America, 19th century. Mary Hanna, daughter of Henry Hanna, letter outlining her will. Dates to 1904. Mary can be celebrated for financing the "Hanna Wing" at the Cincinnati Art Museum in memory of her parents, Henry and Mary Jane Hanna.

Henry Hanna (1812-1905) was a notable Cincinnati industrialist, philanthropist, and financier. He owned many of the most valuable business blocks in the city, was president of the Little Miami Railroad Company and Cincinnati Bell Telephone Company, and funded construction of The University of Cincinnati’s Hanna Hall.

Daughter of the Cincinnati industrialist and philanthropist, Henry Hanna, Mary was an art collector, patron and philanthropist. Hanna gifted and left a significant portion of her art collection to the Cincinnati Art Museum and aided in the financing of the Hanna Wing.

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