Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 September 1901 — Gives $300,000 to Public. [ARTICLE]

Gives $300,000 to Public.

The will of Charles H. Hayden, the late retired manufacturer of wall paper, has been filed at Boston. It gives away $300,000 in public bequests. The largest gifts are: One hundred thousand dollars each to the Massachusetts general hospital and to the museum of fine arts; $50,000 each to the children’s hospital, Huntington avenue, and Massachusetts eye and ear infirmary. There are several private bequests and the residue of the estate is to be divided equally among other institutions.