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That part of Sarah Derby's Will which relates to the 



Derby School. 



I, Sarah Derby, of Hingham, in the county of Suffolk, Widow, this 

 thirtieth day of June, in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and 

 eighty-nine, do make and ordain this my last will and testament. . . . 



Thirdly. — I bequeath to the Trustees of Derby School twenty-five 

 hundred pounds, in Massachusetts State Notes, in trust however, that they 

 forever appropriate the interest thereof to the use of the Preceptor of the 

 said School for the time being. 



And I bequeath to the said Trustees the sum of seven hundred pounds 

 in silver money, in trust, that they rest the same in such good securities 

 on interest, as they shall determine best, and forever appropriate the 

 interest thereof to the use of the Mistress of said School for the time 

 being. . . . 



Seventeenthly. — It is mv will that ray picture and my new clock be 

 placed in the Derby School. . . . 



Nineteenthly. — I bequeath to the Trustees of Derby School one hun- 

 dred pounds in trust, that they rest the same in such good securities on 

 interest as they shall determine best, and forever appropriate the interest 

 thereof to the use and benefit of the Minister of the First Parish in Hing- 

 ham, in consideration of his preaching a Lecture every year in the month 

 of April, suitable for the youth. 



Twentiethly. — The residue of my estate real and personal, I give to the 

 Trustees of Derby School, in trust, that they rest the same in such good 

 securities, on interest, as they shall determine best ; the income of which 

 is to be appropriated to the following purposes. In the first place, to the 

 support of Phebe, a negro woman now living with me, during her natural 

 life. The care of said Phebe I recommend to the Rev. Daniel Shute, 

 and it is my will that the said Daniel shall receive, from time to time, 

 such sum or sums of the aforesaid income, as he and two others of the 

 Trustees shall judge necessary for her comfortable support. And the 

 remainder of said income to be appropriated forever to the repairs of the 

 buildings and fences thereon, to clothing and supplying with school books, 

 such poor scholars in this town, as shall be admitted into said School, as 

 the Trustees in their wisdom shall think fit objects of this charity ; and 

 also for the promotion of the good of said School in the manner they shall 

 determine. 



Twenty-first. — It is my desire that Abner Lincoln be appointed 

 Preceptor to the Derby School as soon as it shall be opened. 



Twenty-second. — I hereby constitute Joseph Andrews and Caleb 

 Thaxter, both of Hingham aforesaid, Executors of this my last will and 

 testament, to which I have set my hand and seal the day and year first 

 above mentioned. 



Signed, sealed and declared by the said Sarah 

 to be her last will and testament in presence of Sarah Derby 



us, who signed our names in presence of the and Seal. 



Testatrix and of each other. 



Joseph Thaxter. 

 Benjamin Cushing. 

 Joshua Thaxter. 



