HARVARD CHIEF BENEFICIARY 



Will of William Brewster **f Cambridge 

 Gives College Outright Large Collection of 

 Birds and $60,000 on Death of Wife- 

 Other Institutions Also Remembered 



Harvard University benefits to a material 

 degree through the will of William Brew- 

 ster, the Cambridge ornithologist, who died 

 July 11. There is no valuation placed on 

 the estate, which is said to be a large 

 one. 



To his wife, Mrs. Caroline Brewster, the 

 testator leaves $50,000, and the house and 

 furnishings at 145 Brattle street. The tes- 

 tator's large collection of birds and manu- 

 scripts goes to Harvard for the Museum of 

 Comparative Zoology; books on natural 

 history are left to the same department 

 of Harvard, and to the Boston Society of 

 Natural History and the Brewster Free 

 Academy at Wolfboro, N. H. 



All the remaining property is left to his 

 wife, and at her death $60,000 is to go to 

 •Harvard for the benefit of the Museum of 

 Comparative Zoology; £10,000 to the Cam- 

 bridge Hospital; $20,000 to the Brewster 

 Free Academy at Wolfboro, N. H.; $2000 

 to the Nuttall Ornithological Club at Cam- 

 bridge; $2000 to the Massachusetts Audu- 

 bon Society; $2000 to the American Orni- 

 thological Union; and $2000 to the Charles- 

 ton Museum of Natural History at Charles- 

 ton, S. C. Should there be anything re- 

 maining it wlil go to the Boston Society 

 of Natural History. 



HISTORIC CAMBRIDGE ESTATE 



Property at Brattle, Sparks and Brewster 

 Streets, Established ' in 1762, Bought by 

 Mrs. P. T. Jackson 



A sale of historic interest has just been 

 ciosied In Cambridge by the passing of 

 papers from the William Brewster estate 

 to Mrs. P. T. Jackson of Cambridge and 

 Pride's Crossing conveying title to the site 

 or tne Locnmere-Sewell-Riedesel house^ at 

 Brattle, Sparks and Brewster streets, con- 

 sisting of 88.481 feet of land, with the Col- [ 

 onlal house, numbered 145 Brattle street, 

 and brick museum. The original house was 

 ouilt In 1762 by Richard Lech-mere: it was 

 next occupied by Judge Jonathan Sewell 

 up to 1774. In 1778 it was the prison of 

 Baroness von Rledesel, who was taken 

 prisoner with her husband and General 

 Bourgoyne at Saratoga. From 1770 to 

 17157 Thomas Lee of Connecticut occupied 

 it Benjamin 1-ee wis its tenant to ISW. 

 when the estate was sold to Andrew 

 Craigie. Joseph Foster followed; then 

 John Brewster purchased the property in 

 1S15, built a new story under the old house, 

 and moved It to the western corner of 

 Rledesel avenue and Brattle street, where 

 it now stands, much changed in outward 

 appearance. His son. William Brewster, 



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William Brewster, noted as an 

 thologist, passed away last week 

 di$f£a?t 'ffis home at 145 Brattle s 

 in his 69th year. He was boi 

 Wakefield on July 5, 1X51. H( 

 ceived his education, in Cambridg 

 from Amherst College receivec 

 honorary A.M. 

 Harvard honoi 

 in 1S99. 



From 1SS0. Mr. Brewster was for 

 seven years in charge of the collec- 

 tion of Ibirds and mammals of the 

 Boston Society of Natural History and 

 he served in a like capacity later for 

 the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 

 in Carrabnidge, for several years; Since 

 1900 he had been curator there for the 

 department of birds. Much of his 

 time was given to the management of 

 his own private museum of ornithol- 

 ogy, at his place in Camlbridge. His 

 father endowed the Brewster Free 

 Academy at Wolfboro. N. H., and Wil-i 

 Ham Brewster was one of the board 

 of trustees of that institution. 



He had served as president of the 

 American Ornithologists' Union and as 

 t of the Nuttall Ornithological 

 well as of the Massachusetts 

 l Society. He was a Fellow 

 .merican Academy of Arts and 

 , a member of the American 

 ion for the Advancement of 

 and belonged to various oth- 



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this 



country and in Europe. 



On Felbruary 7, 1878, Mr. Brewster 

 married Caroline F. Kettell, daughter 

 of John Kettell, of Boston. His wife 



built the present hous* on the old site in 

 1SS7, and occupied it until his death in 

 1011'. The old linden trees, which were of 

 large size even in the Lees' time, are still 

 standing. After alteratons Mr. and Mrs. 

 Jackson will occupy the house, keeping the 

 grounds as they have been in the past. 

 The sale was made through the office of 

 TCdward A. Andrews. . 



A HISTORIC SITE 

 ON BRATTLE STREET 

 ^ c HAJO^|niANDS 



Mrs. PT^lV Acks?n*pJirchases 

 from William Brewster Es- 

 tate 88,000 feet Corner of 

 Brattle, Sparks and Brews- 

 ter Streets — Once the Prison 

 of the Baroness von Riedesel 



A sale of historic interest, as 

 well as one of the largest made in 

 Cambridge of residential property 

 in recent years, has just been con- 

 summated by the passing of final 

 papers from the William Brewster 

 Estate to Mrs. P. T. Jackson, of 

 Cambridge and Pride's Crossing, 

 covering the old site of the Lech- 

 mere-Sewell-Riedesel House, cor- 

 ner Brattle, Sparks and Brewster 

 streets, containing 88,481 square 

 feet of land, with the Colonial 

 .house numbered 145 Brattle street, 

 and brick museum. 



The original house was built in 

 1762 -by Richard Lechmere, it was 

 next occupied by Judge Jonathan 

 Sewell up to 1774. In 1778 it was 

 the prison of Baroness Von 

 Riedesel, who was taken prisoner 

 with her husband and General 

 Bourgoyne at Saratoga. Fro-n 

 1779 -to 1787 Thomas Lee, of Con- 

 necticut, occupied, then Benja- 

 min Lee to 1819, when, the estate 

 was sold to Andrew Craigie, Jo- 

 seph Foster followed, then John 

 Brewster purchased the property 

 in 1845, built a new story under 

 the old house, and moved it to the 

 western corner of Riedesal avenue 

 and Brattle street, where it now 

 stands, very much changed in out- 

 ward appearances. 



His son, William Brewster, built 

 the present colonial house on the 

 old site in 1887 and occupied it un- 

 til his death in 1919. The old Lin- 

 den trees, which were of large 

 size even in the Lee's time, are 

 still standing adding greatly to 

 the beauty of the property. 



Aft efc alterations, Mr. and Mrs. 

 Jackson will occupy the house, 

 keeping the grounds as 'they have 

 been kept in the past. 



The sale was made through the 

 office of Edward A. Andrews. 



