The Somerset reporter., 1892-09-22
WHITTIER'S WILL
Gives Much of Value to Rela-
tives and Friends.
Charities Are Not Forgotten-His Manu-
uscript, Letters and Papers Are En-
trusted to samuel L. Pickard.

Charities Are Not Forgotten-His Manu-
trusted to samuel L. Pickard.
SALEM. Mass. Sept % The will OF
John e. Whittier has the following be
quests;
After payment of all just debts and flu
neral charges he bequeahts As follows: TIC
his niece, Lizzie W Pickard, his home
stead in Amesbury, the Cove place, corner
of Friend and Pleasant streets, Amesbury
valued at sl5.oO0; to Samuel 7. Pickard
husband of Lizzie w, 5000, to Greenleaf
W Pickard. son of Samuel T. and Lizzie
W, $1,000, to his niece, Alice Il. Berry,
$500; to his nephew, Charles f. Whittier,
S4oo0;to his nephew, Louis IL Caldwell $1,000
to his grandniece, Lizzie w Patten. 5000
to his grandnephew, Robert &. Patten
5000; to Hayerhill city hospital, 5000; to
his cousins. Joseph and Gertrude Cart
land $500 each: to his cousin, Ann f.
Wendell, 500: to a. Josephine Root OF
Hartford, daughter of his cousin Abby II
Root 500: to phebe j. Woodman, daugh-
ter of his cousin Abby J. Woodman, 5000
to Caroline johnson, Mary johnson and
Abby J. Woodman, his furniture, books
and pictures ut Oak Knoll. not otherwise
disposed of, aud 500 to each; to Addie p
Cammett, wife of Gustayus Cammett
5000. to Caroline c. Cate wife of George
W. Cate, 5000; to Lucy Frances
and Jenny Sparhawk, 500 each; tc
Lucy Larcom, $500, also the copyright OF
Child Life. Child Life in Prose, and
Songs of Three Centuries to Mary h
Carter, 500; to DR. Louise Dowdell Will
son, 500; to William II. Dewhurst, $500
to his niece, Lizzie w, Pickard, the por
trait of himself by Hoyt, now at Oak
Knoll; to Sarah Oh Jewett of South Der
wick, Lannan's picture OF the sea and
marshes at the mouth of the Merrimac
now at Oak Knoll, to Annie Fields
the picture of Venice, now at Oak Knoll
to the American Peace society, 500: to the
Amesbury Charitable society $500: to the
Friends in Amesbury, 800 for the care OF
their burial ground, to Adelaide q. Cald
well, 5000.
His Copyrighted Works.
The income from the copyright to his
writings, with'the exception of those given
to Lucy Larcom, are placed in the hands
of executors who are appointed as trus
tees of the same. The income las stipu
iaIeu IN an agreement WIN MS publishers
Houghton, Mitfin d Co., dated Aug II
1883, to continue until ten years from that
date is to be paid annually to Lizzie W
Pickard, Alice &. Berry, Charles +. Whit
tier, Louis H. Caldwell Phebe J. Wood
man and Addie p. Cammett in the ratio OF
the cash legacies to the above persons
named. The trustees are also authorized
if they think best, to sell the copyrights
and divide the proceeds.
One half of the residue of the estate is
given to Lizzie W. Pickard, Alice q
Berry, Charles f. Whittier, Louis H.
Caldwell, Phebe j. Woodman, Addie p
Cammett and Adelaide q. Caldwell. The
remaining half of the residue is left to the
Amesbury and Salisbury Home for Aged
Women, the Anna Jaques hospital of New
buryport, and the Normal and : yricul-
tural Institute for Colored and Indian
Children at Hampton, Va.
An Important Trust.
His manuscripts, letters and papers are