General Accompt of Monies expended and received for the Use of the Orphan-house in _Georgia_, from _January_ 7th, 1738‒9, to _February_ 9th, 1765.
Dʳ. │ Cʳ. ─────────────────────────────────── │ ────────────────────────────────── Sterling, │ Sterling, ────────── │ ────────── l. s. d. │ l. s. d. ──── ── ── │ ──── ── ── 1746, April 16. To │ 1746, April 16. By sundries expended as │ sundry receipts per per audit this day 5511 17 9¼ │ audit 4982 12 8 │ 1752, Feb. 25. To ditto 2026 13 7½ │ 1752, Feb. 25. By ditto 1386 8 7½ │ 1755, Feb. 19. To ditto 1966 18 2 │ 1755, Feb. 19. By ditto 1289 2 3 │ 1765, Feb. 9. To ditto 3349 15 10 │ 1765, Feb. 9. By ditto 3132 16 0¼ │ ──── ── ── │ 10,790 19 6¾ │ By the Rev. Mr. │ Whitefield’s │ benefactions, being │ the sums expended │ more than received, │ as appears from │ the several │ former audits, now │ carefully examined, │ viz. Folio 65 — 1169 10 1¼ │ Ditto 81 — 400 5 4¾ │ Ditto 98 — 494 10 4 │ ──── ── ── │ 2064 5 10 ──── ── ── │ ──── ── ── 12,855 5 4¾ │ 12,855 5 4¾
Sidenote: GEORGIA ss.
BEFORE me, the Honourable _Noble Jones_, Esq. senior, one of the assistant justices for the province aforesaid, personally appeared the Reverend Mr. _George Whitefield_ and _Thomas Dixon_ of the province aforesaid, who being duly sworn, declare that the accompts relating to the Orphan-house, from folio 82, to folio 98, in this book, amounting on the debit side to three thousand three hundred and forty-nine pounds fifteen shillings and ten pence, sterling, and on the credit side to three thousand one hundred and thirty-two pounds sixteen shillings and one farthing, sterling, contain, to the best of their knowledge, a just and true account of all the monies collected by, or given to them, or any other, for the use or benefit of the said house; and that the disbursements amounting to the sum aforesaid, have been faithfully applied to and for the use of the same.
Signed, GEORGE WHITEFIELD, THOS. DIXON.
_February 9, 1765._
Sworn this 9th day of _February_, 1765, before me; in justification whereof I have caused the seal of the general court to be affixed.
Signed N. JONES. Sealed.
Sidenote: GEORGIA ss.
BEFORE me, the Honourable _Noble Jones_, Esq. senior, personally appeared _James Edward Powell_ and _Grey Elliot_, Esqrs. members of his Majesty’s honourable council for the province aforesaid, who being duly sworn, declare that they have carefully examined the accompts containing the receipts and disbursements, for the use of the Orphan-house in the said province, and that comparing them with the several vouchers, they find the same not only just and true in every respect, but kept in such a clear and regular manner, as does honour to the managers of that house; and that on a careful examination of the several former audits, it appears that the sum of two thousand and sixty-four pounds, five shillings and ten pence, has at several times been given by the Reverend Mr. _George Whitefield_ for the use of the said house; and that in the whole the sum of twelve thousand eight hundred fifty-five pounds five shillings and four pence three farthings, has been laid out for the same house since 7th _January_, 1738‒9, to this day:――Also that it doth not appear that any charge has ever been made by the said Reverend Mr. _Whitefield_, either for travelling charges or any other expences whatever, and that no charge of salary has been made for any person whatever, employed or concerned in the management of the said house. _February_ 9th, 1765.
Signed, JAMES EDWARD POWELL, GREY ELLIOT.
Sworn this 9th day of _February_, 1765, before me; in justification whereof, I have caused the seal of the general court to be affixed.
Signed N. JONES. Sealed.