I, J. Franklin Collins, of the City and County of Providence, 
in the State of Rhode Island, hereby revoking all wills by me at any 
time heretofore made, do make and declare this as and for my last will 
and testament, in manner following, that is to say: 
FIRST* I direct my executor hereinafter named to pay all my 
just debts, funeral expenses and the charges of settling my estate. 
SECOND: I give and- bequeath to my sister, Ediuh VII» Jenckes, 
widow of the late George W. Jenckes, of North providence, Rhode Island, 
If living at the time of my death, all that she may desire of my per¬ 
sonal effects, of every description, including wearing apparel and 
jewelry; my diaries from 1885 to date, and all that she may desire of 
my books, pamphlets and papers of which I may be possessed at the time 
of my death, to her for her own property, leaving it to her to dispose 
(or direct the disposition) of the same in such manner as she may see 
fit and she may deem would best conform to my wishes. 
I also give, devise and bequeath to my sister, Edith W. 
Jenckes, all my right and interest In and to my burial lot situated 
in Riverside Cemetery, in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. 
THIRD: I give and bequeath to my brother, Carlos Collins, 
and to my niece, Edith Mabel Collins, the sum of One Hundred Dollars 
($100) to each of them, if living at the time of my death. 
FOURTH: I give and bequeath Aiy botanical specimens and 
other botanical records, etc., as follows: 
( 1 ) To the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University, Cambridge, 
Massachusetts, all my botanical specimens of vascular plants (of 
little or no commercial value) including containers, in accordance 
with the pre-arranged verbal understanding that: (a) the Hew England 
Botanical Club, Inc., of Boston, Massachusetts, shall be permitted to 
select such specimens as may be desired for its Club herbarium: (b) 
the Gray Herbarium shall next take such specimens as may be desired 
for its own herbarium: (c) the remaining specimens to be sorted and 
organized and a set of the Rhode Island specimens deposited in the 
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