The Portland daily press., 1892-09-20
PORTLAND PEOPLE REMEMBERED,
Beauests in the Will of the Late John
GreenIeaf Whittier.

SALEM, Mass. September, 19.-The
will of John G.. Whittier, has the follow
ing bequests. After the payment of all
just debts and funeral charges. it be
queaths to his niece, Lizzie W. Pickard,
Cove place, corner of Friend and Pleas.
ant streets, Amesbury, valued at $15,-
900; to Samuel T.. Pickard, husband of
Lizzie W., $4,000; to Greenleaf w. Pick
ard, son of Samuel T. and Lizzie W.,
$1,000; to his niece, Alice G.. Berry,
$4,000; to his nephew, Charles F. Whit
tier, $4,000; to his nephew, Louis HI.
Caldwell, $4,000; to his grand niece, Liz
zie w. Patten, $4,000; to his grand
nephew, Robert G.. Patten, $4,000; to the
Haverhill City Hospital, $1,000; to his
cousins, Joseph and Gertrude Cortland,
$500 each; to his cousin, Ann E. Wen
dell, $500; to A. Josephine Root of
Hartford, daugher of his cousin Abby H.
Root, $500; to Phebe J. Woodman,
daughter of his cousin, Abby J. Wood
man, $4,000; to Caroline johnson, Mary
johnson and, Abby j. Woodman, his
furniture, books and pictures at Oak
Knoll, not otherwise disposed of, and
$500 to each; to .Addie P. Cammett, wife
of Gustavus Cammett, $1,000; to Caroline
W SdCCs WilC VI SOolSO W. OdtOs PlUUOs
to Lucy Frances and Jenny Sparhawk,
$500 each; to Lucy Larcom, $500 and al
so the copyright of 'Child Life" ssChild
Life in Prose-" and 'tSongs of Three
Centuries to Mary E. Carter, $500; to
DR.. Louise Dowdell' Wilson, $500; to
VIM. H. Dewhurst, $500; to his niece,
Lizzie w. Pickard, a portrait of himself
by Hoyt. now at Oak Knoll; to Sarah o.
Jewett, South Berwick, Lannans pic
ture of Sea and Marshes at the Mouth of
the Merrimac, now at Oak Knoll; to
Annie Fields, picture of Venice, now
at Oak Knoll. to the American Peace
Society, $500; to the Amesbury
Charitable Society, $500; to the Friends
in Amesbury, 5000 for the care of their
burial ground; to Adelaide G. Caldwell,
$4,000. The income from the copy
right to his writings, with the exception
of those given to Lucy Larcom, is
placed in the hands of executors, who
are appointed as trustees of the same, to
be paid annually to Lizzie w. Pickard,
Louis H Caldwell, Phebe j. Woodman
and Addie P. Cammett in the ratio of the
legacies of each of the persons named
The trustees are authorized, if they
think best, to sell the copyrights and di-
vide the proceeds. Half of the residue
estate is given to Lizzie W. Pickard,
Alice G. Berry, Charles F. Whittier,
Louis H. Caldwell, Phebe j. Woodman,
Addie p. Cammett and Adelaide G.. Cald-
well. The remaining half of the residue
is left to the Amesbury and Salisbury
Home for Aged Women, the Anna
Jacques Hospital of Newburyport the
Normal and Agricultural Institute for
Colored and Indian Children at Hampton,
Va. MI. Whittier's manuscripts, letters
and papers are entrusted to Samuel T.
Pickard of Portland, with request that
all persons who have letters OF his re-
frain from publishing them unless with
his consent. George T. Bagley and
George w. Cate of Amesbury are named
as executors and trustees, and it is re-
quested that they be exempt from Civ
ing bonds. The will is dated February
II, 1890. The witnesses are Aver o.
Webster, Alfred c. Webster and Albert
II. Brown.