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Masonic Intelligence.
FREEMASONS- ' CHARiTY I'OR FEMALE CHILDREN . ON Thursday the 12 th day of July , at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon , the Quarterly General Court of the Governors of this Charity was holden at the School-House , St . George ' s Fields , for transacting the usual business of the Charity , and for the eleftion of two children into the School , in the room of Catharine White and Charlotte Baes , whose time for continuing in the Charity had expired ; the former having returned to her father , and the latter yet remaining unprovided for . That zealous , and steady friend to the Institution , WILLIAM FORSTEEN , Esq . presided ; and the fol owing appeared to be the list of candidates , and the number of votes which , upon the close of the ballot , appeared for each Candidate .
When presented to the Committee . Name . Born . ¦ _ Votes . 1795 . Sep . 25 . MARY ANN SOUTHEY , Sep . 7 , 17 S 9 . Mother , a Widow , ninth two children , - ----- 237 . Elefted . i 797 . Jan . 26 . HARRIOT HAYWOOD , Oft . 8 . 1789 . I''idow , witb ei ght children , Jour of ' wbomrel y on her for su port , ' . Mar . 30 . SARAH FENNER , - - Oft . 9 . 1790 . Widow , •~ oiih three children unprovided for , ----- 22 . MARY ANN HORWOOD , Ap . 13 . 1790 . Widow , ivith two children , in extreme distress , _ . - _ _ 9 . j June 29 . A . Tin'U DE So . visox , Sep . 22 . 1790 . Mother , a Widow , with three children , -------5 . July 27 . CHAR . SOPH . BALCH , May _ 3 . 1790 . Ditto , ditio , ditto , - - - - - 19 .
Aug . 31 . HARRIOT CRANE , Oft . 27 . 1790 . Ditto , ditto at Norwich , with five children , 179 8 . Jan . 25 . MARY ELIZ . SMITH , Feb . 3 . 1792 . Widow , w , th two children , one now in the School , - .- - - 1 . Feb . 23 . CECILIA STARK , - - Oft . 3 . 1791 . Widow , one child , Mar . 29 . HESTERLOU . PERKINS , May 2 . 1790 . Family of seven children , the Mother in St . Luke ' s Hospital , - n . ¦ ELIZ . MAC GREGOR , Dec . 30 . 17 S 9 . Widow , with two children , Apr . 26 . MARY ANN HODGETTS , Oft . 23 . 1790 . Family of tight children , --------- -- - 1 . — ..... CLARISSA WHEADON , Aug . 26 . 1790 . Widow , with two children , one now in tbe school , - - - - 90 . Iv ] ay 3 i . AMELIA PARSLEY , June 1 , 179 ! . Father a Journeyman Hatter , three young children , JuneaS . SUSAN BROWNUII . L , Jan . 17 , 1790 . Mother , a Widow , with two children , ------- 333 . Ele 15 . ed
Mary Ann Southey and Susan Brownbill were accordingly declared duly elected into the Charity . It may not be considered , perhaps , unworthy of observation , that the parents of both these children had been in very respectable situations in life : the fatherof the ) former . was a subscriber to this Charity upon its first institution . After the Election , ADAM GORDON , ESQ . the Treasurer , reported the very flourishing state of the Finances . The Governors , on that gentleman ' s recommendation ( whose unremitting attention to the welfare of the Charity must at all times claim the warmest acknowledgment of every Governor ) unanimously resolved to augment the Charily still further , by receiving three children more , making the number 4 8 ; for which purpose another election will take place on Thursday the 16 th of August instant .
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Masonic Intelligence.
FREEMASONS- ' CHARiTY I'OR FEMALE CHILDREN . ON Thursday the 12 th day of July , at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon , the Quarterly General Court of the Governors of this Charity was holden at the School-House , St . George ' s Fields , for transacting the usual business of the Charity , and for the eleftion of two children into the School , in the room of Catharine White and Charlotte Baes , whose time for continuing in the Charity had expired ; the former having returned to her father , and the latter yet remaining unprovided for . That zealous , and steady friend to the Institution , WILLIAM FORSTEEN , Esq . presided ; and the fol owing appeared to be the list of candidates , and the number of votes which , upon the close of the ballot , appeared for each Candidate .
When presented to the Committee . Name . Born . ¦ _ Votes . 1795 . Sep . 25 . MARY ANN SOUTHEY , Sep . 7 , 17 S 9 . Mother , a Widow , ninth two children , - ----- 237 . Elefted . i 797 . Jan . 26 . HARRIOT HAYWOOD , Oft . 8 . 1789 . I''idow , witb ei ght children , Jour of ' wbomrel y on her for su port , ' . Mar . 30 . SARAH FENNER , - - Oft . 9 . 1790 . Widow , •~ oiih three children unprovided for , ----- 22 . MARY ANN HORWOOD , Ap . 13 . 1790 . Widow , ivith two children , in extreme distress , _ . - _ _ 9 . j June 29 . A . Tin'U DE So . visox , Sep . 22 . 1790 . Mother , a Widow , with three children , -------5 . July 27 . CHAR . SOPH . BALCH , May _ 3 . 1790 . Ditto , ditio , ditto , - - - - - 19 .
Aug . 31 . HARRIOT CRANE , Oft . 27 . 1790 . Ditto , ditto at Norwich , with five children , 179 8 . Jan . 25 . MARY ELIZ . SMITH , Feb . 3 . 1792 . Widow , w , th two children , one now in the School , - .- - - 1 . Feb . 23 . CECILIA STARK , - - Oft . 3 . 1791 . Widow , one child , Mar . 29 . HESTERLOU . PERKINS , May 2 . 1790 . Family of seven children , the Mother in St . Luke ' s Hospital , - n . ¦ ELIZ . MAC GREGOR , Dec . 30 . 17 S 9 . Widow , with two children , Apr . 26 . MARY ANN HODGETTS , Oft . 23 . 1790 . Family of tight children , --------- -- - 1 . — ..... CLARISSA WHEADON , Aug . 26 . 1790 . Widow , with two children , one now in tbe school , - - - - 90 . Iv ] ay 3 i . AMELIA PARSLEY , June 1 , 179 ! . Father a Journeyman Hatter , three young children , JuneaS . SUSAN BROWNUII . L , Jan . 17 , 1790 . Mother , a Widow , with two children , ------- 333 . Ele 15 . ed
Mary Ann Southey and Susan Brownbill were accordingly declared duly elected into the Charity . It may not be considered , perhaps , unworthy of observation , that the parents of both these children had been in very respectable situations in life : the fatherof the ) former . was a subscriber to this Charity upon its first institution . After the Election , ADAM GORDON , ESQ . the Treasurer , reported the very flourishing state of the Finances . The Governors , on that gentleman ' s recommendation ( whose unremitting attention to the welfare of the Charity must at all times claim the warmest acknowledgment of every Governor ) unanimously resolved to augment the Charily still further , by receiving three children more , making the number 4 8 ; for which purpose another election will take place on Thursday the 16 th of August instant .