The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-11
JAMESC. CARRIERS MANY GIFTS
LEFT Sf,.JOO, OO0 !S2OO, OOO ron
~ tRI .tRD COILEGE.
Ola Friends ard Servants Remembered
Law Partner 10 Have His Library
Cane for Joseph ~. Choate Bar As
SOclatlon, S25 600 Other Iegaci6s.


Cane for Joseph ~. Choate Bar As.
SOclation. S25, 900 other Iegaclos.
The will of the late James G. Carter
which will be filed either to-day or
Monday was made public yesterday by
Lewis Cas- Ledyard. Mr. Carriers law
partner and one Of the executors Of his
estate. To Harvard University Mr. Carter
left 100000 in these words
To the president and fellows Of Har-
ward College 500 900, which now wish
may be applied in the establishment and
maintenance in the law school Of the uni
versity of a professorship for the especial
cultivation and teaching of the distinctions
between the provinces of the written and
unw'itten law; but do not intend to con-
troll The discretion of the done $ in respect
10 the application of this fund mention
my present preference And further
/ give to tho same president and fellows
the further sum Of 500 600 for the general
J purposes of Harvard University"
tie also mentions many old friends and
servants in a warm, personal way The
residue goes 10 his family. mostly nephews
and nieces. The tota value Of the estate
is estimated at 81 100000
The will is dated Jan IS 1892 and there
are two codicils dated Feb. I3 and II. 1905.
Just before Mr. Carter's death Among
the many legacies are these
10 my niece Fannie c. Porter $4,000
and my country place at Background. l.. |.
To my niece Elizabeth. only child of NV
deceased sister, ever dear in memory.
Elizabeth Il. Wellington. $4,000 To my
nephew George f. Carter $4,000 This
nephew is the other executor of the will
and is well known Boston clubrnan
10 my friends John Haven Ellen tustis I
Pugh and Frances A l.. Haven all the pieces I
OF SILVER purchased and given to me under /
the will Of their father, John Appleton |
Ha ven
To Frances a. l.. Haven also are left
saver pitcher and gold pencil case given
TO the deceased under the will OF the legatee's
sister Anna L. Sweetser Mr.. Carter
when he first came TO New York from Hnr-
ward was tutor in the Haven family and
he was a lifelong friend of all its members.
James b. Thayer. who was for many years
professor of evidence in the Harvard law
5 ihool' and ms sister Sallie Thayer, receive
a legacy OF 81 GOO each. -as n recognition Of
long friendship with them and their de-
ceased brother. William Sidney Tfayer
Prot. Ihayer died two years AFRO. recently
Mr. Carter went 10 Egypt. where W s.
Thayer died. sought out lis grave and Ind
a monument placed upon IL
To my friend Joseph II Choate the viii
gp'>S on, i give the gold headed cane which !
was given TO me by our deceased friend
John Hopper and l give to Resale D. W
Hopper his widow the sum of 81 COO"
Lewis Cass Ledyard gets the tcstator's
BRADSHAW watch. all his printed briefs. I
1il hl@ other professional papers and his i
entire library. legal and otherwise Mrs
tdsen l.. Clarke. at whose house Mr. Carter
had rooms before he had a house of his {
own, will receive s. 900 in recognition of i
he kindness of herself and deceased sisters
- me and 10 Miss NJ A Van Nance" =
The latter was formerly a Typewriter in
dr. Carriers Office
TO Miss lilly Foster oldest daughter l
# William $. Foster Of Southampton. l.. l..
i ,0o0. and 10 each of his two other dauRh- I
ers, Cora and Rity. 500 Before Mr.. "a
arter owned place on Long Island he +
frequently put ny at Mr.. Fosters while
N shooting expeditions. &
George 4 Miller. one Of Mr.. Ca4er's =
ariner'. comes in for $40 600 and Chri.tiana
, Wainwright and Edna VI Blacknar \
wo stenoRrapher7, get 81 zoo each His
ookkeeper, Henry c. Smith, receives
ITO my cousins the document CON
nues, the daughters Of nv uncle. the n
lev William II White. 5000 each. and to -
lrns SalIie Emerson. the daughter Of my Z"
ons. now deceased, $500 u,
TO my old friends Henry PetteS Of North
cituGte and his wife Hattie. and the sur ~,
lvor Of them. 500 Pcties was a water
slH "Hpll HI NHfcr frequently employed
hen on the Massachusetts, coast pI
His codson Alfred Craven Palmer. i, ~
lentioned for $1,000 George Tones. his m
utter Is To have SeOo0 Sarah Tones house. ~
eeper 5000; Mary Dawney. maid 5000. q,
lillian 4. Raynor. employed about Mr. ~
auer's country place, 81 coo vi
O'her leRatees are the New York Far ha
- citation, s25 900. the University Of Vir-
mia, at whose centennial celebration Mr.. "A
lrier delivered an address, $4,000; New &C
ORR Society for Improving the Condition wi
the Poor $4,000. al To be paid free of
ansfer or legacy taxes, 81
All the brothers and sisters Of Mr. Carter
iving died before him. the entire residue NJ
tn estate is 10 be divided among their
iildr,n. hi- nephews and rieces. Ere l..
after Herbert L. Car er Clarence II. as
irer William II. Wellington, George +.
lrter Fanny Coolidge Porter Charles II.
,rter Carrie Fillebrown. Julin Louise in.
Irer, Mary A. Latham. William H. Carter sci
d Elizabeth l. Emerson.