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A good deal of sympathy was aroused in their behalf. The
New Haven authorities had to face the question whether they
would imprison the daughter of a Signer of the Declaration
of Independence, who had affixed his signature to the great
affirmation that all men are created equal, the daughters of
two Framers of the Constitution, and the daughter of James
Hillhouse, then the foremost citizen of Connecticut, for
teaching little children to read the Bible. They gave up the
attempt. The school kept on and flourished. President Dwight
raised a considerable fund for it by a course of lectures,
and it continued down to within my own recollection. What
became of the fund which was raised for its support I cannot
tell.
Jeremiah Evarts was born February 13, 1781. He died May 10,
1831. He was the founder and Secretary of the American Board
of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. He was one of the
thirteen men who met in Samuel Dexter's office in 1812, to
inaugurate the Temperance Reformation. The habit of excessive
drinking was then almost universal in this country.


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