NAWSA Gen. Corresp. Leslie Woman Suffrage Commission [*4*] #2 West 86th Street, New York, November 12, 1914. To Mr. Horace E. Parker, 100 Broadway, New York. My dear Mr. Parker: - I have been thinking over the various questions involved in the settlement of the Leslie estate, and especially the propositions made to you by the attorneys representing Mrs. Wrenn and Mr. Follin looking to comprise. I am no lawyer and consequently I may have missed many important points in the case. It has been said by one great man that "the opinions of lawyers are in the sepulchres of dead men". That is a bit hard on the lawyers, but there is a good deal of truth in it. We have many a law which represents ancient thought. Modern spirit has grown away beyond it, yet when a case is to be tried the lawyers argue from the standpoint of those outworn laws and judges make their decisions from that standpoint. I suppose judges are like other human beings, some abreast of the times and some properly belonging in the Middle Ages. These are elements in the case of which I cannot intelligently judge as I am not sufficiently familiar with the facts. My view of the case is based entirely upon equity, a field in which I am more familiar. In order that there may be no mistake as to my position, I conclude to put my point of view in writing. -2- I - THE LEGALITY OF THE WILL: Every one is agreed, I believe, that the legality of the will depends entirely upon one thing: Was Mrs. Leslie of "sound and disposing mind"? Mrs. Leslie was either sane and normal and knew what she wanted to do with her own, or she was not. If she was not competent in 1914 to dictate what should be done with her estate, was she ever sane and normal? At what time did she become so unbalanced and abnormal as not to know what she wanted? Was it at any time during the last fourteen years? This is an important point to settle in our own minds, and later to settle before a judge and jury. To do this we should not flaunt the fact that suffrage is to profit by the will of the preceding year, or at once witnesses who believe woman suffrage is the cause of the devil, would at once jump to the conclusion that she was crazy when she made that will. When a will is produced of which they approve, they will say she was sane. If she was sane at any time during the last fourteen years, during which period, as I understand, she made several wills which are now in the possession of Mr. Cromwell, then a will made when she was sane should be the one to be probated. The just course which appeals to me is to try to probate the will of 1914. If it is proved that she was too crazy to make that will, try the one of 1911. If it is proved that she was too crazy to make that will, then go back to the one before it. To be sure those wills made before 1911 leave nothing to the suffrage -3- cause, but as I understand they all indicate that the residue is to go to some public cause. Any one of those wills would come nearer to representing the testator's wishes than to give the money to those whom she did not wish to have it go. If Mrs. Leslie was not of "sound and disposing mind", it is certainly right and proper that the State should distribute her estate. It becomes the duty of the Court to discover at what time she lost her soundness of mind. Is this not proper reasoning both from the standpoints of equity and law? Well then let us ask why we should depart from the way the law has pointed out. II - MAYNARD FOLLIN: I learned yesterday from one friend of Mrs. Leslie's, that she was at the house when this gentleman called and was about to depart. After he had gone, Mrs. Leslie utterly repudiated him as a man with whom she wished to have no dealing. She did not admit that he was a relative, but this friend learned from others that he made that claim. This lady is not a legatee and will gladly testify. We have the same evidence from another source, as you know. Whether in her heart of hearts Mrs. Leslie recognized him as a nephew [*son of half brother*], we may never know. Granting that she did acknowledge the relationship to herself, and granting that he is in reality a nephew, it is clear that she did not name him in her will because she meant him to have no -4- portion of her estate. It is understanding that in the file of previous wills dating back some fourteen years, that Mr, Follin has never been mentioned. It is further evident from the testimony we have secured that he tried to ingratiate himself into her good opinion and signally failed. To leave him out of her will was deliberately and thoughtfully intended. Therefore I, a "lay sister", unfamiliar with the law, ask: What legal claim has a nephew upon an aunt with whom he never had any definite relations? That is for you to answer. Ancient law may make a claim but modern equity does not. Has he any moral claim to a portion of this estate? I say not. Neither Mr. Follin, his father, nor any member of his family, or indeed of Mrs. Leslie's family, had anything whatsoever to do with the accumulation of her fortune. The plant upon which it was built came from her husband. This Mr. Follin never served his aunt in any way whatsoever and she clearly wished him to go unrecognized. The fact that she left small mementoes to many friends and relatives, and did not include him, makes it clear that she did not wish to count him among the number of either. What then is the impelling motive of Mr. Follin; what is his point of view? It is a plain case of merciless greed. His attitude is that of a highwayman who, armed with a gun, takes his chance of getting money, which does not belong to him, from a helpless passerby. The gun Mr. Follin holds is the expectation of disappointed or prejudiced witnesses and the expectation that the threat of -5- what these unknown supporters of his may say will compel us to buy him off. The black-hand Italian who steals a child and holds it for ransom has the same motive. In equity this man has no claim whatsoever. Has he any claim in law? I can take no other attitude concerning Mr. Follin than that of utter and definite repudiation of his claim. II - MRS. WRENN: At my first interview with Mr. Cromwell I learned from him, and later others who had casually met Mrs. Wrenn, that she was a gentlewoman; that she was poor, with a paralyzed husband, and in sad need of money. Mr. Cromwell at that time at least thought she had been unjustly treated. Influenced by these opinions I was entirely willing that a suitable settlement should be made with the Wrenns which should meet with the approval of all concerned, and was quite willing that you lawyers who supposedly know what would be just, should name the figure. I have changed my point of view and have been influenced to do so by two factors. First, the testimony of many friends of Mrs. Leslie who knew the Wrenns and, second, the outrageous, unwarranted claim which the Wrenns have made upon the estate. Either Mrs. Wrenn or her sons at the time the will was read, told Mr. Cromwell that Mrs. Wrenn had been a devoted, long-suffering, self-sacrificing friend and companion of Mrs. Leslie. They told him that she had even deserted her paralyzed husband at home in order to serve Mrs. Leslie; that she had nursed her in her last illness. -6- The facts are that Mrs. Wrenn was accustomed to go to visit Mrs. Leslie every Tuesday. This arrangement was not by the invitation of Mrs. Leslie, but by the acquiesence of Mrs. Leslie in Mrs. Wrenn's determination to go there once a week. Mrs. Leslie said to four different friends, apparently all reputable, that she did not enjoy herself in Mrs. Wrenn's society; that she could not talk with her upon questions which interested her, as Mrs. Wrenn was narrow-minded and uninformed. She expressed herself as relieved and glad when she had