
 Mrs. Gunn, and spent the remainder of the day as usual, in harmony 
 and good order. 
 
 OFFICERS ELECTED FOR THE ENSUING yE.\I{. 
 
 Wm. B. Bulloch, Esq., President. 
 
 Wm. Davis, Esq., Vice President. 
 
 Peter S. Laffitte, Secretary. 
 
 Mr. Robert Habershaai. » ^ 
 
 ,, T t> ? S tewards. 
 
 Mr. James Bilbo. ) 
 
 John Lawson, Jeremiah Cuylcr, John M. Berrien, Esqrs., Committee 
 to superintend the oducation of children schooled upon the bounty 
 of the Society. 
 
 From the Savannah Republican, April 25th, 180!>. 
 
 The fifty-ninth Anniversary of the Union Society was celebrated 
 on Monday last, the 24th instant. An appropriate discourse was de- 
 livered in the Presbyterian Church, by the Rev. Mr. Kollock, at the 
 request of the Society, which concluded with an aflfccting address to 
 the seventeen boys, educated and supported on the bounty of the 
 institution. The members of the Society partook of a well provided 
 (linnrr at the Filature, and spent the day in great harmony. 
 
2U0 
 
 The tbllowiug persons wore elected to the oflSces of the Society for 
 
 the ensuing year : 
 
 William 13. JJi i,l<»<ii, re-elected President. 
 
 WiLLiA.M Davis, re-clceted A'icc President. 
 
 JoUN N. IJnAiLSFoRD, rc-clectcd Secretary. 
 
 Thomas Schley, ) o» j 
 Ronr. J. IIor.sTo.v. I^"^^^^"'-^^- 
 
 John M. Behkien, \ 
 
 John p. WiLLiAAfsoN, USchool ('omniittce. 
 
 Morris Miller, ) 
 
 UNION SOCIETY. 
 The members of the Union Society, are desired to convoiie at the 
 Filature, on I\Ionday, the 2'3d instant, precisely at ten o'clock, in 
 tlio forenoon, to transnct the usual business of the day, and celebrate 
 their anniversary. 
 
 J. N. ]}KA1L8F0KD, Sec'ry. 
 April 21st, islu. 
 
 ISIU, April 'I'i) — At Filature, prQciscly at 10 A. ^l. — to transact 
 the usual business of the day and celebrate their A>iiniversary. 
 
 John N. Brailsford, Sec. 
 IslU, .July 2 — At the City Hall. 7 V. ^\. — (piartorly meeting. 
 
 John N. Brailsford, Sec. 
 IS 10, Oct. 1— At the City Hall. 7 1'. M,— quarterly meeting. 
 
 •John N. Brailsford, Sec. 
 
 1811, April 2;J — Al the Filature, 10 A. M. — to transact the usual 
 business of the day, and (rlcljrate their Olst Anniversary. 
 
 John N. Brailsford, Sec. 
 lsn,July I— At the City Hall, 7 I'. M.— quarterly meeting. 
 
 John N. Brailsford, Sec. 
 .ISll, Oct. 7— At the City Hall, 7 P. M.—(iuartcrly meeting. 
 
 (Jriffin L. Lampkin, Sec. P. T. 
 1H12, Jan. 2 — At I'ilaturc, "iMonday morning next," at (5 o'clock. 
 Quarterly meeting. (Jriffin L. Lampkin, Secretary. 
 
 1812, April 23 — At Filature, precisely at i<i A.M. — to 'transact 
 the usual business and celebrate <i]st Anniversary. 
 
 (jlriffin L. Lampkin, Secretary. 
 
 From the Savannah Republican, 30tli April, 1812. 
 
 The ibllowing gentlemen were chosen officers of the Union Society, 
 
 for the ensuing year, at their Anniversary meeting on the 23d Instant. 
 
 WiLLiA.M B. Bulloch, President. 
 
 .Tames Johnston, Vice President. 
 
 Griffin L. Lampkin, Secretary. 
 
 Frederick S. Fell, ) c,, , 
 i^ Tvi Tk/r n > Stewards. 
 
 D. IM. McjConky. I 
 
201 
 
 From the Savannah Republican, Jan'y. oth, ISlI). 
 XOTICK. 
 The meeting of the Union Society which was to have taken place 
 last evening, is postponed until this evening, the 5th instant, at 7-2 
 o'clock, in consequence of a large number of the mcnibers not being- 
 able to attend. 
 
 The members are requested to bo i)unctual in their attendance, as 
 business of much importance will be brought before the Society. 
 
 a. L. LAMl'KIxV, Sec'ry. 
 181;], April 2od. — At the (Jcorgia Hotel, 10 A. M.— to transact 
 the usual business and celebrate their Anniversary. 
 
 G. L. Lampkin, See. 
 Froin tlic Savannah Republican. April L'ltli, ISl.".. 
 
 UNION SOCIETY. 
 
 Yestex'day, being the 63d Annivevs.u'y of the Union Society, they 
 assembled at the usual hour, at the Georgia Hotel. At 12 o'clock 
 they formed in procession, and preceded by the youths educated by 
 their bounty, repaired to the Baptist Church, where an elegant and 
 appropriate discourse was delivered by the Rev. Mr. Johnston, from 
 St. Luke, Gth chapter and odth verse. '•^ Do good, and lend; hoping 
 for nothing thereby, and yonr rcirnrd, shall be great." They then 
 returned from whence they came, and after going through the business 
 of the day, sat down at 4 o'clock, to an excellent dinner, provided for 
 them by Mr. Bunch. The day closed in good humor, harmony, and 
 social converse. The following gentlemen were chosen officers for 
 the ensuing year : 
 
 John M. Berrien, re-elected i^resident. 
 
 James Johnston, Vice President. 
 
 G. L. Lampkin, Secretary. 
 
 Steele White, ) c?^ i * 
 
 T T^ • Stewards. 
 
 John Ivell, ( 
 
 P. D'VlLLERS, '\ 
 
 Oliver Sturges, V School ( "ommittee. 
 Wm. Parker, ) 
 
 1813, Oct. 4th — At the Exchange, 7 P. M. — quarterly meeting. 
 
 G. L. Lampkin, Sec. 
 181 \, Jan. 3. — At the Exchange, 7 P. M. — quarterly meeting. 
 
 G. L. Lampkin, Sec. 
 
 1814, Jan. r». — At the Exchange, 7 P. M. — adjourned meeting. 
 
 G. L. Lampkin, See. 
 
 1814, April 23. — At the Exchange, 10 A, M. — to transact the usual 
 
 business of the day, and celebrate the 64th Anniversary. 
 
 G. L. Lamplvin, Sec 
 26 
 
202 
 
 1814, July 11. — At the Exchange, 8 P. M. — (|uarterly meeting. 
 
 H. "W. Williams, Sec. 
 
 1814. Oct. !S. — Members requested to meet at the Exchange on 
 Monday evening next. 11. W. Williams, Sec. 
 
 1815, April 24. — At the Exchange, 1" A. M. — 05th Anniversa- 
 r}'. Pinner at half-past o. Business ol" importance to be laid be- 
 fore the Society. Momliors will come prepared to settle their ac- 
 counts. II. W. Williams. Sec. 
 
 From the Savannah itcpublicau, April 2.itli, 181."). 
 I'M ON SOCIETY. 
 Yesterday being the G5th Annivcr.'^ary of tlie Union Society, they 
 assembled at the usual hour, at the City Hall, after going through 
 the business of the day, sat down at 4 o'clock, to an excellent dinner, 
 provided for them by Mr. IJunch. The day closed in good liumor. 
 harmony and social converse. The following gentlemen were chosen 
 officers for the ensuing year : 
 
 Moses Sheftall, President. 
 Ei,>WAKi> Harden. Vice Pre.<«ident. 
 John Wallace, Secretary. 
 
 Raymond Demere, ) q. , 
 ,, -n [ Stewards. 
 
 tREDERlCK DeNSLEH, ( 
 
 1821, April 23.— At Society's Hall, 10 A. .M.— 71st Anniversary. 
 A sermon will bo delivered by the Kev. Mr. Capers. 
 
 Jj. Masou, Sec. 
 From the Savannah Republican, April 24th. 1S21. 
 UNION SOCIETY. 
 The 71st Anniversary of the Georgia Union Society was celebra- 
 ted yesterday. The members assembled at the usual hour at their 
 Hall, and after going through the business, a spirited address was de- 
 livered to them, and the youths educated and supported upon their 
 bounty, by ^Ir. Carr, a member of the Society. At o o'clock, they 
 partoolc of a well provided dinner, and the day closed with that har- 
 mony and sociability which ever distinguish cordial and benevolent 
 hearts. 
 
 The following gentlemen were elected officers for the ensuing year: 
 R. W. Habersham, President. 
 W. C. Daniel, Vice President. 
 '^ L. Mason, Secretary. 
 
 Dr. Moses Sheftall, 1 
 Jos. George, 
 
 John Lewls, [.Managers. 
 
 JosiAH Penfield, 
 Jacob Shaffer, 
 
203 
 
 1822, April 23.— At Society's Hall, 10 A. M.— 72d Anniversary 
 
 L. Mason, Sec. 
 From the Savannah Repubhcan, April 24th, 1822. 
 UNION SOCIETY. 
 The 72d Anniversary of the Georgia Union Society was celebrated 
 yesterday. The members assembled at the usual hour at their Hall, 
 and after going through the business of the Society, they repaired 
 with the youths educated by their bounty, to the Episcopal Church, 
 where an eloquent and impressive discourse was pronounced by the 
 llev. Mr. Cranston. At o o'clock they partook of a well provided 
 dinner, and the day was closed with harmony and sociability. The 
 following gentlemen were elected officers for the ensuing year : 
 Steele White, President. 
 James EpriNGER, Vice President. 
 L. Mason, Secretary. 
 
 George W. Cole, ) r,. ■, 
 T T^'T !■ Stewards. 
 
 Isaac D Lyon, j 
 
 The President elect, appointed the following gentlemen to consti- 
 tute the Board of Managers for the ensuing year: 
 
 John F. Lloyd, Wm. Smith, S. M. Bond, jMichael IIroavn, 
 Jos. C. Habersham. 
 
 1823, April 23.— At Society's Hall, 10 A. M.— 73d Anniversary. 
 
 L. Mason, Sec. 
 From the Savannah Repubhcan, April 24th, 1823. 
 
 UNION SOCIETY. 
 
 Yesterday was the seventy-third Anniversary of this benevolent in- 
 stitution. About fifty members assembled at the Society's Hall, from 
 whence they moved in procession to the Episcopal Church, (he use of 
 u-Jiich had been kindly (/ranted on the occasion, where divine ser- 
 vice was performed by the Rev. Mr. Carter, and an eloquent and 
 impressive oration was pronounced by Thomas LT. P. Charlton, Esq., 
 a member of the Society. The Society then returned to the Hall, 
 where the following gentlemen were elected officers for the ensuing 
 year : 
 
 Thomas Polhill, President. 
 
 James S. Bulloch, Vice President. 
 
 L. Mason, Secretary. 
 
 G. W. Anderson, ) ^^ j 
 Charles Hartridge. | Stewards. 
 
 The President elect appointed Mich'l Brown, Wm. Smith, James 
 Eppinger, G. W. Coe, and S. C. Schcnk, a Board of ]\Ianagcrs. 
 At 4 o'clock the Society sat down to an excellent dinner, which 
 
204 
 
 had been provided by Messrs. Nesler & Griprfrs, at the Exchange, and 
 the day closed with that harmony and sociability which ever distin- 
 fruish cordial and benevolent hearts. This Society is the oldest of the 
 kind in our State — its object is bc-evolence in the educ:ition and 
 support of orpliaii-:. It surely then .should meet the decided support 
 of ever}' good citizen. 
 
 1824, April 23. — At Society's Hall, 1(> A. M — 74th Anniversary. 
 
 L. Ma.son, Sec. 
 From the Savannah Republican, April 24th, 1 S24. 
 UNION SOCIETY. 
 The seventy-fourth Anniversary of this valuable iustitution, was 
 yesterday celebrated in the usual manner A discourse was pro- 
 nounced by the Rev. Mr. How, and the following officers were ap- 
 pointed for the succeeding year : 
 W.M. Davies, President 
 John C. Nicoll, Vice President. 
 L. Mason, Secretary. 
 
 ;i^«"^««^j Stewards. 
 L. Gordon, j 
 
 Managers. 
 Geo. W. Coe, S. C. Sciienk, W.m. Smith, George Glen, G. 
 W. Anderson. 
 
 1825, April 23d.— At Sunday School Room, Academy, 10 A. M. 
 Toth Anniversary. L. Mason, Sec. 
 
 From the Savannah Republican. April 25th, 1825. 
 
 UNION SOCIETY. 
 
 The seventy-fifth Anniversary of the Georgia Union Society, was 
 celebrated in this city on Saturday last. The membei-s assembled at 
 the usual hour, at thtir Hall, and after going through the business of 
 the Society, they repaired with the youths educated by their bounty, 
 to the Lutheran Church, where an impressive discourse was pro- 
 nounced })y the Ilev. Mr. Mealy. At 3 o'clock they partook of a 
 well provided dinner, and the day was closed with harmony and good 
 fellowship. The following gentlemen were elected officers for the 
 ensuing year : 
 
 John C. Nicoll, President. 
 
 Alex. Telfair, Vice President. 
 
 L. Mason, Secretary. 
 
 W. W. Gordon, } o* a 
 rr ri r Stewards. 
 
 Tuos. Claric, I 
 
 Managers. 
 Geo. W. Anderson, Geo. Glen, S. C. Schenk, Jacob Shaf- 
 fer, Norman Wallace. 
 
205 
 
 1826, April 24th,— At Society's Hall, 10 A. M.— T6tli Anniversary. 
 
 L. Mason, Sec. 
 From the Savannah Repubhcan, April 2-lth, 1826. 
 
 UNION SOCIETY. 
 
 The seventy-sixth Anniversary of the Georgia Union Society, (fall- 
 ing on Snnday,) was this day celebrated in the usual style. The 
 members assembled at 10 o'clock A. M., at their Hall, and after going 
 through the business of the Society, they repaired with the youths 
 educated by their bounty, at 12, to the Lutheran Church, where an 
 address was delivered by M. Myers, Esq., a member of the Society; 
 previous to which, an appropriate prayer was offered up to the throne 
 of Grace, by the Rev. Mr. iMealy. The following gentlemen were 
 re-elected officers for the ensuing year: 
 
 John C. Nicoll, President. 
 
 Alex. Telfair, Vice President. 
 
 L. Mason, Secretary. 
 
 Geo. H. Johnston, ) o, , 
 o ,^ y stewards. 
 
 Solomon Cohen, [ 
 
 Board of Managers. 
 
 Norman Wallace, George W. Anderson, Jacob Shaffer, 
 
 Francis Sorrel, JNIordecai Myers. 
 
 1827, April 23d.— At their Hall, Academy, 10 A. M.— 77th An- 
 niversary. L. Mason, Sec. 
 
 From the Savannah Repubhcan, April 24th, 1827. 
 
 The 77th Anniversary of the Georgia Union Society, was 
 celebrated yesterday in this city, in tlie usual style. The members 
 assembled at 10 o'clock, at their Hall, and after going through the 
 business of the Society, they repaircvi with the youths educated by 
 their bounty, at 12, to Christ Church, where an address was delivered 
 by the Rev. Mr. Carter. The following gentlemen were elected offi- 
 cers for the ensuing year : 
 
 John C. Nicoll, President. 
 
 George Glen, Vice President. 
 
 L. Mason, Secretary. 
 
 J. De Lamotta, ) o, j 
 
 James Johnston, \ Stewards. 
 
 Board of Managers. 
 Geo. "W. Anderson, Jacob Shaffer, Hugh Rose, Francis 
 Sorrel, M. Myers. 
 
 1828, April 23.- At the Hall, 10 A. M.— 78th Anniversary. 
 
 L. Mason, Sec. 
 
 The regular and continuous minutes of the Society begin April 1st, 182S. These notes of 
 ineetinjrs. proceedines, <fcc., have been plcined from the newspaper flies only for those pc-riods 
 during which nr> minutes appenr— viz: previ.ius to 1791, from 179S to IM.'), and from lv20to 
 1S28. They were o))tainod Mirouph Mr. J. V. Cann, and were copied for him from the old liln.'* 
 in the possession of tlie Georgia Historical Society and In the ollice of the .Savannah Kepiil))!- 
 can, by Mr. Lemuel Mallery. Neither this matter nor that received from Mr. L. Solomons on 
 pages 189 to 196, was received in time to be printed in regular order. 
 
206 
 
 Kov Mr. Best, New Pros. Clmrch. St. James' 8c|. 
 
 Rev. Henry Kollock, " " " " 
 
 Rev. Mr. IIoLCo.MHE, Baptist Church, New Franklin Sq. 
 
 Rev. 
 Rev. 
 Rev. 
 Rev. 
 Rev. 
 Rev. 
 
 IIe.miv Kollock, 
 Wm. B. Johnston, 
 Mr. Cr.vnston, 
 I'r. Kollock, 
 
 Mr. C.\UI'ENTER, 
 
 Mr. Carpenter, 
 
 I're.'^byterian Church. 
 Bapti.><t Church. 
 Episcopal Church. 
 Piesbyteriau Church. 
 
 Rev. Mr. J. C.VRR, 'araember,'Socicty's Hall. 
 
 Anniversary discourses and addresses have been delivered before 
 the Society as far as can be ascertained, as follow.s: 
 
 1805. By Rev. Jos. Cl.\y, (Charity Sermon), in the Bnpti.><t Church. 
 
 1806. ----- 
 
 1807. 
 
 1808. 
 
 1809. 
 
 1813. 
 
 1817. 
 
 1818. 
 
 1819. 
 
 1820. 
 
 1821. 
 
 1822. 
 
 1823. 
 
 1824. 
 
 1825. 
 
 182G. 
 
 1827. 
 
 1828. 
 
 1829. 
 
 1830. 
 
 1831. 
 
 1832. 
 
 1833. 
 
 1834. 
 
 1835. 
 
 183G. 
 
 1837. 
 
 1838. 
 
 1839. 
 
 1840 
 
 1841. 
 
 1842. 
 
 1843. 
 
 1844. 
 
 1845. 
 
 184G. 
 
 1847. 
 
 1S4.S. 
 
 1849. 
 
 1850. 
 
 1851. 
 
 1852. 
 
 1853. 
 
 1854. 
 
 1855. 
 
 185G. 
 
 1857. 
 
 1858. 
 
 1859. 
 
 Rev. Mr. Cranston, 
 T. U. P. Charlton, Esq. 
 Rev. Sam'l B. How, 
 Rev. S. A. Mealy, 
 M. Myers, E&q. 
 Rev. Walter Carter, 
 Rev. George White, 
 Rev. Edw'd Neufville, 
 Rev. Geo. W. Bethune, 
 Mr. Robert Birch, 
 Rev. George White, 
 
 Rev. WiLLARD ]*RESTON, 
 
 Col. Howell Cobb, 
 RoBT. 31. Charlton, Esq. 
 Rev. Mr. Scott, 
 Rev. John L. Jones, 
 Rev. S. A. Mealy, 
 Dr. W. B. Stevens, 
 H. K. Preston, Esq. 
 Rev. Mr. Harrington, 
 
 No Address. 
 
 No Address. 
 Rev. J. B. Gallagher, 
 
 No Address. 
 Rev. J. B. Ross, 
 
 N. Alhrich, 
 
 J. H. Robert, 
 
 A. J. Karn, 
 
 J. J^. TUSTIN, 
 
 Tiios. Rambaut, 
 Tj. Pierce, 
 . John Pierpont, 
 No Address. 
 
 RoBT. H. (iRlFFIN. Esq. 
 
 Hon. Francis S. Bartow, 
 Rev. (!eo. H. Clark, 
 Rev. W. 11. Potter, 
 Col. A. R. Lawton, 
 
 Episcopal Church. 
 Episcopal Church. 
 Presbyterian Church. 
 Lutheran Church. 
 Lutheran Church. 
 Clirist Church. 
 Lutheran Cliurch. 
 Episcopal (yhurch. 
 liUthoran Church. 
 Methodist Church. 
 JjUtheran Church. 
 Presbyterian ("hurch. 
 Christ Church. 
 T'nitarian Church. 
 Tndep't l*resby'an Church. 
 JJaptist Church. 
 Presbyterian Church. 
 I'nitarian Church. 
 Unitarian Church. 
 I'nitarian Church. 
 
