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Box 51

 Container

Contains 1 Collection or Record:

Crematory certificate for Wm. M. Rice cremation Sept. 27, 1900, certificate dated 1909, and including note by A.B. Cohn regarding a copy of same certificate being buried in Rice monument on Rice campus, and copy of Aug. 3, 1900 letter from Rice stating his wish to be cremated.

 File — Box: 51, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents note From the Series: Includes litigation records related to proving of 1896 Wm. M. Rice will, probate of estate, temporary administration of estate, estate appraisal and taxes, land deeds and titles, inventory of property, correspondence, releases from Rice relatives, judicial settlement of estate and more.
Dates: 1844 - 1941; Majority of material found within 1880 - 1916