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2.90+_ MEWITEN FIENG I MEE I I !! 11M e Probate of said will, the order of notice on said petition,- the decree of said Court a. 'mitting said will to probate.- the bonds given to said Court by the Executors of said will.- and the Letters Testamentary issued to said executors, and the petition, decree, bonds, and Letter re- lating to the appointment of David B. Perry, John Doane, and Henry B. Twombly, as trustees under said will. And I further certify that the proof of said will in said Court, was by oral testimony only, and that there are no proofs or substance of proofs on file or of record in said Court. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court, this twenty -third day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and one. SEAL Elijah George Register. COMMONC7"FALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. 'Suffolk, SS. Probate Court. 7, John 1,7. McKim, Esquire, Judge of the Probate Court within and for the County of Suffolk, hereby certify that Elijah George, Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the annexed certificates and attestation, is the Register and proper Certifying Officer of said Court, and has, by law,the custody of the seal, and all the Records, books, documents and i >apers of, or appertaining to said Court, and that said certificates and attestation are in due form and entitled to full faith and .credit. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, this twenty -third day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and one.. John W. McKim 00j1TOINTE ALT H OF TiTASSACHUSF'TTS. Suffolk, SS. Judge of Probate Court. Registry of Probate. I. Flijah George, Esquire, Register of the Probate Court within and for the County of Suffo hereby certify that John 17. McKim, Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the annexed Certificate, is the senior presiding Judge of said Court, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his said certificate is in due form, and entitled to full faith and credit. In witness Thereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, this °twenty-third day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and one. SEAL Elijah George•....Register. I. Thomas Doane, of Boston in the County of Suffoll� and Commonwealth of Massachusetts do make and publish this my last Will and Testament. First. I direct that my body be buried in the cemetery at Orleans, Massachusetts, by the side of my deceased wife Sophia that a slab similar to that at her grave be erected at my grave, at the charge of my estate, and that the thereafter the sum of twenty five dollars ($25.) be apprc priated annually frcm the income of the trust fund hereinafter established, so long as the trust continues, to keep in order and beautify the entire lot in which our bodies lie. Second. I give and bequeath unto my son John, if he survive me, and if he does not then in equal shares unto his children who may be living at my death, all my drawing and surveying instru- ments, my mathematical and scientific books, my History of Cape Cod, and also all my note books and plans used or made in the business of my office as civil engineer. Third. All my articles of household use and ornament, personal effects which are of any val- ue, and books, except as herein before provided for, I give to my wife Louisa A. Doane during her life, is she remain my :widow, and upon her marriage or at her decease the same are to be divided j among my children then living, in equal shares. Should any one or more of my children_ have then .deceased, the children of such deceased, if any, shall take by representation the parent's share. The names and present residences of my children, are as follows:- Mrs. Helen Doane Perry, of Crete, Nebraska; Rev. John Doane, of Grand Island, Nebraska; Mrs. Caroline Doane Weeden, of Springfield. Vermont; and Frances Doane Twombly, of Summit, New Jersey. Fourth. I give to my mother's sister, Mrs. Maria Baker of South Yarmouth, Massachusetts, if E 1 1