$50,000 TOTAL FOR HARVARD
DEDHAM, Jan I7 — Bequests totaling $50,000 to Harvard University, of which $30,000 is for general purposes and the balance for the medical school, are made in the will of Mrs. Alice E. Plimpton of Norwood, filed for probate here today.
There are further bequests of $50,000 each to the Norwood Hospital and the Norwood Public Library and $10,000 to the Congregational Church of Norwood, the income to be used for the welfare of the boys of the town.
17 Jan 1923, Wed The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts)
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