THE
Friendly
SOCIETY
FOR
WIDOWS
BEING
A
PROPOSAL
for
Supplying
the
Defect
of
Joyntures
,
and
Securing
Women
from
falling
into
Poverty
and
Distress
at
the
Death
of
their
Husbands
.
EXperience
Informs
us
every
Day
,
of
the
Misery
and
Calamity
of
Women
after
the
Death
of
their
Husbands
,
which
chiefly
falls
on
such
Women
who
Marry
Clergy-men
,
Shop-keepers
,
and
Artificers
,
who
,
tho
they
may
bring
considerable
Fortunes
to
their
Husbands
,
are
often
times
le●●
in
a
very
mean
Condition
.
For
the
Relief
and
Support
of
such
,
and
that
they
may
be
Provided
for
whatever
the
Circumstances
and
Incumbrances
of
their
Husbands
may
Expose
them
to
;
There
is
no
Office
of
Assurance
,
by
●ay
of
Friendly
Society
●●●cted
for
Widows
,
Wherein
〈◇〉
the
Women
wh●
Subscribe
to
be
Contributors
to
the
said
Society
,
shall
be
assu●ed
to
Receive
500
l.
at
the
Death
of
their
Husbands
.
Being
a
Proposal
of
real
Publick
Benefit
,
and
with
very
small
Advantage
to
the
Undertakers
.
In
this
Office
Subscriptions
are
taken
,
the
Books
for
that
purpose
being
opened
on
the
27th
.
of
November
,
1696.
where
every
Married
Woman
,
or
her
Husband
for
her
,
may
Enter
her
Name
into
a
Register
kept
for
that
purpose
,
and
shall
Receive
a
Policy
or
Obligation
Sealed
by
the
Common
Seal
of
the
said
Office
,
in
the
Presence
of
one
or
more
of
the
Governours
of
the
said
Office
,
for
the
Conditions
of
the
following
Settlement
,
which
is
made
by
Advice
of
Council
,
and
may
be
seen
at
large
at
the
said
Office
.
Into
which
Register
,
any
Woman
,
whose
Name
is
so
Entered
that
shall
become
a
Widow
at
any
time
after
Six
Months
,
from
the
time
of
the
Books
being
shut
up
,
on
Notice
and
Proof
made
at
the
Office
,
the
manner
of
which
Proof
is
at
Large
Stated
in
the
Settlement
,
and
to
be
seen
at
the
said
Office
,
she
shall
Receive
within
Six
Months
after
such
Notice
and
Proof
made
,
the
Summ
of
Five
Hundred
Pounds
,
without
any
Deductions
,
except
certain
small
Fees
〈…〉
Officers
,
which
are
also
settled
,
and
to
be
seen
at
the
said
Office
.
〈…〉
Consideration
whereof
,
every
Person
whose
Name
is
so
Entred
and
Registred
〈…〉
agree
,
by
way
●f
Friendly
Society
,
to
Contribute
her
or
their
Propor●…
or
Part
of
the
said
●umm
of
Five
Hundred
Pounds
,
whenever
any
Mem●…
of
the
said
Society
becomes
a
Widow
,
provided
the
said
Proportion
does
〈…〉
exceed
the
Summ
of
Five
Shillings
.
And
for
the
Maintenance
of
the
said
Office
,
and
keeping
the
said
Register
every
Contributer
is
to
Pay
Five
Shillings
at
the
time
of
their
Subscribing
and
One
Shilling
and
Four
Pence
Quarterly
,
without
any
other
Claims
or
Pretension
whatsoever
.
Every
Subscriber
is
to
have
due
Notice
of
every
Claim
,
〈◇〉
the
same
being
published
and
posted
up
in
some
of
the
Eminentest
Places
of
the
City
;
after
which
,
on
Non-payment
,
according
to
Reasonable
Limited
time
adjusted
in
the
said
Settlement
,
they
lose
the
Benefit
of
their
former
Contributions
.
Any
Subscriber
having
continued
a
Member
of
the
Society
,
as
long
as
he
or
she
pleases
,
may
at
any
time
withdraw
th●●r
Subscription
and
●e
no
longer
obliged
,
upo●
Notice
in
Writing
given
to
the
Secretary
of
the
Office
,
for
the
time
being
,
and
delivering
the
Policy
of
Assurance
up
to
be
Cancel'd
.
A
Copy
of
the
Settlement
is
left
at
the
Office
,
for
any
Person
who
is
a
Subcriber
to
peruse
;
wherein
are
many
other
Articles
for
Compleating
the
Proposal
,
and
for
the
Advantage
of
the
Subscribers
.
And
because
't
is
very
proper
to
ask
what
Security
shall
be
given
for
the
Performance
of
the
Conditions
of
this
Proposal
,
the
Undertakers
hereof
have
Appointed
,
That
all
the
Money
shall
be
Deposited
into
the
Hands
of
Ten
Trustees
,
and
those
Trustees
not
to
be
named
by
the
Undertakers
,
but
by
the
Subscribers
themselves
;
so
that
they
are
Keepers
and
Disposers
of
their
own
Money
,
and
no
Claim
to
be
,
but
what
shall
be
Signed
by
the
said
Trustees
:
The
said
Trustees
to
be
Chosen
within
Twenty
Days
after
the
Closing
of
the
said
Books
;
and
in
the
mean
time
,
the
Management
of
the
said
Office
is
under
the
Disposal
and
Government
of
the
following
Gentlemen
,
to
be
joyned
to
the
said
Ten
Trustees
,
so
to
be
Chosen
by
the
Subscribers
.
All
which
may
at
Large
be
seen
in
the
Settlement
aforesaid
.
The
Books
for
this
Subscription
,
are
to
be
opened
on
the
Twenty
Seventh
day
of
November
,
at
the
General
Office
of
Assurance
for
WIDOWS
,
in
Aldermary
Church-yard
in
Watling-street
,
London
,
and
will
be
shut
up
as
soon
as
2000
Subscriptions
shall
be
made
where
the
whole
Settlement
as
aforesaid
may
be
seen
;
and
Attendance
is
daily
given
,
for
the
taking
the
said
Subscriptions
.
The
Names
of
the
present
Governors
are
,
-
Anthony
Bowyer
,
Esq
;
one
of
the
Members
of
Parliament
for
the
Burrough
of
Southwark
.
-
Dalby
Thomas
,
Esq
;
one
of
the
Commissioners
of
the
Glass-Office
.
-
James
Isaacson
,
Esq
;
one
of
the
Commissioners
of
the
Stamp-Office
.
-
Thomas
Firmin
,
Esq
;
-
Samuel
Tuffley
,
Esq
;
-
William
Dockwra
,
Esq
;
One
of
which
said
Governours
will
be
always
present
at
the
taking
the
Subscriptions
,
as
aforesaid
.
Novemb
.
25th
,
1696.