Scholarships at William and Mary College.
--Before the Revolution, Scholarships were established in the college of William and Mary upon the following foundations, viz: In 1735
Mrs. Elizabeth Harrison, of
Surry, gave three hundred pounds; and
Mrs. Thomas Bray, of New Kent, two hundred pounds;
Col. Robert Carie, of Corotoman, gave fifty pounds;
the Rev. James Blair, the first
President of the college, and the first commissioner of
Virginia, six hundred pounds, and
Philip Lightfoot,
Esq. of
Sandy Point, five hundred pounds. This last donation was made in 1749, and to the end. "that two Scholars should be educated for the Ministry of the Church of England." In the fourth year of the reign of King George the first, the
House of Burgess of
Virginia, give one thousand pounds. Upon these foundations eleven scholars were educated, until the 25th of March 1776, when the pecuniary exigencies of the college resulting from the war, caused the Scholarships to be suspended.
The college its losses by the destructive fire of 1859 having been more than repaired through the of some of the descendants of those who founded these Scholarships and of other liberal benefactors, and its patronage having been increased, is in a condition to elect students to these Scholarships, which may be designated as follows, to wit: The Harrison Scholarship, the
Bray Scholarship, the
Courier Scholarship, the 1st Blair Scholarship, the 2nd Blair Scholarship the 1st Lightfoot Scholarship, the 2nd Lightfoot Scholarship and the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Burgesses Scholarships.
The Faculty will fill the vacancies on the 26th of December next, in order that the students elected may enter upon collegiate duties on the 1st of January, 1861. The term of such Scholarship is three years. Application accompanied by recommendation must be addressed to M.
Thomas P. McCandush,
Secretary of the Faculty,
Williamsburg, Va.--
Norfolk Argus. 
