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dear kind Servant Mary Johns I give to the
Reverend William Bond of Swansea Catholic
Priest as a token of my great respect for him my
small Amethyst Ring which I beg him to accept
as a Remembrance of me. I give to Mr Maxwell
of Goat Street Swansea my Portable Desk and
for the future use of his dear Children I give him
the Tales of the Genii and the Arabian Nights
Entertainments Flowers of British Poetry and
Beauties of Shakespeare begging him not to
despise the worthlessness of the Gift but to receive
it as a Mark of Esteem. I give to Mrs. Jane
Drewe one pair of Coral Earrings One Coral
Brooch One Coral Ring One Coral Negligee and
the loose and unstrung Corals I possess. I
give to Matilda Cohen my Portfolio with Lock
and two fancy French Pens and to her Sister
Charlotte Cohen all the loose Prints and Engrav-
ings in the white Portfolio. I give to Miss Georgina
Jenkins two Coral Stone Brooches. I give to
Miss Anne Smith Ladies Seminary Bristol my
small inlaid Working Box and two Brazilian
Stone Rings. I give to Miss Rose Bodmore of
Goat Street Swansea my Torquois Brooch and
Ring. I give to Miss Ellen Jenkins of Wind
Street Swansea my Album as I know she will
value it for my sake. I give and bequeath unto
the said Reverend Mr Bond and Mr Maxwell
so many of my remaining Books (except the Bible
hereinafter given to my Servant Mary Johns)
as they may think fit And the remainder of my
Books I give to my worthy Friend Albert Jenkin
of Castle Street Swansea to whom I also give
my broad gold ring as a remembrance of me and
I give devise and bequeath all the rest residue
and remainder of my Estate and Effects of what
nature or sort soever including my Wardrobe
Household Furniture Plate Plated Goods Glass
China Bed Linen Table Linen and Trinkets unto
my faithful Servant Mary Johns her Heirs
Executors Administrators and Assigns as a very
small remuneration for her affectionate honest
and undeviating rectitude of Conduct for Fifteen
years and eleven months And I give her my large
Bible in two Volumes which I beg her to keep for
her own use and to get it read to her frequently
that it may teach her to put her whole trust and
confidence in Christ Jeses her Saviour who
stiffered a cruel torturous and ignominious death
upon the Cross shedding his Holy and precious
Blood in expiation of our Sins and who will by
repentance of Sins and faith in him bring her to
eternal Life. "AND I APPOINT the said MARY
JOHNS sole EXECUTRIX of this my Will and
direct her to pay my Debts and Funeral and
Testamentary Expenses out of my Residuary
Estate bequeathed to her and to conduct my
Funeral on the most economical Plan In witness
whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal
the twenty first day of December One thousand
eight hundred and thirty eight ANN HATTON
(L.S.)
SIGNED SEALED PUBLISHED AND DE- CLARED by the abovenamed Ann Hatton (the Testatrix) as and for her last Will in the presence of us who at the same time at her request in her presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our Names as Witnesses
Lewis Havard Clerk of Prior Park Bath
J. Trev. Jenkin^Sol* Swansea. EXTRACTED by John Nelson Proctor Doctors Commons
Although one of the witnesses was a
solicitor, I am strongly of opinion that the
will Was composed by Ann of Swansea
herself. As her voluminous writings formed
her most respectable title to notoriety, the
number of errors in the titles of books
in the ascriptions to authors, and in spelling
is remarkable. " Jeses " is probably the
transcriber's error.
The "large Bible in two Volumes" bequeathed to Mary Johns Was presented to the Royal Institution with the will. It is a quarto of no bibliographical interest, and without the autograph "Ann Hatton**' in each volume would not fetch five shillings. DAVID SALMON..
Swansea.
SCOTCH, IRISH, AND AMERICAN BOOKSELLERS.
I MAY supplement my lists of provincial booksellers before 1800 (see 10 S. v. 141, 183, 242 ; 11 S. i. 303, 363) by the following notes on Scotch, Irish, and American booksellers and printers : SCOTLAND. Aberdeen. Edward Raban, printer, 1629-36.
John Forbes, printer, 1671-1710. Edinburgh. Henry Charteris, printer, 1594.
Heirs of Andrew Hart, 1635.
George Anderson, 1638.
Robert Young, printer, 1638-41.
Robert Bryson, printer, 1641.
James Brison, printer, 1641.
Evan Tyler, 1645-51.
Christopher Higgins, printer, Hart's Close, over- against Trone Church, 1657.
Heirs of Andrew Anderson, printers, 1678-1706.
John Cairns, 1678.
John Reid, printer, Pearson's Close, above the Cross, 1696-1714.
James Reid, jun., 1705.
Robert Freebairn, printer, 1713.
James Watson, printer, 1714.
David Scott, Apollo, Parliament Close, 1715.
W. Adams, 1716.
T. Ruddiman, 1728.
J. Trail, 1740.
A. Donaldson, 1767.
Martin & Wotherspoon, printers, 1769.
Balfour & Smellie, printers, 1772-92.
C. Elliot, 1788.
Adam Neill & Co., 1799. Falkirk. John Reid, printer, 1776. Glasgow. Robert Sanders (or Saunders), printer,. 1697.
Hugh Brown, 1713.
Robert Urie, printer, 1751-9.
R. & A. Foulis, printers, 1760.
John Bryce, printer, Saltmarket, 1764.
Chapman & Duncan, 1778.
J. & M. Robertson, 1786. Kilmarnock. James Mewros, 1750. Leith. Evan Tyler, 1652. Perth. Robert Freebairn, printer, 1715.
