Desiring to render a public benefit to the city of New York, and to contribute to the advancement of useful knowledge and the general good of society, I do, by this codicil, appropriate four hundred thousand dollars out of my residuary estate to the establishment... Valentine's Manual of Old New York - Stran 91uredili: - 1916Celotni ogled - O knjigi
| Jeffrey A. Kroessler - 2002 - 381 strani
...would buy every foot of land on the island of Manhattan." He bequeathed funds to establish a library: "Desiring to render a public benefit to the city of...useful knowledge and the general good of society, I do ... appropriate $400,000 out of my residue estate, to the establishment of a public library" to... | |
| 1886 - 670 strani
...New York Review. His will contained a codicil in these words : '• DesirVOL. XVI.— No i.— a ing to render a public benefit to the city of New York,...useful knowledge and the general good of society, I do by this codicil appoint four hundred thousand dollars out of my residuary estate to the establishment... | |
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