Complex sentence: He was also the benefactor of the James Blackstone Memorial Library in Branford, Connecticut, and a nearly identical library was donated to the Chicago Public Library by Timothy Blackstone's widow in 1902.
Split into simpler sentences: He was also the benefactor of the James Blackstone Memorial Library in Branford, Connecticut. A nearly identical library was donated to the Chicago Public Library by Timothy Blackstone's widow in 1902.