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Rh the Treasurer, the cash account of the fund he then had in hand, 2 and attended the meeting of the Trustees on the pth, when the first letters from Dr. Smith were read descriptive of the lengthy and formal beginnings of his collections. At the next meeting Dr. Franklin attended, 8 February, 1763, and a minute records: The Charity Schools being now removed into the new Buildings it was represented that some little Conveniences would be wanted, as Shelves and Cupboards, and the Carpenter was accordingly ordered to make them, and on 28 May Dr. Peters writes to Dr. Smith : 3 the new Buildings are finished, and I think it will be an easy matter to find some reputable person who will take upon them at a yearly rent to provide all necessaries and to be subject to such Rules of Oeconomy and Discipline as will keep those in perfect good Order who shall be allowed to live in them. I do not encourage any Schemes (and I believe others think as I do), till we shall be favored with your Judgment and assistance. These the Trustees had on Dr. Smith's return, and later on we shall find a picture of the home-life in the College Build- ings. 2 Minutes of Trustees, 9 November, 1762. 3 Pennsylvania Magazine, x. 352.