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St. George's Society he filled the position of Stew- 

 ard in 1788, 1794, and 1795. He was a member of 

 the Charitable Committee from 1796 to 1799 inclu- 

 sive, was Vice-President from 1800 to 1808, and in 

 1809 h^ ^^^ unanimously elected the fifth President 

 of the Society, filling that honorable office until 

 181 5. He was again elected President of the Soci- 

 ety in 1821, and served until 1824. 



Mr. Corp enjoyed the high distinction of being a 

 continuous member of the St. George's Society for 

 a term of fifty-two years. He was one of the sub- 

 scribers in 1 786 and remained a member in good 

 standing until death removed him in the year 1838. 

 He was one of the committee who reported as to the 

 action taken to recover the original Minute Book 

 of the Society, which was lost about the year 1822, 

 when the city was scourged by yellow fever, and he 

 induced the city authorities to fence off all that part 

 of the city below St. Paul's church as a sanitary 

 precaution to prevent the spread of the sad epidemic. 

 He married late in life and had issue one son, William, 

 who afterwards became Deputy Register of the city. 



It is interesting to note that at the annual meet- 

 ing, held January loth, 1838, resolutions compli- 

 mentary to Mr. Corp, after his decease, were passed, 

 and the minutes were signed by James B. ElHman, 

 Secretary, a member elected in 1833, and now living, 

 forming, as it were, a connecting link between the 

 beginning and the end of the century. 



