William Marsh Rice and his institute : the centennial edition / edited by Randal L. Hall ; first edition by Sylvia Stallings Morris Lowe from the papers and research notes of Andrew Forest Muir.

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The early years -- The war years and their sequel -- Plans for the institute -- Murder on Madison Avenue -- Appendix 1. Charter of incorporation of the William M. Rice Institute for the Advancement of Literature, Science and Art -- Appendix 2. Elizabeth Baldwin Rice's contested will -- Appendix 3. William Marsh Rice's will -- Appendix 4. The forged or "Patrick" will -- Appendix 5. The early trustees.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 Rice University who, beginning in 1957, perf.

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