Marriage Settlement between Andrew Carnegie and Louise Whitfield
- Name
- Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 (Author)
- Title
- Marriage Settlement between Andrew Carnegie and Louise Whitfield
- Abstract
- In this prenuptial agreement between Andrew Carnegie and Louise Whitfield, Louise gave up her rights to her husband's estate in return for an annual income of $20,000 (over 3 million dollars in today's money). The bulk of Andrew Carnegie's estate was to be devoted to charitable and educational purposes, with Louise's full approval.
- Collection Name
- Carnegie Corporation of New York Records
- Archival Context
- Series VI. Other Carnegie Organizations, 1893-1981. VI.A. Home Trust Company. Box no. 8
- Subjects
- Philanthropists
- Format
- legal documents
- Genre
- legal documents
- Origin Information
- New York (N.Y.)
- Date
- April 22, 1887
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
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- Carnegie Centennial Exhibition
- Carnegie Corporation Oral History Project [Staging]
- Copyright Status
- No Copyright - United States
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-2s66-ey03