“Benj. F. Butler.”
Will of Salmon P. Chase
Salmon P. Chase died May 7, 1873. A copy of his will is as follows:
“I appoint Henry D. Cooke of Washington, sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament.
“I require that all my just debts be paid and discharged from the assets which will come into his hands.
“Of the residue it is my will that an income at Seven per cent on Six Thousand Dollars be paid to my Niece, Jane Auld, during her life, and that if her daughters survive her that the principal thereof be paid to them equally.
“It is my further will that of the residue of my Estate there be transferred to the Wilberforce University, Nine Thousand Dollars, in a bond or bonds of the Western Union Telegraph Company, and One Thousand Dollars in a bond of the Cleveland and Pittsburg Railroad Company; and to Dartmouth College Three Thousand Dollars in the bonds of the Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company, and Seven Thousand Dollars in the bonds of the Warren and Franklin Railroad Company.
“It is my will that whatever sum may be due to me from my late brother Edward I. Chase, may be wholly remitted to his widow and administratrix, of Lockport, N.Y.
“I bequeath the picture of Chief Justice Marshall, presented to me by the members of the Bar and other citizens of New York, to the United States for the use of the Supreme Court.
“It is my will that the remainder of my Estate be distributed in equal parts to my two dear Children, Katharine Chase Sprague and Janet Ralston Chase.