

GIFTS AND BEQUESTS. 



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Pillsbury, George Alfred, Minneapolis, Minn., 

 bequests to Pillsbury Academy, $250,000 ; various 

 Baptist institutions, an aggregate of $25,000 ; North- 

 western Hospital for Women, $5,000; and New 

 Hampshire Centennial Home for Aged Women, 

 $5,000. "The will requests that his widow shall be- 

 queath $20,000 to Pillsbury Academy and $5,000 

 to the Hospital Association of Concord, N. H. 



Plumiiier, Jerome, Washington, Pa., bequest, 

 available on the death of his widow, his entire es- 

 tate of $75,000, to be used in promoting the tem- 

 perance cause in Washington County. 



Porter, Ann E., Newburyport, Mass., bequests to 

 the public libraries of Newburyport and Spring- 

 field, Vt., $1,500 and $1,000 respectively ; Whitfield 

 Church, the poor of St. Paul's Church, and the 

 Girls' Friendly Society, each $1,200 ; and St. Mark's 

 Church, Springfield, $500. 



Princeton University, Alumni of, gifts toward 

 the founding of a chair of Philosophy, $50,000; 

 Class of '88, gifts for a political science library al- 

 cove, $15,000. 



Randall Charities Corporation,Monson, Mass., 

 donation to the University of Virginia, $20,000. 



Ransom, Susan, Boston, bequests to the Cam- 

 bridge Home for Aged People, $50,000 ; Home ft>r 

 Aged Women, Boston, $50,000; Cambridge Hos- 

 pital, Avon Place Home, and Home for Aged Men, 

 Boston, each $20,000; and Massachusetts Society 

 for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, Rox- 

 bury Home for Children and Aged Women, and 

 Winchester Home for Aged Women, Charlestown, 

 each $10,000. 



Robertson, Dr. Thomas Seton, New York, be- 

 quest to the medical department of the University 

 of Vermont, for microscope prizes, $5,000. 



Rockefeller, John I)., New York city, gifts to 

 the University of Chicago, duplicating the gift of 

 Martin A. Ryerson (q. v.), $34,000 in cash, and 

 under agreement with Marshall Field (q. v.) $200,- 

 000 for the erection of a gymnasium and equipment 

 of the athletic grounds. 



Rogers, Elizabeth, Lowell, Mass., bequest to the 

 Rogers Hall School for Girls, all her property, esti- 

 mated at $100,000, excepting a few small personal 

 bequests. 



Rogers, Samuel B., South Sudbury, Mass., be- 

 quests to the Memorial Congregational Church, 

 $5,000, and to other Congregational societies, $2,700. 



Roosevelt Hospital, New York city, gift from a 

 friend whose name is withheld, for maintenance of 

 twelve new beds for children, $50,000. 



Ross, Julia Ann, Washington, D. C., bequests 

 to Roman Catholic institutions, the reversion of an 

 estate of $15,000. 



Rouss, Charles Broadway, New York city, gift 

 to the University of Virginia for a physical labora- 

 tory building, $10,000. 



Russell, Mrs. Hope Brown, Providence, R. I., 

 gift, for a residence for the Protestant Episcopal 

 bishop of Rhode Island, an attractive estate and 

 endowment of $50,000. 



Ryerson, Martin A., Chicago, gift to the Uni- 

 versity of Chicago, a tract of land valued at $34,- 

 000. See ROCKEFELLER, JOHN D. 



St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Port Chester, 

 N. Y., gift from a friend, twelve windows ; cost, 

 $5,000. 



Salomon, William. New York, gift toward a 

 proposed fund of $1,000,000 for Hebrew educational 

 purposes in New York, $10,000. 



Sausser, William, Hannibal, Mo., (died in 1892), 

 bequest, made available by decision of court, to 

 Westminster College, all his estate of $200.000. 