gone away. She went so far as to say that she had educated the sons and has done a great deal for the family while she was alive and did not intend to do much for them when she was gone. She expressed the opinion that this family had no real sincere affection for her but that all their attentions (which appear to have been not altogether welcome to Mrs. Leslie) were given with a view to getting money out of her. One reputable man was consulted about her will. He urged her, if I remember aright, upon two occasions, to be a little more generous to Mrs. Wrenn. Her reply was that she knew quite well what she was about, understood her own mind, and that she had done enough for them while she lived. It is my understanding that in the file of wills in Mr. Cromwell's possession, Mrs. Wrenn and her family were at no time left a larger amount than in the last will. If this be true, it is clear that it was her -7- real will and intent that they should have what she gave them and no more. If Mrs. Leslie was sane at any time during the past fourteen years, she designedly gave Mrs. Wrenn and her family no such portion of the estate as they now ask. It would be interesting to know at what date she gave them more than she did in the 1914 will, if she ever did. Mr. Cromwell could answer that question. Was Mrs. Leslie wrong in her estimate of the Wrenns? The fact that they demand a half million dollars is evidence to my mind not only that her estimate was quite correct, but that her discovery of that fact is very good evidence that her mind was sound and discerning. I imagine that Mrs. Wrenn is a mild-tempered, respectable woman and that her attitude is largely the result of the undue influence of her sons who see a possible prospect of getting money upon which they have no claim. Is Mrs. Leslie's will mean? That was the expression used by some one. The answer is to be found in the intimate relations between Mrs. Leslie and Mrs. Wrenn and her family. Between her and those relations there is a curtain which we cannot lift. Is the will harsh? This is the expression used by Mr. Cromwell in our first interview. Again the answer depends upon the truth concerning the relations between the two families. But if we are all agreed that the will is mean, that it is harsh, does that make it illegal? -8- Does it become the duty of the residuary legatee to besmirch the memory of the deceased by the admission that the will was mean and harsh, and then give to the relatives that which Mrs. Leslie herself did not see fit to give? We may ask the question: What legal claim has Mrs. Wrenn to a larger portion of Mrs. Leslie's estate than that named in the will? Legally, she must have exactly the same claim as Mr. Follin has; no more and no less. Her relationship was precisely the same. What moral claim has she to an additional amount of the estate? I believe she has none at all. If I go to your office with your weak consent one day a week, brush your coat and hat, assort your papers and try to make myself helpful to you, what right have I to remuneration? You did not ask me to come; I merely offered to do so as an act of alleged friendship. If in the back side of my head I have the idea that if I do these things you will reward me at your death, does that hope of mine constitute a legal or a moral claim? I cannot see it. Yet inasmuch as Mrs. Wrenn did assist Mrs. Frey and the trained nurse to care for Mrs. Leslie in the last few weeks of her life, I am quite willing that a reasonable compromise should be made with her claim. I agree that she might be given the absolute right to the money which the will designates as of life use only. I am willing that this should be doubled and $100,000 given to her as a concession to the opinion of those who think she has a just claim. I am absolutely opposed to giving one single cent more, and not this if a contest is brought. -9- III - TWO CONTESTS MAY BE HAD: The next question which occurs to me is one which is strictly legal and upon which I can in consequence do no clear thinking. Can there be two contests? At this present moment we suppose that Mrs. Wrenn and Mr. Follin are not working together; that Mrs. Wrenn repudiates the claim of Mr. Follin. If two contests are filed, are they tried together or at the same time? If they are tried separately, which one comes first? Their witnesses, as we know, are precisely the same. Each one might bring some additional witnesses, but the ones upon which the case will turn are precisely the same. If Mr. Follin's contest comes first and he gains, then of course the will is not probated and Mrs. Wrenn does not need to go on with her contest. If he loses and she then comes on with her contest, her testimony is the same, is it not? IV - CONCLUSION: With the above convictions concerning the claims of Mrs. Wrenn and Mr. Follin growing deeper and stronger day by day with the increase of testimony from Mrs. Leslie's friends, I ask myself what right have I to whom Mrs. Leslie entrusted the residue of her estate to be used for a certain purpose, to begin by giving a large portion of it to people whom she distinctly and deliberately intended should not have it. The duty imposed upon me is not a pleasant one and is likely to be accompanied by no little trouble and expense. Yet my conscience tells me that a principle is at stake, and that since the trust has been given me I have no right not to act in accordance with my best judgment and conscience. -10- Probably I do not clearly understand all the intricacies and possibilities of a contest, and perhaps it is the proverbial "fool who enters in where angels fear to tread". But a contest is surely a more honest and self-respecting process than a dishonorable compromise. I feel that I have no right to concede these outrageous claims or anything like them; that I would rather go into the contest and lose, than give away money which I have no right to give. If we lose in the contest I shall at least have a clear conscience and I can maintain my self-respect. There is nothing on God's earth which I hate and abominate like bribery, and this compromise savors too much of it. If we lose I can at least give all the details to the suffragists of the country through the thousands of newspapers which will gladly tell the tale. On the other hand, if I consent to claims which I believe have no legal or moral basis, I shall not only bring upon myself the condemnation of my own conscience but the criticism of my fellow suffragists. I am unwilling that any compromise whatsoever shall be made with any heirs which I cannot freely announce to the world. I cannot therefore consent to any sort of compromise which cannot be justified in the understanding, not of lawyers, but the laity. V - THE CASE AGAINST: If Mrs. Leslie was not of sound mind, it is right that the State should distribute the estate. Do we believe she was of sound mind? We do. Then why should we be afraid to let one hundred contests come if they will? Why should we give away hundreds of -11- of thousands of dollars to avoid it? If the evolution of jurisprudence from the beginning of time has not yet reached the point where an honest and intelligent person can make an honest will, drawn by a shrewd and intelligent firm of lawyers, and have it upheld in an American Court, it is time the world knew it and that somebody beside lawyers made the laws of our country. You see we suffragists are bound to get something out of this will in any case. If it is not money, it will be propaganda that will make the world ring. How are our opponents going to prove that Mrs. Leslie was not sound in mind? First, the doctor who believes that the suffrage cause is a snare of the devil and consequently concludes that Mrs. Leslie was not fit to make a will. The evidence he has lies