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Codicil to the above Will. 



Be it known to all men by these presents, that I, Sarah Derby, of 

 Hingham, in the county of Suffolk, Widow, have made and declared my 

 last will and testament in writing, bearing date June the thirtieth, in the 

 year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine. I, the 

 said Sarah, by this Codicil, do ratify and confirm my said last will and 

 testament with the following provisions, viz : 



First. — That whereas, in the Deed of Lease and Release given to the 

 Trustees of Derby School, I have made provision for a sermon to be 

 preached annually to the youth of said School, it is my will that the 

 nineteenth article of the above will and testament, inasmuch as it is 

 superseded by said provision, be null and void. 



Seco7idly. — That all the estate, real and personal, which in the above 

 will I have given to the Trustees of Derby School, to be by them appro- 

 priated to various purposes therein mentioned, be on this condition, viz : 

 That said Trustees shall within one year after my decease, in their cor- 

 porate capacities, make application to the Legislature of this Common- 

 wealth, that they may have the liberty, in future, of filling up such 

 vacancies as shall from time to time take place in their body, from any 

 part of this State without limitation or restriction. But if they should 

 neglect to comply with this condition ; or if the rents and incomes of said 

 funds or estate shall ever for the space of two years together, cease to be 

 appropriated to the purposes for which they were intended, then it is my 

 will that said funds or estate go to the President and Fellows of Harvard 

 College, in trust however, that they forever appropriate the interest 

 thereof to the support of the Professor of Anatomy and Physic. 



Thirdly. — It is my will that, from the income of the aforesaid funds, 

 proper entertainment be made for the Trustees at their several meetings. 



It is my will that said Trustees do forever relinrpiish the privilege 

 which by virtue of the Deed of Lease and Release, they possess as 

 Trustees, of sending each of them two scholars, one of each sex to Derby 

 School ; and my will is that this Codicil be considered as part of my last 

 will and testament, and that all things therein contained be faithfully per- 

 formed, and as fully in every respect as if the same were so declared in 

 my said last will and testament. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto 

 set my hand and seal this fourth day of June, in the year of our Lord 

 seventeen hundred and ninety. 



Signed, sealed and declared by the Sarah Derby. 



said Sarah to be a Codicil to her last and Seal. 



Will and Testament in presence of us, 

 who signed our names in presence of 

 the Testatrix and of each other ; the 

 interlineation of the word " School " 

 being first made, and the word " to- 

 gether." 



Joseph Thaxter. 



Benjamin Cushing. 



Joshua Thaxter. 



