The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-11-01
GIFT OF A MILLION DOLLARS.
DANIEL HANDS MUNIFICENCE TO
THE NEGROES.
A Fortune Intrusted to the American
Missionary Association TO Form
an Educational Fund.

The American Missionary association |
which held It's annual session in Providence, |
r. l., last week received the largest gift /
ever msds In this country by a living donor |
to benevolent society. Daniel Hand, an
aged resident of Clinton, Ct, formerly a
merchant in the south, has given to the asso-
citation $1,000, S9i. 25 in interest bearing So
curities. to DO held in trust and known as
"The Daniel Hand educational fund for
colored people," the income only to be used
for the education of colored people IN the
southern states. Mr.. Hand having made
his money In the south, and having seen tne
ignorance and consequent suffering OF inc
| &C, ored peope there felt that he could not
use it better than in providing for their educa-
| ton. and has chosen to intrust to the Amerl-
| can Missionary association, whose work Is so
largely devoted to tho elevation OF that peo-
pie, the caro- Of this magnificent gift, so prac'
| tical and useful in its design, and the dis
bursenent of its income in accordance with
| tho provisions of the trust The following
resolution. offered by Dea. Samuel Holmes,
was passed, amid great enthusiasm, by RI
sing vote.
Resolved, that we recognize the goodness
of Almighty God in putting it into the heart
| of Mr.. Daniel Hand to make the munii1-
cont gift of more than 81 ,00O,0O for the ed
ucation of the colored youth Of the south, to
be expended under the direction OF the
American Missionary association. We rejoice
in the flood of beneticient influence which
will flow through all the years from this no.
put upon us, promising to use 1t as q stmu-
ius for increased activity on the part OF the
Christian church.
Mr.. Hand is about 81 years old, and was
engaged in business in the south, where he
had lived since his youth till the war, when
came north because Of mis- loyalty tbs IN tns
vestment Of his securities which
were very productive. He has long
! contemplated giving the tulk OF hi:
means to the benefit of his fellow men
He intended at first to give it to some north
ern institutions, but his attention was turned
to the wants of the negroes OF tho south
and as he knew their privations on accoun
, of their ignorance, he decided to make then
his ben .fciaries through the agency OF tn
. | American Missionary association.
, There is an interesting story back
Daniel Hands gift. When the war broke GU
he was n thriving wholesale grocer q
s hurrieily, and left the property in charge Q
g his clerk, George Williams, telling him t
l use it to his best advantage till Hands n
turn. Hand supposed his property had bee
h confiscated by the confederates, and mad
a 10 inquiries for over twenty years
}. He was Ihen Great.y SUI ise
: TO learn that Williams had sold til
o Charleston property and invested the pr
l. ceeds in pine timber lands, and it had il
ia creased in value to q wonderful degree an
l. that Williams had faithfully be!d the prof
1t in trust. waiting to hear from Han'
70 In 1887 tho settlement wi
It made and each man cleared abo1
d s, 600, 600 This is supposed TO TO Il
IN money that Hand now returns to the SOU
it to educate the negroes. The settlement
" the property and the arrangements for Il
70 gift were conducted by Judge Iuzon B. Nc
ris, now dem c'atic candidate for govern
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