Infidelity, and others of them to Popish Superftition, and Idolatry.

This Society was compofed by the Charter of the Chief Prelates, and Dignitaries of the Church, and of feveral other Lords, and eminent Perfons in the State, with a Power to elect fuch others to be Members of the Corporation, as they, or the major Part of them fhould think beneficial to their charitable Defigns; and they immediately applied themselves with great Zeal, and Alacrity to the good Work; and after adjusting Preliminaries in the Choice of Officers, and fettling ftanding Orders, and Rules for their more regular Proceeding, they fubfcribed every one of them according to their feveral Ranks and Difpofitions, an Annual Sum to be paid to their Treasurer for the general Uses of the Society; and then chofe new Members, and gave out Deputations, according to the Powers in the Charter, to receive, and collect the Donations of all charitable, and well-difpos'd Perfons towards this moft pious Defign: And, thro' an efpecial Bleffing this Work of the Lord bath hitherto profpered in their Hands. Many Thousands of our own People, Infants, and Adults, and fome Thousands of Indians, and Negroes have been instructed, and baptized in the true Faith of our Lord Jefus Chrift; and more than One hundred thousand Volumes of Bibles and Common-Prayer Books, with other Tracts of Devotion and Inftruction have been difperfed in Foreign Parts; and there is now a very hopeful and decent Appearance of Religion in the publick Worfhip of God, according to the Liturgy of the Church of England, in a great Number of Churches in our Plantations in America by the Means, and through the Procurement of this Corporation.

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The Charter directs the Society to give an annual Account to the Lord High Chancellor, the Lord Chief Juftice of the King's Bench, and the Lord Chief Juftice of the Common-Pleas, of the feveral Sums of Money by them receiv'd, and laid out, and of the Management, and Difpofition of the Revenues of the Corporation: This is punctually done, and the Society annually makes publick an Abstract of them, and their Proceedings. Therefore the Society now in the first Place acknowledges the Receipt, and returns their most hearty Thanks for the Benefactions of the Year 1741. Viz.

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To the Reverend Mr. Thorpe Rector of Haugh- 5 50 ton near Darlington, in the Bishoprick of Durham for five Guineas, and to a Perfon unknown for a Guinea by the Lord Bishop of Glocester. To James Pearce Efq; for the Payment of One hun-106 dred Pounds, the Legacy of the late Mrs. Elizabeth Northcote, with fix Pounds Interest thereupon. To Mrs. Judith Kynafton for five Guineas by the Reverend Mr. Kynaston. To Mr. Alexander Woodroffe for half a Guinea by the Reverend Dr. Perkins. To Charles Bedingfield of Ditchingham in Norfolk Efq; for a Guinea by the Lord Bishop of Norwick. To a Perfon unknown for five Guineas 5 5 0 remitted by the Reverend Mr. Hall of Bristol to Mr. Newman. For five Pounds from the Reve- 5 00 rend Mr. Needham late of Weftbourn in Suflex. To a Clergyman unknown for five Guineas by the 5 50 Reverend Mr. Poole. To a Lady unknown for a Guinea by the Reverend Dr. Bridges. To a Perfon unknown for Twenty Guineas, and to a Clergyman unknown for one Guinea, both Bene- 1 1 D 2

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factions paid by Mr. Chute Adams. To the Reverend Mr. Fletcher of Repton in Derbyshire for a O 10 6 Guinea, and to Mr. John Bowers for half a Guinea, both by Mr. Newman. To a Lady unknown for othirty Pounds. To another Lady unknown for five 5 5 0 Guineas. To Mrs. Read of Marlborough-street o o for fifty Pounds. To Thomas Uthwatte of Spring 。 o Garden Efq; for one hundred Pounds, Part of a Sum of Money left by a deceased Gentlewoman to charitable Ufes, exclufive of the Province of Georgia; thefe four Benefactions were paid by the Lord Bishop of Oxford. To the Reverend 8 8 Mr. Charles Hawtrey Sub-Dean of Exeter for eight

