The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-02-10

mined that the Manor OF Brafferton. subisct (,
tho ninety ponnds year, should be ccnveyedf {,
the mayor, coumonalty, and citiEess Of L3pdol
upon trust that the rents and prt iits thereo
should be laid out for the adsaucement Of th,
christian religion in Virginia. as the Earl Of Bar
iiBgton and the Bishop Of London might direct
But there being delays i1 the said purchase. some
time ia Trinisy ierIa, A. D. 1895, Sir Thomas
Trevor, Attorney General ct His Majesty, Dam,
| Elizabeth GerTard aud Thomas Ovens, exeouiori
"of Sir Samuel Gerrsra.' exhibited their bill Ii
tae high court OF chancsry against the executor
OF the Hon. Robert Boy lie. Esq. praying that tbs
| de 'endants might be decreed TO pay the purchase
money. The Attorney General, In the same
| court, prayed that the defendants mi.hs go OF
| with the purchase, and be decreed ITO settle
tho ronss thereof on such pi0ns uses wers
agreed upon" WhsIsupon, aud upon the dc
bato OF ths matters, and hearing what val
| alleged on either side, the court thought fit
npon the frst day Of August, 1905, to decree
that the defendants should proceed on the SAID
| purchases" and that the will OF the testator
| shonid be executed. In pursuance to this dscree
| TIE Earl OF Huntington. and Henry. Lord Bishop
OF London, agreed under their hands aud seals Oh
the 2lst day OF December, 1897, to bsstow ths
| ehaffy IN virginia, arrangiG2 that the annual
rents, subject TO the ninety ,,ounds given to New
England, should be psid 10 the presidsat aud Pro
| tessors Of "the College OF William end Msry ia
Virginia, for the purpose Of maintaining and ed
ueating Indian scholars And thss the name ot
the beuefactor might no. be forgotten, it was d.
| rected that the donation shouid be called "Ths
Charity gf the Hon. Root. Bsyie Esq Of the ciiy OF
| London, deceased" On the 9rh day of June, 1895
upon the petition Of the defendants, the Right
| lion. John Lord Somers. Baron of Eversham, Lord
| High Cancelor OF England. ratified their action l.
one thousand pounds granted by act of assembly 10
10 the ourfh year 1.-THE reign of His Majesty King
| george, the First 'f1r the aiutaining aud edu.
eating of scholars" at the College of William and
Mary in Virginia. In compliance with provision
| OF this act, one hundred and fifty pounds we're
| paid for two thousand one hundred and nineteen
| acres Of land lying both sides of ..Nottov.v
| River" in the counties of Prince George, Surry
| and Brunswick, and fsur hundred aud sevent y.
| ak pounds four shiliBgs, were paid for sersn-
| teen negro stoces ITO be employ ed 10 tiling aud
| maDuriug the said lands" The balance Of the
money was "piaced cut at interest" This esta 9
| Is referred 10 in the following extracts nm the
proceedings OF the Faculty. January e5sh, l742
! Upon complaint of two negroes runaway fsom
| "Notto"ay,' the meeting have desired Mr.. Thos
| Dawson and John Greene aud they have agreed
tu go to visi: tho Plantation, to enquire into thu
matters Of tact. aud TO eDdeavor t. put things 20
| rights. Dec. Z9th, l1s7 Resolved that two negro
fellows and boy be ordered down from "Notis.
way quarter, to 50 pply the place of hirelipys 4,
| the College. Resolved that Mr. john Carter
Burser, be appointed to manags the sale Of the
'Eottoway" estate, and that he be allowed one per
| cert. commission on the amount there Of and bis
| travelling expenses, "a duty laid on liouors nv
| the House Of Burgesses in i726 to be ami ID ,o
| the current expenses of the College and for
| Funding scho'arships,-aGd O donation ef one
hundred and fifty pounds rom Col. Ed ward Hill,
| of Charles City County. for the same pur poss In
l?l, Mrs Philarity Giles, of Isle of Wight left in
| her WILL her reversionary interest in from thres
| 70 four hundred acres of land on the Biackwa,er
in the same county, to the "Roysl College Of Viii,
\ liam aud Mary
| The annual value of all the dutiea lrid for the
bensf. OF the College before the Rsyolotiou. was
about twenty three hundred pounds.
The trustees, before the act OF transfer, ss the
Charter dire cts, filled the vacancies iu their body
L 1T n Snd 6.Af nr val ID
| composed OF, James Blair Rector; Hon. William
| Guocb, Esq Lieutenant g. vernon of the COLONY
| Robert Carter, of Lancaster; William Byrd. u
Charles Cry; Mann Page, Of Giouct stei; Cole
| Diggs, Of york; Peter Beverly, Of Gloucester
john Robinson, Of SpottsylvaDia; John Carter. o.
| Charles City, John Grymes, Of Middesey, auc
| William Randolph, of Henrico Members Of Hi.
