OFFICERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. JOHN P. KENNEDY, President. JOSIAS PENNINGTON, Vice-President. ENOCH PRATT, Treasurer. J. P. KENNEDY, TRUSTEES. CHARLES J. M. EATON, THOMAS SWANN, JOHN B. MORRIS, JOSIAS PENNINGTON, WM. McKIM, DAVID S. WILSON, J. MASON CAMPBELL, GEORGE WM. BROWN, GALLOWAY CHESTON, GEORGE P. TIFFANY, EDW. M. GREENWAY, JR. WM. C. SHAW, S. T. WALLIS, CHARLES HOWARD, GEORGE W. DOBBIN, THOMAS WHITRIDGE, JOSEPH CUSHING, JR. REVERDY JOHNSON, JR. THOMAS DONALDSON. N. H. MORISON, Provost. P. R. UHLER, First Assistant Librarian. LETTERS FROM GEORGE PEABODY, Esq. GENTLEMEN: BALTIMORE, February 12th, 1857. In pursuance of a purpose long entertained by me, and which I communicated to some of you more than two years ago, I have determined, without further delay, to establish and endow an Institute in this City, which, I hope, may become useful towards the improvement of the moral and intellectual culture of the inhabitants of Baltimore, and collaterally to those of the State; and, also, towards the enlargement and diffusion of a taste for the Fine Arts. My wishes, in regard to the scope and character of this Institute, are known to some of you through a personal communication of my purpose. In the sequel of this letter I shall further advert to that subject. In presenting to you the object I propose, propose, I wish you to understand that the details proper to its organization and government and its future control and conduct, I |