Donated his personal collection of finely illustrated books and manuscripts to the New York Public Library in his will along with ongoing funding. It is called the Spencer Collection today.
Donated his personal collection of finely illustrated books and manuscripts to the New York Public Library in his will along with ongoing funding. It is called the Spencer Collection today.
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IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
WILLIAM AUGUSTUS SPENCER
SON OF
LORILLARD AND SARAH J. G.
SPENCER
BORN
JANUARY 7 1866
BRAVELY MET DEATH AT SEA
APRIL 14 1912
IN THE TITANIC DISASTER
WHERE MANHOOD PERISHED NOT
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