ACCURACY, in writing of wills necessary, | Aristotle, will of, 14-16.
Acorns, to be planted on grave of Sir
Charles Hastings, 155.
Actors, benefited by the will of Garrick,
270; by the will of Booth, 339; by
the will of Forrest, 364-369; by the
will of Jefferson, 396.
Actors' Fund, the, 339, 397.
Actors' Home, the, 396.
Actress, beneficiary must become an,
162.
Adam, said to have left a will, xii, 10.
Adams, John Quincy, will of, 324-330.
Agassiz, Louis, preamble to will of, 198;
his pride in vocation of teacher, 198;
Boston Globe editorial on, 198-200.
Alcott, Louisa M., will of a child in
"Little Women," 58.
Alden, Captain John, will of, 330, 331.
Alienation of land, forbidden in will of
Plato, 14.
Aligre, Marquis d', will of, 249-251.
Americans, famous wills of, 324-454.
Ancient Wills, 10-48; Barnabé Brisson
an authority on, xii.
André, John, Major, his last request to
General Washington, 221, 222.
"Anglicus," the pardoned poet, will of,
246, 247.
Anglo-Saxon Wills, made in triplicate, xii.
Angoulême, Duchesse d', her remorse
for the "Lost Dauphin," 242.
Animals, see Dumb Animals.
Annuity, a prolonged, 185.
Anthems, bequest for singing of favorite,
178.
"Anticipating the past," 90.
Antonelli, Cardinal Giacomo, will of,
252-258.
"Arlotto, the Parson," will of, 35.
Armada, The Spanish, bequest for ser-
mon on deliverance from, 174.
Armenjon, Laurentine, 259.
Arms, bare, considered immodest by
Yorkshire rector, 186.
Arnold, Benedict, will of, 331-333.
Arnold, Matthew, will of, 258.
Artists, poor, provided for in the will
of Turner, 314.
Ashes, cast into the sea, 127, 144.
Ashes, cast to the four winds from Eads
Bridge, St. Louis, 157.
Asselineau, Charles, his unique collec-
tion of paper-knives, 163.
Astronomical observatory, of Lick, 402,
403.
Audubon, John James, will of, 333.
Auger, Jean Baptiste Robert, will of,
258, 259.
Augustus Cæsar, will of, 17-20.
Aunt Lunky, will of a negro servant,
81.
Autopsy, Duchess of Northumberland
prohibits, 132.
BACON, Lord, will of, 259.
Bakhuysen, Ludolf, gold coins and wine
distributed at his funeral, 133.
Baliol, John, of Barnard Castle, heart
disposed of by widow, 21.
Balliston, John, devise to provide bread,
beer, beef, and broth for poor, 120.
Balls, Elizabeth, her charitable will, 95;
provision for her horse and grey-
hound, 95.
Balzac, Honoré de, quotation from, 7;
describes a weird custom in "The
Country Doctor," 241.
Aram, Eugene, skull of, in York Castle, Banks, bequest for founding patriotic,
135.
Arbilot, Mr., the humorous will of an Banquet-table, a strange guest at, 138.
eccentric Scotchman, 185.
Barber, Robert, bequest for best recital
Arbitration, disputes over estate of of catechism, 163.
Susan M. Corning to be settled by,
177.
Archer, Henry, bequest for benefit of
poor in gratitude for honors conferred,
117.
Bardsey Island, to be reinterred in, 132.
Barefooted, must walk, on anniversary
of husband's death, 89.
Baring-Gould, S., comments on the will
of a pig, 20.
Barn, coffin to hang from beam in, for | Blyth, Thomas, directs that no mourn-
Barnum, Phineas Taylor, will of, 334,
335.
Barnum Institute, the, 335.
Barrot, Rosine, enigmatical will of, 191.
Bastian, Elizabeth, provides for a costly
mausoleum at expense of relatives,
135.
Battle, bequest as memorial of gratitude
for preservation in, 116.
Baume, Pierre Henri, his frugal life, 197;
his fortune for charity, 197, 198.
Beauchamp, Guy de, Earl of Warwick,
will of, 24.
Beauchamp, William de, will of, 22.
