The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-01-21
NUMBER 3
GEORGE PEABODY,s wIEL.

ENTRY AT DOCTORS COMMONS, LONDON. |
By mail from Europe we have the fol- |
lowing copy of the main provisions OF
George Peabody's will, as taken from
the books of Doctors Commons, Lon
don:
l, George Peabody, gentleman, do
make this my last will and testament:
Firstly-I direct that my remains
shall be sent to my native town of Dan
vers, now Incorporated by the name of
Peabody, in the county of Essex and
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,, in
that part of the United States of Amer
lea called New England, and be depos-
tied in the ground appropriated to that
purpose in the cemetery of Harmony
Grove, in Salem, in said county (near
the Peabody town line), under the di-
rection of my executors, hereinafter
named.
Secondly give and bequeath to
Henry West, of No. % Old Broad street,
London, e., 200, and in the event of his
decease, to his wife, Louisa West; and
in the event of her decease, to his sur
viving children.
Thirdly-I give and bequeath to Thos.
Perman, of No. % Old Broad street,
London, the sum of FL 600; and in the
event of his decease, to his wife, Annette
Emma Perman and in the event of her
decease, to his surviving children. And
l empower my executors to pay the
above-named legacies within six months
after my decease, and free from any tax,
duty, or charges whatever.
Fourthly-I give and bequeath to the
Right Hon. Lord Stanley; the Ameri-
can Minister at the Court of St. James
for the time being; the Right Hon. Sir
Stafford Northcote, Bart; Sir Curtis
L nj nd -IJIn N
Spencer Morgan, Esq, trustees of the
Peabody Donation Fund, and their sue
cessors, trustees of the said Fund, the
sum of f150,000, upon trust for the
building of lodging houses for the Ia
boring poor of London, as defined in
my late letters to the said trustees; and
1 direct that this legacy be considered a
part of the second trust, and disposed of
in accordance with the said trust. And
/ direct that my London executors shall
of the said sum of E150,000 pay to said
trustees of the Peabody Donation Fund
EIOOOO0 on the first Monday of Octo-
Der, A. ID. 1873, and the sum of 100000
at any time during the said year of 1873.
AS the work progresses the labor and
responsibility increase, and l, therefore,
deem it essential that another trustee be
added, who will have the necessary time
and possess the requisite knowledge of
all that may he needed for the success
full prosecution of the trust. Without
assuming to dictate to the trustees,
would mention the name of Charles
Reed, Esq, NJ. p, who is well known to
me for his high and most honorable
character, as a most suitable person to
| fill that office.
Fifthly-I nominate, constitute and
appoint Sir Curtis Miranda Lampson.
of so Eaton square, Pimlico, MiddleseX,
| and of Rowfant, in the parish of Werth,
Sussex, Baronet; Charles Reed, of Eris-
mead House, Hackney, MiddleseX, Esq,
Member of Parliament; George Pea
| body Russell, of Salem, Essex, and State
| of Massachusetts, United States, Esq. ;
r. Singleton Peabody, of Rutland, in
| the State of Vermont, counselor, and
Charles w. Chandler, of GAINESVILLE, in
the State of Ohio, counselor-eNecutors
of this my last will and testament, fully
authorizing said Sir Curtis Miranda
Lampson and said Charles Reed, called
| my London executors, to act independ-
emily of said George Peabody Russell,
said X. Singleton Peabody and said
| Charles w. Chandler, called my Amer.
| lean executors to act, independently OF
my said London executors, to have full
management and control of my perso
nal estate in England; and my Ameri-
|
and control of my real and personal es.
tate in America but it is my wish and
hope that all my executors, both Lon
tdon and American, may act together
| with the utmost harmony for the bes
interest of the estate.
SiXthly-I direct that all and each o
my executors aforesaid be exempt an6
excused from giving bonds TO any cour
or magistrate, or otherwise, for the per
Torrance of their duties or offices as my
executors.
Seventhly-I give and bequeatli to the
said Sir Curtis Miranda Lampson anC
said Charles Reed E5000 each for theil
| services.
Eighthly-I give and bequeath to thu
said George Peabody Russell, Il. Sing
Teton Peabody, and Charles w. Chand
Ter, my American executors, 5000 each
-NinthIy-I give and bequeath to tho
| said George Peabody Russell, II. Sing
Teton Peabody, and Charles w. Chand
Ter, all the rest, residue and remainder
of the property, both real and personal
| of which shall be possessed at my de
cease, or which may afterward come OF
fall into my estate, upon trust to sell
exchange or retain, and the interest ac
cruing on the same, to divide semi-an
nually (re-investing the same in The
case of minor children) among the par
ties named as beRificiaries in the family
trust, of which Messrs. j. NJ. Beebe, S
T. Danna and j. Endicott Peabody ar,
trustees, according to the sums allotted
to each in said trust, or such proportions
as l may hereafter prescribe to them
my said American executors.
In witness whereof !, the said George
Peabody, declaring this TO be my las
will and testament, written ON sever
pages of paper, have hereto set my hanC
and seal this 9th day of September, 1869
GEORGE PEABODY.