New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-25

4 individual legatees in the will of their
aunt, Mr.. Cuyler receiving S2,OOO,0Uo'
the real estate of the testatrix at Bar
/ Harbor and half of the residuary es-
I tate. Miss Cuyler receives Sl,OOO,OOV,
real estate at LenoX, Mass, and nall
+ Of the resduary estate.
Mrs. Jesup disposed specifically oil
/ S12,226,000, leaving liberal requests 20
more distant relatives and friends ana
I also remembering each servant in her
employ. The value of the residue can
/ not be estimated, but Mrs. Jesup re-
/ ceived from the estate of her hus-
| band. who died in 1907, $9,6l1O9l.
| His net estate amounted to Sl2,ol4,-
/ S94. Mr.. Jesup, who was president
/ Of the Chamber of Commerce and OF
the American Museum of Natural
History, left S1,000.000 TO the museum:
In her will Mrs. Jesup stipulated
that any bequests made by her nus
b band 10 the institutions she also in
cluded in her will, with the exception
of the Museum Of Natural History,
shall be considered as advances IN
der her will However, none OF the
beouests of Mrs. Jesup are likely to
/ be affected by this provision.
Mrs. Jesup gave S4,OOO,OOO to the
museum in her will, increasing the
| beoucst to S5,OOO,O00 in a codicll
| which she added, in which instrument,
she slightly reduced some OF the
other institutional requests OF the
will.
She provided that the bequest to
the museum shall be permanent funu
TO be known as the Morris h. Jesup
Fund, the income to be Nsed Tor the
purchase of species and collections
and the expenses incident to and IN
Cured in assisting scientific research
and investigation and publication re-
garding the same" .
paintings to the Metropolitan Museum
OF Art the testatriX left a fund OF
$4,000 from which the income snail
be used in keeping the collection. IN
repair and for the purchase of other
pictures. The will also provides that
the paintings shall be grouped IN
schools with other paintings belong
ing to the same schools, and that they
+ shall bear a plate mentioning that
/ thew were given by Mrs. Jesup ana
that they we're from the collection OF
Mr.. Jesup. ,...
In numerous of her other requests,
Mrs. Jesup also made the provision
/ tLat the beouests shall be known as
the Morris K. Jesup Fund. Any pct
ures that shall not 90 TO the Metro
politan Museum are to be distributed
among the relatives and friends OF
Mr. Jesup. ,-.. 90
The principal individual requests to
distant relatives, relatives OF her de-
ceased husband and friends were:
Charles NJ. Jesup, 100000; Catner IN
q Jesup. $4,000 and annuity OF Sl0'-
600. Richard II. Jesup, S25O,OOO; IN
trust for Richard NJ. Jesup, SoO'UVO'
in trust for Richard NJ. Iesup, Sou
600: Frances Lewis Cuyler, SlO,OUU'
Marv Townsend Cuyler, S25,0OO; Juha
Helen Wilson. $4,000; Mrs. Katherine
Lockwood, $4,000; Mrs. Fanny faC-
terson. $4,000; Mrs. Eleanor b. ives ives
S25. 600: the Rev. Howard Bliss SiiVO'-
600; the Rev William 7. Elslng' 90
600 and each servant, not oIheI"isc
mentioned. who was IN her empty
one wear. 500. To one OF her ser
wants Mrs. Jesup left. $5,OOO' ana 70
four others $1,000 each.
Mr.. Jesup was an indetatlgiolee
worker for the American Museum OF
Natural History and gave noeraIIy
TO il in his lifetime. In 1877 ne SEN sem
n scientific expedition 10 Vne ~. ~
& pacific Ocean in the interest OF inc
museum. He was also Well-HhoHi'
nromoter of scientific research III
psaVoraI of the colleges and uni.
,.orsities and he was ne donor Oh
1olTn Hall AT Williams College, which
~ 80 for social and religious IN
4orosts His widow also remembered
H. College in her will with a Dequest
of $4,000. l., nonbow
thomas De Witt Cuyler. who is al,
,.o.tor of the Pennsylvania Railroad
and other corporations as sole eXecu-
g. Of her will. There were no helrs
or law 70 be cited, and the witnesses
a. tho will appeared in the Surrogates
Cunt yesterday and proved the IN
s+y,,nent and codicil, Surrogate 20
La1sn signing the decree admitting
them to probate. ill.,. II
Henry Fairfield Osborn, presiuehIH, ~: %
the American Museum Of Natural ms
torv. last night told Of the connection
~ Nr Jesup with the institution ana
Crtis beouest Of 81 100000, which was
not 10 be applied 20 alterations, ADJ
+;ons renairs. or the erection OF build
- tho nurchase of land or the pay
,,,ent of salaries or for labor or tor
serS;ccs of any kind ordinarily con-
sidered under the terms Of nam
Continuing. Mr.. Osborn referring to
|, Mrs. Jesup's beGuest SAID;
"This is the most important gtt the
. American Museum has received
. "Tbis beouest and the especial con-
3;t;ons attached to il make more ur-
cent than ever the necessity OF an m
crease in the maintenance tund Whlch
is now provided by the city and II no"
falls lar short Of the needs OF the hlu'
scum. II also emphasizes the neces-
sitv for the additions 20 the buildings,
No great advance can be maze uhVl'
the building is enlarged.
"Mrs. Jesup's gifts to the museum
date bacl, to 1895, when she preserves
the museum with large mass OF PINK
tourmaline. ..;. a. ,
o,+b~onological collections, and be-
,,rccn 1899 and 1901 she presented i'm
portant chronological specimens lI I
the Arapaho, Shoshone, BanRoeK' u'e
and Kootenay Indians.
"The most important gifts were the
hree Cane York meteorites, 'Ahnighi-
20, Dog; and Woman presented to
he museum in 1908. The 'Ahnighito
meteorite was brought from Cape York
nv Rear Admiral Peary and is the
i ~ known meteorite in the world,
laio'h;no tbirtv-six and one-half tons.
"V as;nce the death of Mr.. Jesup, who
To-, t"cntv-seven years was president
- .ke museum. Mrs. Jesup had con-
trihnted especially toward carrying on
lines OF work in which Mr.. Jesup was
most interested.
ain 1913 Mrs. Jesup offered TO con
/ tribute $4,000. one half the sum need
~ 20 ecuip the second Stefansson eX-