of Peace was on its flight, with the olive-branch in her mouth, to all the nations.
Mr. Francis V. Balch, the executor of
Senator Sumner's will, entered it for probate in
Boston.
It is written by the
Senator's own hand:
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 $3,000, 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.
3. I bequeath to the library of Harvard College my books and autographs, whether in
Washington or
Boston, with the understanding that duplicates of works already belonging to the college library may be sold or exchanged for its benefit.
4. I bequeath to the
City of Boston, for the Art Museum, my pictures and engravings, except the picture known as the ‘Miracle of the Slave,’ with the injunction that the trustees shall do with them what they think best, disposing of all for the benefit of the museum.
5. I bequeath to my friends of many years,
Henry W. Longfellow and
Samuel G. Howe, my bronzes, to be divided between them; also to
Henry W. Longfellow the Psyche and that bust of the young
Augustus, in marble; to my friend
Joshua B. Smith, the picture known as the ‘Miracle of the Slave,’ and to the
City of Boston, for the Art Museum, the bust of myself, by
Crawford, taken during my visit to
Rome in 1839.
6. I bequeath to the daughters of
Henry W. Longfellow $2,000, also to the daughters of
Samuel G. Howe $2,000, and to the daughters of
James T. Furniss of
Philadelphia $2,000, which I ask them to accept in token of my gratitude for the friendship their parents have shown me.
7. I bequeath to
Hannah Richmond Jacobs, only surviving sister of my mother, an annuity of $500, to be paid by my executor for the remainder of her life.
8. I direct my executor to make all provision for perpetual care of my mother's lot at
Mount Auburn.
9. I bequeath to the
President and Fellows of Harvard College $1,000, in trust for an annual prize for the best dissertation by any student of the
College or any of its schools, undergraduate or graduate, on universal peace and the methods by which war may be permanently suspended.
I do this in the hope of drawing the attention of students to the practicability of organizing peace among nations, which I sincerely believe may be done.
I cannot doubt that the same modes of decision which now prevail between individuals, between towns and between smaller communities, may be extended to nations.
