The daily gazette., 1883-06-28
THE ARcHB1sHoP's WILL.
The Entire Estate to Go to His Successor
and the Church


The will of deceased Archbishop Wood
whose remains were placed under the
Cathedral on Tuesday, was presented to the
Register yesterday for probate. The docu
ment, which was brought to the Registers
| office by Anthony A. Hurst, the Arch.
bishops legal counsel, is as follows:
In the name of Almighty God, the Father
the Son and the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Be 1t remembered that /, the Most Rev
erend James Frederic Wood, Archbishop OF
Philadelphia, do make and publish this my
last will and testament.
give and bequeath my library and furni.
ture unto my executors In trust, to transfer
the same to my successor In Office in trust
for his use as such Archbishop and TO be
transmitted for the like use to his successor.
All the property and effects, real and per-
sonal, whatsoever and wheresoever in me
vested, or with me deposited, give, be-
queath and devise " nto my executors herein
after named, and t the survivors and sur
viVor OF them, his heirs and assigns, in trust,
to assign and convey the same in fee simple
and forever unto the person who ehall sue
ceed me by appointment duly made as Arch
bishop of Philadelphia, upon ali and
81 gular the same uses and trusts. and with
the like powers upon which the said pro-
perty and effects shall have been held by me
ilAAhOulabtly pECCculuB my ueCtdbe.
l hereby declare that have no property
or effects to be accounted tor by my execu-
tors to or to descend to my lawful heirs or
next of kin, and that this will is made In
order to transmit all titles and property in
me legally vested and according to my dutv.
and as am authorized by law to do, that
all trusts, condolences and powers in me re-
posed may be faithfully executed and per-
formed III all respects as l am authorized
and bound to execute and perform the
same.
appoint to be the executors of this my
last viii and testament the Very Reverend
Maurice A. Walsh, v G., the Reverend
Nicholas Cantwell and the Reverend James
E. Mulholland.
In testimony Whereof hereunto set my
hand and seal, this the fifteenth day of
December, In the year of our Lord and
Saviour Jesus Christ one thousand eight
hundred and seventy nine.
JAMES F. WooD, Abp. Philad.
Signed, sealed, published and declared as
and for his last will aud testament by the
Most Reverend James F. Wood In our
presence, who, in the presence of each other
and at his request, have signed our names
as witnesses thereto.
DANIEL A. BRENNAN,
WIN. j. POWER.
1.-The Archbishop" said his confidential
counsel, Mr.. Hirst. yesterday, "was faithful
in all his convictions to the end. Like his
sisters, who survived him, he inherited an
estate. In addition he has at various times
large sums of money. Whatever he had he
gave to charity and the advancement of re-
ligion. He cared nothing for money and
did not want to accumulate it for himself
1t would be hard to estimate how much he
gave away; no one will ever know. Under
his will everything goes to his successor for
the use of the Church. All that we could
find was the sum OF $500 in money and his
policy OF life insurance for $4,000"
A little before his death careful estimate
was made, showing that there is now held
within the ecclesiastical bounds presided
over by Archbishop Wood property ap-
praised at $40, 100000. On this there is said
to be outstanding claims for only SIS, 900.
The man agement OF the real estate and gen
eral financial affairs of the diocese by the
Archbishop is said to have been conducted
with most extraordinary ability. On the
occasion of his silver jubilee the sum of
$1,000 was presented to the Archbishop,
but he Immediately applied it to the
Cathedral.