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The legacies were promptly paid, as the following receipts for 

 the same attest : — 



Hingham, Septemb' 17, 1790. 



Received of Mess? Joseph Andrews & Caleb Thaxter, Executors of 

 the Last Will & Testament of Mrs. Sarah Derby deceased, the follow- 

 ing securities for the purposes specified in said Will : — 



Massachusetts State notes — twenty-six hundred and twenty-seven 

 pounds, fourteen shillings and three pence — twenty-five hundred, the 

 interest therefrom, to be for the support of the Preceptor of Derby School, 

 the interest of said notes paid up to August l 8t 1788. 



Continental Loan Office Certificates — seven hundred dollars, the interest 

 paid up to December 31 8t 1784. Eight hundred and twenty-five dollars 

 in Hardy's Indents. Two thousand three pounds, five shillings & ten 

 pence in private notes of hand, seven hundred pounds, the interest arising 

 therefrom to be for the support of the Preceptress of Derby School, fifty- 

 eight pounds, nine shillings & seven pence interest due on said notes. Also 

 a clock for the use of said school, with the picture of said deceased, and 

 sundry articles of furniture found in said House designed for the School 

 House, the whole by appraisement thirty-one pounds, eight shillings. I do 

 hereby acknowledge that I have received the foregoing securities and ar- 

 ticles, and that I have received for the Trustees the possession of the Real 

 Estate, consisting of about half an acre of Laud, more or less, bounded 

 southerly on the land conveyed to the Trustees of Derby School, westerly 

 & northerly on the highway, easterly on the land of the Heirs of Elisha 

 Leavitt, deceased, with all the buildings thereon, consisting of two dwelling- 

 houses, a shop, and outhouses, also a small Barn standing on the Town's 

 land, separated from the land aforesaid by the highway in the northerly 

 bounds thereof; all which the said Sarah Derby gave to the Trustees 

 of Derby School as Residuary Legatees for the purposes specified in said 

 Will. 



John Thaxter, 

 Treas r to the Trustees of Derby School. 



Witnesses : 



Anna Thaxter. 

 Quincy Thaxter. 



Hingham, Decemb' 23, 1790. 



Further received of Mess™ Joseph Andrews & Caleb Thaxter, Ex- 

 ecutors of the last Will and Testament of Mr 8 Sarah Derby deceased, 

 four hundred and twenty-three pounds twelve shillings and one penny in 

 private notes of hand the interest included. Also two hundred and twenty- 

 five dollars in old Continental money. 



John Thaxter, 

 i Treas r to the Trustees of Derby School . 



Witnesses : 



Anna Thaxter. 

 Quincy Thaxter. 



All was now prepared to carry out the trusts and wishes of 

 Madam Derby. 



Before entering upon the story of the school itself, it may be 

 interesting to recall the situation and general appearance of the 

 buildings. 



