“24th. I give and bequeath to Annie Fields the Picture of Venice, also at Oak Knoll, Danvers.
“25th. I give and bequeath to the American Peace Society, Five hundred dollars.
“26th. I give and bequeath to the Amesbury Charitable Society, Five hundred dollars.
“27th. I give and bequeath to the Friends in Amesbury, Two hundred dollars, for the care of their burial ground....”
“29th. The copyrights of my writings, with the exception of those given as aforesaid to Lucy Larcom, I place in the hands of my Executors, whom I hereby constitute and appoint as Trustees of the same; the income of which (as stipulated in an agreement with my publishers, Houghton, Mifflin & Co., dated August 12, 1883, to continue until ten years from that date) I hereby direct them to pay annually to Lizzie W. Pickard, Alice G. Berry, Charles F. Whittier, Louis H. Caldwell, Phebe J. Woodman and Addie P. Cammett, in the ratio and proportion of the cash legacies made to the above named persons in this Instrument: Nevertheless if in the judgment of my said Executors and Trustees it is deemed advisable, they are at liberty to dispose of said copyrights and divide the proceeds among the above named persons, in the proportion above named.
“30th. I give, bequeath and devise one half of the rest and residue of my estate, be it real, personal, or mixed, to Lizzie W. Pickard, Alice G. Berry, Charles F. Whittier, Louis H. Caldwell, Phebe J. Woodman, Addie P. Cammett and Adelaide G. Caldwell in the same ratio and proportion as mentioned in item 29th.
“31st. I give, bequeath and devise the remaining one half of the rest and residue of my estate, be it real, personal or mixed, in equal shares, to the Amesbury and Salisbury Home for Aged Women, The Anna Jaques Hospital in the City of Newburyport and the Normal and Agricultural Institute for Colored and Indian Pupils at Hampton, Va.
“32nd. I entrust my manuscripts, letters and papers to Samuel T. Pickard of Portland, Me., and request all who have letters of mine to refrain from publishing them, unless with his consent. It is my wish that my funeral may be conducted in the plain and quiet way of the Society of Friends with which I am connected, not only by birthright, but also by a settled conviction of the truth of its principles, and the importance of its testimonies.
“33rd. I hereby constitute and appoint George F. Bagley and George W. Cate both of Amesbury as Executors and Trustees of this my last Will and testament, and hereby request that they may be exempt from giving any surety or sureties on their bond as Executors or Trustees.
“In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand, and in the presence of the three witnesses named below, declare this to be my last will and testament this eleventh day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety.