 | 1802 - 440 pages
...hand at the time of my decease, to be used and disposed of as she may think proper. Item. — Upon the decease of my wife, it is my will and desire, that all the slaves which I hold in my own right, shall receive their freedom. To emancipate them during her life, would,... | |
 | David Ramsay - 1807 - 486 pages
...hand at the time of my decease, to be used and disposed of as she may think proper. Item. — Upon the decease of my wife, it is my will and desire, that all the slaves which I hold in my own right shall receive their freedom. To emancipate them during her life would,... | |
 | Aaron Bancroft - 1807 - 576 pages
...on hand at the time of my decease, to be used and disposed of as she maythink proper. Item. — Upon the decease of my wife, it is my will and desire that all the Slaves which I hold in my own right shall re* In the origin»l manufcript, GIOICE WAIBINcTON'I oam« wa«... | |
 | Aaron Bancroft - 1808 - 584 pages
...hand at the time of my decease, to be used and disposed of as she may think proper. Item. — Upon the decease of my wife, it is my will and desire that all the Slaves which I hold in my own right shall • In the original manuscript, George Washington's name wa« written... | |
 | John Corry - 1809 - 262 pages
...hand at the time of my decease, to be used and disposed of as she may think- proper. " Item. — Upon the decease of my wife, it is my will and desire, that all the slaves which 1 hold in my own right shall receive their freedom. To emancipate them during her life would,... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1837 - 654 pages
...hand at the time of my decease, to be used and disposed of as she may think proper. Item. — Upon the decease of my wife, it is my will and desire that all the slaves whom I hold in my own right shall receive their freedom. To emancipate them during her life would,... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1837 - 658 pages
...hand at the time of my decease, to be used and disposed of as she may think proper. Item. — Upon the decease of my wife, it is my will and desire that all the slaves whom I hold in my own right shall receive their freedom. To emancipate them during her life would,... | |
 | George Washington - 1837 - 644 pages
...hand at the time of my decease, to be used and disposed of as she may think proper. Item. — Upon the decease of my wife, it is my will and desire that all the slaves whom I hold in my own right shall receive their freedom. To emancipate them during her life would,... | |
 | Julius Rubens Ames - 1837 - 716 pages
...Hence frequent collisions, obstinate, envenomed, and bloody contests. — Fareveil Address, 1796. Upon the decease of my wife, it is my will and desire that all my slaves, which I hold in my own rigM, shall receive their freedom. To emancipate them during her... | |
 | 1837 - 340 pages
...the door of the apostle as a preacher to labouring people and slaves." • WASHINGTON'S WILL. Upon the decease of my wife it is my will and desire that all my slaves, which I hold in my own right, shall receive their freedom. To emancipate them during her... | |
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I hold in my* own right shall receive their freedom. To emancipate them during her life would, though earnestly wished by me, be attended with such insuperable difficulties, on account of their intermixture by... 