Beauchamp, William de, Earl of War-
wick, will of, 23.
Beaumont sur Vingeanne, Seigneur de,
François de la Palu Varembon, his
desire for bright colors, 152; his heirs
to wear white at his funeral, 152.
Bed, M. Helloin buried in his, as Death
found him, 143; Langton Freeman
buried in his, in summer-house, 144.
Beecher, Henry Ward, will of, 335, 336.
Beer, provided for in will of eccentric
German, 106.
Bell, bequest for tolling of the, 116.
Bell, Elijah, will of, 226; his undertaker
paid in advance, 226.
Benott, Sieur, desired to be buried in a
leather trunk, 138.
Bentham, Jeremy, strange will of, 138;
his body preserved and placed at
banquet-table, 138; now in posses-
sion of University College, 138; de-
scription of Dr. Smith regarding, 139.
Benton, Thomas H., will of, 336, 337.
Beresford Hall, 316, 317.
Bergavenny, Joan, Lady, desired to be
buried without pomp or vainglory,
151.
Berkeley, Mr., leaves pension for four
dogs, 99; his gratitude to, 99.
Berne, will of citizen of, to fix price of
corn and wine, 118.
Berne, Richard, will of, 32; bequest to
prisoners, 32; for repair of highways,
32.
Bevill, Sir Robert, vindictive will of, 86.
Bibles, bequest of, 170; possession of
decided by throwing dice, 170.
Bigsby, James, will of, in rhyme, 70.
Birkbeck, Anna Margaret, directs that
family letters be placed in coffin, 140.
Bizony, Emile von, bequest to his twelve
horses, 94.
Blaine, James G., will of, 338.
Bletzer, Harris, his view of the world,
161.
ing be worn for him, 173; his appre-
ciation of Dolly Varden garters, 173.
Boby, Sieur, eccentric will of, 128; his
heart to be removed, 129; his epi-
taph, 129.
Body, Jeremy Taylor's, preserved and
seated at banquet-table on great oc-
casions, 138; to be dismembered and
given to relatives, 167; bequeathed
for useful purposes, 191; to be sold
for liquidation of debts, 315.
Books, an early bequest of, 31; in the
coffin of John Underwood, 151.
Booth, Edwin T., will of, 338–340.
Boston, Mass., Charles Dickens's views
on charitable institutions of, 243;
benefited by the will of Benjamin
Franklin, 370, 371.
Boston Globe, the, editorial on Louis
Agassiz, 198-200.
Boudinot, Elias, a lengthy sermon in will
of, 192.
Bouton, Charles, simplicity marked
obsequies of, 142.
Bouton, Philippe, fourteen girls dressed
in green to attend his obsequies, 142.
Brain, of Dr. Ellerby to be preserved,
129; blank form for bequest of, 176.
Braunmiller, Joel, directs that his body
be cremated and his ashes cast to the
four winds, 157; to be done from
Eads Bridge, St. Louis, 157.
Bread, bequest for, for poor, 116, 118,
121; in honor of John Bunyan, 117.
Bread, beer, beef, and broth, devise to
provide, for poor, 120.
Bretagne, François, Duc de, bequest for
masses and instructions for bell ring-
ing, 133.
Bretagne, Marguérite de, bequest for
masses, 134.
Brewer, David J., will of, 340–342.
Brisson, Barnabé, authority on ancient
wills, xii; works of, 134.
Brotherly love, bequest for promotion
of, 114.
Brown, James, his views on political in-
dependence, 174.
Brunswick, Duke of, will of, 260, 261.
Budd, Henry, antipathy to mustaches
shown in will of, 87.
Budgell, Eustace, account of, 58.
Bull Baiting, provided for in will of
George Staverton, 110; since dis-
continued, 111.
Bulwer-Lytton, Edward, quotation from,
215; will of, 261.
Bunyan, John, bequest for bread in
honor of, 117.
Burial, provision for, in will of Virgil,
16; instructions of Augustus, 18; of Cervantes, Saavedra, will of "Don
William de Beauchamp, 23; of Dukes
of Lancaster, 25; of Lady Joan De
Cobham, 25; instructions for in
various wills, 122-158; customs in
Austria, 138.
