Proceedings of the Trustees of the Peabody Education Fund (Volume 2)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1881 Excerpt: ... MEMORIAL. Agreeably to the order of the Board, the following Memorial was presented to both branches of Congress on the 8th of March, 1880: To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in Congress assembled: --The Trustees of The Peabody Education Fund respectfully represent: --That, in administering the great Trust committed to them by the late George Peabody, their attention has been turned to the vital necessity of National Aid for the education of the colored population of the Southern States, and especially of the great masses of colored children who are growing up to be voters under the Constitution of the United States: --That the subject of invoking such Aid was referred for consideration, in October last, -to a Special Committee of their Board, consisting of Alexander H. H. Stuart, of Virginia, Morrison R. Waite, of Ohio, and William M. Evarts, of New York; and that the Report of this Committee, after careful deliberation, has now received the unanimous assent of the Trustees, and of their General Agent, Dr. Sears. The Trustees ask leave to submit this Report to the consideration of Congress, with an expression of their earnest hope that it may receive an early and favorable attention, and that seasonable provision may be made for meeting an exigency which concerns the best interests of the whole Union. ROBERT C. WINTHROP, Chairman. George Peabody Russell, Secretary. Washington, February 20, 188&. NINETEENTH MEETING OF THE TRUSTEES. Washington, Feb. 2, 1SS1. The Trustees met at the Riggs House in Washington on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 1881, at 12 M. There were present: Mr. Winthrop, the Chairman, and Messrs. Fish, Aiken, Grant, Evarts, Riggs, Wetmore, Barnes, Waite, Whipple, JackSon, Hayes, Manning, and Lyman. Prayer was offe...