Msiesty's Council in the Colony: Emanuel Jones
# The Parish of Pitsworth, Gloucester: Rartboto
| new Yates. of the Psrsh OF Christ's Church
iiddles,x: John Skaife, of the Parish of Strstiou
| Major. in King and Queen, clers ard Wm. Cole
Esq OF the county of Warwick.
| TIE Transfer WAS signed by James Blair ant
STEPHEN Eobace, the only surviving members @
| the original Board of Trustees.
In 1850 agrant was made to the College BY tht
House Of BarSesses of the proceeds of the tax on
pedders.
Hsfore the Revolution the following donation,
we're made IT, the College, ''for foundations OF
scholsrships' Robert Carter. of Co ro tomap fift,
pounds, Mrs. Bray, widow Of Capt. Thos Bray
If New Kent, two hundred pounds; Mrs. Eliza,
beth Harrison, of surrey, three u undred ponnds
tho Rev. James Blair, five hundred pounds; Philir
Lgbtfooe, Esg, Of Sandy Point, i've HUNDRED
pouods. A giiG cup WAS presented TO the College
by Lady Gooch, Of England. The Earl of Bur.
;iugtou presented u portrait of his brother. tbe
Hon. Robert Boyle. 1t now hangs in the biue
| room Of the Coilege along with several other in
teresting portraits.
DR.. James Blair, native Of Scotland and ar
Episcopal CLERGY man. was the first President q
G.,I
che charter. At the instance of the Bisbop a
london he came as a missionary to Virginia in
1855. He was appointed Commissary, or Repre-.
sen atiye Of the Bl.hcp in the Colony, in 1854 lie
revived the project Ct establishing College in
Virginia. entertained in 1919. bus defeated tv the
Indian massacre in 1922. With justice he NAV be
considered the father of William and siary Coz.
iege; for his exertions both in this country aBd
IN EngIeud, Contributed greatly TO the success Of
the enterp, rise. He died in l743, after having
filled the flee Vt President of the College for hall
| u century.
The blowing extracts from the proceedings OF
| the Faculty, shed light upon the history of the
College before the Revolutionary War.
'Juue Is, l732.-The College Chare el was opened.
Mr. President Che Rev. MIR. Blair preached on
Proverbs, xxi 8.
"Ju!y Sl-s, 1732-The foundation of the presi.
dent's house at the College wss laid. The Presi.
dent, Mr. Das SOD, Dir. Fry, Mr.. Stith (aferwards
| the historian), aad Mr. Fox, laying the st Eve
bricks in order, one after another.
"WLLIaasBuss. Aug. 10th, 1882.
'-Instrretious from the President aud Masters OF
William aud Mary College, in Virginia, to job u
Randolph, Esq, low bouud for Euglaud.
81. That yvu would represent to the Lords OF
the Treasury and the Commissioners of his Msjes.
| ty's customs, that the revenue of ths penny per
| pound upon Tobacco exported from virg giria and
Marytaud 10 the other Plantations. witch their
| late Majes;ies, King William aud Queen Mary
gave f.r the SO. port of the said College in the
year 1892 TO- IL now very much sunk, and yields
not above half of what it yielded at that time
/ which sioEing OF the said revenue We impute L.
l ths following causes:
| "The ,ficers iu The three lower c. untiss ci
| Pennsylvania and the officers 10 North Carolina
employed la collecting the said cuty, as ws are
,nfo med, instead Of exactipg this said penny ia
| COED money, the act Of Parliament directs. lei
.he exporters assessed for payiu the penny {pe,
| 10 the currency Of those counterys, w6ich la
North Carolina IL little above quarter part, and
l ia Pennsylvania not above one half, of what ID
payed in Virginia. which occasions u greater ex-
port from those places, aud less from Virginia end
1 Maryland.
| "Whereas, in Virginia there was formerly an
officer allowed and maintained in Elizabeth River
frsh which is the greatest part CT tho exporration
of tobacees from this country to the Plantations
| aud likewise u sesrcher at the pert of Han mp on
who had authority to examine and search ali YES
| ses boubd to the plantaaJns, and these two ofi-
GERS are either sunk or (which Is all one ~ to the
use of tsemj the Offices given to men that live
out OF their country, and so never reside as d.
| their dnty, which hes cccasioned vast frauds In
that trade. that they cairy out tobaccos Ia bar.
reis. entered as beef or pork, or concealed under
| corp, and hogsheads Of totaccos at weights much
| less than they really weigh.
Another great obstruction OF that trade is thai
nost OF these who follow il trade IN ANAL W sse
IN which the chief If their lsciug Is wheat, or In
dian corn, or beef pork, pips,stases to which
they could safely atd two or three hogsheads or
| few barrels OF Tobacco But as g. this case O.
Fobaccos, the difficulty upon them is that this ac
| OF Parliament requires bond With security mon
| 20 less penalty tbal aihoussnd pous sds sterling
| that they shall land the came 10 England or on.
OF the Engtish p.anta.ilns aad being perhaps ut
| ter sliangers, or persons In low ci cnmstsnc
| can nnd no bondsmen that viii undsrtaks IL,
| such high sunms. aud so are obliged 10 let the
exportaiions OF Tobacco alone, OF ran Il without
paying any duty.
| And the New England men are SO bold Ia theil
| rans2ressions II the ses Of trade land are ems.