_Central Falls._ Adams Library. Bequest of $35,000 from Stephen Ludlow
Adams, as a special trust for the establishment of a library, to be
named as above; $25,000 to be spent on building, the income of
$10,000 for its maintenance.
_Newport._ Redwood Library. Bequest of $1000, from Miss Martha Maria
Anderson.
-- Bequest of $5000, to be paid at the expiration of three years, from
John Nicholas Brown. This is to be used as a fund, the income to be
used for the purchase of books.
-- Bequest of $2000, from Mrs. Orleana Ellery Redwood Pell (Mrs. Walden
Pell).
-- Gift of 316 volumes on angling and hunting, from Daniel B. Fearing.
_Providence._ Brown University. By the will of the late John Nicholas
Brown it is provided that the John Carter Brown Library of
Americana previous to 1801, the estimated value of which is at
least $1,000,000, shall be maintained as a permanent memorial.
The testator sets aside $150,000 for a building and $500,000 as an
endowment fund for its increase and maintenance. This library and
its endowments have been presented, by the trustees of the estate,
to Brown University.
-- Gift of $1000, for purchase of American poetry and drama, at the
McKee sale, from William Goddard, Chancellor of the University.
-- Gift of over 250 volumes on international law, from William Vail
Kellen, a trustee of the University.
-- Public Library. Bequest of $10,000, from Ada L. Steere.
-- Gift of $3000, to be invested and income used for purchase of books.
The name of the donor is not made public.