 Rev. 
 Rev. 
 licv. 
 Rev. 
 Rev. 
 Rev, 
 Rev. 
 
 First Presbyterian Church. 
 
 First IVesbyterian Church. 
 Lutheran Church. 
 Second Baptist Church. 
 Lutiieran Church. 
 Second Baptist Church. 
 First Baptist Churcli. 
 'i'rinity Me. Epis. C'hurch. 
 L'nitarian Church. 
 
 ]?cthesda. 
 Bcthcsda. 
 Bethesda. 
 Bethesda. 
 Bethesda. 
 
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 A few names appear more than once, but at different dates, indicating a re- 
 newal of membership, and are given thus in accordance with the records. 
 
 1772. 
 
 Allruan, Philip 
 
 1790. 
 
 Bryan, William 
 
 
 Anderson, James 
 
 
 Bond, Venables 
 
 1786. 
 
 Andrew, James 
 
 
 Beacroft, Samuel 
 
 1795. 
 
 Armour, John 
 
 1793. 
 
 Berrien, Majof John 
 
 1794. 
 
 Anciaux, John 
 
 
 Bolton, Robert 
 
 
 Anciaux, Nichohis 
 
 1796. 
 
 Benedix, Isaac 
 
 1806. 
 
 Alger, James 
 
 
 Belcher,^'- William 
 
 
 Allen, Alexander M. 
 
 
 Brailsford, John N. 
 
 1808. 
 
 Ausley, Benjamin 
 
 1802. 
 
 Brown, John 
 
 1809. 
 
 Armstrong, James 
 
 
 Bryan, Joseph 
 
 1819. 
 
 Akin, Fleming 
 
 
 Bulloch, William B. 
 
 1822. 
 
 Anderson, George W. 
 
 1803. 
 
 Blount, Stephen 
 
 
 Auze, Joseph 
 
 1806. 
 
 Berrien, John M. 
 
 1828. 
 
 Anderson, John W. 
 
 
 Ball, Frederick 
 
 1832. 
 
 Anderson, James 
 
 
 Bourke, Thomas 
 
 
 Arnold, Dr. K. D. 
 
 
 Brickel, John 
 
 1838. 
 
 Ash, George A. 
 
 
 ]?ilbo, James 
 
 1850. 
 
 Allen, K. A. 
 
 1808. 
 
 Bulloch, Archibald 5 
 
 1852. 
 
 Arnold, Charles S. 
 
 1809. 
 
 Barnes, William B. 
 
 1855. 
 
 Allen, Robert E. 
 
 1810. 
 
 Boyle, James 
 
 
 Anderson, Edward C. 
 
 18P2. 
 
 Bunch, Samuel G. 
 
 1856. 
 
 Alexander, Peter W. 
 
 1813. 
 
 Bolton, John 
 
 
 Adams, Richard W. 
 
 1818. 
 
 Bulloch, John J. 
 
 1858. 
 
 Adams, William B. 
 
 
 Bulloch, Jas. S. 
 
 
 Anderson, Young J. 
 
 
 Bond, Samuel M. 
 
 1859. 
 
 Adams, George W. 
 
 1819. 
 
 Bdgue, John 
 
 
 Atkinson, Henry 
 
 
 Bruen, Joseph 
 
 
 Axson, Rev. I. S. K. 
 
 
 Bruen, Juhii H. 
 
 
 Alexander, W. E. 
 
 
 Brown, Michael 
 
 1768. 
 
 Belcher, William 
 
 1S21. 
 
 liacon, Joseph 
 
 1772. 
 
 Bulloch, Archibald 
 
 1Sl52. 
 
 l^room, Thomas R. 
 
 
 Box, Philip 
 
 1823. 
 
 Belcher, William 
 
 
 Butler, Elisha 
 
 1828. 
 
 Bliss, Elias 
 
 
 Bowen, Samuel 
 
 
 Brown, Charles 
 
 
 Bryan, Hugh 
 
 1829. 
 
 Baker, Rev. Daniel 
 
 
 Bryan, Jonathan 
 
 1831. 
 
 Bowen, William P. 
 
 1774. 
 
 Bourquin, Henry L. 
 
 
 Birch, Robert 
 
 1786. 
 
 Hulluch, James 
 
 
 Bulloch, N. W. J. 
 
 
 Boweu, Oliver 
 
 1832. 
 
 Barclay, Anthony 
 
 ■ Son of William Helchcr, admitted ITCS. 
 
1832 
 1S33, 
 
 1834 
 1835, 
 
 1837. 
 1838, 
 
 1850, 
 1852, 
 1853, 
 
 1854, 
 1855. 
 
 1856. 
 
 185< 
 
 1858. 
 
 , Bryan, S. J. 
 , Bayard, N. J. 
 
 Burroughs, Joseph H. 
 
 Barnsley, Godfrey 
 
 Beaulard, John A. 
 
 liell, David 
 
 Bourquin, Edward 
 
 Boston, John 
 
 Bulloch, William H. 
 
 Branch, J. H. S. 
 
 Butler, Gilbert 
 
 Bulloch, George J. 
 
 Baldwin, Loauii 
 
 Bird, Lewis 
 
 Bartow, F. 8. 
 
 Bennett, Amasa F. 
 
 Battersby, William 
 
 Baldwin, Daniel H. 
 
 Brundidge, J. H. 
 
 Brooks, J. P. 
 
 Brunncr, Isaac 
 
 Bunker, Edward H. 
 
 Baldwin, Joseph H. 
 
 Bartow, Francis S. 
 
 Brigham, Henry 
 
 Bradley, Richard 
 
 Burke, Joseph 
 
 Bers:, S. 
 Brantley, W. F. 
 Bailey, F. W. 
 
 Behn, I'hilip H. 
 Bell, Samuel P. 
 Boston, John 
 Bryan, Joseph 
 Bulloch, William J. 
 Borchert, Anton 
 Basiugcr, William S. 
 Blois, Alfred J. J. 
 Belden. William 
 Blair, Francis 
 Bonaud, Augustus 
 Bacon, E. H. 
 Bransby, Thomas 
 Brown, I>ominick 
 Barron, James A. 
 Bourquin, D. G. 
 Bryan, M. M. 
 Bourquin, Edward 
 Barnum, N. K. 
 BuUoch, Dr. W. G. 
 2 
 
 1858. Blois, Theodore 
 Bogart, William S. 
 Brunner, Valentine 
 Bennett, A. F. 
 Bryan, Henry 
 
 1859. Bennett, William H. 
 Bliss, Frederick 
 Bliss, Alfred 
 Burns, William 
 Bulloch, W. H. 
 Butler, Osceola 
 Banks, Dr. W. H. 
 Backer, A. 
 
 Butler, James M. 
 
 Baker, F. B. 
 
 Buckner, Milton J. 
 
 Battersby. Joseph 
 
 Butler, Alexander F. 
 
 Bogardus, H. S. 
 
 Butler, Worthington C. 
 
 Branch, John S. 
 
 Bell, Henry Stiles 
 1772. Cochran, Jonathan 
 
 Cramer, Christopher 
 1786. Cecil, Leonard 
 
 Clay, Joseph 
 1790. Courvoisie, Francis 
 
 Cumming, Thomas 
 
 1793. Course, Daniel 
 Clay, Jr., Joseph, 
 
 1794. Cunningham, John 
 
 1795. Cowling, Slaughter 
 1802. Cuthbert, S. J. 
 
 Cuyler, Jeremiah 
 
 1805. Charlton, T. U. P. 
 Cope, Charles 
 
 1806. Cope, Adam 
 Cumming, John 
 
 1807. Clark, Joseph H. 
 
 1808. Cleland, Moses 
 1810. Cooper, Lewis 
 
 Cuthbert, Alfred 
 
 1818. Carr, John 
 Cohen, Isaac 
 
 1819. Carnochan, John 
 Cutter, Jonas 
 Crane, John 
 Clark, Thomas 
 
 1822. Coe, George W. 
 Cooper, William 
 
1822. Cope. George L. 1857. 
 
 1825. Cumining, Georce 13. 
 Cuyler, Dr. W. H. 
 
 1826. Cohen, Solomon 
 1828. Carter, C. B. 
 
 1832. Charlton, Robert M. 
 
 1833. Corbctt, Samuel D. 
 
 Curwen, J. 1858. 
 
 1835. Cohen, Octavus 
 
 Crabtree, Jr., William 
 
 1837. Cooper, John M. 
 Champion. Aaron 
 
 1838. Clark, W. P. 
 Cohen, Octavus 
 
 CliflFord, J. A. 1859. 
 
 Cuyler, K. R. 
 
 1839. Cohen, Solomon 
 
 1840. Cooper, Peter G. 
 1842. Constantino, Bernard 
 
 1849. Cohen, iMoses S. 
 
 1850. Cumming, Montgomery 
 Crowder, William 
 
 1851. Clark, William P. 1786. 
 Cope, John L. 
 
 1852. Connerat, Joseph V. 1795. 
 Cope, Jr., Gcortre L. 1803. 
 
 1855. Curran, P. ^ 1805. 
 Cunningham, John 
 
 Cope, James E. 1807. 
 
 Clarke, T. B. 1810. 
 
 Clark, Isaac S. 1812. 
 
 Crane, H. A. 1813. 
 
 1856. Cohen, Moses A. 1814. 
 Cooke, John G. 1819. 
 Clark, Rev. G. II. 1822. 
 Cohen, Octavus 
 
 Crowder, William 1825. 
 
 Courvoisie, James A. 
 
 Carleton, Grenville E. 1828. 
 
 Cornwell, F. W. 
 
 Gumming, Wallace 
 
 Cuyler, George A. 1832. 
 
 Carruthers, Jos. S. 1834. 
 
 Claghorn, Jos. S. 1835, 
 
 Couper, William A. 1837, 
 
 Cheever, George H. 
 
 Chaplin, William F. 1838, 
 
 Conncry, Charles H. 
 
 Christie, Luke 
 
 1857. Cummiug, Montgomery 
 
 Camp. Daniel B. 
 Carter, J. II. 
 Cranston, I^riah 
 Crosby, Joseph M. 
 Cox, William 
 Collins, J. P. 
 Cotton, William B. 
 Casey, C C. 
 Cohen, Jr., Solomon 
 Cunnintrham, T. M. 
 Charlton, W. 0. 
 Curran, P. 
 Cannon, Luke 
 Caughey, Robert J. 
 Charlton, John D. 
 Cooper, John 
 Cullen, William 
 Chisholm, Walter S. 
 Couper, Hamilton 
 Cohen, Jacob 
 Catherwood, S. C. 
 Chick, T. C. 
 Deveaux, Peter 
 Demcre, Raymond 
 Dickinson, .John 1). 
 Dechenaux, Thomas 
 Davics, William 
 Davidson, George H. 
 Dillon, John 
 Davis, Joseph J. 
 Dufaure, J. 
 Densler, Frederick 
 Demere, Raymond P. 
 Daniell, William C. 
 Davidson, John 
 DeLyon, Isaac 
 DeLyon, Abraham 
 De LaMotta, Jr., Jacob 
 Driscoll, T. M. 
 DeLyon, Sr., A. 
 Dews, John I. 
 Duncan, William 
 Day, John 
 
 Demere, Raymond P. 
 Dillon, Michael 
 Dillon, Michael 0. 
 Dowell, Thomas 
 De JiaMotta, E. 
 Davis, William II. 
 Drysdale, Alexander 
 
9 
 
 1840. 
 1849. 
 
 1852 
 
 1855 
 
 1856, 
 
 1857. 
 1858. 
 
 1859. 
 
 1772. 
 
 1806. 
 1809. 
 1810. 
 1811. 
 1816. 
 1855. 
 1856. 
 1858. 
 1859. 
 
 1772. 
 1786. 
 1790. 
 
 1809. 
 1810. 
 1811. 
 1814. 
 
 DeLyon, Levi S. 1818. 
 
 Dunning, Ralph 1819, 
 
 Denslow, D. B. 1825, 
 
 Deinuud, James H. 
 
 De LaMotta, Jr., Jacob 1828, 
 
 Davis, John H. 1829, 
 
 Delanno}', John D. 1835, 
 
 Dana, Francis G. 1838. 
 
 Dickson, Samuel D. 
 
 Dickerson, H, J. 
 
 Davis, George W. 
 
 Davidson, William M. 
 
 Daniell, William S. 1839. 
 
 Dickson, William G. 1840. 
 
 Dawson, A. H. H. 1853. 
 
 Dunning, Ralph 1855. 
 
 Dupon, Stephen F. 
 
 DeLvon, Levi S. 
 
 Deitz, John G. 1856. 
 
 Donuolly. Robert B. 
 
 Davis, William L. 1857. 
 
 Dean, George M. 
 
 Dure, George A. 
 
 Davenport, Hugh M. 1858. 
 
 Durward. William 
 
 Doe, J. F. 
 
 Eppinger, John 
 
 Ewen, AVilliam 
 
 Evans, William 
 
 Elliott, Gray 
 
 Enoe, George 
 
 Everitt, John F. 
 
 Eppinger, Jr., John 
 
 Evans^ John J. 1859. 
 
 Eppinger, James 
 
 Epping, Carl 
 
 Einstein, Abraham 
 
 Elliott, lit. Rev. Stephen 
 
 Ernst, James 
 
 Echols, Abner A. 
 
 Eckman, S. H. 
 
 Evans, W. E. 
 
 Farley, Samuel 
 
 Fields, James 
 
 Fahm, Frederick 1772. 
 
 Fell, Isaac 
 
 Flyniing, F. T. 1774. 
 
 Fritot, Charles E. 1786. 
 
 Fell, Frederick S. 1790. 
 
 Fahm, Jacob 1796. 
 
 Furth, Dr. Louis M. 
 Faries, George G. 
 Foster, Jr., A. 
 Fort, Elias 
 Footman, R. 11. 
 Fay, Samuel Howard 
 Freeman, Henry H. 
 Felt, Joseph 
 Falligant, John G. 
 Falligant, L. N. 
 Ferrill, John C 
 Ferguson, D. 
 Fay, Joseph S. 
 Folsom, James M. 
 Florence, W. Z. 
 Fleming, William R, 
 Foley, James B. 
 Falligant, John G. 
 Frierson, George S. 
 Ferrill, John C. 
 Fawcett, Alexander 
 Falligant, Joseph E. 
 Freeman, Albert 
 Foote, Emerson 
 Felt, Joseph 
 Fay, Calvin 
 Frpeman, Henry C. 
 Finlayson, John 
 Ferguson, William 
 Ferguson, J. D. 
 Fairchild, L. J. B. 
 Feay, William T. 
 Footman, R. H. 
 Foote, William G. 
 Ford, Martin J. 
 Freeman, IMilo S. 
 Fullerton, Allan 
 Eraser, John C. 
 Footman, Joseph C. 
 Foley, elohn 
 Farrell, William H. 
 Freeman, G. C 
 Fleming, William M. 
 Ferrill, John Oliver 
 Gwinnett, Button 
 Goldwire, Benjamin 
 Gibbons, William 
 Gibbons, Jr., William 
 Gibbons, Joseph 
 Gibbons, John 
 
10 
 
 1796. 
 
 Gugel, David 
 
 1858. 
 
 Gue. Francis E. 
 
 
 Grommet, John 
 
 
 Gib.-^ou. Robert T. 
 
 
 Glass, John 
 
 
 Gordon, Charles 
 
 1806. 
 
 Gray, John J. 
 
 
 Grady, AA'illiam 
 
 
 Grant, Joseph 
 
 1859. 
 
 Godfrey, Dr. J. E. 
 
 1807. 
 
 Gugel, Christian 
 
 
 Gro.^Claude, F. 
 
 
 Gebere, Peter 
 
 
 Goodwin, Robert M. 
 
 1809. 
 
 Grimes, John 
 
 
 Graybill, J. 11. 
 
 
 Gugel, Daniel 
 
 
 Giles, John L. 
 
 1810. 
 
 Gaston, William 
 
 
 Gallagcr. 31. J. 
 
 
 Glen, George 
 
 
 Geiirer, Abram II. 
 
 1811. 
 
 Gugel, John 0. 
 
 
 Galloway, David H. 
 
 
 Griggs, Samuel 
 
 1772. 
 
 Ilorton, Nicholas 
 
 1812. 
 
 Gray, Tobias V. 
 
 
 Herb, Frederick 
 
 
 Gindrat, John 
 
 1774. 
 
 Habersham, .Alajor John 
 
 1818. 
 
 Gale, Worthington 
 
 1786. 
 
 Habersham, James 
 
 1819. 
 
 George, Joseph 
 
 
 Habersham, Joseph 
 
 
 Guerard, Peter 
 
 
 Handley, (Jeorge 
 
 1822. 
 
 Girodon Lewis 
 
 
 Herb, Frederick 
 
 1825. 
 
 Gordon, W. W. 
 
 1790. 
 
 Houstoun, Sir George 
 
 
 Greene, 11. I). 
 
 
 Herb, John 
 
 1830. 
 
 Guilniartin, John 
 
 1795. 
 
 Herb, Frederick 
 
 1832. 
 
 Gaudry, John B. 
 
 
 Howell, John 
 
 
 Gardner, John 
 
 1790. 
 
 Hunter, AVilliam 
 
 1833. 
 
 Gaston, AV. K. 
 
 
 Hull, George J. 
 
 1834. 
 
 Guerard, llobert G. 
 
 1802. 
 
 Harris, Charles 
 
 
 Gordon, Austin 11. 
 
 
 Horskins, Zachariah 
 
 1835. 
 
 Gardner, Stephen 
 
 
 Houstoun, James E. 
 
 
 Ganahl, Joseph 
 
 
 Holmes, John 
 
 
 Green, Charles 
 
 
 Handloy, George 
 
 1848. 
 
 Griffin, Robert If. 
 
 1803. 
 
 Harden, Edward 
 
 1853. 
 
 Garrard, W. W. 
 
 1800. 
 
 Habersham, Robert 
 
 
 Garamell, John 
 
 1807. 
 
 Habersham, Alexander 
 
 
 Garmany, George AV. 
 
 1808. 
 
 Houstoun, Robert J, 
 
 1855. 
 
 Gordon, Georire A. 
 
 1809. 
 
 Herb, George 
 
 
 Giles, AVilliam^ B. 
 
 
 Habersham, John 
 
 
 Guerard, John 31. 
 
 
 Hunter, Alexander 
 
 
 Gallic, John B. 
 
 
 Habersham, Richard AV. 
 
 1856. 
 
 Gowdy, Hill 
 
 1810. 
 
 Hall, Henry 
 
 
 Greiner, Charles A. 
 
 
 llarral, George 
 
 
 Gordon, George 
 
 
 Henry, Jacob P. 
 
 
 Gladdinir, AVilliam H. 
 
 1811. 
 
 Howard, Charles 
 
 
 Goodrich, W. AV. 
 
 1813. 
 
 Hunter, John 
 
 
 Green ough, Joseph Fay 
 
 
 Hunter, James 
 
 
 Goodwin, AVilliam T. 
 
 
 Hartridge, J. E. 
 
 
 Ganahl, Joseph 
 
 1814. 
 
 Hersman, Jacob 
 
 
 Godfrey, Rev. James E. 
 
 
 Habersham, Jr., Joseph 
 
 1858. 
 
 Gray, George S. 
 
 1818. 
 
 Hollis, Silas 
 
 
 Gemcndcn, George 
 
 
 Howe, Asahel 
 
 
 Goodwin, Theodore A. 
 
 
 Herbert, Moses 
 
11 
 
 1819. 
 
 1822. 
 1825. 
 
 1826. 
 
 1828. 
 
 1829. 
 1832. 
 
 1834. 
 1835. 
 
 1837. 
 
 1838, 
 1838. 
 
 1842. 
 
 1850. 
 
 1853 
 1855, 
 
 1856 
 
 Habersham, Joseph C. 1856. 
 
 Howard, Benjamin 
 
 Hall, Durham T. 
 
 Hayden, Charles H. 1857. 
 
