um of money to carry this
resolution into effect is hereby appropriated out of any money in
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

Approved March 2, 1867.

_____

_The Secretary of State to Cyrus W. Field._ (p. 420)

To Department of State,
Cyrus W. FIELD, Esq., Washington, January 7, 1869.
New York.

Sir: Pursuant to the resolution of Congress of March 2, 1867, the
President has caused to be prepared, for presentation to you, in
the name of the people of the United States, a gold medal, with
suitable devices and inscriptions, in acknowledgment of your
eminent services in the establishment of telegraphic
communication, by means of the Atlantic cable, between the Old
World and the New.

This testimonial, together with an engrossed copy of the
resolution referred to, is herewith transmitted to you by
direction of the President.

I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
William H. SEWARD.

No. 78. (p. 421)
PLATE LXXVIII.

_February 7, 1867._

[Rx]. The people of the United States to George Peabody, etc.

GEORGE PEABODY.

[_Promotion of Universal Education._]

Bust of George Peabody, facing the left.

THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES TO GEORGE PEABODY IN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF
HIS BENEFICENT PROMOTION OF UNIVERSAL EDUCATION.[122]

[Footnote 122: See INTRODUCTION, page viii.]

This is not, properly speaking, a medal, but rather a medallion
forming the center of a piece of gold plate, the work of Messrs. Starr
and Marcus, goldsmiths, of New York. A female figure, representing
Benevolence, leans over the medallion on the right, holding in her
right hand a branch of laurel, while with her left she points to the
bust of George Peabody. On the opposite side, under a palmetto tree,
are two children, the one white, the other a negro, typical of
education in the Southern States. The group is placed upon a pedestal
of solid gold, in the center of which are the arms of the United
States of America in enamel, resting upon two branches, one of oak,
the other of laurel. To the right, BENEVOLENCE; to the left,
EDUCATION. On the reverse of the pedestal, beneath the medallion, are
a globe, books, a map of the United St