Schermerhorn,Frederick Augustus, New York- 

 city, gift to the United States Government for the 

 auxiliary navy, his steel steam yacht " Free Lance." 





Schiff, Jacob H., New York city, gifts to Colum- 

 bia College for a fellowship in political economy, 

 $15,000 ; to the New York Public Library for scien- 

 tific works, $10,000 ; and to the fund of $1,000,000 

 for Hebrew educational purposes in New York, 

 $25,000. He also purchased ground and assumed 

 the cost of erecting a building for the Young Men's 

 Hebrew Association of New York ; total cost, $150,- 

 000. 



Scott, Chief-Justice John, Bloomington. 111., be- 

 quest to the city for a public hospital, available on 

 the death of his heirs, the principal of his estate, 

 estimated at $2,000,000. 



Sears, J. Montgomery, Boston, gift to the United 

 States Government, for a naval patrol boat, his 

 pleasure steam yacht " Varuna." 



Sheppard, Isaac A., Philadelphia, Pa., bequests 

 to religious and charitable institutions, $16,000. and 

 for medals for graduates of manual-training schools, 

 $1,500. 



Shipman, Daniel B., Chicago, 111., gift to the 

 Chicago Home for Incurables, $40,000. 



Simmons, Sarah Billings, Monmouth, 111., be- 

 quest to the Monmouth Library Association for a 

 building, real estate valued at $40,000. 



Sloane, Mrs. William D., New York, gift to the 

 Protestant Episcopal Home in Denver, Col., $40,000. 



Smith, Eliza E., Lancaster, Pa., gift to the city 

 for a public library, her city residence, valued at 

 $25,000. She agreed to endow the library, supply 

 books, and erect an annex for the general library, 

 making an immediate outlay of at least $75,000. 



Smith, George Plumer, Philadelphia, Pa., be- 

 quests to the Protestant Orphan Asylum, Allegheny, 

 $25,000; Historical Society of Pennsylvania, $25',- 

 000 ; New England Genealogical and Historical So- 

 ciety, Plumer Hall, at Salem, Mass., and three chari- 

 table institutions in Philadelphia, each $10,000 ; and 

 the Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, the resi- 

 due of his estate, which is expected to realize sev- 

 eral hundred thousand dollars. 



Smith College, Northampton, Mass., anonymous 

 friend of, gift for an academic hall, $50.000. ' 



Snyder, David L., Springfield, Mass., bequest to 

 the city, $200,000 in United States Government 

 bonds, the interest to be used in beautifying Snyder 

 Park. The gift of the park by John and David L. 

 Snyder represented a value of $250,000. Two years 

 ago John bequeathed the city $100,000 for the care 

 of the park, and David's bequest makes the total 

 given by the Snyder brothers at least $550,000. 



Spiegelberg, Solomon J., New York city, be- 

 quests to Hebrew congregations and benevolent in- 

 stitutions in Germany and New York city, a total 

 of $8,500. 



Stanford, Mrs. Leland, San Francisco, gift to 

 Stanford University for a school of history, econom- 

 ics, and social science, her mansion on Nob Hill. 



Stearns, Frederick, Detroit, gift to the Uni- 

 versity of Michigan, a collection of musical instru- 

 ments' numbering nearly 1,000 pieces, which origi- 

 nally cost him $25,000. 



Stern, Louis, New York, gift toward a proposed 

 fund of $1.000,000 for Hebrew educational pur- 

 poses in New York, $25.000. 



Stevenson, James, Brookline. Mass., bequest to 

 Harvard University for two medical scholarships, 

 $10,000. 



Stillman, James, New York, gift to Harvard 

 University for an infirmary for sick students, $50.- 

 000. He also agreed to give $2,500 annually for four 

 years toward supporting it. 



Stout, James H., Menomonie, Wis., gift to the 

 city, a manual-training-school building, cost $125,- 

 000, and a public high-school building, cost $55,000, 

 to replace buildings formerly erected by him and 

 destroyed by fire. 



