William Marsh Rice and His Institute : The Centennial Edition
ISBN: 9781603446631 | 160344663X
Edition: 100thFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: Texas A & M Univ Pr
Pub. Date: 2/20/2012
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In 1891 William Marsh Rice made a generous bequest in order to found the distinguished Houston institution that bears his name. Ironically, this very bequest helped to bring about his murder, an act of treachery perpetrated by a conniving attorney and Rice's naÏve, malleable manservant. This captivating tale-full of intrigue, legal twists and turns, and sensational revelations-an important part of the full biography of Rice himself, received its first careful historical investigation by Andrew Forest Muir, a longtime professor of history at Ri... MORE
| List of Illustrations | p. vi |
| Preface to the Centennial Edition | p. vii |
| Foreword to the First Edition | p. ix |
| Preface to the First Edition | p. xi |
| The Early Years | p. 1 |
| The War Years and Their Sequel | p. 32 |
| Plans for the Institute | p. 63 |
| Murder on Madison Avenue | p. 87 |
| Charter of Incorporation of the William M. Rice Institute for the Advancemen... MORE | p. 121 |
| Elizabeth Baldwin Rice's Contested Will | p. 128 |
| William Marsh Rice's Will | p. 133 |
| The Forged or "Patrick" Will | p. 137 |
| The Early Trustees | p. 140 |
| Notes | p. 147 |
| Index | p. 173 |
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