He funded the restoration of Leland Stanford's mansion in Sacramento, California, in an effort "to help preserve an important piece of Stanford family history," and hired genealogists to prove he was a member of the Leland Stanford family.
他出钱修复了萨克拉门托的利兰·斯坦福大厦来“帮助维护斯坦福家族历史的一个重要文物”并雇家谱学家来帮助他证明他是利兰·斯坦福家族的一员。