 Hartridge, Charles 
 
 Hicgins, C A. 
 
 Hoyt, C. H. . 
 
 Heinemann, F. W. 
 
 Howe, S. 15. 
 
 Henry, J. P. 
 
 Henry, Charles S. 
 
 Harris, S. L. W. 1858. 
 
 Huguenin, J. D. 
 
 Harris, Stephen 
 
 House, Samuel C. 
 
 Hutchison, Kobert 
 
 Houstoun, Patrick 
 
 Huntington, George 
 
 Hall, George 
 
 Harper, Henry 
 
 Haas, George 
 
 Hopkins, M. 
 
 Herb, William 
 
 Harmon, A. 
 
 Hogg, James E. 
 
 Hunter, George W. 
 
 Henderson, E. 1859. 
 
 Hart, L. 
 
 Hale, William 
 
 Hardinir, George S. 
 
 Hand, B. E. 
 
 Howell, John B. 
 
 Howard, Dr. J. G. 
 
 Hardee, N. A. 
 
 Holcombe, Thomas 
 
 Hunter, William 
 
 Hartridge, Algernon S. 
 
 Hertz, Edwin E. 
 
 Hone, William 
 
 Headman, F. W. 
 
 Hartridge, Julian 
 
 Iltidt, Kev. E. 
 
 Holland, W. F. 1808 
 
 Hodgson, W. B. islll 
 
 Hardee, Benjamin H. 1837. 
 
 Hills, Stephen, 1855 
 
 IlardiuL', George 8. 1774. 
 
 Hunter, William P. 1794 
 
 Houdi, Edward C. 1795, 
 
 Habersham, A. T. 1796. 
 
 Hasbrouck, J. 
 Hall, George 
 Hamilton. Charles F. 
 Hutton, John S. 
 Harden, Edward H. 
 Henderson, David S. 
 Henderson, James M. 
 Henderson, William 
 Herderson, Thomas 
 Habersham, William Neyle 
 Houstoun, Patrick 
 Harrison, George Paul 
 Humphreys, IMilton 
 Hamilton, Luke M. 
 Hood, Jason P. 
 Halsey, Samuel P. 
 Hogg, John B. 
 Hitchcock, J. H. 
 Houstoun, Miss iMary 
 Hardee, Charles S. 
 Hopkins, M. H. 
 Hartridge, Alfred L. 
 Hall, Charles A. 
 Hamilton, M. 
 Haupt, William L. 
 Hutchings, Rev. T. 
 Habersham, Fred A. 
 Hines, J. Steel 
 Heidt, James E. 
 Hamilton, S. P. 
 Harriss, Dr. Juriah 
 Harris, Lewis F. 
 Harden, Thomas H. 
 Hale, William 
 Hamlet, John B. 
 Henderson, Amos 
 Hoist, C. M. 
 Harriss, R. Y. 
 Henderson, M. Y. 
 Hudtwalcker, J. N. 
 Haywood, Alfred 
 Hastings, Charles 
 Isaac, Robert 
 Irvine, Alexander 
 Ingersoll, .John 
 Ingersoll, John 
 Jones, Dr. Noble W. 
 Jones, Georgi- 
 Jones, James 
 JacLson. Ebenezer 
 
12 
 
 1802. 
 180G. 
 ISIO. 
 ISIS. 
 1823. 
 1825. 
 
 1828. 
 1882. 
 1833. 
 1838. 
 1853. 
 1853. 
 185G. 
 
 1858. 
 
 1859, 
 
 1790. 
 1811. 
 
 1818, 
 
 1819, 
 1H3U. 
 
 1838, 
 
 1840. 
 1855. 
 1856, 
 
 1858 
 1859 
 
 1786 
 
 Johnston, Thomas D. M. 1790. 
 
 Johnston, Jr., James 
 
 Jacob.'', IJcnjamiu 
 
 Joyncr, William II. 17'.»3. 
 
 Jarvi?, .lohn M. 
 
 Jcnncr, \Villiam 1795. 
 
 Johnston, (Jcorge II. 1797. 
 
 Johnston, James K. 1802. 
 
 .lackson, Joseph W. 1807. 
 
 Judah, William I). 1808. 
 
 Jaudon, J. li. 1808. 
 
 Jones, E. 1812 
 
 Johnson, John 11. 
 
 John.stou, James H. 1818. 
 
 Johnson, Enoch 8. 1819. 
 
 Johnson, George O. 
 
 Johnston, Joseph 
 
 Jones, John T. 1821. 
 
 Jones, John 1825. 
 
 Jacobs, P. 
 
 Jackson, II. R. 1830. 
 
 Jaudon, W. A. 
 
 Jenckes, Eben. 1832. 
 
 Jones, Charles C. 
 
 Jesse, John D. 1833. 
 
 Johnson, Warren 1835. 
 
 Jones, G. J. 
 
 Kirk, Samuel 
 
 Kcll, John 
 
 Kelly, William M. 1838. 
 
 King, Joseph 
 
 Kollock, D. D.,Rev. Henry 
 
 Kintr, Joseph 
 
 Kelsey, Charles 1850. 
 
 King, William 
 
 King, Ralph 1851. 
 
 Knapp, N. B. 
 
 Kollock, Dr. P. M. 1852. 
 
 Kollock, (jcorge J. 
 
 Kinc, William 1855. 
 
 Kelly, John J. 
 
 King, William 
 
 Kelly, William H. 
 
 Kuck, A. C. 185G. 
 
 Kibbee, John F. 
 
 Karri, Rev. A. J. 
 
 King, Frank 
 
 King, Capt. Nicholas 
 
 King, William McL. 
 
 Lloyd, IJciijamin 
 
 Lloyd, Edward 
 Lewden, William 
 Leake, Richaril 
 liC Conte, William 
 Laffitte, Peter Samuel 
 Lillibridge, Hampton 
 Laqge, William 11. 
 Lawson, John 
 Lamkin, (Jriflin L. 
 Low, Andrew 
 Leake, Richard H. 
 Lloyd, William 
 Low, George 
 Lloyd, Thomas E. 
 Lawrence, Josiah 
 Lewis, John 
 Leach, Hcnjamin W. 
 Lloyd, John V. 
 Long, John W. 
 Lamar, G. B. 
 Low, John 
 Law, John S. 
 Legriel, 0. 
 Levistone, Charles 
 Law, William 
 Lamar, G. IJ. 
 Lloyd, John F. 
 Lewis, Robert A. 
 Lillibridge, 0. M. 
 Ladd, J. II. 
 Long, AV. E. 
 Little, J). S. 
 Low, John 
 Jjawton, A. R. 
 Low, Andrew 
 Locke, Joseph L. 
 Lloyd, Thomas K. 
 Lama, .John 
 Lincoln. W. W. 
 Ladson. Joseph H. 
 Long, AVilliam E, 
 Luce, Alonzo B. 
 Lamar, C. A. L. 
 Lathrop, J. W. 
 Lockett, Edward L. 
 Levy, J. C. 
 Lathrop. II. W. 
 Lyon. Noble 
 liathrop, Henry 
 La Roc ho, Isaac D. 
 
13 
 
 1856. 
 
 Lachlison, Robert 
 
 1796, 
 
 1857. 
 
 Lawrence, Dr. S. A. T. 
 
 1802. 
 
 
 Levy, S. Yates 
 
 1803. 
 
 
 Lovell, Edward 
 
 1805. 
 
 
 LaRocbe, James A. 
 
 1806. 
 
 
 Lamar, A. R. 
 
 
 
 Lefils, Daniel F. 
 
 1807. 
 
 
 Lodge, C. L. 
 
 1808, 
 
 
 LaRoche, Oliver A. 
 
 
 1858. 
 
 Landcrshine, C. P. 
 Lovell, Nathaniel 
 Lawtou, E. P. 
 Linville, II. H. 
 Lathrop, J. L. 
 
 1809. 
 
 
 Lewis, John N. 
 
 1810, 
 
 
 Lippman, Joseph 
 
 
 
 Lloyd, Thomas E. 
 
 
 1859. 
 
 Lancaster, J. S. F. 
 
 1811. 
 
 
 Lathrop, J. S. 
 
 1812. 
 
 
 Long, William E. 
 
 
 
 Lawson, Robert R. 
 
 1813, 
 
 
 Lattiraore, William 
 
 1816. 
 
 
 Legricl, Edward C. 
 
 1816. 
 
 
 Liflibridge, 0. M. 
 
 1818. 
 
 
 Lefler, A. 
 
 
 
 Lamar, George W. 
 
 
 
 Lachlison, Jr., James 
 
 1819. 
 
 1750. 
 
 Milledge, Richard 
 
 
 1784. 
 
 Murray, Richard Donavan 
 Montaigut, David 
 
 
 1785. 
 
 Martin, John 
 
 
 1786. 
 
 Morel, John 
 
 
 
 Milledge, James 
 
 1825, 
 
 1790. 
 
 Morel, Peter H. 
 McCredie, Andrew 
 
 
 
 Millen, George 
 
 1826, 
 
 
 Moore, James 
 
 
 
 Millen, Stephen 
 
 1828, 
 
 
 Milledge, John 
 
 
 1794. 
 
 Miller, Joseph 
 
 
 
 Montfort, Robert 
 
 1829, 
 
 
 McAllister, Matthew 
 
 1830. 
 
 1796. 
 
 Mitchell, David B. 
 Mitchell, Robert 
 
 1832, 
 
 
 Milledge, Philip 
 
 1833. 
 
 
 Moore, John 
 
 1834. 
 
 
 McCall, John 
 
 
 
 McKinnon, John 
 
 1835, 
 
 
 Mcintosh, James 
 
 
 
 Mitchell, James Brydie 
 
 
 McCaule, Rev. Thomas H. 
 Miller, Peter 
 Morel, John II. 
 Miller, Morris 
 McGee, James 
 Moore, William A. 
 Mounger, Edwin 
 Miller, John 
 Meudenhall, Thomas 
 Mendcnhall, John W. 
 Maxwell, William 
 Minis, Isaac 
 McKinne, Joseph P. 
 Maxwell, Joseph 
 Mein, William 
 McLeod, Norman 
 McConky, D. .^I. 
 Myers, Jr., George 
 Morris, James E. 
 McLeod, Murdoch 
 McCall, Hugh 
 Morel, Thomas N. 
 Morrison, James 
 Mason, Lowell 
 Morel, John 
 McLeod, Donald 
 Maurel, Charles 
 Morrall, John 
 McNish, John 
 Miller, Jacob 
 Mitchell, Peter 
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 Lamar. Capt. Chas. A. L. 
 
 Lamar, George W. 
 
 Lancaster, John S. F. 
 
 Landershine, Charles P. 
 
 LaRoche, Oliver A. 
 
 LaRoche, Isaac D. 
 
 LaRoche, James A. 
 
 Lattimore, William 
 
 Lathrop, Jero S. 
 
 Latlirop, James W. 
 
 Lathrop, Henry 
 
 Lathrop, Harvey W\ 
 
 Lathrop, Dwiglit 
 
 [/iithrop, Edward S. 
 
 Lawrence, Dr. .Sam'l A. T. 
 
 Lawton. lulward P. 
 
 Lawion. Cv\. Alexander R. 
 
 Leiils, i)anielF. 
 
 Letler, Dr. Albert 
 
 Legricl, lulward C. 
 
 1 A'vy, Jacob C. 
 
 Levy, S. Yates 
 
 Lewis, John N. 
 
 Lillibridgo, Oliver M. 
 
 Lincoln, William W. 
 
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 Luce, Alonzo B. 
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 McAlpin, Argus 
 McAlpin, James "W. 
 McAlpin, Donald M. 
 McCulloli, Anthony 
 lifcFarland, Dr. John T. 
 McFarland, William S. 
 McGee, Eli K. 
 Mclntire, Robert 
 Mackay, William 
 Magill, Charles A. 
 Mallett, David 
 Mallette, John D. 
 Mallon, Bernard 
 Marsh, Isaac if. 
 Marshall, George .S. 
 Marshall, Theodore B. 
 ilartin, Dr. Edward II. 
 May, William H. 
 Mayer, Sereniis A. 
 Mendell, Emanuel 
 fiercer, Hugh W. 
 Millar, Cliarles C. 
 Millar, Wm. D. R. 
 Miller, Alviu N. 
 Miller, William II. 
 Miller, Samuel S. 
 Millen, Hon. John M. 
 Millen, Macpherson B. 
 Mills, Charles F. 
 Mills, Capt. James O. 
 Mills, Thomas R. 
 Mills, Nathaniel C. 
 Minis, Abraham 
 Minis, Mrs. D. 
 Mitchell, Col. Walter H. 
 Mitchell, Henry 
 Molina, Manuel 
 Montmollin, John S. 
 Moore, John B. 
 Moore, B. Frank 
 Moorehouse, Mrs. R L. 
 Morel, Bryan M. 
 Morrell, Isaac W. 
 Morgan, Joseph H. 
 Morse, Horace 
 Mortimer, Capt. John H. 
 Munnerlyn, James K. 
 Murchison, John 
 Murphy, Simoon Z. 
 Myers, Frederick 
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 Neely, Thomas W. 
 Nelson, Andrew 
 Neidlinper, James S. 
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 Nicoll, Hon. John C. 
 Norris, John S. 
 Norris, James A. 
 Norton, John R. 
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 O'Driscoll, William C. 
 O'Snllivan, Charles E. 
 Oeniler, Dr. Armcnius 
 Olcott, WiUiam H. 
 Olcott, Daniel G. 
 Oliver, John 
 Ormc, Dr. Francis H. 
 Osmond, Jesse 
 Owens, George S. 
 Owens, John '\^^. 
 Owens, Miss Mary W. 
 (3 wens, Mrs. George "W. 
 Padelford, Edward 
 Padelford, Jr., Edward 
 Padelford, Dr. George P. 
 Palmer, Samuel 
 Palmer, Samuel B. 
 Palmes, George F. 
 Parker, William F. 
 Parker, Dr. Orrin C. 
 Parsons, Edwin 
 Parsons, George 
 Parsons, Charles 
 Pelot, Col. Joseph F. 
 Phillips, Clavius 
 Pinder, Joseph W. 
 Pollard, Thomas J. 
 T'ond, Thomas G. 
 Porter, ^laj. Anthony 
 Potter, James 
 Potts, Stephen O. 
 PouUaiu, Philip 
 Powell, Martin 
 Prentiss, James M. 
 Pritchard, Col. William R. 
 P\irse, Thomas 
 Purse, Edward J. 
 •iuint, Jacob 
 Rabun, Gen. John W. 
 Read, Dr. James B. 
 Read, Capt. John P. W. 
 Reid, Francis W. 
 Reilly, Michael J. 
 Reeves, Capt. Thomas 
 Remshart, Capt. Daniel 
 Rerashart, William W. 
 Remshart, William 
 Richardson, John 
 Richardson, Mrs. John 
 Richardson. John A. 
 
 Richmond, Henry A. 
 Ripley, Joseph B. 
 Robinson, Charles E. 
 Rockwell, Col. William S. 
 Rogers, Cornelius D. 
 Rogers, John S. 
 Rogers, William 
 Rogers, Rev. Charles W. 
 Rogers, William R. 
 Rose, Charles 
 Rose, William 
 Ross, A^an R. G. 
 Rothchild, Henry 
 Rowland, John C 
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 Russell, Waring 
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 Slone, John 
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 Smedberg, James R. 
 Sneed, James R. 
 Snider, James I. 
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 Solomons, Joseph M. 
 Solomons, Moses J. 
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 Stevenson, Capt. John 
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 Stoddard, John 
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 Wadley, William M. 
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 Warner, William 
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 White, Charles J. 
 Whiteliead, Benjamin 
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 Wight, Sheldon W. 
 
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 Yonge, Philip 
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 Zeigler, Solomon 
 Zittrouer, James A. 
 Zogbaum, Wilham D. 
 
 HONORARY MEMBERS. 
 
 Anthony A. Scares, Elected July 29th, 1833. 
 Col. Howell Cobd, Elected April 23d, 1834. 
 Dr. John F. Posey, Elected April 23d, 1859. 
 
 OFFICERS— 1859. 
 
 Robert D. Walker, President. 
 John M. Cooper, Vice President 
 John T. Thomas, Secretary. 
 James A. Courvoisie, Treasurer. 
 
 BOARD OF MANAGERS. 
 
 John Gammell, I Emanuel Heidt, 
 
 James Wallace McAlpin, | Frederick Myers, 
 James H. Demund, Frederick W. Sims, 
 
 William T. Thompson, | Julian Habtridge, 
 Stephen S. Dupon. 
 
 STEWARDS. 
 
 Cornelius D. Rogers. 
 John F. Wheaton. 
 
bethesda, 
 
 Its Founders, «fec. A Historical Sketch, 
 BY J. F. CANK 
 
 As WriiTEFiELD well and propeily deserves to be called the Father 
 of Ikthesda, it is but right and proper, notwithstanding his life and 
 charactot uiay be familiar to all, that we should introdiice this brief 
 and imperfect sketch with a few remarks in reference to him. Southey 
 describes him as a man something above the middle stature, well pro- 
 portioned, though about the time he visited Georgia, slender, and re- 
 markable for a native gracefulness. His complexion was very fair, 
 his eyes small and lively, of a dark blue color ; in recovering from 
 the measles, he had contracted a squint with one of them, but this 
 peculiarity rather rendered the expression of his countenance more 
 remarkable, than in any degree lessened the efiect of its uncommon 
 sweetness. His voice excelled both in melody and compass, and its 
 fine modulations were happily accompanied by that grace of action 
 which he po.ssessed in an eminent degree, and which has been said to 
 be the chief requisite of an orator. It is said further of him by 
 another, that in 1735, while a student at Oxford, he was rendered 
 so uncomfortable by the society into which he was thrown, that he 
 frequently would remain in his study until his limbs became benumb- 
 ed with cold. 
 
 But finally, his companions, seeing in him, I have no doubt the 
 freruis of the future man, left him to take his own wav. It seems 
 he had heard of the -Methodists before he came to Oxford, and 
 naturally inclined to adopt their doctrines ; but from his humble con- 
 dition he was deprived of the acquaintance of the leader of the Me- 
 thodist sect, Charles Wesley, until, a pauper attempting suicide, 
 Whitefield sent a poor woman to inlbrm Wesley of the fact, enjoining 
 upon her not to toll who sent her — which injunction was violated 
 and Wesley for the first time learning the whereabouts of him of 
 whom he had heard, at once invited him to breakfast, and thus was 
 formed an acquaintance which rapidly grew into a firm and abiding 
 friendship. From this moment Whitefield became allied with the 
 Wcslcys and others rtf the Methodist sect, and this doubtless led to 
 his visiting this country, and to his name being the foundation stone 
 
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 of Bethesda, as will appear in its history. One word in reference to 
 his preaching, and we come at once to the subject of the sketch. 
 
 It is said he preached five times a week to such congregations that it 
 was with great difficulty that he could make his way along the crowded 
 aisle to the pulpit : some hung upon the rails of the organ-loft, others 
 climbed upon the leads of the Church, and altogether made the 
 building so hot with their breath, that the steam would fall from the 
 pillars like drops of rain. When he left Bristol, he was obliged to 
 start at mid-night to avoid being escorted by horsemen and coaches. 
 At London on Sundays, persons would often go before day-break in 
 order to get seats, and frequently so great was the rush to hear him, 
 that officers were stationed at the doors to preserve order. 
 
 The Past and Present History of Bethesda. 
 
 The name "Bethesda" signifying "House of Mercy," was 
 adopted by the founders of the institution, better known perhaps as 
 the "Wliitefield Orphan House," because it seemed to express the in- 
 tention and desire of those who first conceived the idea. In tracing 
 its history from its very origin, we find it first existing in the minds 
 of Oglethorpe and Wesley, having been conceived and discussed by 
 them. When Whitefield had determined to visit the colony of Geor- 
 gia, among the very first suggestions or disclosures made to him by 
 Oglethorpe and Wesley, was the statement that they hud in contem- 
 plation the establishment of a school for orphans. 
 
 The following extract from a letter written by Whitefield, fully at- 
 tests the origin of the institution. 
 
 Bethesda, in Georgia, 
 March ;Hst, 1745-G. 
 
