● ● ● thought to the creation of a trust to which she could transfer her property, thus divesting herself of the burden of managing her large estate. She considered at least one other plan 95 before settling on the appointment of three trustees—her lawyer cousin General Baker, her banker friend Josiah Fernald, and her leading church officer Archibald McLellan—to whom on March 6 she deeded all her property for their management and disposition subject to the terms of the trust deed.
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