LIFE OF DR. KELLY. XXI
1772^ in the editor's possession, the following mention is made
of Mr. Kelly, in connection with an account of the work : — " I
have, by the blessing of God, finished the revisions of the last
tome of our Manx Bible. I say revisions, because it has had
two, literatim et verbatim, with all the severity and attention of a
critical reviewer : first, the several portions as translated by our
clergy ; next, the fair copy for the press, collating and comparing
every sentence with all possible care and fidelity. Since the death
of my learned friend and fellow-labourer, the Eev. Mr. Curphy,
the w^hole of this second volume has devolved on myself, with
the assistance of a very ingenious young man, my amanuensis,
trained up to the work, and now ready to embark for WTiite-
haven with his fair transcript of the second tome, to attend the
printing and correct the press."
In Butler's Memoirs of Bishop Hilclesley (page 231) we have
the following record: — '^ In October, 1772, not many weeks
previous to Bishop Hildesley's decease, the Society (for Pro-
moting Christian Knowledge) read a letter from his lordship,
expressing the hope that some handsome gratuity might be
thought of for Mr. John Kelly, a young gentleman, native of
the Isle of Man, ' who has been,' says the good prelate, ' a
most assiduous and useful assistant to Mr. Moore, in transcribing
fair the ivhole translation of the Manks Bible for the press ; of
which he had been likewise a most indefatigable corrector, and
for which he has hitherto received no emolument.' His lordship
further hoped that the Society would the rather consider Mr. Kelly
in an especial manner, as Mr. Moore had generously declined to
accept anything for his pains. The Society, upon this, very
much to their honour, referred the business entirely to his lord-