in the will rather than in the symptoms which he had observed. Second, there is Mr. Hills, a crazy ex-suitor who claims that he spent $20,000 upon Mrs. Leslie, in what way no one knows; a crazy journalist, a few disappointed hangers-on. Then there is Mrs. Frey who was her companion. Mr. Cromwell's sympathies were greatly stirred over Mrs. Frey at the time of the reading of the will. The story he had heard was that Mrs. Leslie had not paid her any wages for a year and that she was left destitute. The real story of Mrs. Frey as you know, is that she answered an advertisement and took the position with the -12- clear understanding that she was to get no salary. She was given her board for the exchange of very small duties. The advertisement asked for a woman with a small income who wished a home. Mrs. Frey has an income of $60. per month. She went into a hospital and had a stroke of paralysis after Mrs. Leslie's death. Her services to Mrs. Leslie may have had something to do with this, and in spite of the fact that her contract was for no salary, I believe she ought to have a fair remuneration for her services. I believe it is a just claim against the estate, but her attorney has been to see me and he tells me a cock-and-bull story to the effect that Mrs. Frey paid out $600 on her trip to Europe with Mrs. Leslie. This money was spent in fees and other incidentals which Mrs. Leslie allowed her to pay. They were gone but a few weeks and did not travel extensively. I have been to Europe too many times not to know that this is a lie on the face of it. In other words, Mrs. Frey like all the other grafters in Mrs. Leslie's circle, has allowed her imagination to rest upon that estate so long that her own claim upon it has grown bigger and bigger as the days have passed. She is a weak-minded woman whose testimony is not worth a farthing for the opposition. The nurse would probably testify to something. She did not know Mrs. Leslie until her final illness and if she testifies, the fact can be proved that Mrs. Frey and the nurse were in charge the hour of Mrs. Leslie's death; that they allowed her to get out of bed without assistance, -13- and when she fell on the floor, they so far lost their wits that they did not think of administering to her the heart stimulant which ought to be the instinct of a nurse. They allowed her to die upon the floor. A nurse so incompetent as to allow a thing of this kind to happen, is certainly not a fit judge of the mental condition of a patient. There may be some witness of whom we have not heard. There may be some tale we have not heard. There may be some alleged fact brought out which we do not suspect, but knowing the character of these witnesses, is it going to be possible for them to establish Mrs. Leslie's unsoundness of mind in contradiction to the testimony of her many friends who are anxious to uphold her memory. It seems impossible. VI - OUR DEFENCE: We can prove that she did not recognize Mr. Follin as a nephew to whom she owed anything, by two, I think three, reputable witnesses. We can prove that she deliberately and with full intent gave the Wrenns what she wanted then to have and no more, by five witnesses. We can prove that she did her own business, her own banking, drew her own checks, paid her own bills, by three witnesses, and that those who were brought into business relations with her discovered nothing strange or weak in her mentality long after the last will was drawn. We can prove from ten friends whose position in New York is above reproach, that she talked intelligently and with wonderful power and information for a woman of her years, upon philosophy, reforms -14- literature, etc., long after that will was drawn. Mr. Kramer will testify to her knowledge of her business affairs, and Mr. Cromwell had an interview with her in which she entreated him to see that her wishes in the will were carried out. Is that not enough? VII - THE SUMMARY: Our opponents doubtless bank upon three elements. First, that the probating of the will means nothing to me and that consequently I will not fight for it. I have fought all my life against injustice and this is a case which appeals to me and I am ready for the fray. Second, they believe that the suffrage movement is in need of money and that it will sacrifice almost anything to get some of it. They do not know the movement. It has managed to take care of itself up to this moment and it can keep on doing so. It is a long way to the end of our journey and we are going to need that money later more than now. We can afford to wait. Third, the one weak thing in our case might be the fact that an ignorant, prejudiced jury might, like the doctor, think a woman crazy because she had willed her money to a cause in which they do not believe. If it could be proved that the case was lost on that issue, the publicity it would give to suffrage would be of as much value to the movement as the money which would come from the estate. Therefore I am willing to risk even that point. Our opponents also bank upon the claim that Mrs. Leslie was not interested in -15- suffrage. We not only have our letters with which to answer that point, but there is something more important. I find that Mrs. Leslie was parsimonious, tight-fisted, when people wanted to borrow money of her, and their name was legion. In her heart of hearts she hated the grafters which surrounded her. On the other hand, she was always open-handed to help women in need. She got their writings printed, she helped actresses, singers and musicians to get audiences and fees; she gave presents to struggling women, and ever since she was herself a business woman in the office her husband bequeathed [upon] her with its stupendous debt, she never turned her back upon the appeal presented by any meritorious woman. It is quite in line with her life history that she should have desired the bulk of her money to help the struggle women are making. To defend herself against the grafters she told a falsehood, and that is, that she had only a small income and had to live within in it. A lie is not a nice way to gain a point, but it is sometimes very useful. It evidently did the business. She had some of the elements of the miser and enjoyed going over her own accounts and seeing her fortune mounting higher and higher. She may have had the motive which some people think, of building a monument to herself. That would be the lowest motive we could assign to her for the kind of will she made. If this was the motive, is there anything illegal about arranging for one's own monument? I once went through Greenwood Cemetery and the guide -16- pointed out all the big expensive monuments in the place, and in nearly ever instance the deceased had left the money for this monument in his will. That may be a silly and vain thing to do, but it is evidently legal and is only a difference of point of view whether a monument is built of marble or is written in the history of a country. If this was Mrs. Leslie's motive she certainly had another, and that was her desire to help the women of the world to get their own. The more I learn of her character, history and daily life from those who were most familiar with her, the more confident I am that the thing she did was a carefully, long thought-out plan. The more I learn of her, the more certain I am that despite her eccentricities and her weaknesses, she was a remarkable character, with a shrewd, clever head on her shoulders infinitely bigger and shrewder and cleverer than those who would contest her will. She was a bit cowardly, however, for were it not so she would have had her fight with her relatives during her life-time, instead of leaving it to her successors. She was crafty, too. The fact that she did not acquaint Mr. Kramer with the