The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1821-12-05
from tie .NsW- BrHnssciek Ttmes.T
WILL OF THE
Hon. ELIAS BOUDLNOT. IL. D.

large proportion of his estate TO re-
ligious and charitable uses ). and as it
must be acceptable to all, and particu-
larly advantageous to those concerned,
to be correctly informed on this subject,
the following summary has been obtain
ed, and may be relied on as authentick.
The Testator gives
/. The sum of 900, to be dstribut-
ed by his daughter, among, ten poor
widows.
9. He gives bis daughter Is shares
in the Aqueduct Company of Burlington,
the yearly produce of which, she is to
distribute among :: the Friendly Soci-
ETY. of 'farnales in Burlington"
3. He gives $500. TO the New-Jer-
sey Bible Society, to be laid'out in spec
tacles, for the use of INDECENT old per-
sons, to enable, them to read the scrip
lures.
A. A devise of 1000 acres of land,
in the county of Warren, and State of
Pennsylvania, to s the Society estab-
lisheai in the State of Newly ork, for
ameliorating the condition of the Jews"
under certain conditions, for the pur-
pose of supplying Jewish settlers with
farms of fifty acres each, or at the OPP
ton of the said Society, the sum of
$1,000, within two years.
5. The sum of S 1900 is given to
the United Brethren of Moravians, at
Bethlehem, to enable them to ciyilize
and gospelize the Indians.
6. To The. Magdalen Societies of
New-York and Philadelphia, and to
8 the Institution at Cornwall, in Con-
necticut, for educating the heathen,n
respectively the sum of. S 500,
Z. To the Trustees of the General
Assembly of the Presbyterian Church,
three houses in, the city of Philadelphia,
the rents of; which. are to be laid out in
the purchase of books for Pastors of
Congregations first years rent 10
be divided equally between the Pres
byterian Church at Elizabethtown, NJ.
and the Episcopal Church at Burling-
ton,
8. The testator's library is left. az
ter his daughters death. to the Theo-
logical Seminary, at Princeton, N. j.,
g.. 4,080 acres of land, in Luzerne
County, Pennsylvania, to the General
Assembly of the Presbyterian Church,
the proceeds of which to be appropriate
ed to the education Of such Students of
divinity in the Theological Seminary
at Prineeton.. as. are not able to sup
port themselves-each Student not 70
receive more than S200-annually.
10. 1000. acres. of land in the.
same County, to the Trustees of the
College of New-Jersey-fromathe prof
its of which, are to be appropriated
8 1 900 in the first instance, for the i'm
provement off the Cabinet of Natural
History, aud the residue forvthe estab-
.lishment of fellowships in said College,
SO that no incumbent, howeve3 be al
lowed more than s $50 per annum.
IL. 4,542 acres of land, in Lycom-
ing County, Pennsylvania, to the Amer
lean Board of Commissioners, for for
eign missions, in Mass. for the purpose
of sending the gospel TO the heather,
and particularly to the Indians of this
continent.
12. 3.270 acres of land in the Coun-
ty of Bradford, and State of Pennsylva-
MIA, to the managers Of the hospital
in Philadelphia, for the use of poor and
destitute foreigners, and persons from
other States than Pennsylvania, to ena-
Bile them, TO gain admittance, when
necessary, into this Institution.
49,. To Messrs. Matthew Clarkson,
Wm.- w. Wousley,, Samuel Boyd, and
John, Pintard, Of New-York, in trust
for the .A5nericcn Bible Society,". 4,58a
acres of land, in the county of Northum-
berland,, and State of Pennsylvania, the
profits of which are to be applied to
the general purposes of the Institution,
but especially to.sending the gospel to,
the heather.
IA. To the Mayor-and Corporation
of Philadelphia, $4,000, acres of land,
in Centre County, Pennsylvania, for
the purpose of forming a fund for sup
plying the poor of that city with wood
on the lowest terms.-From this fund a
medal worth SO, is to be given to any
person. who will undertake the pur-
chase and distribution Of the wood
gratuitously.
Is. The sum of S 5;ooo,to the, Gen
eral Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church. one half Of the Interest," Of