New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-20
John G.. WINTERS WILL.
LEGACIEe LEFT TO MANY RELATIVES
FRIENDS AND INSTITUTIONS.
FULL TEXT OF THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
OF THE FAMOUS QUAKER PoET-BEoUEATH'
ING MONEY. PICTURES AND COPY
RIGHT OF WRITINGS.
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salem Mass. Sept. 1o-The following IS the fuii
text OF the Will Of John G. whittier, filed mere ioi
probate this afternoon
Know all by these presents snat / f ScxH and
Commonwealth Of Massachusetts, b,lnE W sun" d make
memory, but In enfecbed bodily hcai ; GT ali
this my last will and testament hercoy TcNuMis NM, s a
former wills BY before made. After tle pay le,I,
OF my Just debt. and funeral charges gve' oe"e"'"
"'G give. beaneath and devise my neice: Lizzie W.
ckard my homestead In AeS tse4en H'' also my
dwelling house. known as the Cove place III nn9
also give and bequeath to my so al s nsSe nzs w.
pckard, $1,000; TO Greenleaf W. IicMru si,UoU'
TO my nelce, Alice g. Perry 5000; my nspae ~
f fsse", 5000 gra5%nsD&sw Robert GOO 6:
ssea and Gertrude Garland $500 eah annie
F. Wendell, 5000; A. Josephine Root OF Hari n
Conn daughter OF my cousin. Josephine H. kCot,
$500 Phebe j. woodman daughter Of my cousin. ADby
woodmnn 5000 Caroline Johnson Mary oo onn aDd
posed Of to be equally divided among them
c comm 5000 Caroline G. cate wife Of George
$500 o each Lucy Larcom $500 also copyright Of
Child LIE in Prose and sngs INIT, in THREE Sow SSI
wilson, $500 to my niece. Lizzie W. PICARD, beioS
named the portrait Of %yse BY ~ s a1y p s Tik
marshes Mt the mouth OF the Mcrrmac River
Annie Fields the picture OF Venice also at Gag hI
society $500, the Friends OF Amcsbury FOO rr te
care OF their burial ground, Adelaide =. Caldwell
30 900 M . .,or
The copyright of my writings with The exception lc
Of those gwen as aforesaid TO Lucy Larcom place.
in the hands OF my executors. whom hereby con ,r
stitute and appoint trustees OF the same .hr III
nv publishers Houghton Mllin q CO., da'eu A n,,
I2 iss3 10 continue until ten years from mat dan,'
hereby direct them TO pay annually 70 LHhe " v,
Pckard Alice q. Berry Charles F. whittier i(,nls ~
Caldwell Phcbe J. WOodman and Adde T. tamnct,
in the ratio and proportion OF the cash legaclcs Hane
10 tho above named persona in this instrument never
trustees IL is deemed advisable. they are al liberty 10
dispose OF said copyright. and divide The proceeds
among the above-namcd persons in the proportions
above named. .. -, IT,
give, bequeath and devise onehaf OF the
rest and residue Of my estate. be 1t real. per
sonaI or mixed. 70 Lizzie W. I1ckard. Ahcc -.
= Wocd 1 Addie r. 6ammett ard Adelaide g.
Caldwell in the same ratio and proportion as men
give bcqueoth and devise the remaining one-half
sonnl or mixed I'm equal shares 10 the Amesbury and
salisbury Home for Aged Women he annie J" IgS
cultural Institute for Coored and Indian Pupils at
entrrst my manuscripts. letters and papers 10
Samuel r Pcard, Of Portland Maine ana request Al,
who have letters Of mine to refrain from pnphShhs
them unless with his consent.
1t Is nv wish that funeral may bo condncted
in the plain and quiet way OF the society 81 trsnp.
with which am connected not only by birthreht:
but also by a settled conviction OF the truth OF t'
principles and the Importance OF Its testimonies.
George F. Bagley and George W. Cate, Of Ames-
bury are named MS executors and trustees. The
r, IS dated February H. 1890. and the witnesses ara
Agor q Webster Alfred c. Webster and Albert d.
Brown.