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Excerpt from Henry Shaw's Will: Establishing the Missouri Botanical Garden Admitted to Probate at St. Louis, Missouri, September 2, 1889; Also Act of General Assembly of Missouri, Approved March 14, 1859, and Deed of Henry Shaw to Washington University, October 14, 1885 I, henry shaw of the City of St. Louis and State of Missouri of sound and disposing mind, but mindful of the uncertainties of life, and desiring specially to carry out and provide for certain objects which have been the subject of thought and labour, and care for many years past, more efiectually than I have hereto done, do make publish and declare this, as and for my last will and testament, hereby revoking all other wills by me at any time heretofore made, in manner following, that is to say. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.