PAWTUCKET • PROVIDENCE • WOONSOCKET 
May 27 , 1942 
15 WESTMINSTER STREET 
Providence.R.I. 
Gray Herbarium 
Harvard University 
Cambridge, Massachusetts 
Attention: M. L. Fernald, Director 
Gentlemen: 
As requested in your letter of May 26th we are 
sending enclosed our check for $ 1 , 600 . representing a dis¬ 
tribution on account of the share ( 10 $) of the residue of 
the Estate of J. Franklin Collins bequeathed to the Gray 
Herbarium. We understand that these funds will be trans¬ 
ferred to the Treasurer of Harvard College and we will thank 
you to sign the accompanying receipt in the presence of a 
witness and return it to us. 
Very truly yours 
K. J. Tanner 
Assistant Trust Officer. 
SHM/GW 
