Word: bequests
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...plates there is a large collection of manuscripts which if once destroyed could never be replaced. Since the last annual report, in which the death of Mr. Bowditch, one of the greatest benefactors to the observatory, was taken note of, it has been learned that he left an additional bequest...
...bequest of 2.000 books from the late Dr. Dexter, of Boston, has been given to the Yale library...
...generous bequest to the University which is now announced is appreciated by all those connected with Harvard. Our art department has long been of high standing in point of learning, but we have suffered greatly for want of a plover museum and appropriate works of art. Professor Norton has devoted many articles to a description of the needs of the University in this direction, and the present gift is due to him in great measure...
...money has been left without conditions, except in two cases. In the case of the Union Theological Seminary the money has been be queathed to maintain cadetships. At Yale, too, the bequest has restrictive conditions; it is to be used only for the Sheffield Scientific School...
...Anna L. Moring, whose bequest of books is a valuable addition to the college library, was the daughter of Professor Beck, after whom the named Beck Hall...