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active employment) to remain in the
situation he now is, it shall be optional
in him to do so ; in either case, however,
I allow him an annuity of Thirty Dol
lars during his natural life, which shall
be independent of the victuals and
deaths he lias been accustomed to re
ceive, if he chooses the lad alternative ;
but in full with his freedom, it he pre
fers the firft : and this I give him, as
a testimony of my sense of his attach
ment to fre, and for his faithful^ ser
vices during the Revolutionary War.
Item. To the Trustees (Governors,
or by whatsoever other name they may
* Li the original toinufcrtyt, George Washington S
slaves which I hold ih my onvn right shall
receive there freedom. To emancipate
them during her life, would, though
earnestly willed by me, be attended
with such insuperable difficulties on ac
count of their intermixture by mar
riages with the dower negroes, as to ex
cite the most painful fenfirions, if not
difagrceable consequences from the lat
ter, while both descriptions are in the
occupancy of the fame proprietor ;it
not being in my power, under the tenure
by which the dower Negroes are held,
to manumit them. Andruhcr^as, among'
those who will receive freedom accord
ing to this devise, there may be some,
who from old age or bodily infirmities,
and others, who, on account of their
infancy, that will be unable to support
my debts, of which there are but few,|
;and none of magnitude, are to be punc
tually and speedily paid, and the lega
cies herein alter bequeathed, arc to be
difeharged as soon as circumdances |
will permit, and in the manner directed.|
Item. —To my dearly beloved wife !
Martha Washington, I give and be-j
queath the use, profit and benefit of my
whole estate, real and personal, for the
term of her natural life, except fach
parts thereof as are specially difpefed
of hereafter.—My improved let in the
town of Alexandria, situated on Pitt
and Cameron ftrects, I give to her
and her heirs for ever ; as I also do my
houfnoid and kitchen furniture of eve
ry fort and kind, with the liquors and
groceries which may be on hand at the
time of my decease, to be itfed and dis
posed if, as ihe may think proper.
Item. —Upon the deccafe of my wife,
it is my will and desire, that all the
tlicmfelves, it is my will and desire,
that all who come under the firft and
second description, shall be comfortably
eloathed and fed by my heirs, while
they live; and that such of the latter
description as have no parents living,
or ifliving, arc unable or unwilling to
provide for them, Shall be bound by thef
court until they Shall arrive at the age i
of twenty-five years ; and in cases where |
no record can be produced, whereby 1
their ages can be ascertained, the judg-1
meat of the court, upon its own view !
of the fabjed, Shall be adequate andi
final. The Negroes thus bound, arc (by/
their matters or mistresses) to be taughtl
to read and write, and to be brought up|
to some ufeful occupation, agreeable toj
the laws of the Commonwealth of Vir-i
ginia, providing for t e support of or- I
phan and other poor children.—And I I
do hereby expressly forbid the Sale orl
transportation, out of the said Corri
monwealth, of any Slave I may die
possessed of, under any pretence\vhatfo
ever. And Ido moreover, most point
edly and most Solemnly enjoin it upon
my Executors hereafter named, or the
survivor of them, to fee that this ciaufe
refpeding Slaves, and every part there
of, be religiously fulfilled, at the epoch
at which it is directed to take place,
without evasion, neglect, or delay, after
the crops which may then be on the
ground are harvested, particularly as it
refpeas the aged and infirm ; feeing
that a regular and permanent fund be
established for their support, as |ong as
there are fubje^s requiring it ; not trust
ing to the uncertain provision to be
made by individuals :—And to my
mulatto man, William, (calling himfelf
William Lee) I give immediate free
dom, or if he Should prefer it (on ac
count of the accidents whicli have be
fallen him, and which have rendered
him incapable of walking, or of any
Gen. Wu/hm^tons Will,
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Ihowever, an intimation that, it it Should
Ibe the pleasure of the legislature to
Ipermit me to appropriate the said
I Shares to public "fi', I would receive
Ithem on those terms with due fenfibili
|ty ; and this it havirig consented to, in
: flattering terms, as will appear by a
ISubsequent law and Sundry resolutions;
I in the mod ample and honorable man
%ner)—l proceed after this recital, for
I the more correct underftandthg of the
