The Daily Dispatch: September 2, 1862., [Electronic resource]

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The will of Com. Uriah P. Levy.

The published will of Com. U. P. Levy, U. S. N., bequeaths Monticello, the residence of Thomas Jefferson, and all his property, with the exception of a few small legacies, ‘"to the people of the United States"’--the will making it incumbent on the United States Government to establish a school at Monticello. In case Congress falls to carry out the intention of the bequest, the property goes to ‘"the people of Virginia;"’ and in case the Legislatures declines to receive the trust, the property is to go to the Portuguese Hebrew congregation in Cherry street, Philadelphia, and the Portuguese Hebrew congregation of Richmond, Va., for the establishment of the said school at Monticello for the children of all denominations, Hebrew and Christian. Among the legacies is one of $100 to Benj. F. Butler, (the Beast,) to purchase a mourning ring. The will directs the executors to erect a monument at Cypress Hills, to consist of a full length statue of Capt. Levy, in iron or bronze, in the full uniform of a captain of the U. S. Navy, and holding in his hand a scroll on which shall be inscribed: ‘"Under this monument,"’ or ‘"In memory of Uriah P. Levy, Captain in the United States Navy, Father of the Law for the Abolition of the barbarous practice of Corporal Punishment in the Navy of the United States."’ The monument is to cost $6,000, and the body is to be buried under it.