 "Some have thought that the erecting such a building was only 
 the produce of my own brain, but they are much mistaken ; for it 
 was first proposed to me by my dear friend, the Kev. Mr. Charles 
 Wesley, who with his Excellency General Oglethorpe, had conceived 
 a scheme for carrying on such a scheme bcibre I had any thoughts of 
 going abroad myself." It would have been an easy matter for AVhite- 
 field to have appropriated to him.selfthe entire credit of having con- 
 ceived and executed the noble design, but unselfishness was one of 
 the brightest of his many excellent qualities. 
 
 The peculiar circumstance connected with Whitefield's decision 
 to visit Georgia, and his first voyage, are matters of no ordinary in- 
 terest. 
 
 He says: "When I had been in London about a nionlli, letters 
 
came from the Messrs. Wesley and theKev. Mr. Ingham, their fellow- 
 laborer, au Israelite indeed, from Georgia; their accounts fired my 
 soul, and made me long to go abroad for God, too. But having no 
 outward call, and being, as I then thought, too weak in body even to 
 undertake a voyage at sea, I endeavored to lay aside all thought of 
 going abroad. But my endeavors were all in vain ; for I felt at times 
 such a strong attraction in my soul towards Georgia, that I thought 
 it almost irresistible. I strove against it with all my power, begged 
 again and again, with many cries and tears, that the Lord would not 
 sufier me to be deluded, and, at length, opened my mind to several 
 dear friends." We arc told, by his own statement, that his friends 
 advised him not to go abroad ; but Georgia seemed to hang on his 
 mind like a " prophetic burden ; " and when Wesley returned to 
 England, and told him that he had come solely to secure more help 
 in Mi-ssionary labor, Whitcfield partially determined to go. He 
 addresses Wesley in reference to his necessary support, and receives 
 the reply : " Food to eat, raiment to wear, and a house to lay your head 
 in, such as our Lord had not, and a crown of glory that fadeth not 
 away." Upon hearing this, says Whiteficld, " my heart leaped 
 within me, and, as it were, echoed to the call." He immediately 
 consulted the Bishop of London and the Trustees of Georgia, in- 
 cluding Oglethorpe, who was at that time in England, and finally 
 determined fully and positively to go. 
 
 From the account given of his farewell visits, and the eagerness 
 of the vflst crowds wherever he went to hear him preach, we are 
 enabled to read, in part at least, the future greatness of the man. 
 
 But the point of peculiar interest in these visits, is the fact 
 that, while he was so busily engaged in preaching, as well as taking, 
 as many thought, a final farewell of his numerous friends and com- 
 panions, he. was collecting funds for the ])oor children of the colony, 
 whom he had never seen, and of whose destitution he had heard but 
 little. It is said that he collected for the schools then established in 
 and about Savannah, a thousand pounds; and, besides this, procured 
 over three hundred pounds for the poor persons of the colony. 
 
 He sailed December 28th, 1737, aged twenty-three; and while the 
 incidents connected with liis voyage have no special bearing upon his 
 mission here, they are, nevertheless, of so memorable a character, 
 that we cannot forbear mentioning one or two striking occurrences. 
 It is said that he began exhorting and preaching the very moment all 
 was quiet and the vessel was in full sail. One writer, in speaking of 
 it, says that such a spectacle was never witnessed since Paul's 
 
memorable voyage to Home — that be turned tbe chief cabiu into a 
 cloister, tbe deck into a eburcb, and the steerage into a school-room, 
 reading prayers and preaching twice each day to the soldiers and 
 sailors, and increased these services on the Sabbath. The Hon. 
 Mr. Habersham, who accompanied Whitefield, and of whom we shall 
 have occasion to speak more fully, particularly as we advance with 
 this sketch, took special charge of the children, and formed them 
 into a sort of school, and spent his time in teaching and interesting 
 them. 
 
 On the 5th of May, the Whitaker anchored off Tybee, and "White- 
 field, we are told, took a final farewell of the crew in a sermon which 
 touched the hearts of all, and made them grieve to part with him. 
 
 Coming to this city — then almost a wilderness — the very first 
 object that claimed his attention was the condition of the children, 
 especially those who were orphans. Seeing the great need of im- 
 mediate aid, we find him taking the money he had collected in 
 England, providing a home for the poor outcasts, and placing them 
 under proper superintendence and care. 
 
 While he had determined to establish an orphan house adapted to all 
 the purposes contemplated, yet, such was the destitution of the poor, 
 uncared-for children, that immediate steps must be taken. He hired 
 a house, obtained servants, and though the fact is nowhere stat(^d, as 
 far as we are aware, we judge, from what occurred afterwards, that he 
 placed them under the charge of Mr. Habersham. Having thus 
 provided for the temporary support and instruction of the children, 
 he, at once, zealously set himself about collecting funds to establish 
 the Orphan House. He returned to England, was cordially received 
 by the Trustees of Georgia, who, at the expressed wish of the 
 colonists, offered him a salary to labor in Savannah ; but this he 
 declined by requesting that, instead of paying him, they would grant 
 him a tract of land on which he might erect an Orphan House. 
 
 The Trustees at once acceded to his request, and donated him five 
 hundred acres of land for that purpose, which, as perhaps, many 
 know, was originally the portion belonging to the IJethesda estate 
 
 This act, on the part of the Trustees, served to fire Whitefield with 
 still greater zeal and fervor in the work ; and he traversed England 
 for the sole purpose of collecting funds. In less than one yetir, he 
 collected more than one thousand pounds, and with this amount in 
 hand, he left England for the colony, August 14th, 1731), attended 
 by eight men and three children. One of the men, a Mr. Periam. 
 a Minister of London, came out as a subordinate to Bethesda, wheio 
 
he afterwards died, leaving two sons, who were received into the 
 school as pupils. 
 
 Immediately, on Whitefield's arrival, the grant of land Avas for- 
 mally donated as follows : 
 
 *' June 2d, 1739, sealed a grant of five hundred acres of land to 
 the Rev. George Whitefield, in trust for the use of the house to be 
 erected and maintained for the receiving such children ;is now are, 
 and shall hereafter be, left orphans in the Colony of Georgia, in 
 pursuance of the direction of the Common Council, held the 30th of 
 July, 1739." 
 
 After receiving this grant, and arranging other necessary matters, 
 we find him making a tour through the northern States, with a 
 view of collecting more money to carry forward the enterprise. 
 
 During this absence, we have it particularly mentioned, that the 
 children were left under the guardianship of Mr. Habersham ; for 
 it is said, that he (Mr. H.) selected out the five hundred acres, and 
 commenced to enclose and cultivate it during Whitelield's absence; 
 that the lattjer, on his return, was somewhat di-ssatisfied with the 
 arrangeuients made for the orphans, and immediately hired a house 
 at a large rent, opened an infirmary, and received, at different times, 
 about twenty-four orphans. It may not be out of place, just here, to 
 devote a few lines in reference to 3Ir. Habersham, so often mentioned 
 in connection with the early history of Bethesda. He was born at 
 Beverly, in Yorkshire, 1712, accompanied jMr. Whitefield to Georgia 
 onlyfrom motives of warm friendship for ]Mr. W., and his deep love 
 for the missionary work. He presided over the Orphan House at 
 Bethesda until 1744; he was married by the Bcv. Mr. Whitefield to 
 Mary Bolton, at Bethesda, on the 25th of December, 1740, by whom 
 he had ten children, three of whom, sons, survived him, and were 
 conspicuous in the cause of American liberty. He became President 
 of the Colony of Georgia in 1709 — mingled in the struggle for 
 independence, but did not live to see the glorious result, as ho died 
 at New Brunswick, New Jersey, August 2Sth, 1775, where he had 
 gone in search of health.* Eeturning to the subject of our sketch, 
 we would remark, that while Whitefield's mind seemed intent upon 
 the one grand object, viz. : the establishment of his Orphan House, 
 we find a large Tabernacle erected at this time in Lon Ian, capable of 
 seating some four thousand people, chiefly tlirough hi.s immediate 
 instrutuentality. But the dawn of his full hope appeared on the 
 25th of March, 1740, when was laid the first brick of the main 
 building of the Orphan House, or, as then named by him, Bethesda — 
 
a " House of }*Iercy." This building was built of wood, and mea- 
 sured seventy by forty feet ; and yet, withiu these small dimensions, 
 it is said, Whitefield accommodated about one hundred persons, con- 
 sisting of forty children, the rest servants and workmen. 
 
 When Whiteiield had laid this first brick, and carried on the work 
 to the completion of the main building, he lifted a prayer to God, 
 which the history of the Institution, from that time to this, so strik- 
 ingly proves to have been answered, that I cannot forbear inserting 
 it ; " Blessed be God, I have not been disappointed of my hope. Set 
 thy Almighty fiat to it. Oh ! Gracious Father, and for thine own name 
 sake, convince us more and more that thou wilt never forsake those 
 who put their trust in thee." But all the funds had been expended 
 in the erection of this building, and Whitefield was again obliged to 
 solicit aid. We cannot better describe the course pursued, than by 
 making the following extract from Stephens' History of Georgia, vol. 
 1st, page 851 : " In August, having, in the meantime, made a tour 
 northward, as far as New Jersey, in which he had collected, in money 
 and ]trovisions, over £500, he sailed for New England, and went as 
 far east as Boston, preaching everywhere as he journeyed, and gather- 
 ing carefully all collections for his Orphan House. He received 
 upwards of £700 in goods, provisions, and money for the Georgia 
 Orphan House." After returning to Bethesda, and remaining a few 
 days to arrange necessary matters, he again set s:iil for Europe, leav- 
 ing the whole affair in the hands of Mr. Habersham, whose adminis- 
 tration was very successful. The general arrangements of the 
 In.stitution at this time are minutely described in the following 
 language, by a young man from Boston, who visited Bethesda in 
 1741 : " The house contained sixty-eight children, the whole family 
 numbering eighty-four persons, besides nineteen laborers, employed 
 about the premises. 
 
 The routine of family duties were as follows : The bell rings in the 
 morning at sunrise to wake the family. When the children arise, 
 they sing a short hymn, pray by themselves, go down to wash, and by 
 the time they have done that, the bell calls to jiublic worship, when 
 a portion of Scripture is read and expounded, a psalm sung, and the 
 exercises begin and end witii prayer. They then breakfast, and 
 afterwards some go to their trades, and the rest to school. 
 
 At noon, they all dine in the same room, and have comfortable 
 and wholesome diet provided. A hymn is sung before and after 
 dinner. Then, in about a half an hour, to school again; and between 
 whiles find time enough for recreation. A little after sunset, the 
 
bell calls to public duty again, which is performed in the same man- 
 ner as in the morning. After that, they sup and arc attended to bed 
 by one of their masters, who then prays with them, as they often do 
 privately." Tn the year 1742, the Institution was subjected to many 
 severe and dangerous trials; but in the language of Whitefield, 
 " the Orphan House, like the burning bush, flourished unconsumed." 
 
 The Spanish invasion — the unfavorable reception the Institution 
 met with from many who should have acted differently — greatly 
 endangered its success ; but Whitefield, with a never-tiring zeal and 
 undaunted courage, only labored the more diligently, determining 
 " to be sold a slave to serve the gallies, rather than his orphan family 
 should want." On returning from Europe, he found the number of 
 children had so greatly increased, that in a short time he made an- 
 other voyage, to renew his efforts in their behalf. It will be seen 
 from the following extract in what condition he found Bcthesda on 
 his return. " Many boys have been put out to trades, and many girls 
 put out to service. I had the pleasure the other day to see three 
 boys at the house in which they were bred — one of them out of his 
 time, a journeyman, and the others serving under their masters. One 
 that I brought from New England, is handsomely settled in Carolina; 
 and another from Philadelphia, is man-ied, and lives very comfort- 
 ably in Savannah. We have lately begun to use the plough, and 
 next year, I hope to have many acres of good oats and barley. We 
 have nearly twenty sheep and lambs, fifty head of cattle, and seven 
 horses. 
 
 We hope to kill a thousand weight of pork this season. Our 
 garden is very beautiful, and furnishes us with, every sort of areens. 
 We have plenty of good milk, eggs, poultry, and make plenty of 
 butter weekly. 
 
 A good quantity of wool and cotton has been given me; and we 
 hope to have suflicient spun and woven for the next winter's cloth- 
 ing. The family now consists of twent3'-six persons. Two of the 
 orphan boys are blind — one is little better than an idiot. I have two 
 women to take care of the household work, and two men and three 
 boys employed about the plantation and cattle. A set of Dutch 
 servants has lately been sent over. A valuable young man from New 
 England is my schoolmaster, and in my absence performed duty in 
 the family. 
 
 Georgia is very healthy — -not above one, and that a little child, has 
 died out of our family since it removed to Bethesda." The fore- 
 
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 going is takeu from a letter written by Mr. "Whitefield, describing the 
 condition of the Orphan House during the years 1745-G. 
 
 Shortly after this, his health became so much enfeebled, that he 
 was advised to make a trip to the I^ermudas, and while there made 
 collections for his school; but his health not being improved, instead 
 of returning home, he made another voyage to Europe. He spent 
 the years 1748-1) as Chaplain to Lady Huntingdon, of whom we shall 
 speak more fully and particularly hereafter. During this time, 
 he neither forgot, nor ueglected the interests of Bethesda, but was 
 in constant correspondence, keeping himself acquainted with the 
 condition and wants of his orphan children. In 1750, we find 
 Whitefield laboring in England, with a view to make Bethcsda a 
 College, where all the advantages of a liberal education could be 
 enjoyed. Could he liave succeeded in accomplishing this noble 
 eftbrt, doubtless, we should have had to-day, at our very doors, an 
 institution equal, in every respect, to Yale or Princeton. In 1751, 
 he made a very unexpected visit to this country, bringing with him 
 several orphans; but finding the Institution in a highly prosperous 
 and encouraging condition, he almost immediately returned to Europe, 
 resuming his place in the household of Lady Huntingdon. 
 
 In 1754, he visited Bethesda, found every thing satisfactorily pro- 
 gressing, made a trip to the North for the jiurpose of securing 
 more assistance, but his health again failing, he hurried back, and in 
 the early part of 1755, again embarked for Europe. While there, the 
 Governor of Ccorgia consulted with him concerning Bethesda. 
 Whitefield urged him to visit the school, assuring him tliat " Mrs. 
 Crane, the wife of the steward, Avould well provide lor him." On 
 Nov. 2'J.d, 1755, Whitefield returned to Bethesda, buoyant with the 
 hope of the speedy establishment of a first-class college, as appears 
 from the following : " Peace and plenty reign here; all things go on 
 successfully. God hath given me great favor in the sight of the 
 Governor, Council, and Assembly. A memorial was presented for an 
 additional grant of laud, consisting of two thousand acres. It was 
 immediately donated. Both houses addressed the Governor on behalf 
 of the intended college. A warm answer was given, and I am now 
 putting every thing in repair, and getting every thing ready for that 
 purpose. 
 
 His Excellency dined with me yesterday, and expressed his satis- 
 faction in the warmest terms. 
 
 The auditing the accounts, and laying the foundation for a college, 
 hath silenced eneniies and comforted friends. The finishing this 
 affair confirms my call to England at this time." 
 
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 But it was a call to disappoiuted hope — fruitless labor — a very 
 different result from what liis many encouragements had led him to 
 anticipate, or even for a moment to suspect. It must have been a 
 severe shock to his generous ambition and zealous labors — when, after 
 petitioning his Majesty for a College Charter after the plan of the one 
 already granted to Princeton, N. J., his prayer should have been 
 refused. How many, after expending so much time, means and 
 labor for no personal emolument, but for the benefit, in a great 
 measure, of those who indirectly caused its defeat, would have given 
 up, and refused ever to have any more to do with the Institution. 
 
 But how differently did Whitefield act. He did not allow himself 
 to be daunted ; because, forsooth, the longing desire of his heart could 
 not be satisfied. lie gave up the thought of a charter, but deter- 
 mined, if possible, to make Bethesda an Academy similar in arrange- 
 ment to one then established in Philadelphia, which bore a very high 
 character. 
 
 In 1769, he again visits Bethesda, and reports : " Everything ex- 
 ceeds my highest expectation; it is good for me to be here." During 
 this year, two wings were added to the main building, Governor 
 Wright laying the corner-stone March 25th, 1769. We find in the 
 Georgia Gazette, the following: " SaA'annah, January 31st, 1770. 
 Last Sunday, his Excellency the Governor, Council, and Assembly, 
 having been invited by the Rev. Mr. Whitefield, attended divine 
 service in the chapel of the Orphan House Academy." This notice 
 goes on to state, that Whitefield preached from the text — " For who 
 hath despised the day of small things," setting forth the difficulties 
 encountered during the thirty years existence of the Institution, its 
 present prosperity, and prospect of future usefulness. The two wings 
 which had just been added were one hundred and fifty feet each in 
 length, giving accommodations for a much larger number. 
 
 The company were highly delighted with the many and tasteful 
 improvements that had been made, and expressed themselves pleased 
 with the plan of operations. 
 
 Mr. Whitefield had remained this time at Bethesda, some five 
 months or more, giving personal and continual attention to all the 
 affairs of the Institution ; but the care was too arduous for him, and 
 with impaired health and a fast declining constitution, he made a 
 trip North — only to be arrested by illness, at Ncwburyport, Mas- 
 sachusetts, where he died September the 30th, 1770. 
 
 No language can describe the sorrow which, like a dark, thick 
 cloud, overshadowed the hearts, not only of the poor orphan ones at 
 
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 Bcthesda, and of the people of the colony, but also the hearts of thou, 
 sands in this country and in Europe. 
 
 As long as the Gospel of Christ shall be respected among men, as 
 long as education shall have a friend, and the poor one to feel for 
 thcru, Whitcfield's name and memory shall be cherished. When the 
 fatherless and motherless shall be cast out and left uncared for, the 
 shadow of Whitcfield shall shelter them ; and his prayers, long since 
 registered in Heaven in their behalf, shall secure for them the tender 
 care and protection of the Father of the fatherless. Few in this 
 country or in Europe felt more deeply the severe stroke than Lady 
 liuutiugdou, with whom Whitetield had been long and intimately 
 associated as Chaplain, confidential friend, and spiritual adviser. 
 
 Their efforts, desires, and feelings, in reference to the great work 
 of doing good, fitted them to be companions in their Master's cause, and 
 made it exceedingly felicitous for Whitcfield, that, in his last bene- 
 diction to his orphan children, he could commit them into the hands 
 of one whose " life was hid in Christ." The following extract from 
 his Will, shows the manner and form in which he committed Bethes. 
 da to the care of Lady H. ; and in case of her demise before his 
 own, he names the next one in every way best fitted for the trust : 
 
 " I will and bequeath the Orphan House in ]Jethesda, and likewise 
 all the buildings, land, books and furniture belonging thereto, to 
 that lady elect, that mother in Israel, that mirror of true and unde- 
 filed religion, the Right Honorable Selina, Countess of Huntingdon ; 
 and in case she should be called to enter upon her glorious rest 
 before my decease, to Honorable James Habersham, a merchant of 
 Savannah." 
 
 It is said the death of Whitcfield and the care imposed by this 
 trust, weighed so heavily upon Lady Huntingdon's mind, and so 
 sensible was she of the necessity of divine aid, that she appointed a 
 day of fasting and prayer to be observed by the chapels under her 
 patronage. Just here, we must again beg the privilege of dropping 
 the subject-matter of this sketch, while we take a brief glance at the 
 life of Ijady Huntingdon, whose name and acts form a conspicuous 
 part of the remaining history of Bcthesda. Selina Shirley, second 
 daughter of Earl Ferrars, was born in Chartley, August 24, 1707. 
 Almost from infancy, it is said, her life was marked by a wonderful 
 seriousness; sober and thoughtful, she avoided playmates, and had 
 no disposition or desire whatever to mingle in children's gayeties. 
 The secret quiet of her closet, or solem)i walks in the graveyard, had 
 far sweeter and holier charms for her. 
 
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 From her history, we can but believe that the seeds of a deep, 
 earnest and abiding piety were planted very early in her tender heart j 
 and as she grew iu knowledge and experience, these seeds of right- 
 eousness budded forth into fair and full maturity. At the age of 
 twenty-one, she married Theophilus, Earl of Huntingdon, and thus 
 became still more involved in the fashionable life of the nobility. 
 
