HENRY SHAW's WILL. 47 



old age, I hereby devise and bequeath to the said Rebecca 

 Edom during her lifetime the lot of ground owned by me, 

 Avith improvements thereon in Block one hundred and 

 twenty nine (129) of a width in front, on Olive street 

 of twenty j\ i^^j\) ^^et by a depth of one hundred 

 and six (10(J) feet more or less, bounded north by 

 Olive street, west by an alley, south by Rudolph and east 

 by same being the property as at present occupied by 

 Kaime and Brother, to the said Rebecca Edom for her 

 natural life, she paying taxes and insurance, and repairs, 

 and at her decease, I hereby devise and bequeath the said 

 house and lot to St Lukes hospital, being a corporation 

 now situated on Washington avenue, city of St Louis to 

 have and to hold the same forever, for the support of the 

 said hospital, and for no other purpose ; also to the said 

 hospital I hereby give and bequeath the sum of one thou- 

 sand dollars. 



10th — I give and bequeath to the Good Samaritan Hos- 

 pital of St Louis the sum of one thousand ($1000) 

 Dollars. 



11th — I give hereby and bequeath to the Academy of 

 Science of St Louis, the sum of one thousand ($1000) 

 Dollars. 



12th — I hereby give and bequeath to the Missouri His- 

 torical Society of St Louis the sum of one thousand 

 ($1000) Dollars. [20] 



13th — I hereby devise and bequeath to my afore- 

 said dear sister Mrs Caroline Morisse for her natural life, 

 a lot of ground with improvments thereon, in city block 

 nineteen hundred and eighty four ( 1984), of a width of 

 thirty (30) feet on Sheridan avenue, by a depth of ninety 

 nine ^^ (99i^2-) feet, bounded south by Sheridan avenue, 

 north by an alley, east by (or late) Keiler, and west 

 by and at the death of my said sister Caroline, 



I hereby devise the said house and lot to the Episcopal 

 Orphans Home, and which said orphanage is on Grand 

 avenue, to them for the maintenance of said Orphans Home, 



