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Rh House; and on Tuesday last the Trustees of the College received him at the College, and, after perusing the Papers and Accounts which he laid before them, they did by the Mouth of their President return him their unanimous Thanks, for the great Zeal, Ability, and Address, which he hath shown in the Management of the Collection, carried on in conjunction with Sir James Jay, for this College, and that of New York; by Means of which, about Thirteen Thousand Pounds Sterling will come clearly to be divided between the two Seminaries ? But the Trustees' Minutes of 12 June give a more stately account of their reception of him. Messrs. Peters, Hamilton, Coxe, Duche, Redman, Edward Shippen, Coleman, Turner, Phineas and Thomas Bond, Lardner, Strettell, Stedman, White, Willing, and Cadwalader, met according to notice and Dr. Smith being introduced by the President, he was most affectionately received by all the members of the Board, who expressed great satisfaction on seeing him safely returned and perfectly recovered from the dangerous Sickness into which he had fallen in the City of Dublin. After which kind saluta- tions he produced the State of the Collection as it stood at the time of his Departure from England, properly vouched by the Hon'ble Thomas Penn, Esqr and Mr. Alderman Trecothicke who have kindly accepted a Power of Attorney from the Commissioners named in the Royal Brief, to examine, settle and close the whole Collection as soon as the remainder of the Briefs can be returned into the proper office, there being about thirteen hundred outstanding when Dr. Smith came away, and about nine thousand seven hundred returned. Dr. Smith then delivered a joint Letter from the Pro- prietors to the Trustees, and a separate Letter to them from the Hon'ble Thomas Penn, Esq, after which he withdrew. Being soon afterwards called in, the President in the Name and by the order Of the Trustees voted him their unanimous Thanks in the warmest and most affectionate Manner for the great Zeal, Diligence, Ability and Address which he had shown in the Management of this Collection, for which all the Friends of this Institution as well as of Learning in General were under the greatest obligations to him. 2 The total results as recited in the account entered in the Minutes of 3 May, 1765, are namely: One half of the Brief Money, ^4800. One half private Collections preceding 22 June, 1762, 1136.10.6 Royal Bounty, 200. Proprietary Bounty, 500. Collected before the Scheme for New York was united, 284.17. 6921. 7.6 which at current rate of exchange 72^ per cent, would bring in Pennsylvania Currency, ;i 1.939.6.5.