;cafe, to declare—That as it has always
;been a source of serious regret with me,
!to fee the Youth of these United States
I sent to- foreign countries for the pur
pose of Education, often before their
minds were formed, or they had im
bibed any adequate ideas of the hap
piness of their own ; contrasting tbb
frequently, not only habits of dissipa
tion and extravagance, but principles
unfriendly to Republican Government,
and to the true and genuine liberties
of mankind ; which, thereafter are rarc
-1 ly overcome.—For these reasons, it has
been my ardent wifb, to fee a plan de
vised on a liberal scale, which would
have a tendency to spread fyftcmatic
, ideas through all parts of this rising
lEmpire, thereby to do away local at
tachments and State prejudices, as far
las the nature of things would, or in-
Ideed1 deed ought to admit from our Nation
•al Councils Looking anxiously for
iward to the accomplishment of so de
frable an object as this is, (in my esti
mation) my mind has not been able to
j contemplate any plan more likely to
leffect the rneafnre, than the eftablifh
| ment of a UNIVERSITY in a central
* part of tl e United States, to which the
' Youths of fortune and talents, from all
I parts thereof, might bp sent for the
completion of their Education in all
the branches of polite literature ; in
be designated) of the Academy, in the
town of Alexandray, I give and be
queath, in trust, Four Thousand Dol
lars, or, in other words, twenty of the
Shares which I hold in the Bank of
Alexandria, towards the support of a
Free School, established at, and annex
ed to the said Academy, for the pur
pose of educating such Orphan Chil
dren, or the Children of such other poor
and indigent persons, as arc unable to
accomplish it with their own means !
and who, in the judgment of the Trus
tees of the said Seminary, are best enti
tled to the benefit of this donation.—-
The aforefaid Twenty Shares I give
and bequeath in perpetuity ; the divi
dends only of which are to be drawri
for, and applied by the said Trustees,
for the time being, for the uses above
mentioned ; the Stock to remain entire
and untouched, unless indications of
failure of the said Bank should be To
apparent, or a difcontinuancc thereof,
Ihould render a removal of this fund
necessary. In either of these cases, ths
amount of the Stock here deviled is to
be veiled in feme other bank, or public
institution, whereby the interest may
with regularity and certainty be drawn,
and applied as above : And, to prevent
misconception, my meaning is, and is
hereby declared to be, that these Twen
ty Shares are in lieu of, and not in ad
dition to, the Thousand Pounds given
by a missive letter some years ago ; in
confequo.~e whereof, an annuity of
Fifty Pounds has since been paid to
wards the support of this institution.
Item. Whereas by a law of the
Commmon^alth of Virginia, enacted
in the year 17%, the legislature thereof
was pleased (as an evidence of its ap
probation of the services I had render
ed the public, during the Revolution,
and partly, I believe, in consideration
of my having suggested the vall advan
tages which the community would de
rive from the extension of its inland
navigation under legislative patronage)
to prefect me with One Hundred
Shares, of One Hundred Dollars each,
in the incorporated Company, estab
lished for the purpose of extending the
navigation of James River, from tide
water to the mountains ; —and also
with Fifty Shares of One Hundred
Pounds sterling each, in the corpora
tion of another Company likewise cllab
lilbed for the similar purpose of open
ing the navigation of the river Poto
mack, from tide water to Fort Cum
berland ; the acceptance of which, al
tho' the offer was highly honorable and
grateful to my feelings, was refufed, as
inconsistent with a principle which I
had adopted, and had never departed
from—Namely—not to receive pecu
niary compensation for any services I
could render my country in its arduous
ifruggle With Great Britain for its
frights ; and because I had evaded sim
ilar propositions from other States in
the Union. Adding to this refufal,
arts & sciences, in acquiring knowledge
in the principles of politics & good gov
ernment, and (as a matter of infinite importance
in my judgment) by afociating with
ench other, and forming friendships in
juvenile years, be enabled to free them
selves, in a proper degree, from those
local prejudices and habitual jealousies,
which have just been mentioned ; and
which, when carried to excess, are nev
er-failing sources of disquietude to the
public mind, and pregnant of mifehiev
dus confluences to this country ; un
der these impressions, so fully dilated.
