“I was born in Boston, New England, and owe my first instructions in literature to the free grammar-schools established there. I therefore give one hundred pounds to my , to be by them … paid over to the managers or directors of the free schools in my native town of Boston, to be by them … put out to interest, and so continued at interest forever, which interest annually shall be laid out in silver medals, and given as honorary rewards annually by the directors of the said free schools belonging to the said town, in such manner as to the of the of the said town shall seem meet.”
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
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Words you’ll meet in this part (4)
- sterling
- British money, especially the pound sterling.
- executors
- Individuals appointed to carry out the terms of a will after someone's death.
- discretion
- The quality of behaving or speaking in a way to avoid offense or maintain privacy.
- selectmen
- Elected officials who manage local government affairs in New England towns.
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