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Appendix.
The necessary petition for the probate of the will of
Mr. Sumner was filed yesterday afternoon by
Francis V. Balch, and will be acted on at the regular session of the court, which sits on Monday, April 6.
The will is written wholly by himself, in a handwriting at once bold, clear, and distinct.
Each page bears his signature, the name being written in the lower right-hand corner, after the manner of the old-style books, and evidently written as each page was finished.
The sheets are bound together at the top by a delicate purple ribbon.
Not a blot or erasure is discernible on the pages of the will; but the outside is much soiled, as if it had been used when partially folded to brush ink-stains from his desk.
It is in full as follows, says “The
Advertiser:” --
1. I bequeath to
Henry W. Longfellow,
Francis V. Balch, and
Edward L. Pierce, as trustees, all my papers, manuscripts, and letter-books, to do with them what they think best, with power to destroy them, to distribute them in some public library, or to make extracts from them for publication.
2. I bequeath to the trustees above mentioned $3000, or so much as may be needed to complete the edition of my speeches and papers, should the same be unfinished at my death.
It is hoped that no part of this sum will be needed.
