. History of the counties of Dauphin and Lebanon : in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; biographical and genealogical . a splendid orchardof fruit-trees, which, in those early days, was itselfa fortune. During all this time he did not forget hishandiwork, and in 1872 he addressed a characteristicletter to his old friend, Meyer, discussing some of thepeculiarities of piano-making and giving his ownviews as to their relative merits. The Lick San Francisco, was another of his enterprises. Itcovers nearly an entire block, aud in the floor he dis-played the knowledge which he had gathered
. History of the counties of Dauphin and Lebanon : in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; biographical and genealogical . a splendid orchardof fruit-trees, which, in those early days, was itselfa fortune. During all this time he did not forget hishandiwork, and in 1872 he addressed a characteristicletter to his old friend, Meyer, discussing some of thepeculiarities of piano-making and giving his ownviews as to their relative merits. The Lick San Francisco, was another of his enterprises. Itcovers nearly an entire block, aud in the floor he dis-played the knowledge which he had gathered whileworking at the bench. He composed it of manythousand pieces of inlaid wood, highly polished. 23-1 HISTORY OF LEBANON COUNTY. When thejfraternity of Freemasons wished to erecta temple in SanFrancisco, they found the only sitewhich would suit them belonged to James Lick, andwas part of the square upon which he designed toerect the Lick House. Of course it was not for , one of the brethren frankly approachedhim and in a straightforward manner told him itwas the only spot which suited them. The result. which was ever susceptible to the emotions of sym-pathy for his fellow-men. In 1874 he placed his en-tire property in the hands of seven trustees to be de-voted to public and charitable purposes. In thespring of 1875 the bequests, aggregating severalmillions of dollars, were changed in some respectsto the Academy of Natural Sciences and to TheSociety of California Pioneers, of which latter hewas president at his bequeathed a one-hundredVara lot, at the corner of Fourthand Market Streets, in SanFrancisco, and also the residueof his vast estate to be equallydivided between the two socie-ties after his various legacieshad been paid. He died , 1876. Among his many be-quests he did not forget the far-off home of his childhood andthe loved ones whose dust wasmingling with the soil of theold Keystone State, for on abeautiful April day in 1876 wasunveiled an
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