1%. 1 give and bequeath in perpetuity the
Fifty Shares which I hold in the Potom?ck Com
pany (under the aforefaid ads of the legislature
of Virginia) towards the endowment of a UNI
VERSITY,to be established within the limits
of the Diftria of Columbia, under the auspices
of the General Government, if that government
fliould incline to eftend a fostering hand to^^-ds
it , and until such Seminary is established, and
the funds arising bn these Shares Shall be requir
ed for its ftipport, my further will and desire
is, that the profit accruing therefrom shall, when
crer the dividends are made, he laid out in pur
chasing Stock in the bank of Columbia, or forne
other Bank, at. the discretion of my Executors,
br by the Treasurer of the United States for the
time being, under the direction of Congrefs—
provided that honorable body Should patronise
the mcafu r e ; and the dividends proceeding from
the purchase of such Stock,is to be Vetted in
more Stock, and so on, until a sum, adequate to
the accomplishment of the object, is obtained ; of
which I have not the fmallcß doitbt, before ma
ny years pass away, even if no aid of encourage
ment is given by legislative authority, or frofi
any other source.,
Item. The Hundred Shares which I hold in
the James River Company, I have given, and
now confirm in perpetuity, to and for the use &
benefit of Liberty Hall Academy, in the county
of Rockbridge, in the Commonwealth of Vir
ginia.
Item. I release, exonerate and difeharge the
eßate of mydeceafed Brother, Samuel U'afein^ton,
from the payment of the money which is due to
me for the land hold to P/Wp Pendleton (lying
in the county of Berkley) who aligned the fame
to him, the said Samuel, who, by agreement was
to pay me therefor : And übercaf, by some con
tract (the purport of which was never commu
nicated to me) between the said Samuel, and
his son, Thornton tVaJbington, the latter became
possessed of the aforefaid land, without any con
veyance having puffed from me, either to the
said Pendleton,the said Samuel, or the said Thorn*
ton, and without any consideration having been
made, by which neglcß neitl 0 the legal nor
equitable title Bas been alienated ; it rests there
fore with me to declare my intentions concern,
ing the premises ; and these are to give and be.
qeath the said land ro whomsoever the said
Thornton Wafoin^ton (who is also dead) devised
the fame, or to Ids heirs forever, if he died intes
tate, exonerating the cikite of the said Thornton,
equally with that of the laid Samuel, from pay
ment of the purchase money, which, with inter -
est, agreeably to the original contrast with the
said Pendleton, would amount to more than a
Thousand Pounds : And ichercas two other sons
of my said deceased Brother Samuel, namely
George Steptoe Wafldi^ton^w^ Laurence Augujiine
H'tflngton, were by the deccafe of those to
whose care they were committed, brought un
der'my protection, and in consequence have oc
casioned advances on my part, lor their educa
tion at College and other schools, for their board,
cloathing, and other incidental txpenfes, to the
amount <,f near Five Thoulanu Dollars, over &
Above the sums furnilhed by their eßate, which
sum it may be inconvenient for them or their
father's cßate ro refimd—l do, for these reasons,
acquit them & the said eßatc from the payment
thereof—my intention being, that all accounts
between them and me, and their lather seftate
and me Shall Rand balanced.
Item. The balance due to me from the estate
of Bartholomew Dandridge, deceased ( m y " ife 5
brother) and which amounted, on the firft day
of October, 1795, to fotir hundred and twenty
five poun<is (as will appear by an account ren
dered by his deccafed son, 'John Dandridge, who
was the anting executor of his father s will) I rc
leafe and acquit from the payment thereof—
and the Negroes (then thirty-three in number)
formerly belonging to the said eßate, who were
taken in execution, fold and purchased in on my
account in the year (blank) and ever since have
remained in the poffeflion.and tothe use of Mb,;
widow of the said Bartholomew Dandridge, with
their increase, it is my will and desire Shall
continue and be in her poffeflion, without paying
hire, or making compensation for the fame, for
the time past or to come, during her natural
life ; at the expiration of which, I direct that all
of them, who arc forty years old and upwards,
Shall receive their freedom ; all under that age
and above sixteen, Shall serve Seven years, and
no longer ; and all under Sixteen years, /hall
serve until they arc twenty-five years of age,
arid then be free—And to afbid difpntes refpe&-
ing the ages of any of these Negroes, they are
to be taken into the court of the county in ivhifh
they reside, and the judgment thereof, in this
relation, Shall be final,and record thereof made,
which may be adduced as an evidence at any
time thetea fter, if Rifputes Should arise concern
ing the fame—And I further direct, that the
heirs of the said Bartholomew Dan/rife Shall,
equally, Share the benefits anting from the fcN
vices of the said Negroes, accord : rg to the ten
or of this devise, upon the decease of their mo
ther.
