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This School had some peculiar advantages over others, because its
setlement was firmly established, having for its Visitor, not the Minister of the
Parish, but a Senator of the Kingdom. Besides here was not only a salary
allowed to the Master and Scholars, but also an order to receive it out of
the Tithes of Vma, whereas the other had indeed a set stipend, but
because it was not certainly decreed where they should receive it, it was
not duely paid as the time and their necessities required, which was no
small disadvantage and impediment to their design. But all inconveniences
were here remedied and the salary most firmly setled; and not only so, but
also full autority granted unto the Illustrious Lord John Skytte to find
out and confirm any other means, which might conduce more to the good of
that foundation. Neither was that eminent man wanting out of his singular
piety to God, and love of learning, to make this his whole business, till at
last he gathered a sum of five thousand Dollars, partly thro his own, and
partly thro his friends liberality, which he delivered to the Queen
Christina for the use of a Copper Mine, that in lieu thereof the School of Vma
might yearly receive the whole revenue of the Crown, due from certain
Towns in that Province. This request of his the Queen easily granted, and
two years after issu’d out her Letters patents, and a new Charter by the
Protectors of the Kingdom, whose worthy Commemoration is not to be
omitted. The words of the Charter are as follow,
We Christina by the Grace of God Queen elect
and hereditary Princess of the Swedes, Goths and Vandals,
Queen of Finland, Esthonia, Carelia, and Ingria, do declare,
that whereas our dearly beloved Father, somtimes King of
Swedland, did out of his singular zeal and religious affection for the
promoting of the Church of God, especially in the Northern parts
of his Dominions, institute a Laplandish School in the Province
of Uma, and did constitute our trusty and well beloved Senator
the illustrious Lord John Skytte, Senator of the Kingdom of
Sweden, President of our Roial Council in Gothland, Chancellor
of our Vniversity of Upsal, High Commissioner of South-Finland,
free Baron of Duderhoff, Lord of Grænsia, Stræmfrum and
Skytteholm, Knight, to be superviser of this work, setling the same
power upon his Posterity after his decease, and bountifully allowing
to this design out of the stores of Uma the yearly Tithes due
to the Crown; We therefore by vertue of these Letters patents to
not only confirm that wholsom Constitution of our piom Father
deceased, but do also certify that the illustrius Lord John Skytte
hath brought in the sum of 5000 Dollars of silver given by
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