Journal of the Meetings ....; Wm. and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 3, No. 2, 1894 Transcribed by Kathy Merrill for the USGenWeb Archives Special Collections Project ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net *********************************************************************** Journal of the Meetings of the President and Masters of William and Mary College William and Mary College Quartely Historical Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 2, (Oct., 1894), pp. 128-132. JOURNAL OF THE MEETINGS OF THE PRESIDENT AND MASTERS OF WILLIAM AND MARY COLLEGE. [85 blank - 86.] October 8th, 1759. At a meeting of the President & Masters of William and Mary College, Present, The revd Mr Thomas Dawson, Presidnet, Emmanuel Jones, Gronow Owen, Jacob Rowe, & William Small. Resol: Unanimously that Messrs Capel & Osgood Hanbury Merchants in London, be appointed the sole Agents and Managers of the Brafferton Estate, & that they have full Power to revoke all former Commissions granted to others, & to settle the Accounts due to the said Estate. THOMAS DAWSON, President. December 10th, 1759. At a Meeting of the President & Masters of William and Mary College. Present, The Revd Mr Thomas Dawson, President; Emmanuel Jones, Gronow Owen, Jacob Rowe, & William Small. Page 129. Resol: that Col George Mercer be appointed surveyor of the lands on the Ohio. [87 blank - 88.] February 21st, 1760. At a Meeting of the President & Masters of William and Mary College. Present, the Revd Mr Thomas Dawson, President; Emmanuel Jones, Gronow Owen, Jacob Rowe, & William Small. Resol: That John Blair Junr(1) Esqr be appointed Bursar of the College in the Place of Mr John Palmer, Deced. THOMAS DAWSON, Prr. March 13th, 1760. At a Meeting of the President & Masters of William and Mary College. Present, the Revd Mr Thomas Dawson, President; Emmanuel Jones, Gronow Owen, Jacob Rowe, & William Small. Resol: That Mr. Robert Walker be appointed to overlook the College Quarter at Nottoway, & that he be allow'd at the Rate of twenty Pounds P ann. for his Trouble. THOMAS DAWSON, Prr. [89 blank - 90.] April 19th, 1760. At a Meeting of the President & Masters of William and Mary College. Present, the Revd Mr Thomas Dawson, President; Emmanuel Jones, Gronow Owen, Jacob Rowe, & William Small. Resol: That Mr. John Mathews be appointed Usher of the College in the Place of the Revd Mr Hatton, who has resigned. June 27th, 1760. At a Meeting of the President & Masters of William and Mary College. Present, the Revd Mr Thomas Dawson, President; Emmanuel Jones, Gronow Owen, Jacob Rowe, & William Small. Resol: That Mr. William Rowe be appointed Writing Master of the College, pro Tempore, in the place of Mr. Joseph Davenport Senr who had resign'd. [91 blank - 92 and 93.] September 25th, 1760. At a Meeting of the President & Masters of William and Mary College. Present, the Revd Mr Thomas Dawson, President; Emmanuel Jones. ________________________________________________ (1) Judge John Blair, son of President John Blair, of the Council. Page 130. The Revd Mr. William Webb, (at a meeting of the Visitors & Governors held the 14th August, 1760) having been elected Master of the Grammar School, int he place of the Revd Mr. Gronow Owen, who resigned, did this Day enter upon his said Office, and subscribe his Assent to the 39 Articles of ye Church of England in the following words: [Same oath as taken by William Stith, page 6.] He likewise took the Oath De fideti Administratione, &c., Vide Page 66th, and subscribed to the three Articles in the 26th Canon, Vide Pages 70th and 71st. [94.] September 25th, 1760. At a Meeting of the President and Masters of William and Mary College: Present, the Revd Mr Thomas Dawson, President; Emmanuel Jones, William Small, and William Webb. Resol: That in compliance with an Order of the Governors & Visitors of the College dated 14 August, 1760, the Revd M. Jacob Rowe is unanimously desired to remove himself, and his Effects from the College by Monday the 29th Instant. Resol: That an Addition be made to Rule 3d in page the 44th. Resol: That Mr. Manly's Letter to his Honour the Governor concerning the Duty on Tobacco exported to the Plantations be referr'd to a future Meeting. [95 blank - 96]. March 10th, 1761. At a meeting of the Masters of Wm & Mary College: Present, Emmanuel Jones and William Small. After the Death of the Honble & Revd Mr Thomas Dawson, late President of the College, the Visitors having elected the Revd Mr. William Yates President, he qualified himself(1) according to the Statues by subscribing his Assent to the 39 Articles of the Church of England in the following words: [Here follows the oath, as on page 25]. [97] And then the Masters administer'd the following Oath: [the oath de fideli, &c., as on page 25.] He [William Yates] likewise subscrib'd his Assent to the three following Articles in the 26th Canon: _______________________________________________________ (1)For a sketch of Yates, see White's Encyelopaedia of Biography, Vol. III., p. 233. Page 131. I. That the King's Majesty under God is the only Supream Governor of this Realm, and of all other his Highness' Dominions and Countries, as well in all Spiritual or Ecclesiastical Things, or Causes, as Temporal; and that no foreign Prince, Person, Prelate, State or 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 ordering of Bishops, Priests and Deacons containeth in it nothing contrary to the word of God, and that it [98] lawfully may so be used, and that I myself will use the form int he said Book prescribed in Public Prayer and Administration of the Sacrament, 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 contained being in number 39 besides the Ratification to be agreeable to the word of God. WILLIAM YATES. [99] March 31st, 1761. At a Meeting of the President and Masters of William and Mary College: Present, the Revd Mr. William Yates, President; Emmanuel Jones, & William Small. Resol: That a Nurse be provided to attend on the sick Boys. Resol: That an Undertaker be agreed wtih to build a Stable in the College Lot in Williamsburg, for the use of the President. WILLIAM YATES, President. [100] June 26, 1761. At a Meeting of the President and Masters of William and Mary College: Present, the Revd Mr. William Yates, President; Emmanuel Jones, & William Small. The Revd. Mr. Richard Graham A.M. at a meeting of the Visitors & Governors of the College held the 12th Inst: having been elected Professor of Morality, in the room of the Revd Mr. Andrew Burnaby, who declined that Place, did this Day subscribe his Assent to the 39 Articles of the Church of England in the following words, Ergo Richardus Graham, Processor Moralis Philosophiae &c--- [Oath as on page 25]. Page 132. [101] He likewise took the Oath de fideli Adminstratione, &c. Vide Page 66. He also subscribed his Assent to the three articles in the 36th Canon. Vide Pages 70th & 71st.