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Guineas paid by Mr. Sleech. To Mr. James Bate of Ashby de la Zouch, and other Benefactors for 7 16 6 feven Pounds fixteen Shillings and fix Pence paid by Mr. Bate. To Francis Hole of Clerkenwell Esq; 4 oo for four Pounds. To a Perfon unknown. for a 1 Guinea by the Reverend Mr. Terrick. To a Per10 10 0 fon unknown for ten Guineas, and to another 2 0 Perfon unknown for two Guineas, both by the Lord Bishop of Oxford. To the Reverend Dr. 10 10 0 Morgan Canon Refidentiary of Hereford for ten Guineas by the Reverend Mr. Kynaston. To the Reverend Mr. Ducket Rector of Little Ashby in 1° Derbyshire for a Guinea by Mr. Newman. To 100 oo Mrs. Lora Pitt for One hundred Pounds by Mef

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fieurs Hoare and Company. To William Dunfter 10 10 0 Efq; for ten Guineas. To the Reverend Mr. Hole 1 o for a Guinea. To Mrs. Long of Bath for One 100 oo hundred Pounds. To a Person unknown for five

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Shipton Olive in Glocestershire for five Guineas by 5 5 the Lord Bishop of Glocefter. To a Perfon unknown for three Guineas by the Hands of the 3 3 Reverend Dr. Berriman. For a fecond Sum of five Pounds to the Reverend Mr. Needham late 50 Rector of Westbourn in Suflex. To a Perfon unknown for one Pound fixteen Shillings by Mr. 116 Stagg. To the Trustees of the Will of the late Reverend Mr. Barnabas Oley for ten Pounds ten 10 10 Shillings by Dr. Knight. To the Lady Blunt and Mrs. Grace Butler, Sifters, and Co-executrixes of the late Mrs. Elizabeth Blunt of Twickenham for twenty five Pounds, Part of Five hundred Pounds 25 o left by the faid Mrs. Elizabeth Butler to charitable Ufes at their Difcretion. To William Blunt, Esq; for one Pound feven Shillings. To the Reverend 7 Mr. Baker Rector of Chawton near Alton in Hampfhire for five Guineas. To the Reverend Mr. 5 5 Valloife Rector of Eaft Tiftead in Hampshire for two Guineas; thefe paid by the Reverend Dr. Hales. To a Perfon unknown for a Guinea, by the Reverend Dr. Shuckford. To a Perfon unknown for a Guinea, by the Reverend Mr. Moody. 1 To Sir William Foulis Baronet, for five Guineas by Mr. Hildiard of York. To a Lady unknown for five Guineas, by the Secretary. To Dr. Carrol of Maryland, for the Remittance of forty nine Pounds one Shilling and fix Pence, Part of the Bequest of the late General Nicolson. To Mr. Savage, and Mr. Johnson for the Payment of fifty 50 o Pounds, the Legacy of Mr. John Davis deceased. To a Gentlewoman unknown for ten Shillings. To a Gentlewoman unknown for two Guineas, by the Reverend Mr. Cary of Bristol. To Lady Palmer

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1 Palmer of Carlton, for a Guinea. To Mrs. Hefter 0 10 6 Palmer for ten Shillings and fix Pence. To a 0 10 6 Gentleman unknown for ten Shillings and fix I 10 Pence. To Mrs. Parker for a Guinea. To a 55 Gentlewoman unknown for five Guineas. To three 3 3 0 Gentlemen unknown for a Guinea from each. 110To a Gentlewoman unknown for a Guinea. To 3 • • Mrs. Berwicke for three Pounds. To the Reverend Mr. Fenwick Rector of Hallaton in Leicestershire 2 o for two Guineas, who remitted the Eleven laft 42 10 6 mentioned Benefactions. For forty two Pounds ten Shillings and fix Pence from the late Reverend Mr. Bradley of York, and other worthy Perfons, remitted by Mr. Bradley. To the Reverend Mr. Fordham of Royston in Hertfordshire for a Guinea: To a Clergyman in Cambridgeshire for 1 oa Guinea by the Reverend Mr. Tipping of Yardley.

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the Reverend Mr. Harris of Northfleet in Kent. 6 6 0 To a Gentleman unknown for fix Guineas by the Secretary. To the Reverend Mr. Clayton Rector 2 2 0 of Briffingham in Norfolk for two Guineas. To 10 Mrs. Clayton for a Guinea to buy Bibles; and to I oa Gentleman unknown for a Guinea by Mr. Clayton. And to Mrs. Trench of Hackney, Éxecutrix of George Becker Efq; for the Payment of his Legacy of Five hundred Pounds to the Society.

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