nature of her will and Mr. Cromwell with the amount of her estate, was not the chance of a thoughtless, unbalanced testator. It was the crafty design of a woman who was unwilling to meet their disapproval. -17- In reality she cared nothing for her relatives. No one of them took a broad outlook upon life and she had no congeniality with them beyond the mild sort of affection which belongs to consanguinity. Her wills for many years back indicate her desire to help the world with her money. VIII - CONCLUSION: Believing the above, I have asked myself what is my duty in this matter, and I answer that: "First, it is my duty to defend the right of a woman to make her own will in her own way; second, it is my duty to get the residue of that estate, if it is possible to do so, and to use it as she intended it to be used; third, it is my duty to aid so far as I can the probating of the will. If it be true that corrupt politics can get hold of this case, dictate a receivership, name the jury and all that sort of thing and thus exhaust the fortune anyway, there is another field for a fight, and I am ready for it. It seems to me that honest, decent public opinion will uphold such a struggle. There is one thing different about this case from the ordinary one. Ordinarily, wills concern people of charities and are of limited interest to the general public. The progress of the suffrage movement has been made through publicity. It was once hard to get; it is now difficult to keep out of the papers what we wish to suppress. I was called up last night by every newspaper in the City to remind me that yesterday was the day when the citations were made -18- returnable. You may be sure that the press of New York and the Associated Press as well, will be sitting on the trail of this case. It may make the Leslie will a case celebre', and if it does not bring money to the suffrage coffers, it may result in reforming the will business. I have been told by dozens of able lawyers in New York that Mr. Cromwell is a legal dreadnought and that if he wants to probate that will it will be done. I am sure he does want to probate it and I hope he is game and ready for the fight. It is possible that a contest means a long, drawn-out, troublesome thing, and that for this reason Mr. Cromwell might prefer a compromise. But I hope and believe that he will sustain me in my desire not to make a settlement which I cannot acknowledge before the world. I beg to assure you that I am not unmindful of the fact that I, as an individual, will get nothing out of this case except bills for my own pocket-book to meet. Nevertheless this is a duty which has come to me, and although not of my own seeking I am going to perform it according to the dictates of my conscience. I take some comfort in the fact that if nothing else comes out of it I shall hand over the tale to Winston Churchill, who will make Conan Doyle look pale and sick when he tells the story of "The Vultures". I can think of nothing but vultures when I note that big circle surrounding Mrs. -19- Leslie, half of whom are after a slice of her estate with not a solitary reason to base their claim upon and the other half [who are] going around with long faces because they were not mentioned in the will. Can you give me any reason why we should not say, "Lay on MacDuff!" Truly, [*Carrie Chapman Catt*] C O P C. PARKER LATTIN Y 45 Rockefeller Plaza New York 20 September 26, 1950 Miss Dorothy Kenyon, 50 Broadway, New York 4, N.Y. Dear Miss Kenyon: Confirming telephone conversation which my secretary, Miriam Selsky, had with you yesterday, I am looking for an assignment by Carrie Chapman Catt to Leslie Woman Suffrage Commission, Inc. made in September or October, 1922, of the remainder interest of the trust for the benefit of Maria de Villaverde under the Will of Mrs. Frank Leslie. The assignment is referred to in a subsequent assignment of the same interest, which subsequent assignment was duly recorded in the Surrogate's Court, New York County, but the assignment to the Commission does not appear to have been recorded. My reason for asking for this is that there is an accounting proceeding about to be commenced by the substituted Trustee of the above trust. I represent the Executrix of the Estate of Horace E. Parker, who claims this remainder interest under an assignment made by Leslie Woman Suffrage Commission, Inc. to Estate of Horace E. Parker, deceased, under date of October 6, 1922. The Empire Trust Company, as substituted Trustee, is demanding production of the intervening assignment. I talked with Miss Dorothy Strauss, attorney for the Estate of Carrie Chapman Catt, and she told me she could not give me any information and referred me to you. Anything you can do to help will be greatly appreciated. Sincerely yours, /s/ C. Parker Lattin DOROTHY KENYON COUNSELLOR AT LAW FIFTY BROADWAY New York 4 TELEPHONE WHITEHALL 3-1991 October 10, 1950 Mrs. F. Louis Slade 49 East 67th Street New York, New York Dear Caroline: I received a letter, a copy of which I enclose, from a lawyer by the name of C. Parker Lattin a few days ago. I have no papers or documents whatsoever of Mrs. Catt's that go back as far as 1922. Neither do I have any papers or documents relating to the Leslie Woman Suffrage Commission, Inc. It occurred to me, however, that you or Mabel Russell might have some of the Leslie Woman Suffrage Commission papers and might be able to lay your hands on this assignment. Apparently, it is in a chain of title which runs to an estate for which Mr. Lattin is counsel. If you can shed any light on the matter won't you let me know and I will tell Mr. Lattin? Affectionately yours, [*Dorothy Kenyon*] DK MB Enc. DOROTHY KENYON COUNSELLOR AT LAW FIFTY BROADWAY New York 4 TELEPHONE WHITEHALL 3-1991 November 1, 1950 Mrs. Mabel Russell C/o Mrs. F. Louis Slade 49 East 67th Street New York, New York Dear Mabel: Thank you ever so much for taking the trouble to look up that Leslie Woman Suffrage assignment matter. I am sure that you have precisely the missing document which the estate needs in order to give it title to the trust. I cannot quite make out from your letter whether the original documents are still in Mrs. Slade's possession or whether they have been turned over to Mrs. Stantial for the Radcliffe Suffrage Collection. In the meantime I shall let the gentleman know that there is such an assignment in existence. With lots of appreciation, Yours, [*Dorothy Kenyon*] DK MB C O P C. PARKER LATTIN Y 45 Rockefeller Plaza New York 20 November 17, 1950. Miss Dorothy Kenyon 50 Broadway New York 4, N.Y. Dear Miss Kenyon: This confirms my telephone conversation of yesterday in which you suggested that I give you further particulars with reference to my client's right to request the assignment from Carrie Chapman Catt to Leslie Woman Suffrage Commission, Inc. of the remainder interest in the trust for the benefit of Maria de Villaverde under the will of Mrs. Frank Leslie. My client is M. Felicie Parker, the widow of and Executrix under the Will of Horace E. Parker who was a lawyer who performed extensive legal services at Mrs. Catt's request in connection with the Will of Mrs. Frank Leslie. Mrs. Catt executed and delivered to the Leslie Woman Suffrage Commission, Inc. the assignment of the aforesaid remainder interest, which assignment you say you have located. Subsequently, Leslie Woman Suffrage Commission, Inc. executed, acknowledged and delivered a formal assignment of the said remainder interest to the Estate of Horace E. Parker, deceased, dated October 6, 1922, which assignment was duly recorded in the Surrogate's office of New York County, in Liber 22 of Conveyances and Mortgages in interest in Decedent's Estate, Page 329, on November 16, 1922. Thereafter, on March 10, 1930, Estate of Horace