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Continued Thursday 25th. Novr. 1779.
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until the Year 1683 it Appears that the governors were Chosen
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at General Courts or Committees holden at the said Hospitals
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respectively and that in the said Year 1683 and for several Years
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after the President treasurer governors and Officers of the said
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several Hospitals were from time to time Appointed by certain
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Commissioners Authorized by his late Majesty King Charles the
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second for the regulating of the said Hospitals and that as well
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in the last as in the Present Century down to the Present time the
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President treasurer governors and Officers of the said Hospitals
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have been from time to time Appointed at the Nomination and
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by the Choice of the respective governors of such several Hospitals at
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their Courts and Committees held in such Hospitals respectively
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That originally the Persons Elected governors of the said
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Hospitals respectively when their Estates and Revenues were
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Inconsiderable and Benefactions and Bequests small, were but
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few and chiefly confined to the
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City of London
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But afterwards
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and for a great number of Years past it being found by Experience
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That increasing the number of governors and extending the nomination
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beyond the Walls of the City and to fit Persons though not free of the
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said City was exceedingly Advantageous to the respective Charities
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such Nominations have been made of Noblemen and other
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respectable Persons residing in other Parts as well as in the said
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City of London
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and not free of the said City by which means the
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aforesaid several Charities have been very greatly increased and
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benefited and great care hath always been and is now taken that
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Persons of Character and ability likely to become Benefactors to the
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said respective Charities either by Donations in their Lives time
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or by Legacies on their deceases should be Nominated & Appointed
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as governors.
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That soon after the Foundation of the said Hospitals and
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ever since separate and distinct Seals have been made and used
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Vizt. one for the Estates and Concerns of the Mayor Commonally
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and Citizens of
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in their Corporate Capacity and the other for
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the Estates and Concerns of the said Hospitals in the Names or by
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