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The Daily Dispatch: May 7, 1864., [Electronic resource], Will of a Wealthy Louisianan. (search)
Will of a Wealthy Louisianan. --There are few Louisiana who have not heard of H F Walworth, of Baton Rouge, now deceased. He was a warm friend of the Confederate cause, and proved his scale by frequent liberal contributions. The New Orleans Picayune thus speaks of his will. The will of Horace Fayette Walworth, of East Baton Rouge, was yesterday admitted to probably. In the Second District Court of this city. Deceased was a man of great wealth, his property in real estate and money being estimated at $500,000. Several years before his death he became blind, and in the darkness which followed this offering violation he reflected much on the advantages in books for the blind, and resolved to devote a portion of his fortune to the procuring of a proper supply — Of his estate he gave $250,000 to an adopted daughter and another lady, and most of the residence he devoted to the purpose of establishing a printing office for the weekly publication of the paper or magazine to be d