Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-02-23
MISS lNGERsOLL,S Will.



The Koens Sentinel gives an abstract of
the will OF tue late Miss Caroline II. lnger-
oil Some OF its provisions are as follows:
She gives 5000 to Harvard college, to
establish iecture3hip to be known ss "lhe
ingersoll Lectursshp on the Immortality OF
Man" Three-fourths of tho income of this
am is to be given to tie lec.urer-the
choice OF whom is not to be confined to any
one denomination or protession-end the
,tuer one fourth to be expended in the graf
.tous distribution of the lecture, "A lecture
the Immortality of man to g delivered
each year.
In compliance with my late beloved faith
4 5 WISHES | bequaath to the FIRST ConEre-
.ationa society OF Burlington, VT, of which
10 was pastor for 20 years, the sum OF $1,000
n the benefit of the parish library which
De lounded'-the books bought with the
ntcrest of the sum to be labsled From the
lngerso Donation"
similar sum is given to thu Unitarian
Ocety in Keene for is Sunday school libr-
,ry, and another $1,000 to the city of keene
or its pubic library. These gifts are made
pursuance OF provisions in the will OF her
ather, the late George q. 1nsersoll. She
,ays: "Ny father has connected his name
win the above requests, not, as he said,
from the poor motive OF personal vanity,
nut in the thought that after the death OF
ny whole family our name might be thus
onnected and remembered in places where,
- u family, we have lived aud b9en deeply
nterestad -
She give, $1,000 to each of the folio win 2
,rSanjzaticn4 The American Unitarian
association, the fund for aged and INDECENT
I nitarian Clergy men; the city of keene for
ne protection and care of the relics IN the
'Iugersoll room" in the new library build
NJ; the city OF keene for the care of The
ladies' PARK in that city; the lnvaliis'
lone in keens; the Ladies Charitable So
.iety Of keens; AMI the Tn tarian Socety
Keene
The VII originally confirmed b.quest of
$4,000 to Rav. l.. G.. Ware, for his use dur
NJ his lifetime, the sam, after his death to
20 to the Fletcher Free Library in Burning
on, "the interest to be expended in books
20 be labelled From the lngersoll Donation
or the reason that desire to have my hon
,red fathar's name remembered in a place
where for % years he lived and laborsd for
the cause Of intellectual and spiritual
growth"
After Mr. Wares death the above clause
vas altered us to give $1,000 to two per-
onal friends aud $1,000 DO go toward the
Ware Memorial Building for the Fletcher
library, provided the sum req uired for such
| "a building shall have been raised within g
given time. If not, the said $1,000 is to be
expended in erecting a fountain in the
| College Green in Burlington, to be call
! ID 1.-The Allen lngersoll Fountain in
| memory of her brother, who graduated
| rom the University President Buckham
e j. Phelps and G. F. Edmunds to selec
! he site and design for toe fountain. If til,
.ity OF Burlington will not supply the water
or the fountain then this $1,000 is to go t.
ne city of keene for a fountain in it's Cen
| raj park.
a large number OF Leluests are made tt
| personal friends in sums of from 5000 K
| $1,000 each; and if the property proves tC
De sufficient to more than pay them an ad-
| iitional $1,000 is given to the Fletcher fre'
| library, the income to be used for the pur
| chase of books.
The will is entirely in the handwriting o.
| he testatrix. Her estate, the Sentine
| ays, will amount to some $50, 900, and will
probably be sufficient to carry out all tn
| provisions of the will.
Miss Ip2ersolls affectonats interest in he
| Burlington friends and in the public OF he
tormsr home will be gratefully appreciates
oy this community, and her nams, wit
hat OF her father, vii. be held in kindl.
tud grateful remembrance by this genera
ion and by tuturs generations which vii
,nioy tho bsueht IS OF his and her thoughtful
emembrauce.