 Her associates were such persons as the Duchess of IMarlborough, 
 Lady Mary Wortley Montague, IMargaret, daughter of the Earl of 
 Oxford, Whitefield, Wesleys, llomaine, Doddridge, and others of like 
 celebrity. Although she had, by birth and marriage, every temp- 
 tation to haughtiness and frivolity, yet, an humble meekness, a 
 noble generosity, a heart abounding with pity and commiseration for 
 all oppressed or in sorrow, were the distinguishing features in her 
 character. Her Redeemer's name and glory seem to have been her 
 constant thought and effort ; every energy of her soul, every pulsation 
 of her heart, acted in holy harmony to the accomplishment of this 
 great result. In a discourse, written by Doddridge, on Christian can- 
 dor and unanimity, dedicated to Lady Huntingdon, he speaks of her 
 " as an eminent example of Christian candor and unanimity, and of every 
 other virtue and grace which can support and adorn it." There are sev- 
 eral individual cases specially mentioned, which are happy illustrations 
 of her deep interest in the temporal and spiritual welfare of others. 
 When Doddridge's health began to fail, and there seemed to be 
 nothing that would benefit him but a journey, to make which he had 
 not the means, Lady H. offered to supply all the funds needed, and 
 thus, doubtless, was instrumented in preserving, for many years, the 
 life of that great and good man. 
 
 When a Mr. Allen and Col. Williams were sent to England to 
 solicit aid for Princeton College, they carried letters of introduction 
 to Lady H., who received them most cordially, and assisted them 
 greatly, both by personal contribution and by her influence, 
 
 Tn 1760, Sansom Occum, an Indian preacher, visited London to 
 secure funds for Rev. Dr. Wheelock's school for the education of 
 Indian youth at Lebanon, Connecticut. As was natural, he excited 
 very great attention, and was a source of interest to many. Lady H. 
 took an active part in helping him to make collections, and hy her 
 aid and influence, he obtained seven thousand pounds in England, 
 and two or three in Scotland. To follow this wonderful woman 
 through all her journeyings in England; tell of the many young 
 men she was instrumental in establishing in the ministry ; to point 
 out the difficulties she met with, and the obstacles she overcame in 
 
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 the erection of tVoui seven to ten chapels, together with the schools 
 she had iu operation, and the col!cgo she had instituted at Trevacoa ; 
 to record all the private and public acts of this woman, would require 
 a volume. 
 
 Her name is rich in all that can adorn and beautify the female 
 character. 
 
 The year 1770 was a memorable one in her history. Although 
 unconscious of the dark cloud hanging over her, she set apart the 
 first day of this year as one of special prayer, that (iod would 
 be her guide and protector. The afflictions and sad events of the 
 year, her after history proves, v.rrc but the verifications of the en- 
 couraging truth — "Whon) the Lord loveth, he chastcneth." This 
 year a spirited controversy took place between Wesley and Whiteticld, 
 in reference to the doctrine of election. A conference was appointed, 
 which agreed to annul the doctrine. This so much ofi^endcd Lady 
 11., that she forbid anyone holding such views to be a student at her 
 institution. 
 
 The matter as.sumed a very f^erious aspect; but, finally, by the 
 arrangement of friends, Wesley and Jjady PI. made to each other 
 satisfactory explanations, and all was finally and happily adjusted 
 between them. It was a matter deeply painful to Lady H., that 
 Benson, her head teacher at the College, took grounds against her; 
 and Fletcher, who had been a friend to her, wrote an articld defend- 
 ing Wesley's views, which appeared after the matter had been 
 amicably settled. The deep family afflictions through which she 
 passed, added to the news of Whitoficld's death, almost crushed her 
 loving spirit. 
 
 As we have said, when she lesirned that he had bequeathed the 
 care and responsibility of Bethesda to her, she at once set apart a day 
 for fasting and prayer, that she might be fitted for the duty. Her 
 first step was to obtain all information concerning the past working of 
 the institution, and its present condition. She found the number 
 there to be sixteen 'children, nine workmen, and seventy-five negroes. 
 Tlie few children and gre«t number of laborers, may be accounted for 
 by the fact, that the two wings v/cro at this time being added to the 
 main building. 
 
 Lady H. immediately sent over her own housekeeper to manage 
 the domestic afi'airs, the Kev. IMr. Crosse, the same who had been 
 acting under Whitefield, was continued as teacher, and Mr. Piercy 
 made President and general agent. 
 
 About this time she projected a mission to this country making 
 
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 Bethesda head-quarters, and iu order to act prudently, she advised 
 with many in reference to the expediency of such a design. It was 
 determined to make the experiment — and in October, 1770, quite a 
 number of students from the College, under her patronage, were 
 selected and set apart for the work. They landed here after a voy- 
 age of six weeks — repaired at once to the Orphan House, and in a 
 few days entered upon their labors. In a letter written by lady 11.. 
 she says : " The province of G eorgia has made proposals to build a 
 Church at their own expense and present me with it — that the (Col- 
 lege of Georgia, (Bethesda,) may have their ministry, in that part, 
 honored. My last letters from Amei'ict^ inform me that our way 
 seems open to the Cherokee country, and in all the back settlements 
 we are assured the people will build us Churches, at their own expense 
 and present them to us, to settle perpetually for our use. I cannot 
 help thinking that the Lord will have me there before I die if only 
 to make coats and garments for the poor Indians." Lady II. never 
 was permitted to visit this country, yet, doubtless much is due to this 
 noble christian woman, for active exertions in spreading knowledge 
 and truth among the earliest settlers of the Colony. 
 
 She seemd to prosecute her noble purposes with an energ}'^, devo- 
 tion and interest, akin to that manifested by Whitefield. 
 
 But her plans and efforts, in reference to the Orphan House, were 
 suddenly arrested by the destruction of the buildings by lightning. 
 When the news of this calamity reached her she said: "Though 
 we may be disappointed God the Judge of all is not defeated. I 
 cannot wish it for one moment to be otherwise." It was this abiding 
 confidence in " Him who doeth all things well," that enabled this 
 christian woman to triumph over so many difficulties. This misfor- 
 tune lessened the zeal and interest of many who up to this period had 
 been active supporters of the Institution. 
 
 By liberal contribution of her own private means and the assist- 
 ance of others, she soon restored buildings capacious enough to ac- 
 commodate the few pupils now in attendance. 
 
 The Institution never regained its former vigor. Piercy returned 
 to England which left the children without proper attention. No one 
 could be obtained who would take a lively interest in their welfare. 
 Finally lady H. succeeded in securing the services of the iicv. David 
 Phillips, from England, and under her own patronage and his super- 
 intcndance, she had issued in the Georgia Gazette, (he following no- 
 tice : 
 
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 TO THE PUBLIC. 
 
 Bethesda College, near ^avaniiali, instituted by the late Reverend 
 George Whitefield, Chaplain to the llight Honorable the Countess 
 Dowager of Huntingdon, is to be opened the 24th instant, under the 
 patronage of her Jjadyship, whose warm zeal to promote the happi- 
 ness of mankind, in spreading religion and learning in this State, is 
 above praise, and by whose authoiity and aj)poiiitment the Reverend 
 r^avid Phillips, late from lOiigland, anxious to carry her Ladyship's 
 pious designs into the fullest cxceutiou, solicits the attention of such 
 Ladies, Gentlemen and Guardians of youth, as are desirous of sending 
 young gentlemen for instruction in every branch of useful and polite Lit- 
 erature, comprehending Eiujlhli jnimatlcallijj Writiitr/, and the nsr, of 
 Figures, and every branch of the Mathematics, the use of the Globes, 
 Latin, Greek, and French, including Board, Washing, &c., on the 
 following terms, viz: Thirty guineas per annum for each student, 
 without distinction of age, or class of education. Punctuality is ex- 
 pected in four quarterly payments. A line for admission to the Rev. 
 David Phillips, Superintendent, or to Rev. l^njamiu Lindsay, Rec- 
 tor of Christ Church, Savannah, Classical Tutor of said College, will 
 have immediate attention from 
 
 Their devoted, much obliged, humble servant, 
 
 DAVID PHILLIPS. 
 
 N. B. Every student is expected to bring his bedding complete, 
 which will be returned on his leaving College. Public notice will be 
 given, in the Gazette of this State, for the reception of Orphan Child- 
 ren, on the original benevolent plan, immediately on the estate being 
 productive for that purpose. 
 
 The Trustees of the Academy of the county of Chatham, not hav- 
 ing it yet in their power to carry into effect the trust reposed in tlicm 
 by the Ilonorable the Legislature, and being sensible of the utility 
 of (he above design, do recommend to the parents and guardians of 
 youth, an attention to encourage an institution which has fur its ob- 
 ject the promotion of learning. 
 
 By order of the Board of Trustees. 
 
 JOHN HABERSHAM, 
 
 President, pro. tern. 
 
 Savannah, June 3d, 1788. 
 
 Notwithstanding the many and serious diffieulties occasioned by 
 the destruction of the building and the invasion of the Royal troops 
 
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 during the revolution, we see by the foregoing notice the result of 
 the indomitable perseverance and christian zeal of lady H., as well as 
 the condition of the institution at her deatli, which occurred June 
 17th, 1791, aged eighty-four. The Countess of Huntingdon died, 
 as she lived, in the full hope of a blessed immortality. 
 
 At her death, the school was discontinued, the estate reclaimed by 
 the State Legislature, and the management of it committed to a 
 Board of Trustees. 
 
 The Board took no active steps towards the completion of the 
 buildings and other necessary measures for the organization of the 
 School for some ten years, as will appear from the following extracts : 
 ORPHAN HOUSE. 
 
 The Trustees of the Orphan House Estate, are requested to meet 
 the President of the Board, on Monday next, at 12 o'clock at noon, 
 at the Court house in the city of Savannah. 
 By order of the President. 
 
 J. WHITEFIELD, Sec'ry. 
 
 Oct. 22d,1793. 
 
 ORPHAN HOUSE. 
 
 The Trustees of Bethesda College, or Orphan House Estate, are 
 requested to attend at the house of Mr. John Carson, on Monday, 
 the 24th instant, at 11 o'clock of the forenoon, on business of impor- 
 tance to the Trust. 
 
 By order of the President. 
 
 J. WHITEFIELD, Sec'ry. 
 Feb. 18th, 1794. 
 
 BETHESDA COLLEGE. 
 
 The Trustees are notified to meet, at the plantation on Saturday 
 next, the 1st of February, at ten o'clock. 
 Jan. 80th, 1800. 
 
 BETHESDA. 
 Annual Meeting of the Trustees on Saturday next, at Bethesda. 
 1st May, 1800. 
 
 As we have stated, for some time after the Estate was reclaimed by 
 the State Government and entrusted to a Board of Trustees, little or 
 nothing was done toward the re-opening of a school, until the year 
 1801, when we find the following account of their proceedings : 
 
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 BETHESDA, 6tii May, 1801. 
 
 At a Meeting of the Trustees, the following Resolutions were 
 agreed to, and ordered' to be published : 
 
 Ecsolvcd, That a sum be appropriated for the purpose of repairing 
 and completing the North Wing of Bethesda College, and that the 
 President of the Board, Mr. Morel, and Mr. William Gibbons, or any 
 two of them, be a committee to contract with suitable persons to 
 undertake the same, and to require and take sufficient security for 
 the completion thereof, within a reasonable time. 
 
 That as soon as a room convenient for the purpose of a School, and 
 a room for the residence of a tutor, shall be completed, the english 
 reading, writing, and arithmetical school, of the Trust, shall be re- 
 moved thereto. 
 
 That the salary of such tutor shall be at the rate of five hundred 
 dollars jjer annum, and that the President be authorized to engage 
 such tutor. 
 
 That all applications for the admission of orphans on the free 
 grounds of the Institution, shall be made through one of the members 
 of the Trust, who shall vouch for the indigence of such orphan, and 
 for his or her being a proper object of charity ; and the member's 
 name so vouching shall be entered on the minutes, together with the 
 Orphan's name, on the day of admission. 
 
 That children of poor parents, vouched for in like manner, shall be 
 admitted only so far as respects schooling gratis, unless it shall appear 
 to the Trust that such parents are in so distressed a condition as not 
 to be able to maintain such children, in which case they may be admit- 
 ted on the free grounds of the Institution, as in the case of real 
 orphans. 
 
 That all other children whose parents may wish them educated at 
 Bethesda may be admitted into the said school, at and after the rate 
 of three dollars per (|uarter for reading and spelling, four dollars per 
 quarter for writing, and five dollars per quarter for ciphering; and, as 
 soon as sufficient accommodations are provided, may be admitted as 
 boarders on such terras as the Trust may hereafter see fit, giving the 
 preference of such admission to board, to such children as may enter 
 the school prior to such accommodations being completed. 
 
 That the monies arising 'from schooling such children shall be 
 appropriated for the payment of the tutor's salary. 
 
 That the President be authorized to purchase such books, as may 
 be adapted to the use of such school. 
 
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 And, in order to induce parents to place their children at the said 
 school, and to exhibit the intentions of the Trust to establish an 
 early and complete seminary of learning at Bethesda. 
 
 Resolved, That, as soon as the North Wing shall be repaired, the 
 Trust will iminedialely take steps to repair the South Wing, and to 
 engage a Professor as Principal of the College, with qualified teachers 
 of the Latin, Greek and French languages, the Mathematics, Natural 
 Philosophy, and such other sciences as arc usually taught in the 
 respective Colleges of the United States, and will procure a complete 
 apparatus for such sciences, and a library for the use of the students- 
 Extract from the minutes. 
 
 W. B. BULLOCH, Sec'ry. 
 
 BETHESDA. 
 
 The Trustees are notified to meet at the College precisely at 11 
 o'clock on Saturday next, being the Annual Meeting. 
 29th April, 1802. 
 
 BETHKSDA. 
 
 Annual meeting of the Trustees, at the College on Saturday the 
 5th instant, at 10 o'clock. 
 
 May 1st, 1804. — 
 
 This extract from the minutes of the Board, shows the institution 
 again in a prosperous condition, and possessing every focility to make 
 it rank among the first in our State. 
 
 But these efforts were .soon defeated, and Bethesda ('ollege and Or- 
 phan House left only to live in name. A dreadful fire broke out in 
 1805, destroying one of the wings and so injuring the other parts of 
 the building as to render repair inlpossible. iMoreover, the out-build- 
 ings were so seriously damaged by a hurricane as to render them 
 valueless. 
 
 The Trustees were unable to build, and indeed they could not again 
 establish a school, as the rice land had been inundated by the hurri- 
 cane and rendered wholly unproductive. They therefore advised the 
 Legislature to dispose of the property and distribute the proceeds 
 among the benevolent institutions in Savannah. Sec Act to dispose 
 of Bethesda, assented to Dec. 22d, 1808. 
 
 BP:THESDA COLLEGE. 
 
 The Trustees are rc(juested to meet at the Plantation, on Monday 
 next at Ten o'clock. 
 March 11th, 1809. 
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 ORPHAN HOUSE ESTATE. 
 
 Purchasers at the above sale, yesterday, are hereby notified, that 
 the Commissioners will attend at the house of the Hon. William 
 Stephens, in Broughton street, at eleven o'clock, to-morrow morning, 
 for the purpose of granting titles and receiving payment and secu- 
 rities. The negroes will then be ready for delivery. 
 
 March 14th, IsOO. 
 
 Thus ends the history of Bethcsda, otherwise called the White- 
 field Orphan House, which had been for nearly three quarters of a 
 cqntury, a house of mercy to hundreds of fatherless children, and now 
 "■ Bethesda's gate is still 
 No cries its porches fill." 
 
 In the year 1854, the Board of Managers of the Union Society, 
 an Institution very similar in its purposes and operations to Bethcsda, 
 purchased one hundred and twenty-five acres of the ancient Bethcsda 
 estate, which included the original locality of the Whitefield Orphan 
 House. 
 
 They at once erected suitable buildings, and in January of 1855, 
 removed from Savannah, the boys under their charge, to this place. 
 
 This site, we are told by Mr. Fay, late President of the Union So- 
 ciety, was selected " at a higher price than that at which some other 
 place might have been obtained and perhaps above its market value, 
 from the fact that upwards of a century ago it had been consecrated 
 to the same noble purpose." 
 
 Does not this act on the part of the Board of Managers, together 
 with the history and present condition of modern Bethcsda (or the 
 Union Society) seem clearly an answer to the prayer of Whitefield, 
 when in 1740 he uttered the petition " Set thy Almighty fiat to it. 
 Oh, Gracious Father and for thine own name's sake, convince us more 
 and more that thou wilt never forsake those who put their trust in 
 thee." 
 
 The similarity in the present produce of the laud, the rules and 
 regulations of the Society, the general management of the institution, 
 the daily routine of duties for the boys, compared with those of the 
 Whitefield Orphan School make in reality as well as in name, 
 "A new Bethcsda here." 
 
 After the many and eloquent addresses that have been delivered 
 from time to time, before the Union Society, giving full and graphic 
 descriptions of its general history and operations, it would bo presump- 
 
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 tion in mc to attempt to add anything. The annual reports, tlic pub- 
 lished extracts from the minutes, the list of officers, members and 
 pupils, the present prosperous condition of the school, its excellent 
 management and the deep interest and active part taken in it, by 
 many of our citizens, clearly indicate that the star of Bethesda which 
 descended into Whitefield's grave, has arisen with undimmcd glory 
 to light once more with its holy rays, the sorrowful heart of the orphan. 
 
 ^' Here orphan tears arc stayed, 
 Here orphan prayers are prayed. 
 Here nameless blessings craved. 
 For orphan Hearts." 
 
 " Bless those, Oh God, who bless 
 The poor and fatherless, 
 
 With loving care ! 
 Though here no angel wings 
 Wave o'er Bethesda's springs, 
 Receive, thou King of Kings, 
 
 The orphan's prayers." 
 
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 HON. JAMES HABERSHAM. 
 
 After having completed the history of Eethcsda, I discovered from 
 letters placed in my hands by Mr. Robert Habersham, the grandson 
 of the subject of these remarks, that the brief notice given in the 
 sketcli, did great injustice tD his sacvificcs, zeal and personal devotion 
 to the institution. He was in reality its life and support from the 
 first formation in Savannah, until long alter its removal to Bcthesda. 
 
 Mr. Habersham came to this country much against the advice and 
 wishes of his family and friends. 
 
 In a letter to his uncle after his arrival here, he mentions the un- 
 willingness manifested by his family, and states that to give them 
 reasons for such a step would be unsatisfactory, as they concern only 
 God and himself. 
 
 The wealth and honor of earth were placed on the one hand before 
 him, on the other, the service of Christ, and without giving his 
 friends a single reason, he decided to take up his cross and follow 
 Christ. 
 
 Setting sail with Whitefield, December, 1737, he spent the time 
 on the voyage, in teaching and instructing the children. Immediate- 
 ly on his arrival, Whitefield and himself gathered all the poor and 
 orphan children they could find, and organized a school, thus form- 
 ing the germ of the future lictlictda. The expenses involved in the 
 beginning soon consumed the little they had collected previous to 
 leaving England. Whitefield decided to return, to secure further aid, 
 leaving the entire charge of the scbool to ]\Ir. Habersham. The latter 
 was obliged to teach, and at the same time, to make provisions for 
 feeding and clothing the children, and hence in a letter addressed to 
 .Mr. Whitefield, he states, "Our affairs have sometimes been so press- 
 ing upon me that, had not Cod, in a particular manner, supported 
 me by his presence, I must have sunk." 
 
 In another place, he speaks of being obliged to retrench expenses 
 in every way, — "even to the substitution of coffee for green tea, be- 
 cause it way cheaper." 
 
 About September of 1738, he received letters from Whitefield, ac- 
 (^uaintiug him that the Trustees had donated five hundred acres of 
 
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 land for the Orphan House. He also received directions about ob- 
 taining boards and other necessary materials, so that on Whitefield's 
 arrival, they can select the location and commence building without 
 delay. Mr. Habersham's reply dated Savannah, Nov'r 29th, 1738, 
 contains so full an account of the affairs of the school at that time, 
 that I quote it almost entire. 
 
