The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-09-20
WHITTlER'S WILL.
The Sweet Quaker Singer Left a
Considerable Fortune.

SALEM, Mass, Sept. 20.-The will OF
John @. Whittier has the following be-
quests: After payment Of all just debts
and funeral charges he bsqusaths a. fol-
lows:
To his neice. Lizzie w. Pickard, his
homestead in Amssbury, the Cove place,
corner OF Friend and Pleasant streets,
Amssbury, valued at $4,000; to Samuel
T. Pickard, husband OF Lizzie W., 5000;
to Greenloaf W; Picsard, son OF Samuel
7. and Lizzie W.. $1,000; to his neice, Al
ic- q. Berry, 5000; TO his nephew, Chas.
F. Whitti.r, floJo; to his nephew, Lonis
II. Caldwell, $4,000; to his grand neics,
Lizzie w. Pattsn, 5000; to his grand
nephew, Robert c. Patten, 5000; to Hav-
erhill City Hospital, $1,000; to his cousins,
Joseph and Gertrude Garland, $500 each |;
to his cousin Ann e. Wendell, 500; to A.
Josephine Reot of Hartford, dsugn gntsr OF
his cousin, ABBY II. Root, $500; to Phsbs
]. Woodman, dau uyhtsr Of his cousin Abb
by J. Woodman, 5000; to Caroline John
son, Mary johnson and Abby j. Wood
man, his furniture, books and pictures az
$500 to each; to Addie p. Cammett, wife
OF Gustavus Cammstt, $500; to Caroline
G. Cate, wife OF George W. Cate, el00o; TO
Lucy Frances and Jenny sparhawk, $500
each; to Lucy Larcom,. $500, also the
copyright Of "csild LIS" e. Child Lie isi,. IN
TO Mary r. Carter. $500; to DR.. Louiss
Dowdell Wilson, s50); to William II.
Dewhurst, $500; to his neice, Lizzie w.
Pickard, the portrait of himself by Hoyt,
now at Oak Knoll; to Sarah o. Jswstt OF
South Berwick, LannaR's pietars OF the
Merrimac, now at Oak Knoll; to Annie
Fields, the picture OF Vsnic., now at Oak
Knoll; to American Pcacs Society, $500;
to Amesbury Charitable Society, $500; to
friends In Amssbury, f200 for the care Of
their burial ground; to Adsia de c. Cald-
we'll, 5000. n
The income from the copyright to his
writings, With the exception OF those
given TO Lucy Larcom, il placed in the
hands OF executors, who are appointed as
trustees OF the same (the income ns stipu-
lated In an agreement with his publish
crs--Houghto Mif1ln & Co., dated Aug
from that dats) is to be paid annually to
Lizzie w. Pickard, Alice s. Berry,
Charles +. Whittier. Louis II. Caldwell,
Phebe j. Woodman and Addie p. Cam
NETT In the ratio of the cash legacies to
the above persons named. Tae trustees
are also authorized, II th.y think best, to
sell ths copyrights and divide the pro-
ceeds.
One-ha OF the residue OF the estate 10
given to l. zzie w. Pickard, ,'Alics G. Ber-
ry. Charles +. Whittier, Lucius II. Cald-
we'll, Phebs j. Woodman, Addie p. CAM
nett and Adelaide q. Caldwell. The re-
naming half of the residus Is left to tho
Amesbury and Salisbury HON. for Aged
Women. the Anna Jacques Hospital OF
Newbury port, and the Normal and Axri-
cultural Institute for Coiorsd and Indian
Children at Hampton, Va.
His manuscripts, letters and papers are
entrusted to Samuel T. Pickard OF Port
land, with the request that all persons
who have letters of his refrain from pub
fishing them unless with his consent.
George +. Bagley and George w. Cate Of
mesbury are named as executors and
trustees, and it is requested that they
be ex.mpt from giving bonds. The will
is dated February IL, 1899, and the wit
nesses are Aver o. Webster, Alfred Q.
Webster and Albert y, Brown.