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Harvard's New Bequests.

The will of the late Mrs. W. S. Appleton was probated in the Suffolk County probate court yesterday, By this will several public bequests are given, which amount to $180,000. Among the bequests there is $50,000 given to Harvard University. The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston gets an equal amount and the Massachusetts Historical Society and the Boston Public Library get each $10,000. The will is dated July, 1885, and the public bequests are made by a codicil dated May 18, 1886.

Harvard has received still another bequest. By the will of the late C. M. Jones of Boston, Harvard College is bequeathed $6,000 for a scholarship in any part of the university agreeable to the Faculty.

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