New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-23
WILL. OF HENRY L. PIERCE |
MILLIONS FOR RELATIVES. FRIENDS
AND PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
MIR. AND MRS. THOMAS BAILEY Ar.DRicH GET
100000 AND A HOME. AND THEIR TWIN
Sons 100000 EACTI-EMPLOYEs

LITERALLY PROVIDED FOR.


Boston. Dec ?2-The will OF Henry L. Pierce. with
four codicis. has been flied In the Suffolk PROBATE
Court by George Putnam and William Lowell Put
nam, the executors. After numerous legacies 10
relatives and friends It makes the Following puphc
requests. which to bear proportonately any oe-
fciency that may occur after paying the personal
legacics:
To the Methodist. Baptist, Orthodox, Unitarian
and Catholic societies Of the village OF Dorchester
Lower Mills where Mr. Pierce lived, and the Epis-
copal Society OF Ashmont. $3.50 each: to the town
Of Stoughton $4,000 for the purchase of books Tor
free public library to Harvard University. sooo~;
the Massachusetts General Hospital, $4,000; TO
the Massachusetts, Institute OF Technology. s'o'oW'
to the Museum of Fine Arts. $4,000; to the Massa-
chusetts homeopathic Hospital. $4,000: to the
Massachusetts Charitable Eye and Ear lnirmary,
$4,000: to the ChIldren's Hospital in Huntingdon
ave, Boston, 10000 the Perkins institution and
Massachusetts School for the Blind. $4,000: to the
New England Hospital for Women and Children.
s2o.ooO; to the Home for Aged Men in West Spring
feld-st.. Boston. $4,000: to the Home for Aged
Women. at No. JOS Rcvercst. Boston. $4,000: to the
Home for Aged Couples, In Walnut-ave.. Boston.
$1,000: to the Home for Aged Colored Women.
Myrte-st.. Boston. $500: to the Claiming Home In
McLean-st.. Boston. 5000; to the Boston Home for
Incurables In Dorchester-ave $1,000 to the Boston
Chidrens Aid Society 5000: to the Society FOR the
Collegiate instruction OF Women. In Cambridge,
vention OF Cruelty TO Children $4,000: to the Bos-
ton Lyng-in Hospital, In McLean-st. $1,000 to the
Commandery OF the State of Massachusetts. Mill
tary order Of the Loyal Legion of the United
States 5000. Any residue that may remain after
paying all the legacies is TO be divided equally
among the Museum Of Fine Arts the president and
fellows OF Harvard the Massachusetts General
Hospital. the Massachusetts institute OF Tech
nology and the Massachusetts homeopathic Hos
pital.
The Will also bequeaths the following sums to the
officers and employees Of Waller Baker X Co.
Limited. OF which corporation Mr.. Pierce was the
head: j. Frank Rowland president and Mr. Perces
confidential clerk; Charles r. and Talbot B. Aldrch.
directors. and H. G.. Gala CHER, Vice president $780,
90 each. Frank s. Hall. head Of the New-fork
agency William u. 81 ooks clerk OF the corporation,
and James ". Bugbee $4,000 each John f. Dodge:
treasurer: Henry Delano. Richard FOLSOM. head or
the Chicago agency: Ethan \. Cushing. superin-
tcndent OF the works AT Wilton; William BrooKS
and Charles A. Pope. 1900 each.
Mr.. Pierce gives TO Thomas Bailey Aldrich. the
author. the house and bar and about two acres or
occupied by Mr.. Pierce his summer home az
PonkapOag. and also 10 Thomas Bailey Aldrich and
his wife the OF $4,000
To his brother Ward L. Pierce. and to his broth
cr's family which incRides eight children. amounts
aggregatng' 81. $4,000 have been given. His fine
farm on the southern side OF the Blue Hills res
ervation of the public park system Is given. sub
Park Commission. to be added to the city's park
lands. This system already includes large tract
which Mr. Pierce gave In his lifetime. The farm
contains about 40 acres. part OF which IL under
cultivation and part heavily wooded.
Charles +. Adrich and Talbot u. Adrlch. who
each get 10000 under the will. the twin sons
OF Thomas Bailey Aldrch. They are twenty-seven
old