 "About three months ago, your letters dated in June, came to hand, 
 wherein you mention my getting boards, &c., ready without any fur- 
 ther direction. As you supposed I had received yours, as above, 
 upon which I endeavored to procure boards, &c., but found upon fur- 
 ther inquiry, that no stuff could be cut unless I knew the lengths, 
 without great loss. Withal, I could not tell where you would build, 
 so that I turned my thoughts another way, to forward your generous 
 undertaking. 
 
 I knew that you designed to procure five hundred acres of land for 
 the use of your Orphan House, and I applied and got posseseion of 
 a good tract. This I did by the advice of friends and personal rea- 
 sons, which then appeared strong to us. We thought it the best thing 
 I could do, indeed, I had but money .sufficient to carry me on a little 
 way in such a large charge. But God has enabled me by the help of 
 my friends to go with it much farther than I thought it possible. 
 
 Blessed and adored be His holy name. I am glad that I went 
 about it, though it has been a great fatigue to me, because it will save 
 you great trouble. I am about eighty pounds sterling in debt, and 
 have laid out thirty pounds more I had by me, upon the particular 
 thing, in all about one hundred and ten. You will see when you 
 come, a fair and clear account of this and all my other expenses since 
 you left me, in a very particular manner, and I trust to your satisfac- 
 tion, but if I have done wrong, I have only to say that I intended 
 well. The land is situated in an open place upon the salts, and in ye 
 midst of ye settlements and likewise upon ye main about nine miles 
 from town and I believe is very convenient for fish. It appears to me 
 to be ye best place that I have seen for the Orphan House itself. 
 But that you'll be a judge of when you come. I have bought forty 
 head of cattle, sows and poultry and horses enough and now am about 
 getting the whole five hundred acres fenced in. As much land is 
 already cleared as I intend at present, being enougli for peas, &c. and 
 conveniences absolutely necessary, likewise there is a good hut erect- 
 ed, so that I have got almost all done, which will be wanted till you 
 come. The stock are now daily increasing and in a few months part 
 of it will be useful, whereas had this undertaking been deferred till 
 
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 you come it wotild have been some months before you could have 
 had milk orauy other produce of it. This will fully appear when it 
 comes to be fully explained to you. All my friends agree that the 
 preparing stuff for a house is even more after I have received your 
 directions impracticable, there being no lengths mention'd in the 
 inventory, no, not in any part of it, besides I cannot sec yet any place 
 very near the town proper for such an expensive building and ye 
 stuff must be prepared upon or very near the place you intend to 
 build upon or the charge will be prodigiously increased. Upon the 
 land I have possession of there is cedar enough to build twenty houses 
 an advantage not to be overlooked, being a very durable wood. You 
 will find I dont doubt, most, if not all ready to work upon 'building 
 when you arrive, that there will be no delay, when but few would 
 come to split rails and fall trees. These and many other reasons ap- 
 pear to me and my friends here strong enough to justify my conduct. 
 But why should I multiply reason to you who I know rather look at 
 the intention than the event of an action. I believe it would be in 
 my power at any time by ye sale of ye live stock, wholly or very near 
 to clear my debts, or I might improve it to a personal advantage in 
 case any accident should befall you. 
 
 I do not, I do not indeed my loveliest best friend, in the heart sup- 
 pose you will blame my conduct, in this particular, but I think myself 
 answerable to you for all my actions of this nature, especially as I 
 shall make it your concern." 
 
 In about one year from the time the five hundred acres were se- 
 lected all was in readiness for removing the children. From a letter 
 \ written to Mr. Whitefield, by Mr. Habersham dated Oct. 21st, 1740, 
 we judge they were in very straightened circumstances, and anxious 
 ' to get into the country where expenses would be lighter. 
 
 He says — "Upon the maturest consideration we have unanimously 
 a'greed as soon as possible to go down to Bethesda. * * * 
 
 By having the family together it will much lessen our expenses 
 and we can be much better pursuing the spirit of the institution." 
 
 Evidently from this letter and from another dated only nine days 
 later, they were making active exertions to get to Bethesda at the 
 earliest possible moment — for in the last dated Oct. 30th, 1740, ho 
 states — 
 
 "On Monday I intend moving with the family to Bethesda. It 
 must be, though it is contrary to our dear friend's desire (referring 
 to Whitefield) — "Legem non habit necessitas." On Monday, Nov. 
 3d, 1740, the children were moved and from this date, properly be- 
 
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 gins tlic history of Betliesda, as a school for providing for and in- 
 structing orphan children. Writing to a lady friend, from ]3ethesda, 
 Nov. 7, he states, " hlessed be God our family are well settled at the 
 place where we have long desired to be." 
 
 To show what meagre circumstances they were in, when they re- 
 moved, we quote again from this same letter — "We have one hundred 
 and fifty souls with the workmen to feed every day, and at this time 
 have not one ounce of flesh kind by us." 
 
 It is astonishing to see to what destitution they were sometimes 
 reduced. Mr. Habersham himself says : "It is truly wonderful to 
 see how nearly one hundred and fifty souls are daily fed by the invis- 
 ible hand of God, frequently we are without necessary food." 
 
 About this time when poverty was staring them in the face — most 
 bitter calumnies were circulated against Whitefield and the institu- 
 tion, and though for a while they lessened the confidence of some, yet 
 eventually served to advance the interest in the school. Mr. Habersham 
 writing to Mr. Whitefield, who had again gone to England, concern- 
 ing the false charges, begs him not to notice them, as God will make 
 them result only in good to all concerned. 
 
 In the midst of their poverty and this malicious effort to injure 
 the character of Whitefield, and impede the progress of the school — 
 there occurred a great religious awakening among the children, the 
 workmen and the servants. 
 
 Mr. Habersham in giving an account of this to Whitefield says, 
 "most, if not all the boys appear to be under some concern, little as 
 well as great." * * * * "I observed them retire next day in the 
 woods and sing and pray together." * * * * "We all wentaud 
 saw twenty-five or thirty dear lambs on their knees before God, some 
 pleading the promises and others calling on Jesus." * * * "One 
 or two of the workmen have, I hope, closed with Jesus for salvation, 
 and one or two more are in a fair way. Some of our own servants 
 want to learn to read." He speaks of this work of grace as con- 
 tinuing through more than a year, the result being to the glory of 
 God in the conversion of many immortal souls. 
 
 Before the spring they had cleared some twenty acres of land and 
 planted potatoes, rice, corn, peas, &c. The personal labor Mr. Haber- 
 sham bestowed upon the grounds, while at the same time, he bore the 
 entire responsibility of the school, is worthy of note. He taught, 
 superintended the buildings which were in course of erection, provided 
 workmen and materials, attended to the clearing of the land and su- 
 pervised the household affairs. The burden of these labors and 
 
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 cares must have boon heavy for a young man not yet twenty-eiglit J 
 and yot, this with what Whitefield endured, shows us what trial, 
 discouragemeuts, and distresses were suffered for ancient IJcthesda. 
 
 Things finally grew more prosperous, the land together with the fine 
 stock, they were able to keep on hand, began to yield sufficient for 
 their support. The only difficulty was to obtain bricks to complete 
 the main building, to get workmen at moderate wages, and to secure 
 20od help in the house ; but these difficulties were finally all removed. 
 
 Mr. Habersham remained in charge of the institution until some- 
 time after his marriage. lie then went into business in Savannah, 
 and became one of the most prominent merchants in the place. 
 
 He was chosen to fill several responsible positions, and at the time 
 of his death, was acting Governor of the colony. 
 
 He continued contributing much by his counsel, influence and 
 means to advance the interest of Bethesda. When it was under the 
 patronage of Lady Huntingdon, we find that ■Mr. Habersham loaned 
 at times large sums of money to the Countess for the use of the in- 
 stitution. 
 
 Mr. Habersham was a man of rare talent and ability, and one needs 
 but to read his many deeply interesting letters to be persuaded of liis 
 fervent piety. 
 
 His love for Mr. Whitefield seems to have been "passing the love of 
 woman" — no expression of endearment seems to have been too strong, 
 too tender to lavish upon his friend — no labor, no suffering was too 
 hard to bear when demanded by Whitefield's welfare. And with a 
 still higher enthusiasm and devotion, he gave himself to the service 
 of his God. In his beautiful humility and unselfishness, thinking 
 only of doing good to others, he unconsciously won for his name a 
 prominent place among those of Oglethorpe, Whitefield and Lady 
 Huntingdon. 
 
ANNIVERSARY ADDRESS, 
 
 APRIL M, 1823, BY THE 
 
 HON. THOMAS U. P. CHARLTON. 
 
 Accustomed, as I am, to public debate, and, in some mea- 
 sure, to the feelings of self-possession so requisite to a proper 
 or impressive discharge of the duties expected from every one 
 in my present situation, — with all these supposed advantages, 
 I can with great sincerity, declare that on no similar occasion 
 did I rise to address an assembly, composed as this is, with 
 greater reluctance, or with more unaffected sensations of dif- 
 fidence. I say with reluctance, because my mind has ceased 
 to find any gratification in these presentations ; but the reluc- 
 tance has been greatly diminished by the considerations of the 
 respect and esteem I owe and feel to the medium through 
 which I have been solicited to address you, and that I am 
 permitted to do so in a temple dedicated to the Almighty, 
 whose portals are, or ever should be, opened to every voice 
 raised in commendation of good works, or the true spirit of 
 religious or civil liberty ; for, under our form of government, 
 the existence of the one must essentially depend upon the vig- 
 orous health of the other. He who denies the proposition, 
 may, in all charity, receive the appellation of Christian ; but 
 he rears a banner under which I, as one, would never consent 
 to enlist as a patriot citizen, 
 
 I rise, also, with unaffected sensations of diffidence ; and 
 my reasons will appear extremely obvious from the facts and 
 explanations I shall now afford. 
 
 Anterior to 1779, we know not what was the rule as to the 
 person who was expected to deliver an anniversary address, and 
 
from that year to 1804, the minutes of the society are equally 
 silent, for no person is designated as having performed that 
 duty. In 1804, the resolution was agreed to, that "at every 
 anniversary the President request some minister of the gospel 
 to preach a sermon." 
 
 In 1805, a sermon was preached by the Ecv. Mr. Clay ; in 
 1806, by Eev. Mr. Best ; in 1807, by Rev. Dr. Kollock; in 1808, 
 by Rev. Mr. Holcombe; in 1809, by Rev. Mr. Johnston; in 
 1813, by Rev. Mr. Johnston. 
 
 At the anniversary of 1814, the rule requiring a minister 
 of the gospel, was so far abrogated as to authorize the Presi- 
 dent to make his election between a minister of the gospel and 
 this society. 
 
 In 1817, a sermon, after an interval of four years, was 
 preached by the Rev. Mr. Cranston ; in 1818, by Rev. Dr. Kol- 
 lock ; in 1819, by Rev. Mr. Carpenter; in 1820, by Rev. Mr. 
 Carpenter ; in 1821, by Eev. Mr. Carr. 
 
 Thus it appears, from 1805, to 1822, the last anniversary, 
 a minister of the gospel has always been solicited to perform 
 the duty which now devolves upon me. I am the only one of 
 the laity, from 1804, or for aught that is recorded in your 
 minutes, from the organization of this society, in 1750, to the 
 present anniversary, who has been called upon to address you. 
 Is not this an appalling circumstance ? Is it in any way cal- 
 culated to inspire confidence into the feelings of any member 
 of this community upon whom the choice of the Union Soci- 
 ety might have fallen ? 
 
 iSiis and Qentlemen of the Union Society^ what expositions 
 or illustrations can ye expect from me ? What benefits can 
 be derived from my efforts as your orator on this day, when 
 the learning of a Clay and a Best are arrayed against me : 
 when fresh within your recollections is the unsophisticated 
 piety of such men as Holcombe, Johnston, Carpenter and Carr? 
 Only five years have rolled over, when, for the last time, the 
 Union Society was addressed by that highly gifted man, the 
 Eev. Dr. Kollock. Under any aspect we may consider him, 
 who can be more entitled to our respect, our love, our admira- 
 tion : our respect for his piety, our love for his benevolence, 
 our admiration for his great and splendid attainments ? Who- 
 
ever heard his eloquence, and caught not a spark from the 
 fire of his genius ? It seemed as if the lips of this christian 
 Isaiah had been touched by a coal from the altar ! And then, 
 you have heard (and only one year hath rolled over since you 
 heard him) the pious, meek, the classical and ]ihilanthropic, 
 Cranston: I say, with all the emphasis that can be thrown upou 
 the term— the philanthropic Walter Cranston ! I knew him 
 well ; and I belive that all the doctrines, as a minister of the 
 gospel, promulgated from this tribune of the church, were 
 felt by him in the true charity of primitive faith. His heart 
 and his hand were ever in unison with the heavenly annuncia- 
 tion : " Peace on earth, and good will towards all men." In- 
 deed, the practical operations of his benevolence evinced, to all 
 who knew him, that the last tear in the treasury of his feeling 
 soul, and the division of the last resource in the exchequer 
 of his temporal circumstances, were ever at the disposal of the 
 unhappy — the afflicted — the poor. 
 
 With such predecessors in this discharge of duty, there 
 is still a cheering consolation left me: that the subject on 
 which I have to address you is one which paralyses the attacks 
 of criticism ; and therefore, whether ill, or well, disposed of, 
 there can certainly be no feelings of acrimony or contempt 
 towards me, the object of this Society's selection. 
 
 The heart is only concerned in the topics of this day's dis- 
 cussion, and in appealing to that alone, though the pulsations 
 may be stronger in one bosom than another, yet bearing on 
 the same objects — the amelioration of the condition of dis- 
 tressed fellow-creatures— and for that purpose, the organization 
 of a society, almost coeval with the colonization of this State. 
 I say the throbbings and pulsations of every bosom in this 
 assembly must partake of the same character, and, thank God, 
 be divested of all those sectional and sectarian feelings which 
 would be more or less excited in the discussion of any other 
 subject— save that of chakity. Charity! it is a God-like at- 
 tribute, for Jesus wept! The eternal and incarnate Deity, by 
 His tears demonstrated, that commiseration for human suffer- 
 ings of body or of mind, has its source, in heaven. It is dem- 
 onstrated that, in the degree we promote the views of affec- 
 tionate charity, in that ratio we approximate to the image of 
 
Him who made us ; and do wc not imitate the all-glorious 
 example of Him who made us ? 
 
 How brilliant, how permanent, how lasting, is the fame, the 
 character, the reputation, of a benevolent man ! Contrast it 
 with the fame and character of a candidate for public distinc- 
 tions — for political honore. Whatever may be the object in the 
 vista of his ambition — a creed, official station — no matter 
 what the course may be through which he ma}'' seek to as- 
 cend, and firmly seat himself on the proud height of popular 
 gratitude, — the tempests through which his barque must strug- 
 gle; the machinations with which his strong or honest spirit 
 must contend ; the perversions to which his most righteous 
 motives may be subjected; the missiles thrown at him in every 
 step of his arduous progress, by the accursed hands of envy, 
 malice and jealousy; the uncertain t}'-, under such a combina- 
 tion of circumstances, of attaining to the object of his in- 
 tegrity or his ambition ; and, when attained, the lacerations, 
 anxieties and pains, through which he may have arrived at 
 the consummation of his wishes, more than counterbalance, in 
 the estimation of a moral mind, the honor or the dignity which 
 proclaims victory to his efforts. Should those efforts terminate 
 in disappointment, the incensed and goaded spirit rises up in 
 rebellion against the very doctrines and measures which, until 
 then, it had advocated with pious zeal ; and the alleged ingrat- 
 itude of the community is the poor, but natural, apology for 
 the acknowledged apostacy. That firmness of soul, that con- 
 viction of the purity of conduct and of action, which remains 
 unshaken amid all the vicissitudes of public life, which grap- 
 ples with its vexations, and preserves its equanimit}^, its forti- 
 tude, and, I may add, its orthodoxy, in every shifting scene of 
 prosperity or adversity, — how seldom is the whole found 
 among that horde of candidates soliciting distinction, and 
 striving, with martyr-like fervency, to catch the mantle of a 
 little brief authority, and thus to extricate themselves from the 
 common and vulgar ranks of the great mass of society. 
 
 If this picture affords any features that can be recognized, 
 the philosopher must look with jjity upon it, and every one 
 who views it critically, and in detail, must exclaim under the 
 influence of nature's emotions: "It is not to be envied." 
 
"With the benefits of m}?- experience, I know it is not. Hap- 
 piness is not necessarily, or, indeed, usually, associated with 
 the public honors most of us are so anxious to obtain ; for no 
 dignity emanating from human institutions can guarantee per- 
 manent fame, or even secure much more than those evanescent 
 plaudits which hail the first triumph of a favorite aspirant, 
 and then, in the next moment, to be shouted before the car of 
 some other who has rudely pushed this favorite from his scat 
 of honor. 
 
 Not so with the man whom Charity has recorded in the fair 
 pages of her volume! His fame will live in future ages, fresh 
 in the memory of millions, when the names of kings, emperors, 
 statesmen, and thousands who have had their public strut and 
 fleeting official consequence, shall have fallen into oblivion, or 
 only to be found in musty chronicles for the amusement of the 
 antiquarian ; Howard will be remembered in all ages, because 
 he was benevolent : they will be forgotten or contemned, be- 
 cause not a ray of redeeming charity has darted its light of 
 immortality through the gloom which hovers over their 
 vices and their follies. The man whom Charity has adopted 
 as her own, can feel none of those bitter sensations which agi- 
 tate the breast of the successful, or unsuccessful, candidate 
 for public honors. No retrospect can poison the possession of 
 his elevated rank in society: Ite has no injuries to repair in 
 ascending the ladder of popular applause; /^c never blasted, 
 by the operation of a malignant passion, the hopes and ])ros- 
 pects of a disinterested jiatriot ; he never knew, or practiced, 
 the subtleties of an intrigue Avhich dashed with gall the cup 
 of a virtuous citizen, because that citizen was an obstacle in 
 the path of his ambition; lie, in short, has no recollections to 
 agonize his heart or to disturb those placid and lasting enjoy- 
 ments, which spring, Minerva-like, armed, full grown and en- 
 lightened, from the head of Charity, He steps forward from 
 the ranks of his fellow-citizens, in the possession of the proud- 
 est gift a human being can aspire to — the love of his fellow- 
 man ; and we see his brow encircled with an honor the most 
 dazzling that a human being, accountable to bis Maker, can 
 wish for — a wreath woven by the hand of Charity. 
 
 Permit mo to illustrate this feeling of the heart by further 
 
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 contrasts. What is patriotism? In this free country the word 
 patriotism is identified with devotedness to civil Hberty, and 
 the rights of man. Not so, elsewhere. In other regions, patri- 
 otism is a devotedness to country, its institutions, and its sov- 
 ereign: that country may be Eussia — the institutions, absolute 
 power, Cossacks and the Greek Church — the sovereign an au- 
 tocrat; or it may be Austria — her stupid despotism, a bigoted 
 catholicity, and an emperor ; or it may be Turkey — there the 
 Koran, a harem, and the Grand Seignor; or Thibet — there, 
 idolatr}'', and the Grand Lama. Thus, a principle calculated 
 to grace the triumphs of a righteous cause when consecrated by 
 the voice of Liberty, is rendered an auxilliary, powerful and 
 irresistable, to the great destroying of man's glory, his rights 
 and his happiness. 
 
 What is heroism? In its legitimate import it is a fearless 
 defiance of all perils in the cause of virtue : it is a moral 
 Curtius, rushing to the gulph of destruction, and, b}' the self- 
 immolation, adding ten-fold vigour to some sacred principle. 
 But heroism may also mean a dauntless contempt of all perils in 
 any cause : it may be, in the cause of a tyrant, and the Decius 
 sacrifice intended to protract his existence and his dynasty, 
 when the lo Peans of Liberty would joyously hail the utter 
 extinction of both. 
 