Item. If Charles Barter, who intermarried with
my Niece Betty Lewis, is not fuflicientty Secured
in the title to~thc lots he had of me, in, the town
of Fredericksburg, it is my will and desire
that my Executors Shall make such conveyances
of them as the law requires, to render it perfect.
Item. To my Nephew, William hgffiite
WaJhington, and his heirs (if he Should conceive
them to be objects worth prosecuting) a Lot in
the to wn of Mancheßer (eppofite to Richmond)
No. 265, drawn on my foie account, and also
the tenth of one or two hundred acre lots and
two or three half acre lots, in the city and vi
cinity of Richmond, drawn in partnership with
And now, having gone through these fpe
cific Devises, with explanations for the more
correal understanding of the meaning and design
bf them, I proceed to the distribution of the
More important parts of my Estate, in manner
following: . . .
Firfl, Io my Nephew, Bn,tod Wtfingta,
and his heirs, (partly in consideration of an in
timation to his deceased Father, while we were
Bachelors, and he had kindly undertaken to su
perintend my estate during my military fervi.
ces in the former war between Great Brittan
and France, that if 1 should fall therein, Mount
Vernon, (then lefa extensive in domain than at
present) mould become bis property, I give and
bequeath all that part thereof, Which is compre
hended within the following limits viz. Be
ginning at the ford of Dogue Run, near my
Mill, and extending along the road, and bound
ed thereby, as it now goes, and ever has gone
since my recoUcClrou of it/to the ford of Little
Item, To my Brother, Charles Washington, 1
give and bequeath the gold-beaded Cane left
nw by Dr, Franklin, in his will. I add nothing
to it because of the ample provision I have
made for his issue) To the acquaintances and
friends of my juvenile years, Lawrence Wajh
ington, and Robert Wajhington, of Chotanck, I
give my othortwo gold beaded Canes, having
my arms engraved on them; and to each (as
they will be ufeful where they live) 1 leave one
of the Spy-glaffcs, which cenftituted part of my
equipage, during the late war. To my Com
patriot in arms and old and intimate Friend
Dr. Craik, I give my Bureau (or as the cabinet
makers call it Tambour Secretary) afid the cir
cular Chair,an appendage of my Study.ToDr.
David Stuardi give my large Shaving ab l
Dressing Table, and my Telescope. To the
Reverend, now Bryan Lord Fairfax, t give a
Bible, in three large folio volumes, with notes —
presented to me by the Rt. Rey. Thomds Wilson
Bifliop of Sodor and Mann.^ Io General De Is
Fayette, I give a pair of finely wrought Steel
Pistols, taken from the enemy in the revolution
ary war. To my Siflers-m Law, Hannah WaJb
in^ton, and Mildred Wafeingtcn,—to my friends
Eleanor Stuart, Hannah Wajhington, of Failfield,
and Elizabeth WaJbington of Hayfield, I give, each
a Mourning Ring, of the value of one hundred
dollars. These bequests are not made for the
ihtrinfic value of them, but as mementos of my
efleern and regard., Io Tobias Lear! give the
life of the farm which he now holds, in virtue
of a leafq from me to him and his deceased wife
(for and during their natural lives) free from
rent during his life 1 at the Expiration of which,
it is to be disposed of as is herein after directed.
To Sally B Haynie (a distant relation of mine)
I give and bequeath three hundred Dollar; —
To Sarah Green, daughter of the deccafed Thom
as Bifap and to Ann Walker, daughter of 7^
Alton, also deceased, I give each one hundred
Dollars, in tonfideration of the attachment of
their fathers to me ; each of whom having lived
nearly forty years in my family. To each of
my Nephews' William Anguine Wajhington,
George Lewis, Geo. Steptoe WaJhington, Bafcroa
Washington, and Samuel Wafbington, 1 give one
of the Swords or Cutteaux, of which 1 may die
p^leffed': and they are to choose in the order
they arc named. These (words arc a mpamed
with an injunction not to aniheath them lor the
purpose of (bedding blood, except it be for fell
defence, or in defence of their country and its
rights ; and in the latter case, to keep them un
(heathed, and prefer filing with them in their
hands so the relinquishment thereof.
