The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-03-28
The Peabody Tupa-Lctfcr from the
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NV YORK, March 90, 1867.

NEW YORK, March 90, 1867.
Ceutlcmeu,- Understanding that doubt
r.s heen expressed in regard to my inten-
t;ops and Instructions on the subject of the
5;<,ribution Of the fund entrusted to your
care for the purpose Of education in the
southcrn and southwestern States, / de-
,irc distinctly 70 say to you that my design
was 10 leave an absolute discretion to the
Bhard OF Trustees Is to the particular To-
coHtics in which the funds should from
time to time he expended.
hope that all the States included in
that part OF our country which is suffering
rom the results Of the recent war may,
sooner or later, according to their needs,
rcceiye more or less of the benefit of the
fund.
But it was not my design to bind my
trustees TO distribute the benefits OF the
and upon any measure or proportion
among the States, or to create any claim
On the part OF any State 10 any distributive
share.
Still less did design to subject the trus-
tees. collectively or individually, to any
responsibility TO those intended TO be bene-
ned, or to any individual responsibility OF
AtN SDlN, IDI INC VI VIZ iahh
committed to them.
have entire confidence that they will
discharge the trust with wisdom, equity,
and fidelity, and leave all the details OF
management to their own discretion.
With great respect, your humble SER
want, GE0RGE PEABODY.
To the Trustees.
The trustees have adopted the following
resolutions
/. Resolved, That for the present the
promotion Of primary or common school
education by such means or agencies as
now exist, or may need to be created, be
the leading object of the Board in the use
of the fund placed at its disposal.
2. RcSolUcd, That in aid of the above
general design, and as promotiye of the
same, the Board will have in view the fur
thcrance OF normal school education for
the preparation of teachers, as well by the
endowment of scholarships in existing
southern institutions as by the establishing
of normal schools, and the aiding of such
normal schools as may now be in operation
in the southern and southwestern States,
including such measures as may be feasl-
bic and as experience may show to be ex-
pedient for the promotion of education In
the application of science to the industrial
pursuits of human life.
A HORRIBLE GIFT, But WELL MEANT.
No. 443 BROADWAY, March %.
TO the Board of Trustees Of the Peabody
Education Fund:
GentlemeD,- Profoundly impressed with
Il. rit'r of Mr. pnahplv nd
the untold blessings which it will be the
means of dillusiDg throughout the South and
Southwest, and having been devoted for
many years to the promotion of the edu-
cational interests of our country, we can
not refrain from asking your permission to
participate in this noblest Of all his noble
charities.
Munifcent as Mr. Peabody's donation is,
We feel that not only will the extensive
and deSolate field to which it is to be ap-
Piled require it all, but that the co0pera-
ton of others who sympathize with the
great object he has in view may also be
desirable.
In furtherance, therefore, Of the end
proposed by Mr.. Peabody, the providing OF
educational facilities for destitute dis
tricts in tue South, we beg TO present TO
your board 100000 volumes on branches of
elementary lnStruction-viZ., $4,000 copies
OF WebSter's Elementary Speller; $4,000
copies OF the Webster Elementary Reader;
$4,000 copies Of CornelrS First Steps i'll
Geography; 10000 copies of Quacken-
boss Primary Arithmetic; 5000 copies of
QuackenboS'S First Book in Grammar.
We send You herewith specimen copies
Of these works, and trust they will be COM
mended to you not only by their intrinsic
merits and adaptation 10 the work of pri-
mary instruction, but also by the fact that
they are the most popular and widely
used works on the branches of which they
treat, and have been long known and cor
daily approved by teachers generally.
We solicit your acceptance and dlstri-
button Of these volumes, and will deliver
them to your order as they may be needed.
Bidding you God-speed in the great
work to which you have been called, we
remain, gentlemen, your obedient servants,
ID. APPLETON & Co.
Webster's spelling book Farewell to
the English language.