Word: greenleaf
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...estate of E. Price Greenleaf, the millionaire miser and bachelor, who lived for a number of years at 70 Waltham street in this city, proves to be a large donation to Harvard College, all of his property, with the exception of a few thousands, going to this institution. Nathaniel J. Bradlee, W. G. A. Pattee and William McMahon, the appraisers of the estate, have returned into Suffolk County probate their inventory. While it does not reach $1,000,000, the official appraisal makes it a large estate, which eventually, in the rise of stocks, may reach the million limit. Many...
Owing to lack of space in yesterday's issue, the clauses of Ezekiel Price Greenleaf's will relating to Harvard could not be published till to-day. The amount left to Harvard College is now reported to be one million dollars...
...amount and kind of property and estates held in trust under this will together with the income, interest and profit thereof, may, at all times, clearly appear on their books of account. The said trust fund, thus held and invested, is to be called and known as the 'Price Greenleaf Fund.' The net income derived from said fund is to be used, appropriated and applied by said president and fellows as follows: A sum equal to, but not exceeding $3.000 a year, shall be divided into shares of $300 each, and each of said shares shall be paid in each...
...used or appropriated to the repair of any buildings occupied by or intended to be occupied by the said library, or to the erection of any such building. This gift is subject to the following conditions: First, that the scholarship shall be known and designated as the 'Price Greenleaf Scholarship;' second, that a separate and distinct department of the library of the college shall be established and maintained and a portion of the building appropriated to the library shall be set apart to be known and designated as the 'Price Greenleaf department of the library...
...will of the late Ezekiel Price Greenleaf, which we publish on our first page, must be a source of extreme congratulation to all who feel an interest in Harvard's material welfare. We are all to reap the benefits from the wealth of a man which was not spent selfishly during his lifetime, but which has been saved up for the advantage of our university. It is the sacrifice which was made as much as the munificence of the gift, which should be remembered now and hereafter...