Buried alive, fear of being, 25, 130.
Burke, Edmund, will of, xiii, 261–266.
Burney, Frances, the will in "Memoirs
of an Heiress," 56.
Burns, Peter, philanthropic bequest in
will of, 103.
Burr, Aaron, will of, 342; duel with
Alexander Hamilton, 379, 380; later
life, 380, 381.
Character, wills a reflection of, xi.
Charitable and kindred institutions, gifts
to, 7.
Charles I., last moments of, 244; his
cloak and earring, 244.
Chase, Salmon P., will of, 344, 345.
Chesterfield, Lord, bequest for pet cat,
102; will of, 267; letter to Dr. John-
son, 274, 275.
Cheyenne Mountain, the burial place of
Helen Hunt Jackson, 234.
Child, will of a, in "Little Women," 58.
Butcher, unexpected good fortune of a, Children, provision for, 8; one hundred
164.
Butler, Benjamin F., will of, 343, 344.
Butler, George, devise of land and build-
ings for a Travellers' Rest, 107.
Butler and Baker's Case, 206.
CAFÉ, testator desired his body carried
to favorite, on day of his funeral, 152,
153.
Camelford, Lord, desired to be buried in
a beautiful country, 152.
Capacity, comment on testamentary,
203-205.
Carey, Tereisse, unique and illiterate will
of, 188.
Caroline, Queen, will of, 266, 267.
Carp, bequests to, 91.
Carriages, to be burned on the day of
owner's funeral, 131.
Carrington, Richard Christopher, ordered
a deep grave, 153; no service to be
read over, 153; not to be shaved, 153.
Cartault, Madame Jeanne, bequest for
marriage portion to most deserving
poor working girls, 113; require-
ments for naming the first-born, 113;
the first beneficiary of, 114.
Cartouche, bequest of his skull to
Genovevan Monastery at Paris, 135.
Cassiday, Joseph Johnson, will of, in
rhyme, 71.
"Castle Rest," summer home of Pull-
Cat, bequests to, 100, 101, 102; instruc-
tions for feeding, 101.
Cat and Dog Money, provided in certain
parts of England, 100.
Catechism, bequest for best recital of,
163.
Cats' home, bequest for, by Jonathan
Jackson, 101.
Cayuga Lake, heir must not go to or
upon, 80.
Cecilia, in "Memoirs of an Heiress," 56;
restrictions on marriage of, 56.
at monethe's minde, 33; dislike of,
88; one half of estate to heirs who
had the most, 183.
Chinaman, unique will of a, 78.
Chorley, H. F., bequests to Charles
Dickens and his daughter Mary, 215.
Christian Science Church, benefited by
will of Mrs. Eddy, 356-361.
Christiano, Dr., bequest for benefit of
three dogs, 98.
Christmas dinner, bequest for, for alms-
house women, 116.
Christ's Hospital, bequest for raisins for
boys of, 118.
Chudleigh, Elizabeth, Duchess of King-
ston, remarkable will of, 134.
Church, bequest to poor who attend,
on stated days, 111; bequest to en-
courage attendance at, 115; body of
donor mixed in mortar of, 144.
Cicero, mentions wills, xii.
Clay, Henry, will of, 345–348.
Clegg, a conjurer, humorous will of, 141;
music and drinking a feature of his
funeral, 141; to be dressed in his
"roast-meat" clothes for burial, 141.
Clemens, Samuel L., will of, 348, 349.
Clergy, executors of early French wills,
xii.
Clergymen, as affected by the will of
Stephen Girard, 373, 374.
Cleveland, Grover, will of, 349, 350.
Clover blossom, yearly rental of a town
park to be one, 232.
Cobham, Lady Joan De, will of, 25;
directions for burial, 25; provision
for seven thousand masses, 26.
Codicil, to will, 9.
Coffin, of plain boards covered with
black calico, 128; to hang for thirty
years from beam in barn, 143; and
vault to be lighted by electricity, 149.
Cogan, John, bequest for encouragement
to long service by maid-servants,
110.
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