LIII.

EXTRACT FROM THE WILL OF CORDELIA MARTIN

DUKE.

WILL DATED 27 NOVEMBER, 1888.

ADMITTED TO PROBATE IN NEW YORK, 10 APRIL, 1889.
RECORDED LIBER 417 OF WILLS, PAGE 193.

ARTICLE SIXTH.

I give and bequeath to my Executors the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars in trust to invest and reinvest the same and to pay the net annual income thereof as received to my husband William Smithson Duke, during the term of his natural life, and upon his death I give and bequeath the said sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars as follows:

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(8) To The New York Free Circulating Library, three thousand dollars.*

*On March 12th 1895, the sum of $3,041.80 was received from this legacy and added to the "Permanent Fund."

LIV.

EXTRACT FROM THE WILL OF CHARLES M. DA COSTA.

WILL DATED MARCH 31, 1890.

ADMITTED TO PROBATE NEW YORK, 30 JUNE, 1890.
RECORDED LIBER 432 of WILLS, PAGE 385.

ARTICLE SECond.

I give and bequeath to the following corporations created under the laws of the State of New York, and all being in the City of New York (except the two last named) the amounts severally herein indicated, that is to say:

To The New York Free Circulating Library the sum of fifteen hundred dollars.

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* Payment of this legacy was received on May 6, 1891; and the amount of $1500 was added to the "Permanent Fund."

LV.

EXTRACTS FROM THE WILL OF MARY A. EDSON.*

WILL DATED 2 MAY, 1890.

CODICIL I DATED 22 MAY, 1890.
CODICIL II DATED 27 May, 1890.

CODICIL III DATED 27 MAY, 1890.

ADMITTED TO PROBATE IN NEW YORK, 14 January, 1891.

RECORDED Liber 447 of Wills, Page 37.

WILL. ARTICLE EIGHTH.

All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, both real and personal and wheresoever situate, I dispose of as follows:

All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, I give and bequeath to my executors, to be divided by them among such

* Mrs. Edson died 29 May, 1890. On 23 June, 1890, a Deed of Gift (printed on page 204 infra) was executed by the Executors and the Rev. Dr. William R. Huntington, by which The New York Free Circulating Library was given onefifteenth of the residuary estate.

On 20 January, 1891, letters testamentary were issued to Charles S. Fairchild, John A. Bartow and John E. Parsons, as Executors under the will. A contest having arisen, certain legacies under the will were declared void, and these amounts increased the residue of the estate and were distributed in accordance with the terms of the "Deed of Gift" subsequently.

The first payment, of $8,000, was made in 1898; the second, of $8,450, in 1899; and a third and final payment, of $3.485.03, on 27 February, 1902, subsequently to the consolidation; making the total amount received under Mrs. Edson's will $19,935.03, which at the various times as received was added to the "Permanent Fund," and is now a part of the Principal Account of the Department of Circulation of The New York Public Library.

incorporated religious, benevolent and charitable societies of the City of New York and in such amounts as shall be appointed by them with the approval of my friend the Rev. Dr. William R. Huntington, if living.

If for any reason any legacy or legacies left by this my will either pecuniary or residuary shall lapse or fail, I give and bequeath the amount thereof absolutely to the persons named as my executors. In the use of the same I am satisfied that they will follow what they believe to be my wishes. I impose upon them however no condition, leaving the same to them personally and absolutely, and without any limitation or restitution.

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CODICIL II. ARTICLE FIFTH.

The rest, residue and remainder of my estate not disposed of by my will or by any codicil, I give and bequeath to my executors, to be divided by them among such incorporated religious, benevolent and charitable societies of the City of New York and in such amounts as shall be fixed or appointed by them, with the approval of my friend the Rev. Dr. William R. Huntington, if living.

LVI.

DEED OF GIFT UNDER THE WILL OF MARY A. EDSON.

DATED 23 JUNE, 1890.

Rnow all men by these presents, that we, John E. Parsons, John A. Bartow and Charles S. Fairchild, named as executors to the last Will and Testament of Mary A. Edson, deceased, bearing date the second day of May, 1890, do hereby appoint and give all the residuary estate which is by the said will or by any of the codicils thereto given and bequeathed to us as executors thereof or individually, or over which we have any power of appointment or distribution, after the payment of all just and lawful expenses and charges, to and among the following religious, benevolent and charitable societies in the City of New York, in the shares specified, namely:

First: To any corporation or society to which under the said will or any of the codicils thereto has been given any pecuniary legacy, which legacy shall for any reason whatsoever have lapsed or failed, we give and appoint the amount of such legacy as given by the said will or codicil thereto.

Second: So much of the said residuary estate as may be left after the payment of any lapsed or failed legacies as above provided, we do hereby appoint and give to the following named religious, benevolent and charitable societies of the City of New York, in the following proportions, to wit:

To the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in the Diocese of New York, one-third of the said residue.

To the House of Mercy, New York, one-fifteenth of the said residue.