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kirby’s wonderful museum.
tricity which distinguished his habits and manners, he de-
scribes himself as General John Reid, formerly of Wood-
stock Street, but for the last six years of the Haymarket. He
farther says, that he was first a lieutenant in a regiment raised
in 1745, by the Earl of Loudoun, and that he was the last
male heir of a very ancient family, which would be extinct
at his death.
_ By this instrument he left the interest of his property to
his only daughter, Mrs. Susan Robertson, for her life, upon
the express condition that it should be paid into her hands
only, and not to any person whom she might appoint to re-
ceive it: after her, to descend to her children, who must, if
any survive, within six months after they attain the age of
twenty-one, take the surname of Reid, and use all armorial
bearings, Sec. of the family. Should they fail to do this, or
refuse to comply, the property is then to go away from them,
and he points out the manner in which it is to be disposed
of. He left his servant, William Arden, if he should con-
tinue to live with him till his death, thirty guineas, besides his
wages of forty pounds, which he states he always paid on the
1st of January. To his other servant he left a chart of land,
his property, in New England, in America, which was taken
from him by an armed banditti, in.the American war, “ so
badly conducted.” To Governor Franklin he bequeathed
two small busts, in oval frames, of General Melville and
himself. His w earing apparel he left to another gentleman.
To the university of Edinburgh, where he received his
education, he left all his music; and property to found a
new professorship of music, with an annual support for the
professor. He also directed, that out of the general funds
left by him, the university should cause a concert of music to
be performed annually, on the 13th of February, (being his
birth-day,) at which must be performed one solo for the German
flute, clarinet, or hautboy; one march; and one minuet, with
accompaniments, by a select baad, to shew the taste of music
kirby’s wonderful museum.
tricity which distinguished his habits and manners, he de-
scribes himself as General John Reid, formerly of Wood-
stock Street, but for the last six years of the Haymarket. He
farther says, that he was first a lieutenant in a regiment raised
in 1745, by the Earl of Loudoun, and that he was the last
male heir of a very ancient family, which would be extinct
at his death.
_ By this instrument he left the interest of his property to
his only daughter, Mrs. Susan Robertson, for her life, upon
the express condition that it should be paid into her hands
only, and not to any person whom she might appoint to re-
ceive it: after her, to descend to her children, who must, if
any survive, within six months after they attain the age of
twenty-one, take the surname of Reid, and use all armorial
bearings, Sec. of the family. Should they fail to do this, or
refuse to comply, the property is then to go away from them,
and he points out the manner in which it is to be disposed
of. He left his servant, William Arden, if he should con-
tinue to live with him till his death, thirty guineas, besides his
wages of forty pounds, which he states he always paid on the
1st of January. To his other servant he left a chart of land,
his property, in New England, in America, which was taken
from him by an armed banditti, in.the American war, “ so
badly conducted.” To Governor Franklin he bequeathed
two small busts, in oval frames, of General Melville and
himself. His w earing apparel he left to another gentleman.
To the university of Edinburgh, where he received his
education, he left all his music; and property to found a
new professorship of music, with an annual support for the
professor. He also directed, that out of the general funds
left by him, the university should cause a concert of music to
be performed annually, on the 13th of February, (being his
birth-day,) at which must be performed one solo for the German
flute, clarinet, or hautboy; one march; and one minuet, with
accompaniments, by a select baad, to shew the taste of music