Produced by Donald Cummings and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) [Illustration] WASHINGTON _The Model of Character_ FOR AMERICAN YOUTH. WASHINGTON THE MODEL OF CHARACTER FOR AMERICAN YOUTH: AN ADDRESS, DELIVERED TO THE _Boys of the Public Schools_. BY REV. J. N. M‘JILTON, A. M. CHAIRMAN OF THE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL, BALTIMORE. BALTIMORE: PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY J. MURPHY, 178 MARKET STREET. ENTERED, according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1846, BY JOHN MURPHY, in the Clerk’s office of the District Court of Maryland. CORRESPONDENCE. BALTIMORE, _July 24, 1846_. REV. AND DEAR SIR: The address delivered by you at the celebration of the Public Schools of this city was so admirably adapted to the occasion, and calculated to be of such essential service to the youth of our city and country, that the committee of arrangements feel that they but reflect the sentiments and wishes of all who heard it, by requesting that you would place a copy in their hands, with a view to publication, in order that it may be preserved in a convenient and durable form for more extended circulation and usefulness. We are, sir, with great respect and esteem, Your friends, JOHN R. W. DUNBAR, R. T. SPENCE, JOHN F. MONMONIER, R. S. BOWIE, CHARLES M. KEYSER, _Com. of Arrangements_. To REV. J. N. M‘JILTON. BALTIMORE, _July 27, 1846_. GENTLEMEN: The address prepared at your request, and delivered to the pupils of the public schools, is at your service. No objection of mine shall be interposed between your desire that it may be useful, and the effort to make it so. With high consideration, Your friend, J. N. M‘JILTON. To DR. JOHN R. W. DUNBAR, ” R. T. SPENCE, ” JOHN F. MONMONIER, R. S. BOWIE, ESQ., MAJ. CHARLES M. KEYSER, _Committee of Arrangements_. PREFACE.