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... fund of considerable amount . Sensible , however , of the importance of the undertaking , and anxious that the friendless objects , whose welfare they had in view , should begin to participate in the benefits designed to be bestowed ...
... fund of considerable amount . Sensible , however , of the importance of the undertaking , and anxious that the friendless objects , whose welfare they had in view , should begin to participate in the benefits designed to be bestowed ...
Page 11
... fund of the state , whenever it should be in readiness for dis- tribution . The tenement adjacent to the Alms - house could not accommodate more than two hundred and forty children ; this number was soon completed , and nu- merous ...
... fund of the state , whenever it should be in readiness for dis- tribution . The tenement adjacent to the Alms - house could not accommodate more than two hundred and forty children ; this number was soon completed , and nu- merous ...
Page 28
... funds , and affairs of the said corporation . 8. And be it further enacted , That this act shall be , and hereby is , declared to be a public act , and shall be construed benignly and favourably for every beneficial purpose hereby ...
... funds , and affairs of the said corporation . 8. And be it further enacted , That this act shall be , and hereby is , declared to be a public act , and shall be construed benignly and favourably for every beneficial purpose hereby ...
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... funds to pro mote their benevolent objects , but such as are derived from private contributions ; and that for want of means ... fund allotted to common schools , it is highly expedient and pro- per for the Legislature to assist the said ...
... funds to pro mote their benevolent objects , but such as are derived from private contributions ; and that for want of means ... fund allotted to common schools , it is highly expedient and pro- per for the Legislature to assist the said ...
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... fund the sum of one thousand dol- lars , for the purpose of promoting the benevolent ob- jects of the said corporation . April 1 , 1808 . Whereas the Trustees of the Society for establish- ing a Free - School in the city of New - York ...
... fund the sum of one thousand dol- lars , for the purpose of promoting the benevolent ob- jects of the said corporation . April 1 , 1808 . Whereas the Trustees of the Society for establish- ing a Free - School in the city of New - York ...
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25 Henry 25 James 25 John 25 Samuel 25 Thomas 25 William 50 Cornelius 50 James 50 John 50 Samuel 50 Thomas 50 William Abraham Alms-house annual election ANTHONY LAMB appoint belong benevolent Bowne building CADWALLADER D Charles Charles Wilkes ciety city of New-York corporation Depeyster 50 Dolls EBENEZER STEVENS establishment fifth month Free-School Society further enacted Henry Hillman Henry Rutgers Henry Ten Brook hereafter institution instruction Isaac Jacob JEREMIAH THOMPSON John Murray Joseph JOSEPH LANCASTER legal meeting Legislature Leonard Bleecker lesson letters Livingston lot of ground Matthew Clarkson Matthew Franklin monitor Murray 50 Ogden 50 persons Peter Peter Fenton poor children religious society represented in senate Robert Samuel Miller Samuel Osgood sand scholars school committees Secretary senate and assembly send one child slate Society of New-York spelling taught teachers teaches Thomas Eddy Thomas Stevenson tion Trus Whitehead Hicks William Walton Witt Clinton words
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Page 33 - York, for the education of such poor children as do not belong to, or are not provided for by any religious Society...
Page 33 - An act to lay a duty on strong liquors, and for regulating inns and taverns, so far as it relates to the city of New York, and for other purposes,'
Page 26 - York" and by that name they and their successors shall and may have continual succession, and shall be persons in law, capable of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, answering and being answered unto, defending and being defended, in all courts and places whatsoever, in all manner of actions, suits, complaints, matters and causes whatsoever; and that they and their successors may have a common seal, and may change and alter the same at their pleasure; and also that they and their...
Page 25 - York," and that by that name they and their successors shall have succession, and shall be persons in law, capable of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, answering and being answered...
Page 30 - And be it further enacted, That this act shall be, and hereby is declared to be a public act, and...
Page 24 - An Act to incorporate the Society instituted in the city of New York, for the establishment of a free school for the education of poor children who do not belong to, or are not provided for by, any religious society.
Page 29 - Ordinances Established by the Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen and Assistants of the City of New York, Conven'd in Common Council, For the good Rule and Government of the Inhabitants of said City.
Page 27 - May in every year, they and their successors shall meet at some convenient place in our said City of New York, to be fixed and ascertained by some of the by-laws and regulations of our said Corporation...
Page 29 - any person who should contribute to the society the sum of eight dollars should be a member thereof; and that any person who should contribute the sum of twenty-five dollars should be a member, and be further entitled, during the life of such contributor, to send one child to be educated at any school under the care of the society ; and whoever should contributo the sum of forty dollars, should be a member, and be entitled to send two children, etc.
Page 36 - Corporation, create or produce any forfeiture of the same ; and no misnomer of the said Corporation in any deed, will, testament, gift, grant, demise or other instrument, contract or conveyance, shall defeat or vitiate the same.