▁gold ▁kil og rams . ▁Bel gr ano ▁rejected ▁taking ▁the ▁prize ▁money ▁for ▁himself , ▁considering ▁that ▁a ▁patri ot ▁should ▁not ▁seek ▁money ▁or ▁wealth . ▁He ▁gave ▁it ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁XIII ▁year ▁Assembly , ▁with ▁instructions ▁to ▁build ▁primary ▁schools ▁at ▁Tar ija , ▁Ju ju y , ▁San ▁Miguel ▁de ▁T uc um án , ▁and ▁Santiago ▁del ▁Est ero . ▁He ▁laid ▁out ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁instructions ▁about ▁the ▁methods ▁and ▁requirements ▁for ▁the ▁selection ▁of ▁the ▁teachers . ▁However , ▁the ▁schools ▁were ▁not ▁built , ▁and ▁by ▁ 1 8 2 3 ▁Bernard ino ▁Riv ad avia ▁declared ▁that ▁the ▁money ▁was ▁lost ; ▁Juan ▁Ram ón ▁Bal car ce ▁included ▁it ▁in ▁the ▁deb t ▁of ▁the ▁Buenos ▁Aires ▁province ▁a ▁de cade ▁later . ▁ ▁Trans l ations ▁The ▁historian ▁Bart ol om é ▁Mit re ▁stated ▁that ▁Manuel ▁Bel gr ano ▁held ▁a ▁deep ▁adm iration ▁for ▁George ▁Washington , ▁leader ▁of ▁the ▁American ▁Revolution ▁and ▁first ▁President ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁Because ▁of ▁this , ▁he ▁worked ▁on ▁a ▁translation ▁of ▁George ▁Washington ' s ▁F are well ▁Address ▁into ▁the ▁Spanish ▁language . ▁He ▁started ▁working ▁on ▁it ▁during ▁the ▁Par agu ay ▁Camp aign , ▁but ▁before ▁the ▁battle ▁of ▁T acu ar í ▁he ▁destroyed ▁all ▁his ▁papers , ▁including ▁the ▁un fin ished ▁translation , ▁to ▁prevent ▁them ▁from ▁falling ▁into ▁enemy ▁hands . ▁Bel gr ano ▁res umed ▁work ▁on ▁it ▁afterwards ▁and ▁finished ▁it