Colonial Echo, 1899 . 20 To this liberal charter only one condition was added. The collegeauthorities were to pay to us and our successors /zio copies of Latin verseyearly on the fifth day of November at the house of the Governor or Lieu-tenant-Governor for the time being; and in the Virginia Gazette for Novem-ber 12th. 1736, nearly fifty years after, the following appears: On this daysen night, being the fifth day of November, the president, masters, andscholars of William and ^lary College went, according to their annualcustom, in a body to present his Honor in obedience to their
Colonial Echo, 1899 . 20 To this liberal charter only one condition was added. The collegeauthorities were to pay to us and our successors /zio copies of Latin verseyearly on the fifth day of November at the house of the Governor or Lieu-tenant-Governor for the time being; and in the Virginia Gazette for Novem-ber 12th. 1736, nearly fifty years after, the following appears: On this daysen night, being the fifth day of November, the president, masters, andscholars of William and ^lary College went, according to their annualcustom, in a body to present his Honor in obedience to their President delivered the verses to his Honor, and two of the younggentlemen spoke PEYTON President of the Continental Congress. Studeni about 1730. By act of the House of Burgesses, the royal endowment of the col-lege was considerably strengthened. .Also this college, together with Har-vard, fell heir to the estate of Hon. Robert Boyle, who died in England in1691. I-rom these funds the lirafferton estate in Yorkshire, England,was bought, and the Brafferton building was erected on the campus atWilliam and ]\Iary College in \irginia for the purpose of accommodatingIndian youths, who continued to come down to the Revolution. The Tlouse of Burgesses, after much deliberation, decided that MiddleIlantation (afterwards known as Williamsburg) should be the site of thecollege. The buildings, ])lanned by Sir Christopher Wren, were erectedbetween 1692 and 1700, when the first commencement exercises were with a President, Grammar Master, Usher and Writing Master, 21 the college bid fair to gratify the most sanguine hopes of its advocates; butin 17
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