34 Four Letters written by the Rev. George Millard. 
give you the better and more full account of all matters relating to the Poor 
Children taught in my Parish. I bless God, I can now tell you, Sir, with a 
great deal of satisfaction, that the Progress we have made is very considerable. 
Since my last to you, I have procur’d (Rent free) a very spatious\Chamber, 
belonging to the Parish, to teach the Children in; under which are 2 large 
Rooms, where, at set hours, such as are of ability, are imploy’d in Knitting 
and Spinning &: ‘The number of the Children taught to read are now 
advane’d to just 30; all which are supply’d with Books, are taught the Church- 
Catechism, and some short Collects oat of the Common-Prayer, which the 
Master hears them say every morning and afternoon, as soon as they come. 
and before they leave the School. Every Saturday I goe to the School my 
self, and do catechize y™: and then explaining to them some part thereof, I 
oblige them to give me an account of the same every Lord’s-day following 
publickly in the Church. As many of these Children as are capable, are now 
taught likewise to write and cast account; and when they are dismiss’t the 
School I give each of them a Bible and Common-Prayer book. As yet I have 
not been able to put out any Children Apprentices, but I hope IJ shall for the 
future 2 or 8 every year. For since my last, the Excellent Lady of my Parish, 
I formerly took notice of to you, as a great Encourager of our School, viz: 
the Lady Rachell Speke, is dead ; and has left by Will 100* for y* teaching 
Poor Children to read, &. The money was order’d to be paid into my hands 
immediately after her Decease, w‘" I have since rec‘. and put to Interest for 
that use. According to the Directions of the Society in your last Letter, I 
have got a Gift Table of Benefactors to our School to hang up in our Church 
for the perpetuating the memory of the Lady’s Gift &e: a Copy of which you 
may see on the other side. If you would be pleas’d to mention this so con- 
siderable a Benefaction in the account you shall print at Whitsuntide, I am 
sure it would be pleasing to the Relations of the Deceased Lady, who have 
plentifull Estates, and seem very much inclin’d to promote this good work: 
May God direct y™ in it. 
As to the other particular Benefactor mentioned giving 40°. per annum to 
o' School, he is to be taken notice of in the same manner as formerly ; but I 
hope in a very little time to have that yearly allowance, which as yet is 
somewhat precarious, to be chang’d into a lasting Fund: the Party has lately 
given me great Encouragement to believe that he will. 
These 2 Benefactions, with my own Easter-Dues, w*". I design for that use 
so long as please God I live, together with the Offertory at the Communion 
5 times in the year are all that we have for carrying on this glorious work ; 
so that it can’t be expected we should cloath any Children out of it: But I 
would willingly, another year, when I have rec’. y* first yearly product of y* 
forementioned 100*, give knit-caps, of y® same colour w*'. the Servants of 
the Deceased Benefactor wore for their Livery, to all the charity Boys: and’ 
do referr myself to y° Judgment of the Honourable Society, whether it be 
advisable, or no. 
Be pleas’d Sir, to acquaint the Society that I heartily thank them for the 
account sent me of the Propagation of the Gospell in the East-Indies: the 
Progress w*" the Protestant Missionaries have made in those parts, and the 
kind assistance given them by the Society, I was extream glad to hear of, and 
