Vestry,) paid to Mr. Reade the sum of two hundred pounds for the use of the Charity School, to be disposed of and applyed as is directed by the said will.

Mr. Reade acquainted the Vestry, that Mr. Debrosses, executor of the last will and Testament of Mrs. Frances Auboyneau, (whose husband likewise had been a member of the Vestry for twenty years,) had paid him the sum of Two hundred pounds, in part of a legacy given to this corporation for the use of the Charity School; and shortly after another sum of two hundred pounds, in further part of the same legacy.

The next bequest to the school was paid over, it appears, by the following entry in the minutes, under very interesting circumstances:

Whereas the Honorable John Chambers, deceased, (who was for thirty-eight years a Warden and Vestryman of this Church,) by his last will and Testament did give and bequeath, (after the death of his wife, but not before,) unto the Rector and Inhabitants of the city of New-York in communion with the Church of England, as by law established, the sum of one thousand pounds current money of NewYork; in trust nevertheless, that they should in a husband-like manner apply and lay out the same towards the support and carrying on the Charity School in the city of New-York, under their care and inspection, according to their best discretion; And whereas Mrs. Anne Chambers, widow of the said John Chambers, being piously and charitably disposed, has been pleased to intimate that she is ready and desirous to pay the said legacy of one thousand pounds immediately to this corporation, to be disposed of and applyed according to the directions and intention of the said Testator; thereupon it is ordered, that Mr. David Clarkson be desired, and he is hereby empowered, to receive the said legacy, and when received, that he put out the same at Interest for the use and benefit of the Charity School, according to the directions of the said will; giving this corporation the preference for so much of the said sum as they may have occasion for, paying interest for the same. And it is further ordered,

that upon receipt of the said sum, a proper release and discharge for the said legacy be made and executed, under the seal of this corporation, to the Executors of the said Will. And it is ordered, that the Rector and two Church Wardens be a committee to wait on the said Mrs. Chambers, to return her the thanks of this Board for her generous intentions, and to request that she will be pleased to consent that some public monument be erected, at the expense of this corporation, to express their gratitude to the memory of the said Mr. Chambers for his generous donation.

A further proof of the kindness and good will of this excellent woman, towards the Charity School, appears on the minutes.

Whereas Mrs. Anne Chambers, late of the city of New-York, deceased, in and by her last will and Testament, did give and bequeath unto the Rector and Inhabitants of the city of New-York, in communion of the Church of England as by law established, and to their successors for ever, the sum of Five hundred pounds current money of the Province of New-York; in trust nevertheless, for the uses following, and upon this special confidence, (to wit:) that the same be kept and put out at interest by them, and the yearly interest or income thereof be applyed towards the support of the Girls only belonging to and to belong to the Charity School in the city of NewYork, that is under their care and inspection, and in rewarding such of the said girls upon leaving the said school as they shall judge deserving thereof, and in such proportions as they shall think proper, in cash or otherwise, which is intended as an encouragement for their diligence, and decent and orderly behaviour during their continuance in the said School; And this corporation being indebted to the estate of the said Mrs. Chambers, by bond, in the sum of five hundred pounds, it is ordered, that Mr. Desbrosses be, and is hereby authorized to settle the said legacy and debt with the executors of the said Mrs. Chambers, and that a release of the said legacy be made and executed, under the seal of this corporation, to the said executors upon settlement of the same.

There was another devise not long after of £500, for the clothing and educating the poor children of the school, from Mr. Elias Desbrosses, who for twenty-two years had been a Warden and Vestryman of Trinity Church.

This was followed by a legacy of £200, received from Francis Lewis and Walter Rutherford, Esqrs., executors of the estate of Mrs. Margaret Todd.

And another, as is supposed, of a considerable amount, from Mr. Nath. Marston, who was for fortyfour years a Warden and Vestryman of Trinity Church.

In 1793, the committee of ways and means for building a school-house, and erecting a steeple on the northwest end of St. Paul's Church, made the following report:

The committee appointed by the Corporation of Trinity Church for the purpose,***having attentively examined the several sources of revenue within the reach and subject to the controul of this Board, do report

That the most ample provision for accomplishing the object can readily be obtained, by a sale of such part of the lands of this corporation as are let out on long leases, and produce a small annual income;

That the price of fourteen lots rented to Samuel Ellis, and recommended by the committee of leases as an advantageous sale at £2500, can with propriety be applied to effect this end; For in addition to an useful building, which will be annexed to the estate of the Church, its revenue also in this instance will be more than doubled; That the produce of other lots to the amount required, which may easily be selected under circumstances similar to the preceding, ought

to be appropriated to the completion of the purposes above required. All which is nevertheless submitted by

HUB'T VAN WAGENEN,

NEW-YORK, 13th May, 1793.

MOSES ROGERS,

WM. LAIGHT.

The report having been accepted, Messrs. Farquhar and Barrow, the committee of repairs, were appointed a committee to superintend the building of the School-House.

Several legacies and gifts, in trust to Trinity Church for the use of the Charity School, came in about this time, to help forward the accomplishment of the work; one from Mr. William Brownjohn, of the city of New-York, druggist, the amount of which is not mentioned; another of £184 12s. 10d. from John Stratford Jones, of the Island of St. Croix, and a third of £100 from the corporation of the city.

In 1795, the Secretary reported a plan for a conveyance, in trust, of property from Trinity Church for the Charity School. Whereupon Dr. Charlton, Dr. Johnson, and Mr. Harison, were empowered to take such legal opinions as they might see fit, upon the clause of the charter respecting the value of the property to be held by the corporation, and the acts of the Legislature relating to the subject.

In 1800, the following lots were appropriated to the Charity School, in order to extinguish the debt due to it from Trinity Church, which the latter had incurred by receiving in trust the gifts and bequests which, from time to time, had been made to the former, and on which considerable sums of interest had accrued :

Upon this report being made, the committee of leases were ordered to proceed to the sale of the lots therein described. This plan, however, it afterwards appears was abandoned, and gave place to another.

The clerk of the corporation was authorized, at the same time, to apply to the Legislature for an incorporation of the Episcopal Charity School, and to prepare a plan of the same, which, after having been submitted to Robert Troup, Esq., and approved, together with the draft of a deed to carry it into effect; it was resolved, that the number of trustees should be thirteen, and that the following should be the first trustees of the said school, Dr. B. Moore,

*Now Park Place.