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I read it then and copied it when I left the house next morning. It ran thus: RICHARD WATTS, Esqr. by his will dated 22 Aug., 1579, founded this charity for six poor travellers, who not being Rogues, or Proctors, may receive gratis, for one Night, Lodging, Entertainment, and four pence each. In testimony of his Munificence, in honour of his Memory, and inducement to his Example, Nathl.
Entering the burial-ground, where some masons were building a tomb, we found a good many old monuments, and several covered with slabs of red freestone or slate, and with arms sculptured on the slab, or an inlaid circle of slate. On one slate gravestone, of the Rev. Nathl.
Witness our hand and seals, this thirtieth day of April, one thousand seven hundred and seventy, in the tenth year of His Majesty's reign. Signed and sealed in the presence of NATHL. SHIPTON Secretary's Office, Halifax, April 30th, 1770. Captain * Godfrey * has the Governor's permission to occupy the Fort and barracks of Frederick on the St. John River, &c., &c.
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