Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-07-28
DEEDS OF THE DEAD
Those Brittle and Breakable Things
Called Wills.
REQUESTS OF NOTABLE PEOPLE
Searching the Flies Of the Register
a,.s.,:, :, - eft Wins. ~, = ;-,.,;-.,
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SOME. QUEER -DOeU j
REQUESTS OF NOTABLE PEOPLE
SOME. QUEER ~DO9UMENFa

ms iAOweveS, hoNH % Wuch 10 tne stranger
T.sisins the capital as to thu. citizen q The
S:.,.r .,S.SI oHS so".'.s.s ups many,
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k..,rs,s@ -. ps"s ecure. Isenae u ne 2.
$500. 80 e 70. ssea,; see'
- - - 100 tee ssoasazn&.
80 80! = g tnS Metes .mtessnn0 y tAs7
<Ihere hardy z roen IN the hniidfnG, hut
that 10, Tor one easass- Or a1sehor a. 49,
Sr.ss trxfs irtss,r.s.,s. ., ,e,~..,SG .sr-
t,actS WI;n a.: .xSS::s,.,sn - 49,.
Coutt, every court o. local juirrsss6tefiep -.
Ma. .hNn,e. n ise otsy h.n -.Hie - ,sc.t
ao.,.t.. are - 49,. 4" -. 49, =:
Use Distffst, and yet there Ii one to which
People are rarely attracted, except. When
intimately connected WITH ease. .ri.t,,.-
theren: That court u ths Probate Court
gar as II ID eonettnes termed. the 0rphAns'
Govt. -. . = -. - = -.
!; 1Ykrfs, court- has. ,ts hoxn. q,
Known A ,he- $1,000 A. ~. "ns.r..- 70
,tnof- bYffce are nSSs ~. ~,,rS - . 49, ~
die hers or. -. N.ys go. - -. 80
: Conisa to- axe Ga 49, e an ~ nsre.
aeorE 49, III. sHe.s .. tAe WE -of-
esr1se sSrs atsnS pus vao, $40. reaf-
ma ia. fns - ~ - St are
tSs ssntE nasAa osen atsd. y lsM. az
Wy WY ihauen&snoh OF the. DfSfrict Of
-eoi"n'oia- - 49, .---r-.~- 4 -
- .Eaa>sSSiains, Ard l.strl.csaxe.,..
p.A : Z
- s0e @.fiiqa@SfAn ana tue student Of
hsfneh nature these papers, speaking the
dying wtshes' Of the Departed ana IN many
instances noytraSin& ~. ~. =. -.
dAc.a..S -. 80, 80 OF ene
.ests isNn1ohs' pefnaps. than
AM oshe1 WRITINGS, could, are Of the great
>est interest. Bays, even menths could he
spent In an .eatertainins AND not mfrs
'queHrfy an instructive axarpysxa tton or th~re-
last words and wisiaeF of those who nave
Joined the great maiarity There are fIs1i
the willis Of many OF thu sreat men ga
women Of this hand. The, copy ~ Md there
0f the viii Of him whose name tbs city
bear4. the Immortal Washtnrsorr the ocisr. A
Il " wAsnnS ton- ,nevh& been nfed
fson,s one OF the swsefest and most era-
-etons- ~ the many noble women who have
-, .rs ms Ho1SS: y Eseo tnese.s The
zJacfsoue ~ daesS th<r~ 49, re. =
wills of more than one of the other Presi-
dents OF this country.
Inc ME. paper' however. nled m the Of
, ~ SIi"nss 70 ~, not VII nut an
$500 ,un, sppr ehncShlp. was nteo
=, ~ -, 80, a. ,ns IeV4yn SO Is staue1
=. 800 , u ons !" "ne" SMisn, oi
= Sn,s..nS~ "a , ~. Suiitu We
th.t S.w 80 or. rarls,ios Elm n W p ninl on
SS;nree .A,rre. -. Vne N,xHaro
fa.1 S,,,s 80 ~ 80. son %. VIZ 10y
sa.Ior Srf,sS- Gs. ~, M. Nc saat 'ne
ev En- H. Cvr.txA
-srt traaa I'D mr.,srw !" 'Sn III. III
.,nannsr -, onr,snt,o, INC
.t,n,,c. @e,ra,- ,,,1f =. rnsnt.r men -. All
arc, or twenty-ene years" The indsnture
e1,,n- r.cita. th.t :d,.ir.~ III .,.tot 60.
.,ha eta .rn,ant;n. h,s .aiS mas.sr ta,.htu
shall serye his secrets Ecsn and h,s i. rt,,,
corr ms mas everxwbere ohey He shall not
contract matrinony within the said term. He
shall not piay at cards dice or any other
unlawful game whereby his master NAV
have damage. with his own goods. nor the
goods Of others, without license from his
the said master .at the EXPIRATION thereof
shall and will furnish the said apprentice
with a suit of clothes and a set Of bench
x,n
VIII" VI
Among the earlier wills filed are those Of
Motley Young. David Burns. Joel BARLOW
ana o,ber or,gin., nronr,ators ~ the ME
.nu ,Ip, y, e
'rlct. Ana 10 these Wits almost daily rerer-
ence is made by lawyers and others engaged
in searching titles to District real estate
or course these old willis are ouaintJv
drawn in terms and phrases which at this
Iate dav annear more than odd and an
tinustej YET as a ruJe these ancient wills
wsre drawn with narticuIar nrecision and
minuteness' and many of them are TODAY
models in their line. That which is per-
maps generally regarded as the model WIN
Of P fn1 Esrron os Huddinaton datsd ma Ua'
cember ~, 1915. 1t was said TO have been
drawn by William Hickey, who was then
the engrossins clerk OF the Senate. The
:, ,e"ns ,ro hai, no. an
its great length.
One of the earliest wills filed was that of
Mary Young, dated February Is, lS''. In
~. uaS s -, sH,..I Hers ~ me us
reads. ITO nv niece I give NV neero W.
man, Nell, wife to her servant Charles
with their children. and to each OF my
eps Ts oe nesio man OF ieo, 70 oe desIs-
recoer;zsd the fde,itv Of her s,.vas ia
sought to reward them is evidenced nv
this provision of her will: Il grant to my
negro woman. Mary. commonly called Jet.
her liberty after my decease. and charge
my estate with the obligation of paying to
her annually three barrels Of corn; and like
wise I give liberty to her daughter Rose
and Roses husband Will, and their son
Jack. In those days a barrel of corn evil
IDENTIFY meant much more and went a great
deal further than 1t does today. And dol
lar, too, evidently meant more and went
further than it does today. for another
provision OF the will provides that $40 shall
be given to the most regular of the servants
Of the deceased or divided between them
and the neighboring poor by the spiritual
adviser Of the deceased woman.
oueer Aut,uathx tn Nam.