E. Parker, by M. Felicie Parker, Executrix, executed acknowledged and delivered an assignment of said remainder interest to M. Felicie Parker, individually, and Jannis F. Parker, only child of Horace E. Parker, duly consented to said assignment. This last assignment and consent were duly recorded in the Surrogate's office, New York County, in Liber 34 of Conveyances, etc., at Page 250, on March 27, 1930. This is my authority for requesting the production of the original assignment which your client has. I think I told you in my previous letter that Empire Trust Company, as the Substituted Trustee of the aforesaid trust, is filing an account through Olin, Murphy & Redmond, Esqs. and they are demanding the production of the aforesaid assignment. Therefore, your prompt assistance will be greatly appreciated by us all. Sincerely yours, /s/ C. Parker Lattin LESLIE WOMAN SUFFRAGE CONTINUING COMMITTEE [ROOM 1624 10 EAST 40TH STREET, NEW YORK, N. Y. TELEPHONE MURRAY HIM. 0 44 4 4] DIRECTORS CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT, CHAIRMAN MRS. F. LOUIS SLADE, VICE-CHAIRMAN MARY GRAY RECK, SECRETARY MABEL RUSSELL, TREASURER MRS. THOMAS B. WELLS 120 Paine Avenue, New Rochelle, New York. November 12, 1942 To the Leslie Continuing Committee: When we held our last meeting, I had proposed that we make certain arrangements which would permit us to dissolve the Leslie Continuing Committee and it was voted that Henrietta Wald's salary should be paid to November 1, 1942. Henrietta's salary has been paid to November 1st and there is left in the bank account $466.82. There is also one bond left. I now suggest that we hold a meeting at your convenience and make arrangements for the disposition of the small amount of money remaining and that we dissolve. Owing to the scarcity of fuel oil, I have concluded to close my house for the three coldest months during the winter and to go elsewhere. I shall certainly be here until December 1st and perhaps a little longer. As you know, we keep house with the aid of a couple. This couple was not very capable and when we gave notice that we might close our house in early December, the couple left at once. We have a girl who comes in three days a week to clean the house and Alda Wilson and I give ourselves three sketchy meals a day. In the midst of this quiet country life, I fell downstairs and so Alda has been cheated out of whatever useful assistance I might have rendered as housekeeper. We could manage to receive the Leslie Continuing Committee at the house for luncheon, provided you had a good breakfast and were assured of a good dinner in the evening! A disposition that could be made of the money would be to put it into the funds of the National American Woman Suffrage Association which must go on living. I persuaded the Executive Committee of the Woman's Centennial Congress to buy with the money remaining in its treasury copies of the book, VICTORY - HOW WOMEN WON IT, to be distributed among the important libraries of the country. The National American Woman Suffrage Association had about $250. in its treasury, largely obtained as royalty on this same book. I therefore made a bargain with Mr. Halsey W. Wilson, who had printed the book, and we have disposed of nearly all the books he had left on hand. -2- Believing that the National American Woman Suffrage Association had never been without money in its treasury since it was organized in 1890, I left in its treasury $9.50 as a "nest egg", although a vote had been taken by the Board to give all the money remaining in the treasury toward the distribution of these books. At present, this precious $9.50 is in an envelope in my bank vault. There may be something to do with the money remaining in the Leslie fund other than what I have proposed and if so, you would have the opportunity to make such a suggestion if a Leslie meeting could be held. I now write to ask if you would like to attend a meeting of this kind, what date you would prefer (probably between now and December 10th) and would you be willing to dissolve? Very sincerely, Carrie Chapman Catt Chairman CCC:HW. [*Letter 3 Document No 14*] [*1912 ?, ??*] [*What yr did Mrs. C. return from trip around the world?*] Sherman Square Hotel Broadway, Seventieth to Seventy-first Street New York. 22nd Nov Dear Mrs. Catt, A thousand welcomes home! I almost mistook another for yourself fearing that nearly two years and the exciting life you have led might have changed you from the woman whose grand manner lends dignity to any cause she may support, but I find that time & distance, & travel have only paid you compliments. I enclose my little contribution to the "good cause", which please expense as you may think fit. I did not wish to have my name called out publicly as was done the other evening, but when I come to die you will find that, like yourself, I am interested in woman's advancement although while I live I do not intend being a tax upon my friends. With all good wishes Faithfully & fondly Frank Leslie DOROTHY KENYON COUNSELLOR AT LAW FIFTY BROADWAY NEW YORK 4 TELEPHONE WHITEHALL 3-1991 November 30, 1950 Mrs. F. Louis Slade 49 East 67th Street New York, New York Dear Caroline: I am enclosing a letter from the lawyer for M. Felicie Parker, widow of Horace E. Parker, who is apparently now the ultimate beneficiary of the remainder interest assigned from Mrs. Catt to the Leslie Woman Suffrage Commission, Inc. I asked him to trace the chain of title for me and his letter describes it all. You will probably recognize the name of Mr. Parker as being the person who rendered legal services to Mrs. Catt in connection with Mrs. Leslie's will. I, of course, know nothing at all about it. It seems to me that everything is properly in order. But if before you turn over the assignment to him, as he requests, you would like me to look up those two assignments, which are recorded in the Surrogate's office here, in order to be doubly sure I shall be glad to do so. It might be a wise precaution. In any event, whatever you decide to do I suggest that you send the original assignment to me for transmission to Mr. Lattin, I will then get a receipt from him for it. Yours, [*Dorothy Kenyon*] DK MB Enc. December 5, 1950. Dear Dorothy: Here are the only papers I have in connection with the Leslie Commission, and I send them to you, to do with as you see fit. I am always hoping for the chance to see you. [*C. Slade*] RCA COMMUNICATIONS, Inc. A Service of Radio Corporation of America 66 BROAD STREET NEW YORK 4, N.Y. BILL PAID DATE __________________ CHECK NO. ____________ ALL BILLS ARE DUE WHEN RENDERED. CANCELLED CHECK WILL SERVE AS RECEIPT. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION REGARDING THIS BILL PLEASE REFER TO 66 BROAD STREET, NEW YORK 4, N. Y., TELEPHONE HANOVER 2-1829 DATE RADIOGRAM DESCRIPTION TOLLS PAY LAST AMOUNT NUMBER IN THIS COLUMN MAR 7 124 NLT W PRIDEAUX ERIDESUSSEX 1 67 123 NLT GRUBB SHAPTHORNE 3 07 4 74 * 9 430 LC CORBETT SUSSEX --- 1 90 479 LC H RYDH TEHERAN --- 2 25 8 89 * .89 No 8. [???] 9.78 * [*5/10/50 Epeasage 2.89*] VOUCHERS: Voucher, Joseph Kirke, dated Feb. 14, 1917, for $1,000. Voucher Clara Van Vreedenburgh, Feb. 7, 1917, 500. Voucher Anita Jerome, Feb. 14, 1917. 500. Voucher Rev. Phoebe Hanaford 500. Voucher Alice E. Ives, Feb. 15, 1917, 300. " Alice E. Ives, July 31, 1916, 200. " Marie Cross Newhaus, Feb. 13, 1917, 500. " Mrs. Lee Young, Feb. 14, 1917, 500. " Juilia Valda, March 27, 1917, 500. " Alexander P. W. Kinnan, Executor Estate Marshall P. Wilder, 500. " Frank B. LeMone, Mar. 16, 1917, 4800. " Emma Steiner, Feb. 14, 1917, 4800. " Charles R. A. Follin, Feb. 20, 1917 4800. " Annie Simons, Mar. 5, 1917, 9492.95 " Annie Simons, Mar. 5, 1917, Bracelet marked "Phillipe". " Annie Simons, Mar. 5, 1917, one - third clothes, laces and furs. " Maynard D. Follin, Jan. 26, 1917, 100,000.00 " Allen S. Wrenn Feb. 1, 1917, 9500. " Thomas N. Wrenn Feb. 1, 1917, 9500. " American Society For The Prevention of Cruelty To Animals, Feb. 14, 1917, 10000.00 " Woodlawn Cemetery, Feb. 27, 1917, 600.00 " [Carrie Chapman Catt, Feb. 6, 1917,] " May 1, 1917, Columbia University in the City of New York rent on lease of Lot No.49 West 48th St. for six months ending May 1, 1917. 