Peacebeingconcluded, andtheassociationbusinessthereforeatanend, Iturn', ofwhomtheJuntofurnishedagoodpart; thenextwastowriteandpublishapamphlet, ; andassoonasIcouldsupposetheirmindsalittlepreparedbytheperusalofit, Isetonfootasubscriptionforopeningandsupportinganacademy; itwastobepaidinquotasyearlyforfiveyears; bysodividingit, Ijudg'dthesubscriptionmightbelarger, andIbelieveitwasso, amountingtonoless, ifIrememberright, thanfivethousandpounds.
Intheintroductiontotheseproposals, Istatedtheirpublication, notasanactofmine, butofsomepublick-spiritedgentlemen, avoidingasmuchasIcould, accordingtomyusualrule, thepresentingmyselftothepublickastheauthorofanyschemefortheirbenefit.
Thesubscribers, tocarrytheprojectintoimmediateexecution, choseoutoftheirnumbertwenty-fourtrustees, ,[86] thenattorneygeneral, andmyselftodrawupconstitutionsforthegovernmentoftheacademy; whichbeingdoneandsigned, ahousewashired, mastersengag'd, andtheschoolsopened, Ithink, inthesameyear, 1749.
Thescholarsincreasingfast, thehousewassoonfoundtoosmall, andwewerelookingoutforapieceofground, properlysituated, withintentiontobuild, whenProvidencethrewintoourwayalargehousereadybuilt, which, withafewalterations, , , andwasobtainedforusinthefollowingmanner.