 What is military glor}^ ? Legitimately, in this free country, 
 it is a chief, leading to victory the warriors of the republic 
 against foreign myrmidons, sent to destroy our lives, and to 
 subvert our institutions: it is that giorv which has been ac- 
 quired, and can only be acquired, under the Star-spangled 
 Banner, so long as the Lord of Hosts, of battles, and of free- 
 dom, permits it to waive over e'en the last bulwark of this 
 great federal democracy. But alas! it may mean the mere 
 glory of victory : the progress of an Attilia, whose track of 
 desolation is marked with the blood of God's creatures: or a 
 successful conspiracy of tactics, bravery and steel, against hu- 
 man liberty and independence. Its illustration may, perhaps, 
 be soon found in the march of holy and legitimate cohorts 
 against the nascent regeneration of the gallant Spaniards. 
 
 What is martyrdom? It is the death of Stephen. "He 
 kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice. Lord, lay not 
 
this sin to their charge. And when he said this, he fell 
 asleep." A soul thus taking its dcjoarture, with the aspirations 
 of forgiveness on its lips, is martyrdom. But how often has 
 the appellation been given to fanatical and Juggernaut sacri- 
 fices on the altars of absurd, metaphysical and impious tenets, 
 abhorred by true religion, and leading, without the mercy of 
 heaven, to that condemnation a misguided zeal had intended 
 to obviate ! 
 
 Thus, the noblest passions of our nature, calculated, in the 
 excellency of their original purity, to assimilate men to angels, 
 in their corruption and abuses, sink men to the level of de- 
 mons. 
 
 Is it so with Charity ? Does that feeling of the heart, upon 
 which the Almighty, himself, smiles with complacency, — is it 
 ever subject to mutations? Can the obliquities of education, 
 or the vacillating opinions of man, change one feature in its 
 heavenly aspect? 
 
 Ladies^ — I say its heavenly aspect, because it resembles 
 yours, in the full meridian of all your fascinating attractions. 
 The personification of this virtue is a female : a beautiful fe- 
 male, at that time of life which developed the ripened charms 
 of a Cornelia : and at that period when, asked by a belle of 
 Rome for a sight of her jewels, she presented her two sons — 
 and those sons the Gracchi as the richest casket that could be- 
 long to a matron of the lepublic. My jjortrait of Charity will 
 betray Cornelia's years. I cannot consent to have her too 
 young; for the exquisite tenderness and susceptibility of a 
 youthful female heart might be too lavish and indiscriminating 
 in the distribution of its bounties. Now, look at my heroine : 
 she is seated; in the back-ground, ye may see the halt, 
 the blind and the aged, who, by their positions and apparent 
 tranquility, seem to have forgotten their infirmity, under 
 the recent alleviations administered b}'" her hand. Nearer, 
 is a group of dejected widows: dejected because unfortunate; 
 but manifesting, in their looks, that Charity had wiped away 
 the bitterest tears of their affliction, and dispelled all their future 
 apprehensions of want and misery. Nearer still, some in her 
 very lap, others clinging to her bosom, and others at her feet, 
 with ruby lips, and eyes uplifted to her benignant countenance, 
 
seeming to wait with infantile anxiety for their turn of affec- 
 tionate caresses. These are fatherless children : the children 
 of that group of widows, to whom Charity now, with one of 
 those gracious smiles, such as ever plays around her balmy 
 lips when gently removing the icy pressure of poverty from 
 the heavinsc breast of some deserted and wretched creature : 
 with such a smile she now beckons to that group of widows, 
 inviting them to approach and partake, with her, of the joy, 
 the felicity, and cheerfulness of these their protected offspring. 
 
 This, ladies, is my portrait of Charity. I regret, for your 
 sakes, the pencil I have wielded had not been dipped in the 
 colors of an abler master ; but I have the vanity to believe 
 it has some striking features of resemblance ; and, at all events, 
 I have the consolation to know that it can, at any time, be 
 rendered more perfect, when one of you, as the representative 
 of my beauty, shall do me the honor of a sitting. I shall not 
 for a moment hesitate in the selection of an object. She may 
 be at times found among the members of the Female Asylum 
 — an institution where Charity delights to sojourn, and over 
 which she has shed some of her sweetest benedictions. 
 
 Gentlemen of the Union Society — to this queen of all our vir- 
 tues, you erected a temple, in the year 1750. The plan was 
 projected by some three or four persons, of as many different 
 religious persuasions, and it was baptized " Union," to desig- 
 nate the amalgamation of creeds, thus giving it existence. 
 The object of the society has ever been the maintenance and 
 education of distressed male ophan children. The proceeedings 
 of your society, the names of its officers, and all the other facts 
 connected with its rise and progress, from 1750 to 1779, are 
 lost. Among the outrages of the War of the Revolution, the 
 spoliation or destruction of your archives, between these pe- 
 riods, was one. The re-organization of your Society, in 1779, 
 is thus stated, in an extract from the minutes, dated 23d April, 
 1779, and is eminently interesting to us all: — 
 
 " By the unhappy fjite of war, the members of the Union 
 Society are some made captives, and others drove from the 
 State ; and by one of the rules of said Society it is ordered 
 and resolved, that so long as three members shall be together, 
 the Union Society shall exist : and there being now four mem- 
 
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 bers present, who being desirous as much as in them lies, not- 
 withstanding they are captives, to continue so hiudable an 
 institution, have come to the following Resolve, to wit: To 
 nominate and appoint officers for said Society for the ensuing 
 year, as near and as agreeable to the rules of the Society as 
 they can recollect, the rules being lost or mislaid." 
 
 The four persons present on that occasion were, Mordecai 
 Sheftall, Josiah Powell, John Martin and John Stirk; and 
 the following persons chosen officers for the year: Josiah 
 Powell, President; Mordecai Sheftall, Vice President; John 
 Martin, Secretary ; Matthew Roach, Levi Sheftall, Constables. 
 
 Thus, amid the perils of that tempest which threatened to 
 sweep before it the liberties of this extended republic, four 
 patriots, then in captivity for devotedness to that sun of free- 
 dom which now diffuses its beams of light and glory around 
 us, animating with warmth and vigor the breasts of millions of 
 exulting citizens, — at such an epoch, when most of the gentler 
 feelings were scared to their recesses, — under the recollection 
 of a rule, that when three of this Society shall have been gath- 
 ered together in the name of Charity, there would she be in the 
 midst of them, — under such circumstances did these captive 
 patriots re-organize your institution. Life was breathed into 
 it in the year 1750, eighteen years after the colonization of 
 this State, and twenty-six years before the declaration of inde- 
 pendence proclaimed it a republic. It owed its origin to a 
 feeling of benevolence which identifies all creeds and all per- 
 suasions; and which draws no line of demarcation between the 
 descendants of Abraham or the followers of Jesus. It views 
 man as a creature formed by the same Creator, destined to 
 travel through this vale of tears as a member of God's great 
 earthly family, and responsible to Him not for conscientious or 
 abstract differences of faith, but for that hard-heartedness which 
 expels from the human bosom the love of our neighbor and 
 of mankind. Systems of faith have no lineal or collateral 
 consanguinity with this feeling of benevolence ; for "Though 
 I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have 
 not Charity, I Km nothing." So says St. Paul, and so say we 
 all. Hence, this Society was called Union ; and Charity, who 
 stood near, heard the baptismal annunciation — shouted her ap- 
 
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 probation — and consecrated it with her choicest blessings. The 
 deep foundations on which 3'our edifice was built have with- 
 stood the peltings of the pittiless storms of seventy-three 
 years; and during that long period, evolving catastrophes and 
 events the most portentous in the annals of the world, the rains 
 have descended on it, the winds have beaten against it, and it 
 retains its primitive strength, because it was built on a rock of 
 Charity. This societ}- has remained unshaken, unassailed, b}'' 
 any commotions which have agitated the minds of men, or 
 distracted their systems of religion or of government. It has 
 kept on in that meek and humble course which is never im- 
 peded by the electrical shocks of the passions, and acquiring 
 strength in its progress, is still animated with the hope that it 
 may last as long as Charity is sufl'ered to manifest her good 
 w^orks under the fostering protection of American benevolence. 
 
 Gentlemen, in my special address to you, that the Charity 
 I have attributed to you "vaunteth not itself, is not puffed 
 up." I have, therefore, one or two facts in reserve, which 
 speak a volume of panegyric, and will silence me in reference 
 to our noble selves. 
 
 One hundred and twenty-nine children, since the revolution- 
 ary War, have been supported and educated on the bounty of 
 this Society. How many more from 1750 to 1779 we have 
 no records to inform us; but twenty, within that period is 
 something better than a hypothetical calculation. Thus, cer- 
 tainly, one hundred and twenty-nine orphans, and conjec- 
 turally, if you please, one hundred and forty-nine, have taken 
 their stations in society under the benevolent auspices of this 
 Society. 
 
 Felloiv-citizens^ — 'J'he Union Society hath given this number 
 of citizens to the republic, and sent them forth with minds 
 imbued with the JDrinciples of piety and the elements and ben- 
 efits of a practical education. The Union Society snatched 
 them from the thraldom of ignorance, and it saved them from 
 the temptations, the expedients and the crimes of poverty. 
 Where are the hearts that would not beat with sensations of 
 delight in the reflection that many, very many, of the objects 
 of tliis Society's charity are now eiijoying the honorable dis- 
 tinctions of upright, valuable and intelligent citizens, with per- 
 
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 haps numerous descendants around them taught to hail and 
 reverence the Union Society, as the benificent creator of the 
 noble and affecting spectacle. A Society thus distinguished 
 for its antiquity and good works is surely entitled not only to 
 the warmest tribute of your esteem, but to your warmest and 
 sincere patronage. Will ye not solicit membership? Be- 
 lieve me, it is no inconsiderable honor; for the roll before me 
 discloses the names of officers who have presided over the desti- 
 nies of the Society, whom patriotism, benevolence and wisdom 
 will always delight to honor. Some are patriots of the Revolu- 
 tion, and others their respectable descendants. To fill the sta- 
 tions such men have occupied cannot be an inferior object of 
 ambition to any virtuous citizen. Believe me, when I tell 
 you again, that perhaps one of the most tranquil consolations 
 you will have left when the spirit is about to take its leave for 
 "another and abetter world," on a voyage to that "house 
 not made with hands, eternal in the heavens," will be that 3^ou 
 have contributed to the exodus of these dear boys, or their 
 successors, from the bondage of ignorance and poverty, and 
 rendered them as you are, happy husbands — flithers — patriot 
 citizens. Looking down the vista, there is still a moi'e exhil- 
 erating prospect, and it is not beyond the wide circumferenci' 
 of contingencies : it is, that one of these boys, or their suc- 
 cessors, may take the helm of the republic, and in steering 
 the mighty and gallant ship through the ocean of civic virtue, 
 draw down upon the Palinurus, the homage of this country's 
 love — the admiration of the world. 
 
 In conclusion, accept my thanks, gentlemen, for the pa- 
 tience and kind attention bestowed upon my crude and, in 
 many particulars, unpremeditated remarks; and for this in- 
 dulgence and politeness, I tender you, also, and this audience, 
 the homage of my respectful salutations. 
 
AN ADDRESS 
 
 BKUVERED BEKOKE 
 
 THE uisrioisr society, 
 
 APRIL 2 3, 1834, 
 
 — HY — 
 
 COL. HOWELL COBB 
 
 Gentlemen of the Union Society: 
 
 Your kindness and partiality have imposed upon mo a duty 
 I feel wholly incompetent of performing ; but which I am 
 prompted to undertake from the relationship I bear you, and 
 from a knowledge, that however far below the expectation that 
 has been formed, I may fall, your known hospitality will be 
 ]'eady to excuse me. 
 
 I am aware that nothing but the novelty of being addressed 
 l)y 'A former beneficiary, has placed me before you; and I beg 
 vou to believe, that nothing but the knowledge of a heavy 
 debt of gratitude, has prompted me to the undertaking, and a 
 belief that it would be improper to refuse, at least, undertak- 
 ing, anything you might request. 
 
 AYe have not met for the purpose of commemorating any 
 blazoned event of history, aucient or modern ; or to admire, 
 as we detail, the achievements of some warrior ; nor yet to 
 offer, in sacrifice, adulation at the shrine of political ambition. 
 AVe have no such flmcifnl and superficial duty before us : ours 
 is a duty of a higher, deeper, nobler sort: it is to commemo- 
 rate an event fraught with henevolence and jyl'ilanthrojDy, which, 
 if it has no bright page of history to relate it, deserves, far 
 more, a place there than many of its recitals, which otherwise 
 would not be known to have had an existence. 
 
 There are periods in all human institutions, in the lives of 
 individuals, and the histories of societies, that seem naturally 
 calculated to invite retrospection. Embracing this, as that pe^ 
 
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 riod in your history, let me ask, what, eighty-four years agoj 
 formed your society, and during that extensive period, has 
 kept it together ? Our history, as a people, dates some of its 
 most important events during that time : indeed, from the sub- 
 jects of a crown we have become the citizens of a republic. 
 Since we have been citizens of that republic, the horizon of 
 our political atmosphere has, more than once, been darkened 
 by a gathering storm ; clouds highly charged with electricity^ 
 threatening every moment to disgorge themselves upon us; 
 thunderings moved the earth beneath us ; lightnings rent the 
 air around us; winds lent their strength and fury to the scene 
 to make it more terrific; the angry elements combined, seemed 
 to threaten a general devastation; amidst all this, like the 
 stately pedestal, around whose base the whirlwinds scowl in 
 rapid motion, you have remained steady and undisturbed. It 
 is quite natural to ask, why is this so ? Many associations have 
 been formed since ygurs, that seemed not to want zeal, enter- 
 prise or an object, but which have languished and become ex- 
 tinct, whilst yours gains strength by age, — becomes more and 
 more useful and better appreciated, as it is understood : the 
 answer to all this is found on understanding the cardinal virtue 
 that first associated you, and now keeps you together — Bexev- 
 OLENCE, the soul of your community ; like the principle of 
 gravitation, draws everything to the centre, however remote 
 it may be from it. 
 
 Benevolence first united you, has, so far, and I think always 
 will, keep you united. This virtue is practiced upon by you 
 in a manner entirely different from its usual exercise ; usuallv, 
 a recompense, a reward, some return or other is required or 
 expected; but you cannot require, cannot expect, and know 
 that you never null receive a return. "Who are the objects of 
 your anxiety, solicitude and care? Not the wealthy; not the 
 great; not the known. If it were so, perhaps a return might 
 be made you : the poor, ignorant, helpless, destitute, friendless 
 orphan boy, is him for whom you search, and whose wretch- 
 edness and destitution you relieve. I stand before this enlight- 
 ened assembly a witness, in your favor, of these truths. 
 
 This high virtue, as acted upon by you, presents more for 
 admiration than at first view appears : it sees further, examines 
 
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 closer, is more sensitive, untiring and sleepless in the pursuit 
 of the objects of your care, than in any other pursuit. Ordi- 
 narily, its office seems to be performed when it relieves upon 
 application; but with you the object is sought for, and its situa- 
 tion is such as almost to forbid the idea of success; yet, your 
 eftbrts are continued, and only abate after such a scrutiny as 
 denies the existence of that peculiar species of wretchedness 
 you relieve, within the scope of your operations. These are 
 not figurative or hyj)crbolical expressions; the}^ are not opin- 
 ions given, and sentiments uttered, to please and flatter on one 
 hand, or divert the attention on the other, — but established 
 truths, of which I speak from experience. With a full know- 
 ledge of that weight of obligation I am now and shall alwa3^s 
 remain under to you, there is no one, I am sure, in this con- 
 course that will forbid me the gratification of saying, I thank 
 you, kind gentlemen, for what I am. It will always afford me 
 the highest pleasure to say, that to your goodness to me, at an 
 unprotected time of life, I am indebted for any usefulness 
 I may be of amongst my fellow-men. 
 
 I should be an intruder upon your understanding if I were 
 to say, from a knowledge of the good you have done, go for- 
 ward ; that principle that impells you is entirely prospective, 
 and needs no such i-esort as an impetus to future action. You 
 ivill go forward ; you will search out other abandoned orphans; 
 you will continue to them your care, as you did to me, and are 
 now doing to those before me ; and 1 hope if any of them 
 should be called upon to perform the duty assigned me this 
 day, they may be able to acquit themselves better, and more 
 to your expectations. 
 
 If, in the fields of honor in which 1 have been permitted to 
 tread, I have been enabled to glean anything worth having, to 
 you, gentlemen of the Union Society, am I indebted for my 
 success, and to you do I most cheerfully offer it. 
 
 To you, my young friends, who are now the beneficiaries of 
 the Union Societ}'-, I conceive it a part of my task to address 
 a few words. The want of a fiither's care, perhaps, a mother's 
 too ; the want of other relatives, able and trilli))r/ to supply 
 your wants and relieve you from the distresses incident to your 
 situations, has thrown you upon the charity of a society; 
 
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 which society has kindly undertake.i, as far as it can, to supply 
 you. You should look upon the present, as it certainly is, the 
 most interesting period of your lives that has yet passed. Im- 
 prove every opportunity of benefiting ^^ourselves, that you 
 are favored with. Kemember tliat whatever is done for you, 
 is gratuitous ou the part oi' tlio donoi'. Whatever claims you 
 could have had upon a fother, death has deprived you of by a 
 removal of that parent. You are now indebted to strangers for 
 Avluitover care may be bestowed upon you. 
 
 There are three periods or points in your lives that are 
 fraught with more than ordinary interest, as at them you will, 
 probabl}^, form those connections that will mark your future 
 usefulness or worthlessness in society. The first of these is 
 the time at which you were taken into the care of the Union 
 Society ; had it not been for iti> vigilence, you would have re- 
 mained in that same forloi'u and destitute situation in which 
 it found j-ou. That period has passed, however, and I advise 
 you to remember, as connected tlierewith, what you are and 
 what you would have remained, had it not been for the volun- 
 tary act of the society. Your legitimate inheritance ajipeared 
 to be poverty and ignorance. 
 
 Placed as you now ai'e, under circumstances so much more 
 favorable, you should be extremely careful to appreciate pro- 
 perly the motives of your benefactors, and endeavor to gain 
 and secure their approbation. All that }'ou can expect is to 
 receive the rudiments of an English education ; this, however, 
 may be looked upon as the key of the mind that unlocks its 
 inner appartraents and developes its powers. Be attentive to 
 the studies assigned you ; be kind, conciliating and obedient 
 to those under whose immediate care you arc placed. 1 was 
 placed with ;in old lad}',* now no more, who made me obedi- 
 ent by her kindness. Her religious examples and admonitions, 
 received at the time of lif(j to which I now allude, made an 
 impression ou my mind which time cannot efface. She re- 
 quired it as a part of my duty to attend divine worship on the 
 sabbath ; this dut}', though at first irksome, afterwards became 
 plea.sant: 1 could not at first perceive mi/ interest in things that 
 appeared to be dressed in melancholy, which I took seriousness, 
 
 * Mr.s. .\ nu Christie. 
 3 
 
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 then to be ; but when I did discover my interest in these im- 
 portant matters, the object of the good old matron was no 
 longer a m^-stery. Tlie burning truths so fmely depicted, in 
 strains of the most fervid eloquence, as they were by him* 
 whose ministry I attended, fnstened upon m}- mind a charm 
 that now aifords me the most pleasant reflections. 
 
 The second period of 3'our simple history, that is of more 
 than ordinary importance, is that at which you will be ap- 
 prenticed out to learn some of the mechanic arts. Expect 
 nothing more than this. At the time of which I now speak, 
 many of those restraints that now surround you, will be re- 
 moved ; new associations will be formed ; other companions 
 sought for, and much will depend upon the choice you may 
 make. I was unfortunate in my selections ; and, although I 
 ultimately succeeded in dissolving them, yet I found it a task 
 verv nearly superior to my ability. In the community in which 
 you reside, you never will want for virtuous associates, if you 
 will have them. Let it be your constant object,, therefore, to 
 contract such friendships as will further you in the pursuit of 
 virtue. Do not put the less estimate upon yourselves, because of 
 the obscurity of your origin, or because of your being me- 
 chanics. We have no advantages of noble parentage in our 
 country, and all well regulated communities must have their 
 mechanics, 
 
 "Honor and wealth from no condition rise, 
 Act well your part, there all the honor lies." 
 