I give and bequeath all the papers in my polTef
fion, which relate to my civil and military ad
niinifiration of the affairs of this country —1
leave to him also, such of my private Papers as
are worth prefrving ; and at the deccafe of niy
Wife, and before, if the is not inclined ro retain
them, I give and bequeath my library of Books
and Pamphlets of every kind,
bem. Having foldjauds which t poffeffikl in
the State of Penfylvania, and part of a trad: held
in equal right with George Clinton, late governor
of New York ; my Share of land and interest, in
the Great Difmaf Swamp, and a tra& of land
which I owned in the county of Glouceßcr —
withholding the legal titles thereto, until, the
consideration money Should be paid—and hav
ing moreover leafed, and conditionally fold-fas
will appear by the tenor of the said Icafes) all
my lands upon the Great Kenhawa, and a tra<R
upon Difficult Run, in the county of Loudoun;
it is my vfiLL and dir ection.that whensoever
the centra&s are fully and re fpcdivel, compli
ed with, according to the spirit, tfuc intent &
meaning rkerc<rf;to the part of the purchasers,
their heirs or assigns, that then, and in that case
Conveyances are to be made, agreeable to +e
terms of the said contracts, and the money ari
sing therefrom, when paid, to be veiled in Bank
Stock ; —the dividends whereof, a^ of that alio to
which isalready veiled therein, is to inure of
my said Wife during her life, but the Rock it,
itif is to remain and be fubjc€tto the general
distribution hereafter directed.,.
Item. To the Earl of Buchad, 1 recommit
" the Box made of the Oak that Sheltered the
great Sir William Wallace, after the Battle of
Falkirk"—prefented to me by bis Lord Ship, in
terms too flattering for me to repeat, with a re
quest " to pass it, on the event of my decease, to
the man in my country, who Should appear to
merit it bcR,. upon the fame conditions, that
have induced him to fend It to me." Whether
cafy or hot, to fcled the Man wh< might com
port with bis Lordfhip'sopinion in this refpe&,
is not for me to fay ; blit conceiving that no dis
position of this valuable curiosity can be more
eligible than the recommitment of it th his own
cabinet, agreeably to the original design of the
Coldfmiths' Company of Edinburgh, who, pre
sented it to him, and, at his request, eonfented
that it fnould be transferred to me—l do give
and bequeath the fame to his Lordship ; and,in
case of his decease, to his heir, with my grate
ful! thanks for the^ißinguilhed honor of pre
senting it to me, and more especially for the fav
ourablefentiments with which he accompanied it.
nine others, all in the Lottery of the deccafed
William Byrd, are given ; as is also a Loc which
I purchased of John flood, conveyed by Wil
liam Willie and Samuel Gordon, Trustees of the
fail John Hood, numbered 139, in the town of
Edinburg, in the county of Prince George, State
o ( Virginia,
Item. To my Nephew, RuJhrod IVaJhingtc#,
Hunting Creek, at the Gum Spring, untß it
comes to a know), opposite to an old road which
formerly passed through the lower field of
Muddy-Hole Farm; at which on the north
fide of the said road, are three red or Spotiilh
oaks marked as a corner, and a Rone placed—
thence by a line of trees, to be marked redtangr
ular, to the back line or outer boundary of the
traft Between Th?mtfon Mifon and mylelf—
thence with that line Latterly (now double ditch
ing, with a poR hnd rail fence thereon) to the
run of Little Hunting Creek—thence with th it
run, which is the boundary between the lands
of the late* Humphry Peake and me, to the tide
Crater of the said Creek—thence by that water
to Poromack River—thence with the river to
the motrh of Douge Creek—and thence with
the said Douge Creek to the place of begining
fit the aforefaid ford, containing upwards of four
thousand acres, be the fame more or less, to
gether with the Mansion House, and all othec
buildings and improvements thereon. Second,
In confederation of the confongtrinity between
them and my Wife, being as nearly related to
her as to myfelf ; as, on account of the affedlwn
I had for, and the obligation I was under to,
their father when living, who from his youth
had attached himfclf to my perfon,and followed
niy fortunes thrQUgh the vicissitudes of the late
Revolution, Afterwards devoting his time to the
superintendence of my private concerns for many
years, v hilft my public employments rendered
it impracticable for me to do it myfelf, thereby
affording me cßential services, and always per
forming them in a manner the mod filial and
respectful: for these reasons, 1 fay I give and
bequeath to Georg, Fayette Washington, and Law
rence Auguftint Wajhington, and their heirs, my
estate cast .of Little Hunting Creek, lying on
