The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-08-11

CULATION OF ALL THE OTHER DAILY.
NEWSPAPERS OF THE CITf.
Tie wiHl Of Charles Dickens.
The following is copy in full of the will
of Charles Dickens which has just been
made public:
CT, Charles Dickens, of GadshilLp place,
Highan, in the county of Kent, hereby re-
yoke all my former wills and codicils, and de-
clare this to be my last will and testament:
/ give the sum Of El, 600, free OF legacy
| duty, to Miss Ellen Lawless Ternan, late Of
Houghton-place, Ampthill-square, III the
county Of Middlesex. give the sum of
nineteen guineas to my faithful old servant,
Mrs. Anne Cornelius. / give the sum Of
nineteen guineas to the daughter and only
child of the said Mrs. Anne Cornelius. 1
| give the sum of nineteen guineas to each
and every domestic servant, male and fe-
male, who shall be in my employment at
| the time Of my decease, and shall have been
in my employment for not less period Of
| time than one year. l give the sum
OF $1,000, free Of legacy duty, to my
daughter, Mary Dickens. l also give
to NV said daughter Mary an annuity Of
e300 a year during her life, If she shall so
| long continue unmarried, such annuity to
be considered as accrlling from day to day,
| but to be payable half-yearlys the first. Of
such half-ycarly payments to be made at Inc
expiration of six months next after my de-
cease. If my said daughter Mary, shall
marry, such annuity shall cease, and In that
case, but in that case only, my said daugh-
| ter shall share with my other children in
the provision hereinafter made for them. 1
give to my dear sister-in-laW, Georgina Ho.
garth, the sum of GS, 600, free of legacy duty.
also give to the said Georgina Hogarth all
my personal iewelry not hereinafter mem
toned, and all the little familiar objects from
my writing-table and my room, and she Will
know what to do with those things. | also
give to the said GeOrgina uoSarth all
my private papers whatsoever and
wheresoeyer, and leave her my CRATE
full blessing, rs the best and truest
friend man ever had. ] give to my eldest
son Charles my library of printed books
and my engraVings and prints. l also give
to my said son Charles the silver salyer pre-
sented to me at Birmingham, and the silver
cup presented to me ut Edinburgh, and my
shirt studs, shirt pins, and sleeye-buttons ;
and bequeath unto my said son Charles
and my son Henry Fielding Dickens the
sum of sES, 900 upon trust to invest the same,
and from time to titiie to vary the invest
ments thereof, and to pay the annual IN.
come thereof to NV wife during her life,
and after her deccase the said sum Of gS, 900
and the investments thereof shall be in
trust for my children tbut subject as to my
daughter Mary to the proviso hereinbefore
contained), who, being son or sons, shall
have attained or shall attain the age OF
twenty-onc wears, or, being daughter or
daughters, shall have attained or shall at
tain that age, or be previously mar
ried, in equal shares il more than
one. I give my watch lt1e gold
repeater prcspntcdsto me at Coventry, and
l give the chains and seals, and all appen;;
darcs have worn with it, to my dear and
trlIsty friend John Forster, Of Palacc-gatc-
house, Kensington. in the county Of Mid
dlcscX aforesaid. And / also give to the
said John Forster such manuscripts Of my
published works rs may be in my posses
sion at the time OF my ueccasc. And de-
wise and beaucath all my real and personal
estate Except such rs is vested III me as a
trustee OF mortgayee) unto the said Geor-
i gina Hogarth and the said John Forster,
| their heirs, executors, administrators, and
assigns respectively, upon trust that they,
the said Georgina Hogarth and John Fors-
ter, or the survivor Of them, or the eXecu-
tors or administrators of such survivor, do
and shall at their. his, or her, uncontrolled
and irresponsible direction, either proceed
l to an immediate sale or conversion into
money of the said real and personal estate
(including my copyrights), or defer and
! postpone any sale or conversion INTO money
iiii str rfe q ssss Us they, ne; OF Sans she,
shall think fit, and in tic mean
manage and let the said real aud personal
estate Gncluding my copyrights) in such
I manner in all respects rs l myself
could dorif were living and acting there,
in. it being my intention that the trustees
or trustee for the time being of this my
will shall have the fullest power over the
said real and personal estate which can
give to them, him, or her. And l declare
Chat until the said real and personal estate
Shall be sold and converted into money, the
rents and annual income thereof respec-
lively shall be paid and applied to the per-
son or persons in the manner and for the
purposes to whom and for which the annual
income of the moneys to arise from the
sale or conversion thereof into money
would be payable or applicable under this
my will in case the same were sold or ccn-
yerted into money; and / declare. that my
real estate shall, for the purpose OF this any
will, be considered as converted into per-
sonaIty upon my decease; and / declare
| that the said trustees or trustee for the time
being do and shall, with and out of the mo-
neys which shall come to their, his, or her
hands under or by virtue Of this my will
and The trusts thereof, pay my just debts,
funeral and testamentary expenses, and le-
gacics. And / declare that the said. trust
funds, or so much thereof rs shall remain
after answering the purposes aforesaid, and
the annual income thereof, shall be in trust
for all my children (but subject, as to my
daughter Mary, to the proviso hereinbefore
contained), who, being a son or sons, shall
have attained or shall attain the age oi
| tWenty-one years, and, being q daugh-
ter or daughters, shall have attained
or shall attain that age, or be previously
l married, in equal shares if more thun one
provided always, that as regards my copy
rights and the produce and profits thereof,
my said daughter Mary, notwithstanding
the proviso hereinbefOre contained with re.
ference to her, shall share with my other
children therein whether she be married or
not and devise the estates vested in nc
ut my decease as trustee or mortgage unto
| the use of the said Georgina uogarth and
John Forster, their heirs and assigns, upon
the trusts and subject to the equities affect
Ii ing the same respectively and / appoint
the said Georgina Hogarth and John Fors-
ter eXccutriX and executor of this my will;
and guardians of the persons of my chill
dren during their respective minorities ;
and, lastly, as 1 have now set down
| the form of words which my legal ad-
yisers assure me are necessary to the plain
objects of this my will, i solemnly enjoin
INV dear children always to remember how
much they owe to the said Georgina Ho-
garth, and never to be wanting in q CRATE
| ful and aiiectionate attachment to her, for
they know well that she has been through
all the stages of their growth and progress
their eyer-llseful, seE-denying, and devoted
friend. And desire here simply to record
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