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up in the same form and colours as the uniforms of the poor 

 children she clothed on my birthday. 



" To complete this arrangement it was necessary to deter- 

 mine who should be the objects of this charitable foundation, 

 and it gave me much satisfaction to find that my Daughter did 

 not hesitate a moment in making her option. She immediately 

 expressed her wishes that it might be the poor children of the 

 Town where she was born, a spot which will ever be very 

 dear to her, and where she is anxious to be remembered with 

 kindness and affection. 



11 Though the inhabitants of the Town of Concord are too 

 rich, and have, fortunately, too small a number of objects of 

 charity, to stand in need of such a donation as that which my 

 Daughter is desirous of their accepting at her hands, yet, as 

 the object she has principally in view the encouragement qf 

 Industry among the children of the most indigent classes of 

 society must meet the approbation of all good and wise men, 

 she cannot help flattering herself that the Town of Concord 

 will do her the favour and the honour to accept of this donation 

 for the purpose stipulated, and that either the Selectman of the 

 Town, or the Overseers of the Poor, for the time being, will 

 take the trouble annually, of seeing that the conditions of it are 

 fulfilled. 



" What I have to request of you, my Dear Sir, is, that you 

 would mention this matter to some of the principal Inhabitants 

 of Concord, and endeavour to obtain their approbation of the 

 scheme and a promise of their support of it, and their assistance 

 in carrying it into execution. As soon as I shall be informed 

 by you that our Plan meets with their approbation, my Daugh- 

 ter will make an application to them in a more direct and formal 

 manner ; and I hereby engage to be her surety for the punctual 

 performance of all that she may promise in the progress of this 

 business. 



" I shall hasten to conclude this long epistle by requesting 

 that you would excuse the liberty I take in giving you so much 

 trouble with my affairs, and that you would rest assured that I 

 shall not fail to embrace with eagerness every opportunity that 



