Series consists of legal documents, correspondence, and minutes related to the estate and will of James Henry Ashdown, 1844-1924, of whom Manitoba College and Wesley College were beneficiaries. Series is arranged into two files. The first contains correspondence between Wesley College and the will's executors at The Northern Trusts Company; copies and details of the will itself; and minutes of meetings held between the executors and the Principals of Wesley, Manitoba, and St. John's Colleges, concerning the dispensation of the will's funds. The second file contains correspondence between Wesley and Manitoba Colleges and The Northern Trusts Company, and minutes of meetings between the same, concerning the dispensation of funds designated for religious and educational purposes through the Colleges.