To the Trustees of Vassar Female College: Gentlemen, As my long-cherished purpose to apply a large portion of my estate to some benevolent object is now about to be accomplished, it seems proper that I should submit to you a statement of my motives, views and wishes. In having pleased God that I should have no direct descendants to inherit my property, it has long been my desire, after suitably providing for those of my kindred who lead claims on me, to make such a disposition of my means as