At a Common Council held at Philadelphia the 3 I st Day of July 1750.
PRESENT. Thomas Lawrence, Esq r , Mayor William Allen, Esq r , Recorder Samuel Hassell Anthony Morris Joseph Turner Robert Strettell Edw d Shippen Benjamin Shoemaker William Plumsted J < o u c o I 3 U Septimus Robeson Tench Francis Benjamin Franklin Samuel M c Call, jun r John Inglis William Shippen Thomas Bond Tho s Hopkinson Tho s Lawrence, jun r Nath> Allen Joseph Sims George Mifflin William Coleman John Wilcocks John Stamper.
The Board resumed the Consideration of the Proposal made at the last Common Council, of contributing a Sum of Money for the Encouragement of the Academy & Charity School now erecting in this City; And a Paper containing an Account of what is already done by the Trustees of the Academy, and what Advantages are expected from that Undertaking being laid before the Board, was read, and follows in these Words:
, The Trustees of the Academy have already laid out near ^800, in the Purchase of the Building, and will probably expend near as much more in fitting up Rooms for the Schools, & furnishing them with proper Books, & Instruments for the Instruction of Youth.
, The greatest Part of the Money paid & to be paid is subscribed by the Trustees themselves, and advanced by them; Many of whom have no children of their own to educate, but act from a View to the Publick Good, without Regard to sect or party. And they have engaged to open a Charity School within two Years for the Instruction of Poor Children gratis, in Reading, Writing and Arithmetick, and the first Principles of Virtue and Piety.
The Benefits expected from this Institution are:
, 1. That the Youth of Pensilvania may have an Opportunity of receiving a good Education at home, and be under no necessity of going abroad for it; Whereby not only considerable Expense may be saved to the Country, but a stricter Eye may be had over their morals by their Friends and Relations.