the river Potomack, including the farm of three
hundred and ,Sixty acres, leafed to Tobias Lear
as noticed before; and containing in the whole,
by deed, two thousand and twenty-Seven acres,
be it more or leSs ; which said estate, it is m,
will and detire Should be equitably and advan
tageoefly divided between them, according to
quantity,quality,and other circumftapces, when
the youngell Shall have arrived at the age of
of twenty -one years, by three judicious and dil
irtereßed men ; one to be chosen by each of
the brothers, and the third by these two. In
the mean time, if the termination of my Wife's
ititereft therin Should have ceased, the profits
fifing therefrom are to be applied for their joint
iifes and benefit* Third— And whereas it Las
Always been niy intention, Since my expectation
of having issue lias ceased, to confider the grand
children of my Wife in the fame light as I do
my own relations, and to act a friendly part by
them, more especially by the two whom we
have railed from their earliest infancy, namely,
Eleanor Park Cufis, & George Washington Park
Cuftis, and whereas the former of these has late
ly intermarried with Lawrence Lewis a son
of my deccafed filler, Betty Lewis, by which un
ion the inducement to provide for them both has
been inercafed—Wherefore i give and bequeath
% the said Lawrence Lewis, and Eleanor Park
Lewis, his wife, and their heirs, the residue of
my Mount Vernon eflate, not already devised,
to my Nephew BuShrod Washington, compre
hended within the following description, viz.—■
All the land north of the road leading from the
ford of Douge Run to the Gum Spring, as de
feribed in the devise of the other part of the
trad, to BuShrod Washington, until it comes to
the Roue and chrae red or Spanish oaks on the
knowl, thence with the rectangular line to the
hack line (between Mr. Mason and me) thence
with that line westerly along the new double
ditch to Dogue Run, by the tumbling dam of
my Mill, thence with the said run to the ford
aforemetioned: To which I add, all the land 1
possess weft of the said Dogue Run and Dogue
Creek, bounded easterly and Southerly there
by; together with the mill, diftilery, and all
other houses and improvements on the premises,
making together about two thousand acres, be
it more or less. Fourth —Actuated by the
principle already mentioned, I give and be
queath to George Washington Parle Cuftis,
the grandson of my Wife, and my ward; and
to his heirs, the trad I hold on Four Mile Run,
in the vicinity of Alexandria, containing one
thousand two hundred acres, more or less, and
my entire Square, No. ar, in the city of Wash
ington. Fifth—All the rest and residue of
my eßate real, and personal, not disposed of id
manner aforefaid, in whatsoever consisting,
wheresoever lying, and whensoever found, a
schedule of which as far as is recollected, with
a rcafonable estimate of its value, is hereunto an
nexed, I desire may be fold by my Executors,
at such times, in such manner, and cn such cred
its (if an equal, valid and fatisfadtory distribu
tion of the fpecific property cannot be made
without) as in their judgment Shall be mod con
ducive to the interest of the parties concerned ;
and the monies arising therefrom to be divided
into twenty-three equAl parts, and applied as
follows, viz.
To William AuguJlvie Wafongton, Elizabeth
Sfootsicocd, Jftue Thornton, and the heirs of Ann
AJbton, son and daughters of my deceased bro
ther Augufline WdJbington, I give and bequeath
four parts) that is one part to each of them; Td
Fielding Lewis; George Lewis, Robert Lewis, How
ell Lewis, and Betty Carter, sons and daughter
of niy deceased filler Betiy Lewis, I give and
bequeath five other parts, one to each of them :
To Georgt Steptoe ^aftiington, Lawrence Augufline
Wafeinfo, Harriot Parks, and the heirs of
Tb/rntun Wefbington, sons and daughters of my
deceased brother Samuel "Washington, I give and
bequeath hhcA four parts, one to each of
them : To Corbin Wafti gton, and the heirs of
Jane Wafsington, son and daughter of my de
ceased brother, John Augustine Wajhington, I
rive and bequeath two parts, one part to each
of them : To Samuel Wajkington, Francis ball, &
Mildred Haerfmd, son and daughters of my bro
ther Charles Washington, I give and bequeath
three parts, one part to each of them ; and to
George Fayrtte Wafoington, Charles Augustine
Washington, and Maria Washington sons and
daughters ts my deccafed nephew George Au
guftinc Washington, I give one other part;
that is to each a third of that part : To Eli
zabeth Park Law, Martha Park Peters, and
Eleanor Park Lewis,! give and bequeath time
other parts, that is a part to each of them ; Atd
to my nephew BuShrod Walhmgton and Law-