The American Missionary — Volume 42, No. 12, December, 1888Various
History
The American Missionary — Volume 42, No. 12, December, 1888
Various
Congregational churches -- Missions -- Periodicals; Home missions -- Periodicals
The consummation of this great purpose was finally closed by the
transfer (October 22nd) of the securities to the Association by the
Hon. Luzon B. Morris, who has been throughout his trusted and honored
legal and financial adviser. This gift enrolls Mr. Hand among the
honored names of wealthy men who have devoted their fortunes, not to
mere display or personal gratification, but to elevate and bless the
ignorant and needy.
Mr. Hand is a man of tall, commanding presence, and still at the age of
eighty-seven writes with a firm and bold hand, and expresses himself in
brief and vigorous language.
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THE DEED OF TRUST.
The purposes and conditions of this great trust are as follows:
"The said Daniel Hand, desiring to establish a permanent fund, the
income of which shall be used for the purpose of educating needy and
indigent colored people of African descent, residing, or who may
hereafter reside in the recent slave States of the United States of
America, sometimes called the Southern States; meaning those States
wherein slavery was recognized by law in the year A.D. 1861, and in
consideration of the promises and undertakings of the said American
Missionary Association, hereinafter set forth, does hereby give,
transfer and deliver unto the said American Missionary Association the
following bonds and property in trust, viz.: (Here follows a list of
the property transferred, amounting at par value to $1,000,894.25. The
market value is more than that sum.) Said bonds and property to be
received and held by said American Missionary Association, _upon
trust_, and for the following purposes, viz.: To safely manage the said
trust fund, to change investments whenever said Association may deem it
necessary or advisable to reinvest the principal of said trust fund in
such securities, property and investments as said Association may deem
best, and to use the _income thereof only_ for the education of colored
people of African descent residing in the recent slave States of the
United States of America hereinbefore specified.
"Such income to be applied for the education of such colored people as
are needy and indigent and such as by their health, strength and vigor
of body and mind give indications of efficiency and usefulness in after
life.
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