After Mary Hemenway’s death

After Mary’s death in 1894, Edith Eustis was given the life rights to use the Mt. Vernon Street house. Charles stayed on and oversaw the staff while taking direction from W.E.C. Eustis, who sent his instructions via correspondence from Milton. Around this time, Charles began making investments in his own future in Boston. In Mary Hemenway’s will he was left $500 in “recognition of his faithful services.” With this major sum (about $18,000 in today’s dollars), he purchased a home in Dorchester. In that same year Charles began to explore local ward politics in the West End of Boston.

Letter written by W.E.C. Eustis to Charles Bowie when he was managing 40 Mt. Vernon Street.