 The coffin was loaded on a hearse and carried to a gathering at Fairfield ; much of the gathering was spent in silence . After the coffin was removed , the assembled began talking . Frazer recalled that each person remembered Cope differently , and " Few men succeeded so well in concealing from anyone ... all the sides of his multiform character . " Osborn , intending to follow the coffin to the graveyard , was instead pulled aside by Collins and taken to the reading of Cope 's will — Osborn and Cope 's brother @-@ in @-@ law John Garrett were named executors . Cope gave his family a choice of his books , with the remainder to be sold or donated to the University of Pennsylvania . After debts were handled , Cope left small bequests to friends and family — Anna Brown and Julia received $ 5000 each , while the remainder went to Annie . Cope 's estate was valued at $ 75 @,@ 327 , not including additional revenue raised by sales of fossils to the American Museum of Natural History , for a total of $ 84 @,@ 600 . Some specimens preserved in alcohol made their way to the Academy of Natural Sciences , including a few Gordian worms . 