940.50 " Carrie Chapman Catt, Oct. 10, 1917, in lieu of $62, 895.54 in cash. " Louis H. Cramer, Oct. 10, 1917, 46950.00 " " " " " " " 17731.22 on account of commissions. -1- Voucher Sullivan & Cromwell, April 22, 1918, [Disbursements] $ 629.70 " Sullivan & Cromwell re Inland Holding Company [disbursements in action for foreclosure including costs of $303.89] April 23, 1918, 487.29 " Sullivan & Cromwell, Apr. 23, 1918, re foreclosure Drennan; Costs $294.32 Disbursements 950.71 With credit of Jan. 24, 1918, from Louis H. Cramer for taxes on 2669 Heath Ave. 426.84 523.89 " Charles R. Follin, July 12, 1918, interest on legacy less transfer tax. 346.40 " Frank B. LeMone, July 1918 367.20 (Being interest less transfer tax) " Juilia Hume, - as executrix of Estate of Mattie Sheridan, interest, etc. 195.19 " Emma Steiner, July 1, 1918, interest on legacy less transfer tax 341.76 " Allen S. Wrenn, July 8, 1918, being interest on legacy. 662.38 " Thomas N. Wrenn, July 19, 1918, being interest on legacy. 662.38 " Charles L. Wrenn, July 19, 1918, being interest on legacy. 662.38 " Joseph Kirk, July 11, 1918, being interest on legacy. 71.17 " Clara Van Vreedenburgh, being interest on legacy 35.00 " Anita G. Jerome, as administratrix Charlotte A. Gilbert, being interest on legacy. 35.58 " Phoebe A. Hanaford, July 15, 1918, being interest on legacy. 35.22 " Alice E. Ives, July 11, 1918, being interest on legacy. 25.25 " Marie Cross Newhaus, July 12, 1918, being interest on legacy. 35.50 " Mrs. Lee Young, July 18, 1918, being interest on legacy. 35.38 " Juilia Valda, August 17, 1918, being interest on legacy. 39.19 -2- Voucher Alexander P. W. Kinnan, Executor Estate Marshall P. Wilder, July 16, 1918, $35.58 " American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, interest 711.70 on legacy. Copy Voucher Charles F. Brown, Jan. 18, 1917. 7500.00 Voucher Dr. Kelly payment. Voucher Annie P. Frey, Jan. 8, 1916, received 5000.00 and 3000.00 placed with Union Trust Company of New York under trust agreement dated July 3, 1916. Voucher For Transfer Tax, Mar. 14, 1916. 94000.00 Temporary Receipt. " Sullivan & Cromwell under foreclosure Fordham Realty Co property, August 9, 1917, Costs 336.75 and disbursements amounting in aggregate to 406.25 " Carrie H. Wrenn, Jan. 27, 1917, part payment. 155,500. " Carrie H. Wrenn, Feb. 13, 1917 2500. (Balance of $158,000 as provided in decree of Jan. 25, 1917) " Charles L. Wrenn, Feb. 1, 1917 re legacy 9500.00 " Sherman Square Hotel, Dec. 1, 1915, 125. " Sullivan & Cromwell, Dec. 7, 1915, disbursements re taking over Phillips, 410 - 4th St. Brooklyn, including searches. 117.36 " To Sullivan & Cromwell, Dec. 16, 1915, for payment to William Conley re 410 Fourth Street, Brooklyn; putting in new tank, flush, reparation, etc. 323.00 " Sherman Square Hotel, Jan.1, 1916, rent. 125.00 " Ernst & Ernst, Accountants, Dec. 29, 1915, to executors, "making audit of Executors' accounts on December 31st, 1915, and December 4th, 1915, preparation of whole type - written reports, conferences, etc. 20 days" 500.00 Cash expenses 85.50 _________ $585.50 -3- Voucher to Sullivan & Cromwell, Dec. 31, 1915, for disbursements from May 11, 1915. [This voucher includes the following disbursements]: Aug. 17, 1917, Schindler Detective Agency, services and expenses in connection with the investigation of Mrs. Leslie's family history, July 29 - July 31st. $409.03 September 2nd, Schindler, 266.11 " Sept. 4, 1915, Albert S. Osborn on account of services to Mo. and New Orleans. 200.00 Sept. 4, 1915, Gregory, Stewart & Wrenn, services and disbursements of Mr. Wrenn, trip to Mobile and New Orleans, July 26 to August 19th. 804.00 Sept. 27, 1915, Allen S. Wrenn, services and disbursements trip to Charleston, Sept. 10 - 23. 181.00 October 6, 1917, Schindler D etc. Agency Sept. 1 - 30th. 594.91 October 16, 1915, Albert S. Osborn, services examination of questioned documents and expenses, trip to New Orleans and Mobile 1097.48 Nov. 8 1915, Paid Harrow & Pillens services and disbursements re Mr. Allen S. Wrenn in Ala. 150.60. Nov. 19, 1915, Paid Robt. S. Simons examination of records family history of Follin, Flagg and Danforth 201.20 Nov. 19, 1915, Paid Smyth & Visanska services to Allen S. Wrenn in Charleston and also examination records. 125.00 November 27, 1915 - Schindler Detec. Agency. 1169.39 Total amount of bill of disbursements in voucher of December 31, 1915 which was paid January 13, 1916. $7565.94 -4- Voucher March 1st, 1916, Sherman Square Hotel disbursements. $125. " Sullivan & Cromwell, Feb. 4, 1916, disbursements etc. Action #1 on 363 West 117th Street, costs. 326.91 Action #2 on 363 West 117th Street, costs. 322.66 Action #3 on 363 West 117th Street, costs. 322.66 (The above 3 bills of costs together with disbursements in addition thereto amount to $1516.78). " March 1, 1916, Sherman Square Hotel rent. 125.00 " Agreement dated April 3, 1916, signed by Allen T. Wrenn, Thomas N. Wrenn, Charles L. Wrenn. etc. payment of $1,000 on account of income for Mrs. Wrenn. Also receipt from Mrs. Wrenn dated April 3, 1916, for $1,000. on account of income under trust created by Article Second of Will. " Sherman Square Hotel, April 1, 1916, rent. 125.00 " Sherman Square Hotel May1, 1916, rent. 125.00 " Sherman " " June 1, 1916, rent 125.00 " Sherman " " July 1, 1916, rent 125.00 " Sherman " " August 1, 1916, rent 125.00 " Carrie Wrenn, Dec. 12, 1916, $1,000. on account of income under trust created by Article Second of Will. 1000.00 " Thomas A Wrenn, Dec. 12, 1916, on account of income his trust 400.00 " Carrie Wrenn, May 22, 1917, on account income under the trust created by Article Second of Will. 1791.66 " Transfer Tax May 29, 1917, New York County, reciting payment March 4, 1916, $94,000.00 Paid May 29th 11,812.97 105811.97 -5- Voucher Carrie Chapman Catt, August 1, 1917, $125,076.03 " Carrie Wrenn, Sept. 14, 1917, 2,000.00 (in full payment of $160,000) " Thomas A. Wrenn, Oct. 5, 1917, $200 on account of interest of $5,000 trust clause. " Maria Martel de Villaverde by Ramon Velez, interest on pecuniary legacy, Feb. 6, 1918. 103,109. VOUCHERS. REAL ESTATE. Bill for real estate taxes 1917 $156.00 Taxes 1917 128.96 Tax on property in Brooklyn, 68th Street, 159.87 (Check $16. May 4, 1917, to Sullivan & Cromwell by Executors for $4,464.03 marked Nevins Taxes, countersigned Alfred Jaretski). Saratoga Taxes 1916, July 7, 1916, 1,997.52 City and County Taxes 1915 Saratoga Springs, tax rate $1.25 tax against executors for personal property on $500,000, paid January 17, 1916 6,250.00 Real estate taxes levy of 1915 paid Feb. 15, 1916 153.60 Feb. 15, 1916 - Department of Finance, Collection of Assessment and Arrears, checks for 1912, 1913 and 1914 524.12 Also Feb. 15, 1916, assessments and arrears, water rates 36.71 Burough of Manhattan, Collection of Assessments and Arrears, Feb. 17, 1916, for year 1914 286.37 Real Estate West 117th St. levy of 1915 (177.65 Real Estate West 117th[n]Street (187.00 " " " " (187.00 March 1, 1916, painting and glazing 106.00 Taxes, water rates 1916, 117th St. property 27.00 May 1, 1916, payment to Columbia University for 6 months ending May 1, 1916, rent 940.50 Tax on 117th Street. levy of 1916, (3 pieces of property) (204.00 (204.00 (193.80 Real estate, Bureau of Brooklyn, July 1, 1916, unpaid taxes 1916 166.40 Bronx property, levy of 1916, real estate, 129.58 Real estate, Borough of Manhattan, levy 1916, Columbia leasehold, tax paid May 1, 1915, $1081.20 Also Dyckman Street, levy of 1916, 51.00 Borough of Bronx, levy of 1916, paving in Featherbed Lane, paid lien July 14, 1916 95.51 Levy of 1916 135.85 Columbia University, November 1, 1916, levy of 1916, rent of 49 West 48th Street, for six months ending this date. 940.50 Reparation of the three properties 117th[b]Street, December 16, 1916, 1134.30 Saratoga Springs, Jan. 19, 1917, 184.22 Real estate taxes, Saratoga Springs 1917 1952.28 Real estate tax 1917 Saratoga Springs 2533.08 Jan. 17, 1917, fixing up various premises. 