Undated — General Rules Concerning the College
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We are, Dearly beloved in the Lord,
Your obliged Friends,
And most humble Servants for Jesus’ Sake,
THOMAS COKE
FRANCIS ASBURY
GENERAL RULES CONCERNING THE COLLEGE
1st. A President and two Tutors shall be provided for the present. 2dly. The Students shall consist of
1. The Sons of Travelling Preachers.
2. The Sons of annual Subscribers, the Children recommended by those annual Subscribers who have none of their own, and the Sons of Members of our Society.
3. Orphans.
But,
1. The Sons of the annual Subscribers shall have the Preference to any others, except those of the Travelling Preachers.
2. An annual Subscriber who has no Sons of his own, shall have a Right to recommend a Child; and such Child so recommended shall have the Preference to any other, except the Sons of Travelling Preachers and annual Subscribers.
3. As many of the Students as possible shall be lodged and boarded in the Town of Abingdon, among our pious Friends; but those who cannot be so lodged and boarded, shall be provided for in the College.
4. The Price of Education shall be 10/. per Ann. Maryland Currency.
5. The Price for Lodging and Boarding shall (if practicable) not exceed 20/. per Ann.
6. The Sons of the Travelling Preachers shall be boarded, educated and cloathed gratis, except those whose Parents according to the Judgment of the Conference are of Ability to defray the Expence.
7. The Orphans shall be boarded, educated and cloathed gratis.