Ancient, Curious, and Famous WillsHarris, Virgil M. (Virgil McClure)
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Ancient, Curious, and Famous Wills
Harris, Virgil M. (Virgil McClure)
Wills
“4. I give and bequeath the following specific legacies (namely),
the jewels from the Queen and the bracelet from the Sultan and the
other medals and Orders, together with my engraving of the ground
round Sebastopol, to the Managers for the time being of the Reading
Room at Herbert Hospital, or at Netley or at Aldershot or at some
other place where soldiers may see them, as my executors may in
their absolute discretion decide. All my prints, framed or
otherwise (except those that I may otherwise dispose of), and
including those of the Queen and Prince Albert given me by the
Queen at Balmoral, in one thousand eight hundred and fifty six, and
of Landseer’s ‘Highland Nurses’ to my executors to be distributed
by them amongst the Nightingale Training Schools for Nurses and
those connected with us, in such manner in all respects as my
executors may in their absolute discretion decide. The framed
Michael Angelo photographs, the portfolio of Venice photographs
from Mrs. Bracebridge, the two lovely water colour sketches of
Embley, and the copy of Turner’s ‘Rock’ by Louisa Elenor Shore
Nightingale, my father’s watch and spectacles, the book case in the
drawing room given me by the said William Shore Nightingale and
Louisa Eleanor, his wife, the portrait of Sir John McNeill, the
little Soutari clock and the box (Miss Coape’s) with all the
‘stuff’ in it, _i.e._ annotated in pencil by Mr. Stuart Mill and
Mr. Jowett, with their letters, et cetera, upon it, to the children
of the said William Shore Nightingale, living at my death, to be
divided amongst them in such manner as they shall agree upon, and
in default of agreement as my executors, other than the said Samuel
Shore Nightingale and Louis Hilary Shore Nightingale, shall
determine. The cutlery given me by the town of Sheffield and any
Tallboy or book case or tall stand for papers he may choose to the
said Samuel Shore Nightingale. The ‘Colas’ bronze of Sophocles, all
copies of the printed three volumes entitled ‘Suggestions for
Thought,’ the three volumes of Quetelet given me by Mr. Quetelet
with my M. S. papers in the same parcel, and my Dante in three
volumes quarto with illustrations, to the said Rosalind Frances
Mary Nash. The sketch of the older Parthe to Mrs. Hawthorn, a
bookcase or tallboy and the picture of the head of Christ with the
Crown of Thorns (Nazarene), in my room, to the said Louis Hilary
Shore Nightingale. The Titian ‘Virgin’ with the two sides of
Angioletti and the (rare) cast of the Avignon Crucifix to the said
Margaret Thyra Barbara Shore Nightingale. To each of them, the said
Samuel Shore Nightingale and Louis Hilary Shore Nightingale,
Rosalind Frances Mary Nash and Margaret Thyra Barbara Shore
Nightingale, such six of my books as they shall select. The picture
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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