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Mr. Peabo-
dy's first letter.
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and for all proper, contingent or incidental ex-
penses of the Institute, in whatever branch the
same may be needed. In the performance of this
duty, I wish them to make a specific designation
of the fund appropriated, from time to time, to
each department, as well as of that for the gene-
ral service of all; and that these several appropria-
tions be made in such proportions as the necessi-
ties of each department may require and the means
at the disposal of the Trustees may allow. And
it is also my wish, in connection with this subject
of the funds I have directed to be supplied, that
they, as well as whatsoever I may hereafter sup-
ply, shall always be held under the control and
guardianship of the Trustees, in conformity with
such regulations as they may adopt for their pre-
servation, appropriation and investment, from time
to time, in the administration of the trust. And
that when the Maryland Historical Society shall
assume the management of the departments as I
have mentioned above, the Trustees shall put at
their disposal, in each year, the amount they shall
have appropriated for each service, as hereinbefore
required, to be disbursed by the Society according
to its appointed destination.
These, gentlemen, are the general instructions
I have to impart to you for your guidance in the
laborious duties I have committed to your care.
You will perceive that my design is to establish
an Institute which shall, in some degree, adminis-
ter to the benefit of every portion of the commu-
nity of Baltimore, which shall supply the means
of pursuing the acquirement of knowledge, and
the study of art to every emulous student of eith-
er sex who may be impelled by the laudable desire
of improvement to seek it; which shall furnish in-
centives to the ambition of meritorious youth in
the Public Schools, and in that useful school of
Design under the charge of the Mechanic's Insti-
tute, by providing for those who excel, a reward, .
which, I hope, will be found to be not only a to-
ken of honorary distinction, but also a timely con-
tribution towards the means of the worthy candi-
date .who shall win it, for the commencement of a
successful career in life; which shall afford op-
portunity to those whom fortune has blessed with
leisure, to cultivate those kindly and liberalizing
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