A brother sent 100l., being induced to do so an having had the former
paper read to him. Feb. 7. 1l. 2s., 1s., 6d., 2s. 6d., 5s., 2s. 6d., 5s.,
2s. 6d., 3l. 10s. Feb. 8. A table and two chairs, 4s., 5l., also 30l. was
sent from Ireland; 10s., 10s., 1l. Feb. 9. 1l., 4s. 1d., 10s., 1s. 1d.,
1s. 1d., 1s., 1s., 1s., 1s., 1d., 5s., 2s. 6d., 2s. 6d., 2s. 6d., 2s. 6d.,
2s. 6d., 6d., 6d., 6d., 4d., 4d., 1d., 1s. Feb. 11. Three yards of print,
2s. 6d., 5s.; 5s., 10s. Feb. 12. A clothes' horse, a coffee pot, and 1s.;
also a washing tub, a coffee mill, a pepper mill, two dozen pieced of
bobbin, three dozen stay laces, two dozen thimbles, two dozen bodkins, 300
needles, a gridiron, six pots of blacking paste, a pound of thread, and a
large deal table. Feb. 14. 10s., 1l., put anonymously into Bethesda boxes,
for the Orphan-House. Feb. 15. Two glass salt cellars, a mustard pot, a
vinegar cruet, and a pepper box, also 4s., 4d., 4d., 4d., 4d., 2s. 6d.
Feb. 16. 4d. 1s., 4d., Feb. 17. 5s. Feb. 18. A bedstead, and by two poor
persons, 2d. Feb. 19. There were sent from London 34 yards of print, six
yards of calico, one dozen pocket handkerchiefs, four pairs of stockings,
and two New Testaments. Feb. 20. Two salt cellars, two mugs, two plates,
also two pocket handkerchiefs. Feb. 21. 1l. Feb. 22. 4s., 1s. Feb. 23.
Twelve yards of gingham from two Swiss sisters. Feb. 25. 2s. 6d., 2s. 6d.
Feb. 28. 1l. Feb. 29. 1l., 5s., 4s.
March 2. 1l., 1s., 1s. 6d., 1s., 1s., 1s., 1/2d., 2s., 1s., 1s., 2s. 6d.;
also out of the box in my room, 1l. 2s. 6d.; two large iron pots were sent
anonymously. March 4. 10l., 10s., 3s., 7d., 10s., 2s. 6d., 10s., 10s.,
3s.; all these offerings were sent from Clapham; also a desk. March 5.
Some fancy worsted and 1s., the produce of the sale of some old map
rollers. March 7. 4s., 10s., 5s., 5s., 2s. 6d., 2s. 6d., 2s., 2s. 6d.,
5s.; all these offerings were sent from Cleve, also 5s.; also, from a
distance of about 100 miles, was sent the valuable and useful present of
five pewter dishes, three dozen pewter plates, three dozen metal spoons,
two coral necklaces, a pair of coral earrings, and a large gold brooch--the
trinkets to be sold for the benefit of the Orphan-House. Also from the
same place was sent 10s. "which had been laid up for a time of need, but
which were sent because the donor thought that the time of trust in the
Lord in Bristol was her time of need to give."
March 10. 8s., 1s. 6d., 2s. 6d., 6d., 6d., 6d., 1d.,
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