would give me a letter to the good friends who had sent me to him. He did so, sealed it up, and gave it to me![1]
“I had been teaching a few days at the Grammar School when another professor came into my room and told me he wished to introduce me to a countryman of mine, who had two sons in the school. He took me into an adjoining room, and the gentleman received me very kindly, and invited me to tea. After tea, he proposed to give me a home at his own house on condition that I would aid his boys in preparing their lessons in the evenings. This suited my purpose, and aided me in bringing out my father’s family. A few days later I was invited by Mr. Verplanck and Mr. Murray to meet them at four o’clock P. M. They told me that the Trustees of the High School had unanimously elected me to become Classical Instructor in that institution. I consulted Professor Anthon, and he said it was a better position than he could give me, and advised me to accept it. After this I recommended Messrs. Chisholm, Penman, Henderson, and Thomson to the Grammar School of Columbia College, and they found employment there. For years the school was supplied with young Scotchmen as teachers.
“The High School was then on the wane, and it was not long till it was discontinued. Mr. R. Smith, then superintendent of the lower department, formed a partnership with me, and we opened a school on the corner of Broadway and Grand Street. All the pupils that were with me in the High School save one came there.
- ↑ Mr. Carter did not know the contents of this letter for many years, but it finally came into his possession at the death of Mr. Verplanck. It was couched in the most complimentary terms as to his scholarship and abilities.
