Semi Centennial of Girard College Biographical Sketch of Stephen Girard His
Semi Centennial of Girard College Biographical Sketch of Stephen Girard His
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Proved December 31, 1831. Recorded Philada. Will Book 10, /. 198. I, Stephen Girard, of the City of Philadelphia, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, mariner and merchant, being of sound mind, memory, and understanding, do make and publish this my last will and testament, in man- ner following, that is to say. . . . I. I give and bequeath unto " The Contributors to the Pennsylvania Hospital, " of which corporation I am a member, the sum of thirty thousand dollars, upon the fol- lowing conditio...ns, namely, that the said sum shall be added to their capital, and shall remain a part thereof forever, to be placed at interest and the interest thereof to be applied, in the first place to pay to my black woman Hannah (to whom I hereby give her freedom) the sum of two hundred dollars per year, in quarterly payments of fifty dollars each in advance, during all the term of her life; and, in the second place, the said interest to be applied to the use and accommodation of the sick in the said hospital, and for providing and at all times having competent matrons, and a sufficient number of nurses and assistant nurses, in order not only to promote the purposes of the said hospital, but 118 WILL OF STEPHEN GIRARD.
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