- TAGGERT, ROBERT. City of Phila. Merchant.
October 9, 1798. November 10, 1798. Y.21.
Wife: Elizabeth. To Elizabeth [Wife of Samuel Israel] and her Children. Nephew: Robert [Son of Thomas Taggert]. To Susanna [Wife of William Robinson] [Daughter of William Bonham of Northumberland, and to her Children]. Friend: Rev. Dr. John Ewing [Pastor of the High Street Congregation]. To Exec. [In Trust] for erecting and founding a Free School to be Called "Taggert's Free School" or an Academy to be Called "Taggert's Academy". To the First Presbyterian Congregation in High Street, The Second in Mulberry Street, and Fourth in Pine Street [all in Phila] for School and Assistance to poor young men for the Ministry.
Exec: Wife Elizabeth, Rev. Dr. Ashbel Green, Charles Pettit, Jaired Ingersoll, Robert Smith, George Latimer, Thomas Cuthbert, Jonathan Bayard Smith, Samuel Israel [also Trustees].
Wit: John Teas, John L. Baker, George A. Baker.
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