Word: greenleaf
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...will of Ezekiel Price Greenleaf was filed yesterday. By it Mr. Greenleaf's entire estate of $500,000 is bequeathed to the President and Fellows of Harvard College. $3,000 are to be devoted to ten scholarships of $300 each, and the remainder is to be devoted in equal shares to the library and general running expenses of the colleges...
...will of the late E. Price Green-leaf has not yet been made public, and will not be until it is offered for probate, but it is stated on authority that it was Mr. Greenleaf's undoubted intention to leave the bulk of his property to Harvard College, and that his will was made with that intention. Whether there will be a contest over the will could not be learned. - Record...
...report in the Sunday papers that five hundred thousand dollars had been bequeathed to Harvard by E. Price Greenleaf, of Boston, awakened the liveliest interest among the friends of the university, but further inquiry does not confirm this report in its details. Yesterday afternoon President Eliot, in conversation with a CRIMSON editor, stated that nothing definite was known in regard to the legacy. All that was known was that several years ago, Mr. Greenleaf made a will, bequeathing considerable property to Harvard. It is not known how large an estate the deceased left, nor how much of his property comes...
...words on the life of Mr. Greenleaf will be of interest. E. Price Greenleaf was born in Boston in 1790. He was educated in the Boston Latin School, but did not take a collegiate course. He was prepared for a business career, but was not successful. After spending a few years in South Carolina, he returned to Boston, and went into the flour trade under the firm name of Apthorp & Greenleaf. The firm failed in 1830, whereupon the young Greenleaf went to live with his father in the town of Quincy. He never entered business to any great extent again...
...legacy which we have reason to hope Harvard will receive by the generous gift of the late Edward Price Greenleaf, of Boston, calls forth the deepest gratitude from every friend of Harvard. It is too early to make any comment until definite information with regard to the bequest can be obtained. But, we may all hope that the report is not exaggerated, especially when we think what unestimable benefits can be procured by such a bequest. The erection of a new dormitory alone ought to immortalize the generous donor. However, it will be well to delay further comment until...