| Whites. | ||
|---|---|---|
| Managers and carpenters | 9 | |
| Boys | 15 | |
| Girl | 1 | |
| Negroes. | ||
| Men | 24 | Of which 16 are young, and fit for any labor; 7 are old, but capable of some service, and 1 so old as to be useless. |
| Women | 11 | 8 of these are capable of the usual labor, 2 are old and assist in the business of the house, and 1 almost incapable of any service. |
| Children | 15 | Of whom, those that are capable are employed about something useful, as far as their strength and abilities will permit. |
| 75 | ||
By an authentic account of the state of the family at the Orphan-house, from the year 1739 to 1770,
140 Boys
43 Girls
183 Total.
have been clothed, educated, maintained and suitably provided for.
N. B. The Spanish war; the fluctuating state of the colony for years; the long suspense in which Mr. Whitefield was kept by government at home, as to his intended plan of improvement at the Orphan-house; and other particulars which are noticed, and may be observed in his letters, prevented the accession of a greater number of orphans; but to the honour and usefulness of the institution, it ought to be remarked, that many poor children, besides what are numbered in this list, were occasionally received, educated, and maintained at the Orphan-house.
Copy of a paper, endorsed College Rules, taken from the original in Mr. Whitefield’s hand-writing, 1770.
MORNING prayer to begin constantly, every day in the year, at half after five. The first bell to ring exactly at 5 o’clock. The form as follows: A psalm or hymn; the general confession, introduced with “Let us pray.” If any scholar of the house, or any other person not in priest’s orders, doth officiate, then that collect, “O God, whose nature and property, &c.” or that out of the commination-office, “O Lord, we beseech thee mercifully hear our prayers, &c.” Then must follow the Lord’s prayer, Gloria Patri, “O come let us sing unto the Lord, &c.” or the Te Deum, or Song of the Three Children, or Benedictus; then the second lesson for the day, with a few short practical remarks; then a suitable prayer, with singing a short doxology; and thus to conclude, “The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and fellowship of the Holy Ghost be with us, the Founder of this institution, the Master, Wardens, and all its benefactors, and all mankind, now, henceforth, and for evermore.” If no one is capable of using free prayer, then shall follow the apostles creed, the collect for the week, the third collect for grace; the three prayers for the king, royal family, and clergy, turned into one; “O God, the creator;” the general thanksgiving, the prayer of St. Chrysostom, and “Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,” as before.
The same order in the evening, only to repeat the Magnificat, &c. before the reading of the second lesson.
On Wednesday and Friday morning, the hymn, the litany, the general thanksgiving, prayer of St. Chrysostom, and concluding prayer.
On Sunday morning, a short prayer with a psalm or hymn early in the morning. Full prayers and sermon at ten: the same at three in the afternoon. A short prayer, and a hymn, at half after six in the evening. The first lesson to be read at dinner; the same at supper: a short hymn at each meal. One of the orphans to read and give out the hymn, or any other substituted by the master; and also to read the second lesson in chapel.