 One of our countrymen, whom the world honors, was, him- 
 selt, an obscure printer boy. To know that there once lived, 
 such persons as Caesar, Pompey and Hannibal, who made them- 
 selves distinguished by their feats in arms ; that Solon and 
 Lycurgus, were conspicuous as legislators ; that there was a 
 philosopher, though a pagan, renowned for his virtues, called 
 Socrates; that Alexander the Great, carried his arms further 
 in conquest, than any of his predecessors ; that Demosthenes 
 and Cicero, chained in rapture admiring crowds, at their ori- 
 torical displays, — we must resort to ancient history. To un- 
 derstand the harmony of the solar system ; that our globe is 
 ninety-five millions of miles from the sun ; that it revolves on 
 
 * Dr. Henry Kollock. 
 
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 its axis, from west to east, at the astouisliing rate of sixty-eight 
 thousand miles an iiour, performing, periodically, a revolution 
 round the sun, — we must consult the works of the learned. 
 The military captain, who proudly struts, lord of the tented 
 lield, has his deeds recorded in letters of blood and fields of 
 carnage ; these, as soon as the brief day of life is passed, arc 
 snatched from oblivion by the preservation of the record in the 
 libraries of the learned, which then become their depositories. 
 It is not so with our Franklin : his lame needs no book to 
 preserve it; no- trumpet to proclaim it; a diftcrent renown 
 is his. The learned and unlearned, of every age and country, 
 know and speak his praise, and it will remain imperishable 
 as long as the iron rod is a conductor of electricity. Our 
 countr3niian was not possessed of a mind distinguished foj- 
 one particular fliculty of greatness above another, but for 
 a. mind that grasped everything that presented itself to it, and 
 reduced all to a mathematical and systematic precision. AJl 
 of you may not be Franklins ; it does not require you should 
 be, to be useful citizens ; but with this illustrious example be- 
 fore you, say not that you cannot become distinguished. In 
 whatever avocation you may be employed, set, as a model, him 
 that has attained the most conspicuous height in it, and deter- 
 mine to place yourself by his side. Let no misfortune repulse, 
 or failure deter you from this accomplishment; let every fail- 
 ure be but the signal for renewed eflbrt. The pinnacle of 
 Fame is only reached in this way. Her front presents a preci- 
 pice but few attempt to scale, and is only scaled by untiring 
 exertion. .If you never accomplish this object, yet your 
 efforts will be well repaid ; for when the time of life arrives 
 at which your struggles end, you will be astonished to sec, that 
 without the focilities possessed by the rich, how far you have 
 outstripped many of them. Eemember, if you are not per- 
 mitted to drink at the fountain head, there are many impor- 
 tant points of the stream below, at which you may approach it. 
 The last period that I look upon, as containing interest and 
 danger, and which may properly be accounted the vestibule of 
 life, is that at which your apjirenticeship ends. You then with- 
 draw yourselves from the guardianship of the society, and take 
 your place amongst men. You will now find it necessary to have 
 
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 II closer watcli over your conduct, Ibr habits now formed, will 
 stick to )'ou during your whole lives. Search for associates 
 known for their virtues : be temperate and industrious ; be not 
 over-anxious to become conspicuous for anything but virtue ; 
 above all, do not form, too suddenly, connections with any po- 
 litical party. Look to the Constitution of your country, as the 
 great bulwark of its liberties, and do not place immutable reli- 
 ance in an;/ party leader, however vociferous of his tenets he 
 may be. These items of advice are given you with all the 
 sincerity that can actuate tli'- bosom of an elder brother. If 
 you observe and follow them, you will deserve and receive the 
 approbation of your b'nefactoi-s, whicli is the highest reward 
 you need want. If you, however, pursue a different course of 
 conduct, you will prove yourselves unworthy their esteem and 
 regard, and the sequel will show that you had better been left 
 to grovel where first they found you. 
 
 My task is now performed. I liave spoken of those gener- 
 ous sentiments and noble virtues that characterize the Union 
 Society, of the City of Savannah, and addressed some remarks 
 to its immediate beneficiaries. During the performance of that 
 duty, propriety required that nothing should be said calcula- 
 ted to divert the attention from the object then in view ; this 
 being over, I surely cannot be denied a moment's indulgence 
 in those reflections my present situation naturally inspires. 
 
 A return to your city, my fiiends. after an absence of seven- 
 teen years — the spot of my nativity, and where was spent my 
 juvenile days — is calculated to awaken and revive the recol- 
 lection of events over whicli time and distance had drawn an 
 oblivion. Every step that I take, every object I see, every 
 movement I make, arouses the recollection of some event of 
 by-gone days, all serving to convince me that amongst you is 
 located the remembrance of scenes that must always remain 
 dear to my heart. In looking about me, I see the counte- 
 nances of many that are familiar; on enquiry for others, I am 
 answered, "they arc dead." I go around and tlirough your 
 city, visit its pubhc works and improvements, and in all, find 
 much for gratification and instruction. Lastly, 1 visit your 
 Cemetery. O ! it would be sacrilege to omit that ; those I 
 miss amongst the living, an inscription tells me are deposited 
 
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 there. That consecrated spot contains those, the recollection 
 of whom, is dear to me; an affectionate and indulgent mother, 
 of whom death robbed me at the early age of five years, a 
 brother and a sister sleep there. These reflections^ luith their 
 concomitants, spring up in the mind, strike along every cord of the 
 heart, rush to its centre and fill it with emotions that are only ex- 
 pressed in tears. 
 
AN OllATION 
 
 DELIVERED HEFOKK 
 
 THE UNI ON SOCIETY, 
 
 APRIL 2 3, 18 35, 
 
 — BY — 
 
 HON. ROBERT M. CHARLTON. 
 
 Almost a century hath passed away, since the foundations 
 of the Society, whose Anniversary we have met this day to 
 celebrate, were first established. Since then, the ever chang- 
 ing tide of time hath rolled onwards, bearing with it jmaist, 
 and the proud monuments of his grandeur. Nations have 
 flourished and decayed ; kings have ascended their thrones 
 of greatness, and descended from them to their Graves. War 
 hath slain its millions, and Pestilence, its tens of millions; and 
 yet, amid all these convulsions of art and nature, our humble 
 and obscure Societ}^ hath continued to flourish, undiminished 
 in its numbers, and undying in its enthusiasm. 
 
 In turning our attention back to the time when this Associ- 
 ation was first instituted, feelings both of pleasure and mel- 
 ancholy will intrude themselves upon our minds. When we 
 find individuals stepping aside from the busy scenes of life, 
 casting away the trammels of self-interest, and devoting them- 
 selves to the promulgation of a secret and yet wide spread be- 
 nevolence, it speaks volumes in behalf of the doctrine that 
 there is an innate principle of charity in the human heart, wliich 
 though it ma}^ be. hidden by the clouds of passion or of interest, 
 does exist, and will continue to dwell there, coeval with man's 
 existence. And yet, when we recall to our recollection, that 
 the hearts that nourished and carried into effect the principles 
 of this Society ; that the donor and the recipient ; that those 
 
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 wlio gave, and they who received, have all, all fallen beneath 
 the sti'oke of time, and have co-mingled with their native dust, 
 the shadow of melanchol}^ casts its darkness around our hearts 
 like the cloud across the summer sun, biddino- us remember 
 that the hour will quickly come, when we too, must leave this 
 ever changing and inconstant life, " be laid with our fathers, 
 and see corruption." 
 
 " For come he slow, or come he (;ist, 
 It is but death, that comes at last." 
 
 " All that is bright, must fade. 
 
 The brightest, still the fleetest ; 
 All that was sweet, was made, 
 
 But to be lost, when sweetest. 
 Stars that shine and fall, 
 
 The flower that droops in springing, 
 These, alas, are types of all 
 
 To which our hearts are clinging." 
 
 But even this is not without its moral. When we behold 
 the loftiest genius, the wealthiest individual, the brightest form 
 of beauty, changed in an instant into a cold, inanimate, loath- 
 some mass of corruption, it teaches our hearts to expand to- 
 wards the afflictions of others, and to provide an asylum for 
 those, to whom our affections yearn, and upon wliom our 
 hopes are concentrated ; who, though now radiant in beauty, 
 happy in the sports of childhood, and bright in the sunshine of 
 their parents' affections, — to-morrow may be the houseless 
 children of want, with affliction for their only parent, and pov- 
 erty for their only inheritance. 
 
 Of all the afflicting and isolated situations in which it 
 pleases God to cast the lot of feeble man, there is none more 
 heart rending and desolate, than that of the OrpJian. The 
 hapless Wkloic^ whose beloved partner has been torn away by 
 the cruel hand of death, whoso hopes are desecrated, and 
 whose affections blighted by the blow, ma}^, when the healing 
 balsam of time hath been poured upon her wounds, and the 
 angel of consolation whispered kindly unto her, find refuo-e 
 from the coldness of the world, and the heaviness of anxious 
 sorrow, in the aifections of another heart; and the broken and 
 withered blossom may again flourish in beauty and cheerful- 
 
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 ness. The 2'Kirent^ the child of whose heart hath fallen a victim 
 to life's eternal foe, just as the morn, whose dawning gave glo- 
 ri(nis promise, was bursting into the resplendent glory of the 
 noon day, may mourn in bitterness of heart and weariness of 
 spirit; but even he may gather hope, when he sees other joys 
 springing around him, and learn to tear his affections from the 
 dear departed one, to those who have come after him. Alas, 
 to whom shall the Orphan turn — to whom shall he look for 
 kindness and consolation? Shall time, that buries all other 
 sorrows, bear with it, also his? Shall he find in another bosom, 
 the ardent attachment, the overflowing affection, the ever 
 ready succor that he has been accustomed to ? Is there one, 
 w^ho lingers upon his steps, who gladdens at his smile, who 
 sorrows at his tears, who cleaves unto him in darkness and 
 brightness, in pain and pleasure, amid the smiles of joy and 
 the bitter pangs of loathsome sickness ? Alas, there is not 
 one! The flower may wither and j^et bud again; the stream 
 may dry up, beneath the burning fervor of the summer sun, 
 and yet again sparkle and bubble under its milder influence; 
 the brightness of the day may fade beneath the darkness of the 
 night, but the darkness shall again flee at the dawning of the 
 morrow; but the flower of hope is withered and forever, the 
 stream of joy exhausted and vanished, and the day of pleas- 
 ure lost in the eternal night of misery, to hhn whose parents 
 have passed away from this scene of life, leaving him without 
 a home or refuge. Aye, but there is a refuge, a shelter where 
 pain and misery may not enter, a haven where Poverty with 
 its thousand ills, and Oppression with his iron heel, dare not 
 intrude, — the home of the weary and the broken hearted, the 
 bruised and blighted spirit — the grave! 
 
 Of all the virtues of the human character, there is none 
 more exalted and noble than that of Charity. The man whose 
 feelings are alive to the sufferings and misfortunes of his fel- 
 low beings, whoso heart is ready with its sympathy, and 
 whose hand prepared with its succor, has a redeeming spirit 
 within him, w^hose influence will purify his soul from the 
 errings incident to human frailty, and the vices natural to 
 mortal depravity. It is the filtering stone of all the imper- 
 fections of our nature, which suffers all the purer principles to 
 
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 pass onwards with the current of our ]ife, but throws back tlie 
 grosser and more selfish passions; and he that possesses the 
 true spirit of genuine charity, though he may have wandered 
 aye, fled from the straight path of strict morality, is not. and 
 cannot be, the irreclaimable, lost and forsaken being, spoken of 
 in the Holy Scriptures. He is still thousands of moral miles 
 ahead of the being whom it would be sacrilege to call a man, 
 and flattery to designate as a brute ; whose whole existence,' 
 from the helplessness of infimcy to the feeble tottering of dc- 
 crepid age, from the cradle to the sepulchre, has been past 
 without the olfering of a single sympathy, or the boon of a 
 single comfort towards his fellow travelers on the road to death. 
 What though he may have worshiped no false Gods, committed 
 no murder, borne no false witness against his neighbor, nor ta- 
 ken from him that which belonged to him; stilfhc hath neg- 
 lected those duties imposed upon him alike by the precepts of 
 holy writ and the principles of morality. I am speaking of the 
 true spirit of genuine Charity: that which iinds its way into 
 the chamber of the dead and dying— which lurks amid the 
 by-ways of existence— which comes amid the watches of the 
 night and under the veil of darkness— which letteth not the 
 left hand know what the right hand doeth— which " does good 
 by stealth and sighs to find it fame;" not that illegitimate 
 and purse-proud spirit, which is to be found vaunting itself in 
 the high ways and most frequented places in the noon-tide, 
 with the trumpet of ostentation sounding its approach, and the 
 criers on the house-tops proclaiming, " Look, he giveth !'— it 
 IS the secret, hidden gift— the kind and parental offering— the 
 fostering and unpretending affection ; these are the attributes 
 of that virtue, which is first on the list of human perfections. 
 Pardon me for saying, that of this character is the Society of 
 which we are members. The fatherless child, who enters the 
 threshold of our Association, and who learns within its portals 
 to forget his afflictions and to look onwards to brighter days 
 and better circumstances; who is reared up in the path of 
 virtue, honor and integrity, goes forth amid the busy ranks of 
 men and pursues his course of usefulness and prosperity with 
 no blush of shame upon his check, no bitter reproach upon his 
 feelings: and when he truns to bless the Institution that has 
 thus reared and protected him, that has administered to liis 
 
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 sufferings and to his necessities and carried bini through the 
 bitter trials of helpless oiphanage, he seeks in vain to bestow 
 that benediction upon any particular individual ; he knows 
 not the hands that have thus succored him, the hearts that 
 have thus felt for him ; he only knows that from the kindness 
 of those who constitute the Association, he has received those 
 blessings ; but a veil of impenetrable darkness covers all things 
 else from his observance. 
 
 My 3'oung friends, upon whose path affliction hath too 
 quickly cast its shadow, whom the evils and sorrows of life 
 have already encompassed — it is to 3''0U that I must now ad- 
 dress myself True it is, that the morning of life, which to 
 others hath been bright and beautiful, to you hath come clouded 
 with storms and darkened by sorrows and afflictions. True it is, 
 that he whom God sent to nourish and protect you, hath been 
 stricken by the hand of death, ere yet the task of duty and 
 affection had scarce commenced, and the bosom that nourished 
 and the heart that cherished 3''ou are withering amid the silence 
 of the tomb. Too soon have the endearing smiles of a mother 
 ceased to animate and inspire you ; too quickly has the care 
 and protection of a father been removed from you forever ; 
 but be 3'c not dispirited; think not that God, your maker hath 
 deserted you; believe not that you have been selected as the 
 victims of careand anguish, whilst others are revelling in the 
 sports of childhood and in the sunshine of joy and happiness ; 
 do not thus upbraid your Creator ; rather lift your voices in 
 praise and thanksgiving to Him, that when the hour of your 
 affliption came ; when all those who were knit to you by the 
 bonds of nature had been snatched away from you, and 
 your young hearts quailed beneath the shock; when poverty 
 was casting its blight around you, and the snares of danger 
 and of vice, were fast compasing your souls, tlien^ even then^ 
 wiien the prospect seemed most gloomy, the danger most ter- 
 rible, He raised around you friends, kind, generous, aftectionate 
 friends, who snatched you from the evils that surrounded you ; 
 and whilst they gave sustenance to your bodies, also bestowed 
 that education and instruction, ncecessary to sustain you 
 through life, in honor and usefulness. Banish from your 
 hearts, then, the idea that you have been the selected victims 
 of misfortune. Alas, my young friends ! you know not what 
 
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 life is. If 3'ou imagine that it is ever unsullied by cares or 
 sorrows, look around you : look out- upon the world, and tell 
 me, is there one amongst the countless millions that exist 
 there, whose heart hath never sickened at the approach of 
 anguish? Why doth the form of beauty droop; the smile of 
 loveliness vanish; the warrior's spirit quail? Why doth he — 
 the calm, the quiet philosopher — who has abandoned all the 
 idle pleasures of the world in the pursuit of wisdom, now de- 
 sert, in its turn, the page of learning, and sit with downcast look 
 and tearful eyes? Why : because tlic hand of sorrow hath grasped 
 them ; because the rod of aflliction hath stricken them, and 
 the shadows incident to human existence have compassed them 
 around. And is it indeed true : can nothing arrest the progress 
 of that tyrant, whose coming spreads desolation around him ? 
 Do the brightest hours of pleasure, the loftiest walks of genius, 
 lead but to the grave? Let the habiliments of woe that meet 
 your gaze wheresoever 3'ou turn, and the monuments of sor- 
 row which each moment is erecting around you, whilst they 
 answer the enquiry, also instruct and purify your minds. 
 
 But do not misunderstand me. I do not come here to 
 dispirit and dishearten you. Nay ; it is my duty to encourage 
 your hopes, and to inspire you with new desires and feelings. 
 It is too true that the path of life is often a rugged and a dan- 
 gerous one; and that each traveler upon it must encounter 
 privations and difficulties. But is it not so always? It has 
 its sunshine as well as its storm: its pleasures, as well as its 
 sorrows ; and he that progresses onwards with a determina- 
 tion to discharge his duty to God and man, will always be en- 
 titled to his own respect, and the honor of his associates. Be 
 it your task to walk thus fearlessl3^ Remember that in this 
 free and happy country, there is no post of honor, no station 
 of usefulness, no rank in society, to which the humblest indi- 
 vidual, possessing the proper requisites, may not aspire ! You 
 cannot have forgotten a shining example that has been but 
 recently held up before 3^ou ; and whilst it proves that honor 
 and esteem ever await the exertions of talent and virtue, it 
 should inspire you to fresh trials and renewed efforts. Now, 
 then, whilst your hearts are yet untrammelled by the tempta- 
 tions of vice and pleasure : whilst kind friends and competent 
 instructors are yet surrounding and ministering to you, you 
 
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 should endeavor to improve your mindsand your dispositions ; 
 so that, when a few brief 3'ear3 shall have passed away, you 
 niav enter upon the bus\' scenes of life, armed with virtue, 
 courage and intelligence, to combat against the attacks of vice 
 and sorrow. Prepare 3'ourselves for the encounter ; and may 
 the God of the afflicted and the desolate, of the fiitherless and 
 the widow, bring you safel}^ through the temptations of this 
 world, to that eternal home, " where the wicked cease from 
 troubling, and the weary are at rest." 
 
 Gentlemen of the Society: much has been done in the cause 
 in which we are engaged, but more remains to be done. The 
 husbandmen have sown the seed, but the}' may not yet rest 
 from their labors. It has been said, that there is no stationary 
 existence, that all things must either advance or retrograde, 
 that they must either progress, acquiring strength, beauty and 
 vigor, or they must recede into darkness, destruction and de- 
 cay. If the principle be a general one, our Societ}^ cannot 
 hope for an exemption from its application. The question 
 then is, shall we advance in the great and glorious cause of 
 Charity, or shall we abandon it now and forever? Shall we 
 go on, diffusing benevolence, aiding the distressed, shedding 
 light unto those around whom the darkness of ignorance and 
 misery is fast gathering, or shall we recede to the haunts of 
 selfishness and apathy, leaving vice, ignorance and immorality, 
 united together in an unholy alliance, to blight and wither the 
 intellect and enervate and destroj- the body? 'This is the 
 question : will not your hearts answer it for me ? Let each of 
 us then arouse our faculties, and increase our exertions ; let no 
 man believe that his efforts will be unavailing, " every atom 
 has its shadow," and the tallest mountains are formed from al- 
 most invisible particles of matter. And then when we have 
 done this, and the irrevocable fiat hath gone forth, and the 
 angel of death comes to summon us before that judge who 
 kno'Nveth every secret of our hearts, and hath recorded every 
 vice and virtue of our nature: at that dread time, when the 
 soul looks back with fear and sorrow, through the long vista of 
 years, and marks the various and manifold transgressions it has 
 committed, and the hours it has wasted and misapplied — one 
 ray of light will, at least, break in upon that moment of dark- 
 ness ; one consolation shed its balmy influence upon the trem- 
 bling and departing spirit : the consolation that amid all its 
 errors, it has never turned away from the supplications of the 
 weary and heavy laden; and that it has welcomed, with out- 
 stretched arms and ready succor, those upon whom the clouds 
 of affliction had cast their deepest shadow, and their darkest 
 influence. What prouder name would ye leave as an inheri- 
 tance to your children ? What nobler epitaph could ye have 
 inscribed upon your monuments? 
 
Date D"' 
 
362.73 U58M 
 
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