Word: martyn
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...recent decision of Judge Van Vorst of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Harvard has lost the bequest of Dr. Martyn Paine, who left his real and personal property to Harvard College for the purpose of establishing scholarships and prizes in memory...
...surrogate of New York City has been asked to construe the terms of the will of Dr. Martyn Payne, who gave almost all his property to Harvard College, as it is believed to be in contravention to the laws of New York State. The executors are President Eliot, Professor John C. Draper, and the Rev. Dr. Anthon. They are represented by Mr. Granville P. Hawes...
...late Dr. Martyn Paine has bequeathed the bulk of his property to Harvard College. It is not to be used until the income shall amount to $8,000. It is to be employed as follows: $4,800 will be divided among sixteen scholarships, four in each class, to be known as Robert Troup Paine Scholarships. $1,500 to be devoted to prizes for essays on various subjects, and the remainder ($1,700) is to go to the Library, - $800 to be spent in buying books and $900 to be set aside as an accumulating fund...
...When Harvard was true to her seal, Christo et Ecclesiae, her halls were filled with the brain and brawn of New England. Now that she is, in the words of Henry Martyn, 'crucifying Christ between two thieves, the classics and mathematics,' how has she fallen from her former position...
...books of the late Dr. Walker, numbering over 3,500 volumes, have been received at the Library. Dr. Martyn Paine, of New York, has also sent to the Library some valuable and interesting works...