The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-08-12
SAMUEL J. TILDEN'S WILL
uow the Late Democratic Sage Dis
posed of His Property.
He Provides for Libraries in New
Lebanon and Yonkers.

NEW YORK. Aug. 1.-THE will of the late
Samuel J. Tilden is. made public. Mrs.
Mary b. Pelton, his sister, is given the use
the house IS West ssh street 69ng heq Se
invested and the income given to her wnlle
she lives After her death the use Oh the
house and of $4,000 will go to Laura A.
Pelton, Mr.. Tilden's grand niece, unless MRS.
PeltOn makes other provisions for the prop
erty in her will, as she is empowered TO 90;
If Laura Pelton leaves heirs the house ana
principal of $50,000 will be paid to them. LII
not she may will away the house as sne
chooses, while the $4,000 Will go into the
Tilden trust fund provided for further along
in the will. The of use the other $50,0OO is set
aside for Mrs. NJ. B. Pelton and will at her
death be transferred to Mr.. Tilden's niece,
Caroline B. Whitersley, during. her natural
life, and then the amount will be PAID TO
her heirs, or if she has none, used as her
will direct. Another $4,000 is also to be in
vested for Mrs. Pelton's benefit during her
life, the amount then to 60 into the Illden
fundor be used as the trustees direct. Lucy
F. and SusaL B. Tilden, widows OF Moses
G. and Henry A., Mr.. Tilden,s brothers, and
Caroline B. Whittersley and Henrietta A.
Swan, nieces are to be provided Tor by IN
vestments of $4,000 each. While Lucy 1:
Tilden is also to have during life the use OF
the New Lebanon house, formerly occupieu
George ii. and Samuel j. Tilden, nephews,
are each to be benefited by an investment
of $4,000. Ruby and Susan q. Illden,
Anna J. Gould and Marie Celeste Staufa by
investments of 100000 each: All these
sums to go at the death of the benehclarles,
either to their heirs or to objects PROVIDED
for by their will or by Mr.. Tlldens own
will. . no
Varions loans to relatives, including $780,
600 to the estate of Henry A. and Moses I
| Tilden. brothers, are released. A number OF
smaller bequests are made, Tilden's servants
being remembered with sums varying from from
| the will provides that in each case where the
| trust is for the benefit of female, SAID IN
| come shall be kept free from the control or
| interference of any husband when lsald 1e-
| male now has. or may hereafter nave; such
| income being intended to be sacredly deyot-
| ed to 1.-THE separate personal use OF SAID lie,
male, and is not to be pledged, encumDered
| or anticipated by her.
The executors and trustees sare autnorlzed
| to establish library and free reading room
/ in New Lebanon, and another In onkers,
| about 100000 being set apart in each case
| for the maintenance of the institutions,
| which are to be incorporated. lllden re-
| 0uests the executors and trustees to obtain
as speedily as spossible from the legislature
| an act of incorporation of an institution TO
| he known as the Tilden Trust, with capac-
| ity to establish and maintain a free library
| and reading room in the city OF New YORK,
| and to promote such scientific and educatlon-
| al objects as my said executors and trustees
may more particularly designate. Such cor
| poration shall have not less than flye trustees
| with power to fill vacancies in their number,
and in case said institution shall pc lncorpo1,
| rated in manner satisfactory to my SAID
| executors and trustees during the llfe-tlme Oh
| Ihe survivor of the two lives, being upon
| which trust of my general estate herein ere
| ated is limited, to wit, the lives of Ruby 5.
| Tilden and Susan Whittersley.
| hereby authorize my said executors and
| trustees to organize said corporation ana
| designate as first trustee thereof, and to con-
| yey to or apply to the use OF the same ana
| the rest of the residue and remainder OF all
| nv real and personal estate not specially dis
| posed of by this instrument or so much
| thereof as they may deem exped1ent. But
/ subject, nevertheless, to the special trusts
| herein directed to be constituted Tor partlcu
lar persons and to obligations to make and
| keep good said special trusts, provided SAID
| CORPORATION shall be authorized by law to as
sumo such obligation. But in case said instl-
tuition is not incorporated during the life time
| of the persons mentioned, or IL for any rea-
son the trustees CONSIDER u lnexpeulenss p enso 70
red to to the institution, they are authorized,
| after notifying the special trusts, to use II
for such charitable, educational or sclentlilc
/ purposes as will most substantially Dehen'
the interests of mankind.
The disposition of Mr.. Tilden's books and
| such property as may from time to time come
to them by lapse OF trusts, ETC., is given Io
the trustees. They are also directed to pub
lish such of his speeches, public documents
and other writings in any form they may
deem expedient and to destroy Others. Ten
thousand dollars is set apart for keeping in
repair and adorning New Lebanon cemetery
where Mr.. Tildens relatives are buried
There are AZ sections Of the will, which is
quite ute voluminous It is dated April %. 1884
and is witnessed by Edward III: Dixon, Of
Hastings, on the Hudson, Charles E. Sim
mons and Leighton Williams, of New York
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