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without leave, were ordered to move off in three months from the 

 day of notice given them by Dr. Smith, and to remain accountable 

 for the damages and waste they had committed. It was further 

 ordered that no persons should be allowed, for the future, to settle 

 on the said Woodlands, but that that portion of the estate be 

 reserved for the supply of the other plantations* now leased, in 

 such manner as the Trustees or their agents should direct. Lastly 

 it was ordered that a power of attorney should be given to Mr. 

 Heany, in whose neighborhood they were, to superintend the 

 plantations now leased in order to prevent waste and breach of 

 covenant. 



The vigilant and effective agency of Dr. Smith extended itself 

 over every part of the estates of the College. We find him at this 

 same meeting acquainting the Board that part of the " New Build- 

 ings" having been rented by him, at the desire of the Trustees, to 

 one Mr. Dancer, at the rate of ^30 per quarter, either party to 

 have the liberty of giving the other a quarter's notice for dissolv- 

 ing, and the value of money being now greatly altered, he had 

 given notice to Mr. Dancer more than three months ago, that he 

 could not continue at that rent ; and that Mr. Dancer had never 

 yet paid any rent. It was accordingly ordered that he be called 

 upon for his past rent, and that he deliver up the house unless he 

 comes to a new agreement for a larger rent. 



How completely, indeed, every detail — even those of the most 

 homely and unappropriate kind — were thrown upon the Provost in 

 these days of war and desolation appears from the records of a 

 meeting of the Trustees, held June ist, 1777, when Mr. Dancer, 

 having been ejected from the premises for which he would pay 

 only in "bankruptcy" the rent that he had promised to pay in 

 bullion, it was ordered that an inventory be taken of the kitchen 

 f limit arc, and that Dr. Smith and Dr. Alison direct the same to be 

 sold at public vendue, and these gentlemen were to agree with 

 another person, one Monsieur Marie, for one quarter's rent of the 

 house. However, in the midst of all these disgusting details, the 

 care of which would have been better consigned to a real-estate 

 agent — if, indeed, one who had the capacity, the zeal, the fidelity, 

 and the humility of Dr. Smith could have been found — it is 



* They were fourteen in number. 



