“The ministerial fund is now between five and six thousand dollars. After the sale, in 1797, of the wood and timber from the land donated to the society, about one thousand dollars remained as a permanent fund when the bills for repairing the house were paid. The trustees named in the act of incorporation, which was approved by the Governor June 25, 1798, were …George Ware, …  They were authorized to hold funds to the amount of eight thousand five hundred dollars.”

Reference Data:

History of Bristol County Massachusetts, Part 1, by Duane Hamilton Hurd, 1883, page 241