The poet Whittier died September 7, 1892.
Omitting pecuniary legacies to various friends and relatives, amounting to $40,000, his Will is in the following words:
“Know all men by these Presents, That I, John G. Whittier of Amesbury in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being of sound mind and memory, but in enfeebled bodily health, do make this my last will and testament, hereby revoking any and all former wills by me before made.
“After the payment of all my just debts and funeral charges I give, bequeath and devise as follows:
“1st. I give, bequeath and devise to my niece Lizzie W. Pickard my homestead place in Amesbury, with all the books, pictures and furniture therein. I also give, bequeath and devise to my said niece my dwelling house known as the ‘Gove Place’ on the corner of Friend and Pleasant Streets in said Amesbury. I also give and bequeath to my said niece Fifteen Thousand dollars....”
“9th. I give and bequeath to the Haverhill City Hospital One thousand dollars....”
“14th. I give and bequeath to Caroline Johnson, Mary Johnson and Abby J. Woodman, my furniture, books and pictures at Oak Knoll, Danvers, not otherwise disposed of, to be equally divided among them. I also give and bequeath to each of them Five Hundred dollars....”
“18th. I give and bequeath to Lucy Larcom, Five hundred dollars; also the copyright of ‘Child Life,’ ‘Child Life in Prose’ and ‘Songs of Three Centuries.’....”
“22nd. I give and bequeath to my niece Lizzie W. Pickard before named, the Portrait of myself by Hoyt, at Oak Knoll, Danvers.
“23rd. I give and bequeath to Sarah O. Jewett of So. Berwick, Lanman’s picture of the Sea and its marshes at the mouth of the Merrimac River, also at Oak Knoll, Danvers.