ˈæftɚ hɪz dˈɛθ, hɪz fɹˈɛnd sˈæmjuːl ˈɛlɪət doʊnˈeɪɾᵻd dˈɑːlɚ tˈuː,fˈaɪvhˈʌndɹɪd ɪn hɪz mˈɛmɚɹi tʊ ɛndˈaʊ ðə lˈɔːɹəns hˈʌʔn̩ pɹˈaɪz, ɐwˈɔːɹdᵻd ˈænjuːəli tə ðə tˈɑːp stˈuːdənt ɪnðə pɹˈɪnstən jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsᵻɾi dᵻpˈɑːɹtmənt ʌv hˈɪstɚɹi.
After his death, his friend Samuel Elliott donated $2,500 in his memory to endow the Laurence Hutton Prize, awarded annually to the top student in the Princeton University Department of History.