HENRY SHAW'S WILL. 



ADMITTED TO PROBATE AT ST. LOUIS, SEPT. 2, 1889. 



I, Henry Shaw of the City of St Louis and State' of 

 Missouri of sound and disposing mind, but mindful of the 

 uncertainties of life, and desiring specially to carry out and 

 provide for certain objects which have been the subject of 

 thought and labour, and care for many years past, more 

 effectually than I have hereto done, do make publish and 

 declare this, as and for my last will and testament, hereby 

 revoking all other wills by me at any time heretofore made, 

 in manner following, that is to say. 



First Clause — I give and bequeath unto M Dwight 

 Collier, Henry Hitchcock, Wm H H Pettus, Dr John B 

 Johnson, Adolphus Meier, Wm G Eliot who is now Chan- 

 cellor of the Washington University, and his successor in 

 office, Charles F Robertson, who is now Bishop of the 

 Episcopal Church of the diocese of Missouri and his suc- 

 cessors, David F Kaime, James Yeatman, Judge Saml. 

 Treat, Joseph W Branch, Gerard B Allen, Rufus Lack- 

 land, Judge G A Madill, the President for the time being 

 of the Public Schools, and his successors in office, the 

 President for the time being of the Academy of Science 

 of St Louis, and his successors, the Mayor of the City 

 of St Louis and his successors in office, Dr Asa Gray of 

 Cambridge Masstts and Profr Spencer F Baird, secretary 

 of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington City. The 

 two last named as honorary trustees are added to the trust 

 in recognition of their scientific eminence and ability; 

 the following real and personal property, to wit, all the 

 real estate owned by me at the time of my death within 



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