�The affection that Jaffrey had for Amos Fortune was matched only by the affection Fortune had for his adopted town. To complete his will, he stipulated that with any money left over from his estate after the debts were paid, a "handsome present" was to be made to the church in Jaffrey. The church would eventually purchase a pewter communion service with the money (now located in the Brooklyn Museum in New York).

Further, if any money remained, that amount should be given to the town to support Schoolhouse #8. This small schoolhouse, located on present Nutting Road just over a mile east of the Fortune house, was where Celyndia, his adopted daughter, would have attended school. Because this schoolhouse was no longer in operation, a special act of the New Hampshire legislature allowed the money to be used for the support of all schoolchildren in Jaffrey.

In 1928 the Town of Jaffrey voted to use the money for prizes in public-speaking contests in the schools. When the public speaking contests were discontinued years later the money sat idle. In 1977 the students of Conant High School in Jaffrey used the funds for a book of creative writing that was mailed to every household in the town. The fund then remained dormant until it was transferred to the Jaffrey Public Library. The income is currently being used to develop educational materials on Amos Fortune.