Jewels from Jane, Sept. 30

This writing, witnesseth, that I, the undersigned, Mother Superior of the Sisters of St. Joseph at Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, have on this thirtieth day of September, A.D. 1907, accepted and received from Mrs. Barbara Hamm of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, the sum of One Thousand Dollars, upon the express condition however, that said sum of One Thousand Dollars is to be held by me and my successors in the position of Mother Superior of the Sisters of St. Joseph at Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, in trust, and to be invested by me and my said successors in such loans and securities as I and they shall deem expedient and best, the annual interest whereof to be applied and paid to the Sisters of St. Joseph at Ste. Genevieve to defray the tuition, in the Lower Grades, at the Parochial School of the Parish of Ste. Genevieve, of fourteen of such of the poor children of the said Parish of Ste. Genevieve as are unable to pay their own tuition.

In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand this thirtieth day of September, A.D. 1907.
Sister Mary Lucida [Savage]

Received of John L. Boverie, Executor of the will of Barbara Hamm, deceased, the bequest made and set out in the "Fifth" clause of the last will of the said Barbara Hamm, deceased, aforesaid, as follows:

I give and bequeath to the Mother Superior of the Convent of St. Joseph at Ste. Genevieve, Ste. Genevieve County, State of Missouri and to her Successors the sum of One Thousand Dollars, to be held by her and her Successors in trust, and to be invested by her and her Successors in such securities or loans as they may deem expedient and best, the annual interest whereof to be applied and paid to the Sisters of St. Joseph at Ste. Genevieve to defray the tuition of such poor children of the parish of Ste. Genevieve as are unable to pay their tuition at the Parochial School of Ste. Genevieve.

Sister John Berchmans
Mother Superior of the Convent of St. Joseph at Ste. Genevieve
Dec. 17, 1918

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