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dear kind Servant Mary Johns I give to the Reverend William Bond of Swansea Catholic Priest as a token of my great respect for him my small Amethyst Ring which I beg him to accept as a Remembrance of me. I give to Mr Maxwell of Goat Street Swansea my Portable Desk and for the future use of his dear Children I give him the Tales of the Genii and the Arabian Nights Entertainments Flowers of British Poetry and Beauties of Shakespeare begging him not to despise the worthlessness of the Gift but to receive it as a Mark of Esteem. I give to Mrs. Jane Drewe one pair of Coral Earrings One Coral Brooch One Coral Ring One Coral Negligee and the loose and unstrung Corals I possess. I give to Matilda Cohen my Portfolio with Lock and two fancy French Pens and to her Sister Charlotte Cohen all the loose Prints and Engrav- ings in the white Portfolio. I give to Miss Georgina Jenkins two Coral Stone Brooches. I give to Miss Anne Smith Ladies Seminary Bristol my small inlaid Working Box and two Brazilian Stone Rings. I give to Miss Rose Bodmore of Goat Street Swansea my Torquois Brooch and Ring. I give to Miss Ellen Jenkins of Wind Street Swansea my Album as I know she will value it for my sake. I give and bequeath unto the said Reverend Mr Bond and Mr Maxwell so many of my remaining Books (except the Bible hereinafter given to my Servant Mary Johns) as they may think fit And the remainder of my Books I give to my worthy Friend Albert Jenkin of Castle Street Swansea to whom I also give my broad gold ring as a remembrance of me and I give devise and bequeath all the rest residue and remainder of my Estate and Effects of what nature or sort soever including my Wardrobe Household Furniture Plate Plated Goods Glass China Bed Linen Table Linen and Trinkets unto my faithful Servant Mary Johns her Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns as a very small remuneration for her affectionate honest and undeviating rectitude of Conduct for Fifteen years and eleven months And I give her my large Bible in two Volumes which I beg her to keep for her own use and to get it read to her frequently that it may teach her to put her whole trust and confidence in Christ Jeses her Saviour who stiffered a cruel torturous and ignominious death upon the Cross shedding his Holy and precious Blood in expiation of our Sins and who will by repentance of Sins and faith in him bring her to eternal Life. "AND I APPOINT the said MARY JOHNS sole EXECUTRIX of this my Will and direct her to pay my Debts and Funeral and Testamentary Expenses out of my Residuary Estate bequeathed to her and to conduct my Funeral on the most economical Plan In witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal the twenty first day of December One thousand eight hundred and thirty eight ANN HATTON (L.S.)

SIGNED SEALED PUBLISHED AND DE- CLARED by the abovenamed Ann Hatton (the Testatrix) as and for her last Will in the presence of us who at the same time at her request in her presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our Names as Witnesses

Lewis Havard Clerk of Prior Park Bath

J. Trev. Jenkin^Sol* Swansea. EXTRACTED by John Nelson Proctor Doctors Commons

Although one of the witnesses was a solicitor, I am strongly of opinion that the will Was composed by Ann of Swansea herself. As her voluminous writings formed her most respectable title to notoriety, the number of errors in the titles of books in the ascriptions to authors, and in spelling is remarkable. " Jeses " is probably the transcriber's error.

The "large Bible in two Volumes" bequeathed to Mary Johns Was presented to the Royal Institution with the will. It is a quarto of no bibliographical interest, and without the autograph "Ann Hatton**' in each volume would not fetch five shillings. DAVID SALMON..

Swansea.

SCOTCH, IRISH, AND AMERICAN BOOKSELLERS.

I MAY supplement my lists of provincial booksellers before 1800 (see 10 S. v. 141, 183, 242 ; 11 S. i. 303, 363) by the following notes on Scotch, Irish, and American booksellers and printers : SCOTLAND. Aberdeen. Edward Raban, printer, 1629-36.

John Forbes, printer, 1671-1710. Edinburgh. Henry Charteris, printer, 1594.

Heirs of Andrew Hart, 1635.

George Anderson, 1638.

Robert Young, printer, 1638-41.

Robert Bryson, printer, 1641.

James Brison, printer, 1641.

Evan Tyler, 1645-51.

Christopher Higgins, printer, Hart's Close, over- against Trone Church, 1657.

Heirs of Andrew Anderson, printers, 1678-1706.

John Cairns, 1678.

John Reid, printer, Pearson's Close, above the Cross, 1696-1714.

James Reid, jun., 1705.

Robert Freebairn, printer, 1713.

James Watson, printer, 1714.

David Scott, Apollo, Parliament Close, 1715.

W. Adams, 1716.

T. Ruddiman, 1728.

J. Trail, 1740.

A. Donaldson, 1767.

Martin & Wotherspoon, printers, 1769.

Balfour & Smellie, printers, 1772-92.

C. Elliot, 1788.

Adam Neill & Co., 1799. Falkirk. John Reid, printer, 1776. Glasgow. Robert Sanders (or Saunders), printer,. 1697.

Hugh Brown, 1713.

Robert Urie, printer, 1751-9.

R. & A. Foulis, printers, 1760.

John Bryce, printer, Saltmarket, 1764.

Chapman & Duncan, 1778.

J. & M. Robertson, 1786. Kilmarnock. James Mewros, 1750. Leith. Evan Tyler, 1652. Perth. Robert Freebairn, printer, 1715.