Will, 3 copies, with covers 1901

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man for forty years; to EDWARD LARGELY, valet to my husband for twelve years; to JOHN KELLY, gardener and caretaker of our home in Sacramento, California, corner Eighth and N Streets, in our service for forty-one years; to AH WING, servant for eighteen years, to each and every one I give and bequeath the sum of One Thousand ($1,000) Dollars.

VI.

I give and bequeath to the OLD LADIES HOME in Albany, State of New York, of which Mrs. General Frederick Townsend is President, the sum of Ten Thousand ($10,000) Dollars.

VII.

I give and bequeath to the PROTESTANT ORPHAN ASYLUM of Albany, State of New York, of which my dear father was Treasurer for twentyfive years or more, and of which General John F. Rathbone was President, the sum of Ten Thousand ($10,000) Dollars.

VIII.

I give and bequeath to the BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS of San Francisco, California, of which my deceased brother Henry C. Lathrop was a member, that the society may bear him in loving memory, and for the benefit of the poor and needy of that organization, the sum of Ten Thousand ($10,000) Dollars.

IX.

I give and bequeath to the HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN AND TRAINING SCHOOL FOR NURSES, at Number 3700 California Street, San Francisco, California, of which Mrs. W. B. Harrington is President, the sum of Ten Thousand ($10,000) Dollars.

X.

I give and bequeath to the CALIFORNIA WOMAN'S HOSPITAL at Number 3118 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, California, of which

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John Birmingham is President, the sum of Ten Thousand ($10,000) Dollars.

XI.

I give and bequeath to the SISTERS OF THE HOLY FAMILY, for the benefit of the children under their care, their convent being at Number 890 Hayes Street, San Francisco, California, the sum of Ten Thousand ($10,000) Dollars.

XII.

I give and bequeath to the HEBREW HOME FOR THE AGED DISABLED, at Number 507 Lombard Street, San Francisco, California, of which Samuel Polack is President, the sum of Ten Thousand ($10,000) Dollars.

XIII.

I give and bequeath to the TRUSTEES OF THE HOME OF BENEVOLENCE, at Eleventh and Martha Streets, San Jose, California, the sum of Five Thousand ($5,000) Dollars.

XIV.

I give and bequeath to the SHELTERING ARMS SOCIETY, at First and Humboldt Streets in San Jose, California, the sum of Five Thousand ($5,000) Dollars.

XV.

I give and bequeath to the COLLEGE OF NOTRE DAME, corner of Santa Clara and Santa Teresa Streets, San Jose, California, in recognition and memory of the kindnesses shown to me and those I love by the sisters in charge of the same, the sum of Five Thousand ($5,000) Dollars.

XVI.

I give and bequeath to the SAN JOSE SANITARIUM AND HOME, on Race Street, near San Jose, California, the sum of Five Thousand ($5,000) Dollars.

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XVII.

I give and bequeath to the SAN FRANCISCO PROTESTANT ORPHAN ASYLUM SOCIETY, Haight Street between Laguna and Buchanan Streets, San Francisco, California, of which Mrs. William Alvord is President, the sum of Five Thousand ($5,000) Dollars.

XVIII.

I give and bequeath to the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum, N Street South, between Eighteenth and Twentieth Streets, San Francisco, California, under charge of the Sisters of Charity, the sum of Five Thousand ($5,000) Dollars.

XIX.

I give and bequeath to the ARMITAGE ORHPANAGE OF SAN FRANCISCO, with orphanage at San Mateo, California, and of which Mrs. Austin Tubbs is President, the sum of Five Thousand ($5,000) Dollars.

XX.

I hereby direct and it is my will that each and all of the bequests made in the foregoing paragraphs be and the same are hereby modified and changed so that in case my estate shall to any large extent consist of bonds, as it does at present, the said bequests may in whole or in part, at the discretion and option of my Executors, be paid partly in such bonds and partly in money, each bond of the par value of one thousand dollars being taken and considered as the equivalent in value of one thousand dollars in money, and bonds of the par value of five hundred dollars as the equivalent in value of five hundred dollars in money.

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Since executing former Wills, a kind Providence has brought about more favorable conditions in the affairs of the Estate left me by my beloved husband, and for this reason I have greatly enlarged my gifts to the Leland Stanford Junior University, and I now feel justified in enlarging, as I have done in this Will, my bequests to my relatives and friends and different charities, which have been ever dear to my heart.

XXI.

All my wardrobe and wearing apparel, all household linen in my city and country homes, and all toilet articles of my own, my dear husband's and son's, Leland Stanford, Junior, I direct shall be distributed by my brother CHARLES GARDNER LATHROP, according to his best judgment, between himself and his daughter JENNIE STANFORD LATHROP.

The wardrobes of my dear son Leland Stanford, Junior, and of my beloved husband, I give to my brother CHARLES GARDNER LATHROP, knowing he will carry out my wishes in regard thereto, and I also give and bequeath to my said brother all such silver plate as is not mentioned as having already been given to the Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, and by them to be placed in the Museum connected with said University.

XXII.

All silver in the house corner Powell and California Streets, San Francisco, California, and my country home on the Palo Alto Farm, Santa Clara County, all the Elkington silver dinner set and ornaments, gold plated service, dinner plates, gold Russian spoons, salt cellars, egg cups, special gifts of affection from my husband,

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and other silver, are designated already in a deed of gift to the Trustees; also all the works of art, paintings, curios, china of rare quality, photographs, rare old furniture, vases, clocks, statues of all kinds, marbles, bronzes, mosaics of all kinds; marble busts, already given to the Trustees from my home at Palo Alto Farm and San Francisco also included and to be placed in the Museum as aforesaid named, and I hereby confirm the gift of the articles mentioned in this Paragraph.

XXIII.

All the rest, residue and remainder of my property and estate, of every kind and nature and wheresoever situated, not hereinbefore disposed of, I give, devise and bequeath to the BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY, as founded and endowed by my husband and myself by our joint grant of November eleventh, 1885, recorded in the County of Santa Clara, in Liber 83 of Deeds at page 23, et seq., and confirmed by my grants dated December 9th, 1901, to have and to hold to the said Trustees and to their sucessors forever as an integral part of the endowment of the said University, upon the trust that the principal thereof shall forever remain intact, and that the rents, issues and profits thereof shall be devoted to the maintenance of said University for the uses and purposes and upon the trusts in the said Grant and to which the endowment made by the said Grant is devoted.

I desire and again request of the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University that they shall, as soon as possible, place and safely preserve in the Museum of the University all articles which I have given them from my homes mentioned, only excepting what is given to my brother Charles G. Lathrop. All

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