| 1802 - 440 pages
...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...would, though earnestly wished by me, be attended with such insuperable difficulties on account of their intermixture by marriages with the dower negroes,... | |
| Aaron Bancroft - 1807 - 576 pages
...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« written •t the bottom of every page.... | |
| Aaron Bancroft - 1808 - 584 pages
...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 at the bottom of every page.... | |
| John Corry - 1809 - 262 pages
...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....would, though earnestly wished by me,: be attended with such insuperable difficulties, on account of their intermixture by marriages with the dower negroes,... | |
| David Ramsay - Presidents - 1811 - 522 pages
...decease of my wife, it is my will and tlesire, that all the slaves which I hold in my uu-n rig/it, shall receive their freedom. To emancipate them during...would, though earnestly wished by me, be attended with such insuperable difficulties, on account of their intermixture by marriages with the dower negroes,... | |
| George Washington - United States - 1837 - 644 pages
...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....would, though earnestly wished by me, be attended with such insuperable difficulties, on account of their intermixture by marriage with the dower negroes,... | |
| George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1837 - 650 pages
...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....would, though earnestly wished by me, be attended with such insuperable difficulties, on account of their intermixture by marriage with the dower negroes,... | |
| George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1837 - 654 pages
...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....would, though earnestly wished by me, be attended with such insuperable difficulties, on account of their intermixture by marriage with the dower negroes,... | |
| George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1837 - 658 pages
...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....would, though earnestly wished by me, be attended with such insuperable difficulties, on account of their intermixture by marriage with the dower negroes,... | |
| Julius Rubens Ames - Antislavery movements - 1837 - 716 pages
...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 life, would, though earnestly wished, be attended with such insuperable difficulties, on account of their intermixture by marriages with... | |
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