Jane Lathrop Stanford Papers

IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN: I, JANE LATHROP STANFORD, of the County of Santa Clara, State of California, widow of Leland Stanford, deceased, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, and mindful of the uncertainty of life, do make, publish and declare this to be my Last Will and Testament, in manner following, that is to say:

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I give and bequeath to the UNION TRUST COMPANY OF SAN FRANCISCO, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the Stae of California, the sum of Two Million ($2,000,000) Dollars, to have and to hold the same in trust for the following uses and purposes, that is to say:

a. I authorize, empower and direct said Trustee to invest said sum of Two Million ($2,000,000.) Dollars in first class bonds, or other securities, as it may deem best, and to pay over, at regular intervals the net income arising from one million dollars thereof to my brother ARIEL LATHROP of Albany, New York, for and during the term of his natural life, and upon his death, (as he has no children or descendants), this trust shall cease and determine as to one-half of said trust property, that is to say, as to one million dollars thereof, and the said sum or the property in which it may be invested shall belong to and be delievered to his relatives, as follows, viz: one-half thereof to the descendants of his deceased brother Daniel Shields Lathrop in the proportions of one-third to his daughter JENNIE L. LAWTON, one-third to his daughter AMY GARDNER HANSEN, and the remaining one-third in equal shares to DANIEL S. GUNNING and AMY L. GUNNING, the children of Christine L. Gunning, the deceased daughter of Daniel Shields

IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN: I, JANE LATHROP STANFORD, of the County of Santa Clara, State of California, widow of Leland Stanford, deceased, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, and mindful of the uncertainty of life, do make, publish and declare this to be my Last Will and Testament, in manner following, that is to say:

I. I give and bequeath to the UNION TRUST COMPANY OF SAN FRANCISCO, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of California, the sum of Two Million ($2,000,000) Dollars, to have and to hold the same in trust for the following uses and purposes, that is to say:

a. I authorize, empower and direct said Trustee to invest said sum of Two Million ($2,000,000.) Dollars in first class bonds, or other securities, as it may deem best, and to pay over, at regular intervals the net income arising from one million dollars thereof to my brother ARIEL LATHROP of Albany, New York, for and during the term of his natural life, and upon his death, (as he has no children or descendants), this trust shall cease and determine as to onehalf of said trust property, that is to say, as to one million dollars thereof, and the said sum or the property in which it may be invested shall belong to and be delivered to his relatives, as follows, viz: one-half thereof to his brother CHARLES GARDNER LATHROP, and the other one-half thereof to the descendants of his deceased brother Daniel Shields Lathrop in the proportions of one-third to his daughter JENNIE L. LAWTON, one-third to his daughter AMY GARDNER HANSEN, and the remaining one-third in equal shares to DANIEL S. GUNNING AND AMY L. GUNNING, the children of Christine L. Gunning, the deceased daughter of Daniel Shields

To Mr. Charles G. Lathrop,

Stanford University.

Resolutions on the death of Mrs. Leland Stanford, a member of the National Society of Colonial Dames in California.

WHEREAS, In the death of Mrs. Leland Stanford, California loses one of her grandest and noblest women; be it

RESOLVED, That in the passing away of Mrs. Leland Stanford, the National Society of Colonial Dames in California, feels called to mourn the loss of one of its most honored and esteemed members; her blessed example of a pure and exalted Christian life; her long record of usefulness for others, and her great work for Stanford University, will always endear her memory to us.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a copy of these resolutions be sent by the Corresponding Secretary to Mr. Charles G. Lathrop of Stanford University, to Mr. Ariel Lathrop of Albany, New York, and to the Hon. S. F. Leib, President of the Board of Trustees of Leland Stanford Junior University.

Hulda H. Bergen Brown,

Corresponding Secy. of the C. D. A. in California.

March sixteenth, Nineteen hundred and five.

In the name of God Amen. I Jane Lathrop Stanford of the County of Santa Clara State of California, wife of Leland Stanford deceased, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, mindful of the uncertainty of life, do make publish and declare this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all former wills.

I give and bequeath to each of my brothers, Ariel Lathrop and Charles Gardner Lathrop, the sum of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) in gold coin. To my two nieces, Jennie L. Lawton and Amy Gardner Hansen, daughters of my deceased brother Daniel Shields Lathrop, and the two children of my deceased niece Christine L. Gunning, I give and bequath[sic] One Hundred Thousand Dollars in gold coin, each of my nieces taking one-third part, and the children of my deceased niece, Christine L. Gunning the other third part equally between them.

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Jane L Stanford

THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY

RECEIVED at San Francisco, Cala.

ALBANY, NY., MAY 17 1895

MRS LELAND STANFORD,

SAN FRANCISCO

UNDER THE PRESENT MANAGEMENT I PREFER MY NAME NOT SUGGESTED IN THE MATTER

ARIEL LATHROP