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1 Memorial of the Trustees of the Peabody Educational Fund, with a Report of Their Committee on the Subject of the Education of the Colored Population of the Southern States 1 (1880)

handle is hein.slavery/mtpeabe0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 46THI C0Y GrESS, SENATE. Mis. Doc. 2d Ses ion. fNo. 49. MEHIORIAL OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE PEABODY EDUCATIONAL FUND, WITH A report of their committee on the subject of the education of the colored *population of the Southern States. ~hncii 8, 1880.-Ordered to lie on the table and be printed To the honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in Congress assembled : The trustees of the Peabody education find 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 South- ern 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 Alex- ander H. H. Stuart, of Virginia; Morrison R. Waite, of Ohio, and Will. iam 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 way 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. ROBT. C. WINTHROP, Chairman. GEORGE PEABODY RUSSELL, Secretary. WASHINGTON, February 20, 1880. TRUSTEES OF THE PEABODY EDUCATION FUND. The Board as originally appointed byMr: PEABODY consisted of the following mem- bers: HON. ROBERT C. WINTHROP ------------------------------- Massachusetts. HON. HAMILTON FISH ....................................... New York. *RIGHT REV. CHARLES P. McILVAINE ...................... Ohio. GENERAL U. S. GRANT ....................................... United States Army. *AD.NIIRAL D. G. FARRAGUT .................................. United States Navy. Reproduced with permission from the University of Illinois at Chicago

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