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ate the rents and profits arising therefrom, for and towards the main- 

 tenance and support of a School for the teaching of the Youth of the 

 aforesaid north parish of Hingham and others, and all of the age and 

 description hereinafter mentioned, in such arts and branches of literature 

 as are also hereinafter set forth : said School to be subject to such rules, 

 orders and regulations, as the said Trustees, their survivors, or successors 

 may think fit from time to time to prescribe, that is to say : 



The said School is to be maintained and supported as aforesaid, for the 

 instruction of all such males as shall be admitted therein, in the Latin, 

 Greek, English and French languages, and in the sciences of the Mathe- 

 matics and Geography : and all such females as shall be admitted therein, 

 in writing and in the English and French lan<ma{jes, arithmetic, and the 

 art of needlework in' general. 



And this grant, release and confirmation, is on this further trust, that 

 the said Trustees, their survivors or successors, immediately after said 

 Sarah's decease, elect and appoint a Preceptor for the said School, 

 skilled in the art of writing, in the sciences aforesaid, and in the Latin, 

 Greek and English languages, and the sciences of mathematics and geog- 

 raphy, whose business it shall be to teach the females aforesaid, the art of 

 writing ; also, the English language and the science of Mathematics ; and 

 the males aforesaid, in the Latin, Greek and English languages. And 

 shall also, as soon as may be after said Sarah's decease, elect and appoint 

 a sensible, discreet woman skilled in the art of needle work, whose busi- 

 ness it shall be to instruct therein the females that shall be admitted as 

 aforesaid. 



And the aforesaid grant, release and confirmation is on this further 

 trust, that the said Trustees, their survivors or successors, admit into the 

 said School all such males of the said north parish from twelve years old 

 and upwards, and all such females from nine years old and upwards, 

 whose parents, guardians or patrons, may desire the same. And at an age 

 under twelve years, when any male is intended for an admission to Har- 

 vard College, at the discretion o.f the said Trustees, their survivors or 

 successors, subject however to the following condition ; that is to say, no 

 scholar of either sex or of any description, shall be admitted to any of the 

 advantages of the said School, unless he or she supply for the use thereof, 

 such a proportion of fire-wood, and at such seasons as the said Trustees, 

 their survivors or successors, shall direct. And further, each individual 

 of the said Trustees or their successors, shall forever have a right of send- 

 ing two scholars to the said School, one of each sex. And this grant, 

 release and confirmation, is also on this trust, that they, their survivors or 

 successors, admit to the said School, such scholars so nominated and sent, 

 provided they be of the age or description mentioned and made of those 

 to be admitted from the parish aforesaid. And also all such males from 

 the south parish of said Hingham, intended for an admission to the Col- 

 lege aforesaid, under the age of twelve years, at the discretion of the 

 said Trustees, their survivors or successors, whose parents, guardians or 

 patrons, may desire the same. And also all such males from the said 

 south parish, above twelve years old, as desire to be instructed in the art 

 of surveying, navigation and their attendant branches of the mathematics, 

 at the request of their parents, guardians or patrons. 



Provided, however, that such last mentioned scholars and all others 

 that shall ever be admitted to the said School, be subject to the condition 

 above mentioned, with respect to their proportionable supply of firewood. 