789.30 Real estate tax 4th Street property Brooklyn, 1916 165.60 Real Estate 117th Street, 3 pieces (177.76 (181.80 (181.80 Real estate 48th Street, New York, 1917, amount of tax 1070.60 Tax real estate Dyckman Street, 1917 (70.70 " (60.60 " (50.50 Real Estate July 1, 1917, Freeman & Shea for fixing various properties. 309.50 1917 real estate taxes, Bronx 374.40 August 21, 1917, real estate, fixing properties. 165.00 August 27, 1917, 2210.83. Paid to Municipal Liens Co., Rochester, New York, in payment of transfer tax lien no. 13221, Bronx 1917, Block 3237, Lot 153. Voucher October 2, 1917, for $880.98 in full payment of transfer on tax lien #13631, tax sale of 1916 - 17, Borough of Bronx, City of New York, affecting Lot 86, Block 3307, Section 12 and in settlement of the action to foreclose said transfer of tax lien now pending as follows: -2- Tax Lien $695.95 Interest on same 65.60 Cost on foreclosure action 119.83 Real estate tax 1917, 68th Street property in Brooklyn. 310.50 Real estate taxes Saratoga Springs, 1918, 2628.06 Real estate Freeman & Shea, February 1, 1918, fixing various properties. 129.97 REAL ESTATE. EXPENSES OF PROPERTY. Voucher for $524.12, 1912, Voucher December 16, 1916, 1913, 1914, taxes, paid Sullivan & Cromwell from February 8, 1916. R. T. Prodgers, Mason & General Contractor, 50 Fulton Street: - Tax bills for first half 1916 shows assess valuation Dec. 16th - 365 West of 117th Street property 117 St. $533. at $10,000, $10,000 and $9,500. Dec. 16th - 367 West 117 Street. 383.80 Voucher May 31, 1916, for Dec. 16th - 1674 $435.28 tax sale 1916 on Nelson Avenue. 217.50 property 215 Union Avenue, assessed in the name of $1,134.30 Christiana Town for tax 1915 signed by W. H. Waterbury, Commissioner of Finance. MORTGAGES. Oct. 1st, 1914. NAME. PLACE AMOUNT RATE OF INT. DATE. MATURITY. Brown E. 15th St. N.Y.C. $19,000 5% M & S Sept. 1/17 H.T. Co. Wheeler Ballston Spa. 2,000 6% M & S P. D. Johansen 45th St. N.Y.C. 5,000 5 1/2 J & J July 1/17 " " " Leigh Brooklyn, N.Y. 6,000 5% M & N Nov. 1/16 Guyer Schnectady 2,800 5 1/2 J & J P. D. Bull, C. H. Hewitt Place, Bronx 11,000 " J & J P. D. Phillips 4th St. Bklyn. 7,500 5 A & O P. D. Alred Twin Falls, Idaho. 960 6 Dec. 1 Dec. 17. Jackson & Judy " " " 800 " " 12 " 16 Abrams 85th St. Bklyn 18,000 5 M & S Sept. 15 H. T. Co. Rue 85th St. Bklyn 6,500 " J & J Jan. 15 " " " Cunningham Ballston Spa 3,000 5 1/2 F & A P. D. Densmore Corinth, N. Y. 2,500 6 M & S P. D. Frances Fish Saratoga 2,200 5 J & J P. D. Goldsmith " 22,000 4 M & N Instal. Hall " 20,000 5 M & N P. D. Resseguie " 4,000 " A & O P. D. Leary & Blackmer " 10,000 " M & N P. D. Nevin Realty Co. Brooklyn 25,000 " J & J P. D. T. G. & T. Wendell Nevin " 10,000 " J & D P. D. Reidy N. Y. City 12,000 4 1/2 M & S P. D. Foley Shackelford Saratoga 3,500 6 J & D P. D. Rix " 5,000 5 M & N Wendall Mechanicsville 10,000 6 J & J P. D. Heebner Schnectady 2,100 " M. J. S. & D. P. D. Fenwick " 10,000 5 A & O Oct. 16. Johnston Saratoga 6,000 " A & O P. D. Welling M.L. Mechanicsville 12,000 5 1/2 J & D P. D. McEwen Saratoga 8,000 5 A & O P. D. Mitchell " 2,000 " Oct. A P. D. Totten " 5,000 " M & N P. D. Fish, G.H. " 6,000 " F & A P. D. NAME PLACE AMOUNT RATE OF INT. DATE. MATURITY. Smith & Lee Mechanicville 5,000 5 A & O P. D. Schuyler Saratoga 7,000 " F & A P. D. Whyland N. Y. C. 10,000 " M & S P. D. Mallery Saratoga 1,700 " J & J P. D. Onondaga Co. Saratoga 40,000 " J & J P. D. Citizens Bk. Saratoga 9,000 " M & N P. D. Fenwick Schnectady 2,500 " M & N P. D. Bull, Louise Brooklyn 10,000 " J & J P. D. Lester Saratoga 2,500 " A & O P. D. Lee Ballston 5,500 " A & O P. D. Cool Saratoga 4,000 " A & O P. D. Ashton " 9,333.34 " J & J Instal. French, " 9,000 " M & S P. D. A. Putnam Est. " 33,000 4 F & A Aug. 1/17 Lee Mechanicville 5,000 5 A & O P. D. Mitchell Saratoga 12,000 " Nov. Nov. 1/18 $1,000 pd. Oct. 29/14. Granger " 1,200 " Nov. P. D. Holden Est. " 13,000 " F & A P. D. Roddy " 7,900 " J & J P. D. Town's " 7,000 5 M & N P. D. Towns " 2,000 5 1/2 M & N P. D. McEwen " 1,000 5 April P. D. Paid Oct. 3 & 10/14. Logan " 4,500 " M & S P. D. Jacobs " 4,000 " M & S P. D. Andress " 3,000 " May A P. D. McFarland " 7,250 " M & S P. D. Tobin Syracuse 5,000 " J & J P. D. Hayden Saratoga 3,500 " J & J P. D. Welling E. J. N. Y Cy. 26,000 " F & A Aug. 15. Deuell Saratoga 7,000 " Aug.[?] P. D. Downing " 7,000 " F & A P. D. 2. NAME PLACE AMOUNT RATE OF INT. DATE. MATURITY. Wright Saratoga [?],000 5 M & S P. D. Munsell " 4,000 5 J & J P. D. Misses Putnam " 29,000 " F & A P. D. Ruscoe Twin Falls, Id. 1,500 6 May A Mar. 15 Sturgeon " " " 4,500 " May A May 15 Day " " " 3,000 " Jul. A Jul. 15 Karris " " " 4,500 6 May A May 15 Jones " " " 3,000 " Jul. A Jul. 15 Buford " " " 5,500 " May A May 19 Saratoga Coal Co. Saratoga 11,250 5 J & J Instal. Goldsberg Brooklyn 5,000 " A & O P. D. Fritz Bronx 6,500 5 1/2 J & D Dec. 16 Hill " 6,500 " J & D Dec. " Salzman " 6,500 " J & D " " Atkins Brooklyn 23,000 5 M & N Mar. 17 U.S.T. Owens Iowa 8,000 5 1/4 Dec. A Dec. 15 Cristiansem " 8,000 " Apl. A Apl. 16. Marrenan " 4,000 5 Apl. A Apl. 16 Trego Illinois 17,100 " Mar. A Mar. 16. " " 9,900 " " " " " Ben. Realty Co. N. Y. Cy. 15,000 " J & D P. D. Shevlin Saratoga 7,000 " J & D Jun. 16 Saratogian Co. " 16,500 " J & J Instal. Ostrander Brooklyn 5,500 " J & J Jul. 14. " " 5,500 " J & J " " Wallace Twin Falls, Id. 2,800 6 May A May 16 Hattabaugh " " " 4,300 " Jan. A Jan. 16 Gislasen Minn. 3,000 5 1/2 Feb. A Feb. 16 Reynolds Bronx 5,000 5 M & S Sep. 14 Macgeror Schnectady 5,000 " A & O Oct. 16 Meehan Brooklyn 5,500 " M & N Nov. 17 3. NAME PLACE AMOUNT RATE INT. DATE. MATURITY. Harmon Brooklyn $11,000 5 A & O Dec. 14, Guaranteed. Marks N. Y. Cy. 9,500 " F & A Feb. 17. A. Fish Twin Falls, Id. 5,500 6 Mar. A. Mar. 17 Bosserman Ark. 6,000 5 1/2 Jan. A Jan. 17 Stovall Texas 6,200 " Jan. A Jan. 22 Fordham R. Co. N. Y. Cy. 7,500 5 A & O Apl. 17 " " " " " 7,500 " " " " " " Drennan " " " 6,000 " " " " " " Saratoga Hospital Saratoga 20,000 " J & D Jan. 17 Coll. Halvordson Bronx 7,500 " M & S Sep. 17 Singer " 10,000 " A & O Oct. 17 Leonhardt " 5,000 " A & O " " Inland H. Co. " 6,500 " A & O " " Edwards " 6,500 " A & O Apl. 17 Rueck " 8,800 " A & O Oct. 17 Forster " 8,000 " M & N Nov. 15 McElroy Texas 9,000 5 3/4 Jan. A Jan. 23 Corey Saratoga 3,300 5 J & J Jul. 18 Coll. Heath Texas 5,500 6 Dec. A Dec. 23 VanDemark N. Y. Cy. 6,000 5 1/2 M & N Nov. 18 Stiffler Texas 4,600 " Dec. A Dec. 23 Katter Iowa 3,000 5 Jan. A Jan. 19 Cook Illinois 7,000 " Feb. A Feb. 19 Vurgason Brooklyn 6,500 " M & N May 17 Deblin Jamaica 2,500 " A & O Oct. 16 H. T. Co. McGuire & Egan Iowa 15,000 " " " " Apl. 19 Beach Ballston 2,500 5 1/2 J & D Jun. 19 Schwarz " 3,000 5 J & J Jul. 19 Todd Saratoga 2,000 " Apl. A Apl. 15 Shuttleworth Queens 7,500 " J & J Jan. 16 H. T. Co. 4. NAME PLACE AMOUNT RATE INT. DATE MATURITY. Haufe Long Island 2, 200 5 J & J Jan.16 Wiedenhold N. Y. Cy. 2, 750 " J & D Dec.16 H. T. Co. Schwarz Queens 11, 000 " J & J Jul.16 " " " Warlow Illinois 11, 000 5 Mar. A Mar. 18 Geisler Bronx 5,000 " F & A Feb.17 _______________ $1,003, 743.34 5 BONDS. NAME. AMOUNT. INT. RATE. U. S. Steel $ 5,000 5% N. Y. Gas Co. 15,000 4 Frostburg