opinion, that this
can be safely and advantageously effected.
The following gentlemen compose the Trustees for the Funds to be
invested in the United States; namely,--
HENRY HILL, Esq., of Boston, Mass.
PELATIAH PERIT, Esq., of New York city.
Gen. WILLIAM WILLIAMS, of Norwich, Conn.
Hon. THOMAS W. WILLIAMS, of New London, Conn.
HENRY P. HAVEN, Esq., of New London, Conn.
JAMES HUNNEWELL, Esq., of Charlestown, Mass.
WILLIAM E. DODGE, Esq., of New York city.
ABNER KINGMAN, Esq., of Boston, Mass.
_Boston, August_ 1856.
At a meeting of the Trustees of Oahu College, held at Honolulu, Oct. 27,
1856, the following resolutions were adopted with reference to the
appointment of the Trustees for the Funds:
_Resolved_, 1. That the following gentlemen be and are hereby appointed
Trustees, to receive, take charge of, and invest any funds that may have
been, or hereafter may be contributed, in the United States, for the
endowment of Oahu College; viz.,
HENRY HILL, Esq., of Boston, Mass.
PELATIAH PERIT, Esq., of New York city.
Gen. WILLIAM WILLIAMS, of Norwich, Conn.
Hon. THOMAS W. WILLIAMS, of New London, Conn.
HENRY P. HAVEN, Esq., of New London, Conn.
JAMES HUNNEWELL, Esq., of Charlestown, Mass.
WILLIAM E. DODGE, Esq., of New York city.
ABNER KINGMAN, Esq., of Boston, Mass.
_Resolved_, 2. That the Trustees appointed by the foregoing resolution
be and are hereby authorized to fill all vacancies occurring in their
own number; and that they be and are also further authorized to transfer
the investment of any funds that may be received by them for the
endowment of Oahu College, to the Sandwich Islands, whenever they and
the Trustees of the said College concur in the opinion, that this can be
safely and advantageously done.
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The President of the College is now in this country
to act for the Board of Trustees, under the following
commission:
_Honolulu, Sandwich Islands, Feb_. 26, 1857.
Know all persons to whom these presents may come, that the Rev. Edward
Griffin Beckwith, President of Oahu College, is duly appointed and
authorized by the Board of Trustees of this Institution to act as their
agent in procuring funds, instructors, and books for the same; and to
promote its general interests in all such ways as may be in his power,
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