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(Jul., 1894), pp. 60-64 JOURNAL OF THE MEETINGS OF THE PRESIDENTS AND MASTERS OF WILLIAM AND MARY COLLEGE [69 blank - 70] Saturday June 17th, 1758 Present The Revd Mr. Thomas Dawson, President; Emanuel Jones, and the Revd Gronow Owen. The Revd Mr Jacob Rowe A.M. being elected by the Visitors and Governors Professor of Morality, and having enter'd on the said Office the 14th Instant did this Day subscribe his Assent to the ARticles of the church of England, as in Page the 19th and did also take the oath de fideli Administratione &c. Vid: Page 66th. He likewise subscribed to the three following Articles in the 26th Canon. I. That the King's Majesty under God is the only Supreme Governor of this Realm, and of all other his Highness Page 61. Dominions and Countries, as well in all Spiritual or Ecclesiastical Things or Causes, as Temporal, and that no foreign Prince, Person, Prelate, State of Potentate, hath or ought to have any Jurisdiction, Power, Superiority, Preeminence, or Authority, Ecclesiastical, or Spiritual, within his Majesty's said Realms, Dominions, and Countries. II That the Book of Common Prayer, and of ordering of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons containeth in it Nothing contrary to the Word of God; and that it lawfully may so be used, and that I myself will use the Form in the said Book preserved in Public Prayer, and Ad- ministration of the Sacraments and no other. III That I allow the Book of Articles of Religion agreed upon by the Arch-Bishops and Bishops of both Provinces, and the whole Clergy in the Convocation holden at London in the year of our Lord God, One Thousand, five hundred, sixty and two, and that I acknowledge all, and every the Articles therein contain'd, being in Numbers nine and thirty, besides the Ratification, to be agreeable to the word of God, Tho. Dawson, P. Jacob Rowe, June 17, 1758 James Horrocks March 30, 1762 W Small October 29th, 1758 Samuel Henley May 3, 1771 William Webb Sepr 25, 1760 Tho. Gwatkin May 3d, 1771 Richard Graham June 26, 1761 John Dixon May ye 3d, 1771.(1) [72] June 20th, 1758. At a Meeting of the President, and Masters of Wm and Mary College Present The Revd Mr Thomas Dawson, President Emanuel Jones, Gronow Owen, and Jacob Rowe. Resol: unanimously that mr Edward Thompson of Helperly be appointed Steward of the Brafferton Estate. Tho: Dawson P. August 15th 1758. At a Meeting of the President and Masters of William and Mary College: _____________________________________ (1) These signatures were appended at different times, of course. Page 62. Present The Revd Mr Thomas Dawson President; Emanuel Jones, Gronow Owen, and Jacob Rowe. Resol: that Mr William Taylor have leave from this Society to collect all the Rents due to the College from the Tenants in King William County, either in Money, or Tobacco, as he thinks proper, and that he be desir'd not to let them be in Arrears for the future. Tho: Dawson, P. [73 blank - 74] October 11th 1758. At a Meeting of the President and Masters of Wm and Mary College. Present The Revd Mr Thomas Dawson President, Emanuel Jones, Gronow Owen and Jacob Rowe. The Revd Mr Thomas Hatton recommended to this Society by the Chancellor of the College, as a Person duly qualified for an Usher, was this Day chosen into the said office. Tho: Dawson, P. [75 blank - 76.] Thursday, October 18th 1758. At a Meeting of the President and Masters of William and Mary College, Present: The Reverend Mr Thomas Dawson, President; Emanuel Jones, Gronow Owen, and Jacob Rowe. Mr William Small(1) being elected by the Visitors and Governors Professor of Natural Philosophy, and, having enter'd on the said Office the 18th Instant, did this Day subscribe his Assent to the Articles of the Church of England, as in Page 19th, and did also take the Oath, de fideli Administratione &c. Vid: Page 66th. He likewise subscribed to the three Articles in the 30th Cannon, Vid: Page 70-71. ____________________________________________ (1) Dr. William Small was the preceptor of Mr. Jefferson, and is said by him to have "fixed his destiny in life". We have but few facts regarding him. He qualified as Professor of Natural Philosophy and Mathematics Oct. 18, 1758 and returned to England after Jan. 20, 1764. There is preserved a portion of a list of scientific apparatus Page 63. Tho: Dawson P. [77 bland, 78 and 79 missing, 80] December 14th 1758. At a Meeting of the President, and Masters of Wm and Mary College, Present: The Revd Mr Thomas Dawson President, Emanuel Jones, Gronow Owen, Jacob Rowe, and William Small. Resol: Unanimously that a Lease of the College Land in King William lately held by Col. Thomas Jones be now granted to the Honble Thomas Nelson, Esqr. Tho. Dawson P. March 30th 1759. At a Meeting of the President and Masters of William and Mary College, Present, The Revd Mr. Thomas Dawson President, Emanuel Jones, Gronow Owen, Jacob Rowe and William Small. This Day was laid before the Society by Mr. President an Order of the Visitors in the following words, viz: At a Meeting of the Visitors and Governors of William and Mary College held the 26th Day of March, 1759, [81 blank, 82] on a Motion made in Behalf of the Revd Mr Hatton Usher of the Grammar Schools. It is ordered that he be allow'd to sit and eat at the Masters' Tables, and further in Regard to his good Character, and for an Encouragement to his continuance here, the President and Masters are desired not to remove him from his Place of Usher, without first informing this Visitation and their Allegations against him. A true Copy. Resol: that Mr William Taylor has leave to sell what Tobacco he has in his hands be- longing to the College to the best Advantage, and that he be desired to collect as soon as possible the Arrears that are due from the Tenants in King William county at 2d P Pound. Thomas Dawson President. _____________________________________________ selected by him for the College. It is remarkably full for the period. According to the Gentleman's Magazine he died Feb. 25, 1775 at Birmingham in England, - whence Priestly came. Under his instruction the sciences struck deep root in Virginia and were the parents of Revolution in Church and State. Page 64. [83 blank - 84] At a Meeting of the President and Masters of Wm and Mary College. Present The Revd Mr. Thomas Dawson President, Emanuel Jones, Gronow Owen, Jacob Rowe, and William Small. Resol: That Mrs. Martha Bryan be appointed Housekeeper to the College in the place of Mrs. Owen deceas'd. Upon a Motion made by Mr President that quarterly meetings be held, it was unanimously resolved that the following days be appointed for the same: Viz: the first Thursday in March, the first Thursday in June, the first Thursday in September, and the first Thursday in December annually. Thomas Dawson Prt.