R. R. 7,500 5 Lonacoming R. R. 5,000 " Conn. Ry. & Lt. Co. 5,000 4 1/2 Syracuse Lt. Co. 10,000 5 Mo. Pacific 10,000 " Adams Express 9,000 4 Belleville R. R. 7,000 6 Oregon Shortline 20,000 " " " 5,000 4 " " 1,000 5 C. R. I & Pac. Co. 3,000 6 Danville R. R. 3,500 5 United Ry. St. Louis 12,500 4 Buffalo Creek 10,000 5 Richmond L. & M. Co. 10,000 6 L. Cin. & Lax. 10,000 4 1/2 So. Pacific 5,000 4 St. Louis So. 5,000 " C. R. I & Pac. 10,000 " Gen. Leather 10,000 5 Kan. City El. 10,000 6 Mil. El. 10,000 4 1/2 Detroit Edison 10,000 5 Mo. Pac. 5,000 6 Shamokin 5,000 5 C. R. & I & Pac. 1,000 4 N. Y. City 8,000 4 1/2 Rio. G. & Western 5,000 4 Utah No. 5,000 " Mohawk Baths 4,000 5 Watertown P. & Lt. 10,000 5 5 NAME AMOUNT INT. RATE. Fairmont Coal 10,000 5 Pearson Taft Co. 10,000 4.80 Cleveland Elec. Co. 10,000 5 Gulf Terminal 10,000 4 Fonda-Johnston & G. Co. 5,000 4 1/2 Columbus Con. Ry. 5,000 4 Pearson Taft Co. 30,000 5 Clyde S. S. Co. 10,000 " Watertown 10,000 " Ferguson Fruit Co. 8,000 5 1/2 Hydraulic Power Co. 10,000 5 Penn. Conv. 10,000 3 1/2 C. Marietta 1,000 4 1/2 Kaw Valley 14,000 5 Prog. Irrigation Co. 10,000 6 C. B. & D. Jt. 7,000 4 Rome Ry. & Lt. 10,000 5 Fonda J. & G. 10,000 4 1/2 Consul. Coal Co. 17,000 5 Bush. Ter. 15,000 " Kans. Ct. El. 5,000 4 Burlington Ry. & Lt. 5,000 5 Las Animas 10,000 6 Wisconsin Gas & El. 15,000 5 Beloit 5,000 " Stephensville 10,000 " Carolina Term. 5,000 5 Indiana 5,000 " C. R. & Q 40,000 4 Settlers 10,000 6 Ulster 5,000 5 Saratoga Park 30,000 4 1/2 Indiana 10,000 5 Syracuse Lt. 10,000 " 6. NAME AMOUNT INT. RATE. Milwaukee 6,000 5 Bangor 12,000 " Pearson-Taft 5,000 Moose Jaw 5,000 5 Cataract 5,000 " ________________ $628,500 COLLATERAL LOANS. NAME AMOUNT INT. RATE. Humphrey $ 300 5% Munsell 2,500 " Walbridge 2,000 " ________________ $4,800 STOCKS. 30 shares Adams Express 2,700 400 " C. R. I & Pac. Co. 30 " " " " " "Pfd. 564 1/2 Shrs. Harvey Co. 56,540 10% 30 Shares U. P. 60 " U. S. Steel Pfd. REAL ESTATE. 48th St. N. Y. 20,000 rents at $3600 Inwood lots 29,000 Tischler 7,500 " 540 Westcott 35,000 " 3192 O'Connor 23,000 Clements 11,000 ________________ ____________ $125,500 $7332 GILLIG PAID UP LIFE POLICIES. Travelers, Hartford $5,000 Equitable, N. Y. 3,285 ________________ $8,285 Bank Balance 14,788.96 Lincoln Trust Co. N. Y. First National Saratoga Springs 1,150.65 ________________ 15,939.61 SUMMARY. Mortgages $1,003,743.34 Bonds 628,500.00 Coll. Loans 4,800.00 Stocks 66,810.00 Real Estate 125,500.00 Ins. Policies 8,285.00 Bank Bal. 15,939.61. STOCKS: 30 shares Adams Express $2700 564 " 1/2 Harvey Co. 56450 30 " U. P. 3360 60 " U. S. Steel Prf. 6300 _________________ $68810. In Bank Dec. 2, 1914 $30,000. Coupons 10,000 about. [*37*] Re LESLIE ESTATE. MORTGAGES. Name and address of : Property Covered: Rate of: Due: Amount of Mortgagee. : Int. : Principal. Mary E. Atkins of St. Marks Ave., Providence, R.I. Brooklyn, N. Y. 5 1/2% Mar. 31/17 $23,000.00 Edward B. Ashton, Coal Elevator at Saratoga Spgs. N.Y. Ballston Spa. N. Y. 5% Jan. 1/21 Payable $1333.33 each year. 5,334.34 John M. Corey & Seward St., Saratoga Cecelia E. Corey Springs, N. Y. 5% Jul. 26. 18 2,500.00 his wife, Saratoga Springs, N. Y. Charles F. Cook (Pearsons-Taft Mtg) Vermillion Co. Ill. 5% Feb. 1/19 7,000.00 Joseph C. Edwards Nelson Ave. Bronx, of 1675 Nelson Ave., N. Y. 5% Oct. 4/17 6,500.00 Bronx, N. Y. [*Ridley*] Fordham Realty Co. Victor Place, Bronx 5%) May 27/12 6,000.00 2585 Sedgewick N. Y. ) Ave., Bronx, N. Y. ) Fordham Realty ) Co. (Same address) Sedgewick Ave. Bronx, ) N. Y. 5% ) Apr. 23/17 7,500.00 Fordham Realty ) Co. (Same address) Sedgewick Ave. Bronx, ) N. Y. 5% ) Apr. 23/17 7,500.00 Ansel Fish & Carrie Fish of Twin Falls, Twin Falls Co. Idaho 6% Mar. 1/17 5,500.00 Idaho (Pearsons- Taft Mtg.) Geissler, Charlotte, of Borough of Manhattan, Borough of Bronx, N. Y. C. N. Y. 5% Feb. 9/17 5,000.00 W. C. Heath & Harley Heath (Pearsons- Taft Mtg.) Wichita, Tex. 6% Dec. 1/23 5,500.00 Hadda Sophia Halvordson of 234 E. 202nd St. Bronx, N. Y. East 202nd St., Bronx, N. Y. 5% Sep. 15/17 7,500.00 Gerhard Johansen of 1075-60th St., 45th St. Brooklyn, Brooklyn, N. Y. N. Y. 5 1/2% Jul. 1/17 2,500.00 Name and address of : Property Covered: Rate of: Due: Amount of Mortgagee. : Int. : Principal. Gerhard Johansen (Same Address) 45th St. Brooklyn, N. Y. 5 1/2% Jul. 1/17 $2,500.00 Fred Katter (Pearsons-Taft Hancock Co. Iowa 5% Jan. 1/19 1,600.00 Mtg) Louise E. Leonhardt of 112 W. 190 St., Clinton Place, 5% Oct. 3/17 5,000.00 New York City. Bronx, N. Y. Liberty Investing Co. of New York Walton Ave.) Ridley 5% Dec. 22/16 6,500.00 City (Fritz Mtg.) Bronx, N. Y.) J. D. McElroy (Pearsons-Taft Mtg.) Limestone Co. Texas 5 3/4% Jan. 1/23 9,000.00 Elizabeth Marks 512 West 147th St. W. 149th St. New York City. New York City 5% Jan. 27/17 9,500.00 Richard H. Meehan 49th St. of 1354 -52nd St. Brooklyn, N. Y. 5% Nov. 15/17 5,500.00 Brooklyn, N. Y. James McGuire, Catherine MacGuire Lyon Co. Iowa 5% Apr. 1/19 7,500.00 & Bridget Egan (Pearsons-Taft Mtg.) James McGuire, Catherine MacGuire Lyon Co. Iowa Apr. 1/19 7,500.00 & Bridget Egan (Pearsons-Taft Mtg.) Mary A. Mitchell & Broadway, Saratoga Caleb W. Mitchell Spgs. 5% Nov. 1/18 9,000.00 of Saratoga Spgs. N. Y. Harris Nevin of 68th St. Brooklyn, Brooklyn, N. Y. N. Y. 5% Oct. 1/13 10,000.00 Abel Putnam, Jr. Citizens Bank Bldg. Saratoga Springs, Cor. Brdway & Phila 4% Aug. 1/17 31,000.00 N. Y. St. Saratoga Springs, N. Y. Gustave Adolph Rueck of 1070 Tffany St., Tiffany St., Bronx, 5% Oct. 25/17 8,800.00 Bronx, N. Y. N. Y. Eleanor F. Roddy East Congress St., Saratoga Spgs. N. Y. 5% Jan. 15/05 7,500.00 Saratoga Coal Co. 5% Dec. 31/18 4,500.00 ($2250. each yr). -2- Name and address of : Property Covered: Rate of: Due: Amount of Mortgagee : Int. : Principal: C. R. Stiffler Grayson Co. Texas. 5 1/2% Dec.1/23 4,600.00 (Pearsons-Taft Mtg). Sophie Singer of 142nd St., N.Y.City 5% Oct.1/17 10,000.00 New York City S. T. Stoval & County of Hill,Texas5 1/2% Jan.1/22 6,200.00 F. A. Stoval (Pearsons-Taft Mtg) Saratoga Hospital Hospital Premises, Saratoga Springs,N.Y. 5% June 19/17 20,000.00 (5000 shs. G.F.Harvey Co.stock, collateral) Saratogian 5% July 15/19 14,500.00 Julia Vurgason of 1339 52nd St., 52nd St.Borough of 5% May 13/17 6,500.00 Brooklyn, N. Y. Brooklyn, N. Y. Harry s. VanDemark, Plimpton Ave., Bronx, 5 1/2% Nov. 22/18 6,000.00 1325 Plimpton Ave., N. Y. Bronx, N. Y. Jennie L. Wright Broadway, Saratoga 5% Sep.10/17 4,000.00 Springs, N. Y. J. B. Warlow & Mrs. J. B. Warlow of McLean County, Ill. 5% Mar.1/18 9,000.00 Bloomington, Ill. (Pearsons-Taft Mtg). -3- A LIBRARY OF CONGRESS COPYRIGHT OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WASHINGTON ____________ CERTIFICATE OF COPYRIGHT REGISTRATION This is to certify, in conformity with section 55 of the Act to Amend and Consolidate the Acts respecting Copyright approved March 4, 1909, as amended by the Act approved March 2, 1913, that TWO copies of the BOOK named herein have been deposited in this Office under the provisions of the Act of 1909, together with the AFFIDAVIT prescribed in section 16 thereof; and that registration of a claim to copyright for the first term of 28 years from the date of publication of said book has been duly made in the name of [OVER] Leslie Woman Suffrage Commission Inc., New York, N.Y. Title of book: A Record of the Leslie Woman Suffrage Commission Inc. 1917 - 1929. By Rose Young, of the United States. [Cover title.] A Complete Record. 1917 - 1929. Date of publication Nov. 23, 1929. Affidavit received Dec. 9, 1929. Copies received Dec. 9, 1929. Entry: Class A, [XXc.,] No. 18517 [SEAL] Thorvald Solberg Register of Copyrights U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1928 Transcribed and reviewed by contributors participating in the By The People project at crowd.loc.gov.