Richard Hinton

John Brown and His men Richard Hinton

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1894 edition. Excerpt: ...this as my own true last will and testament. I will and direct that all my property, being personal property, which is scattered about in the States of Virginia and Maryland, should be carefully gathered up by my executor, hereinafter appointed, and disposed of to the best advantage, and the proceeds thereof paid over to my beloved wife, Mary A. Brown. Many of these articles are not of a warlike character, and I trust as to such, and all other property that I may be entitled to, that my rights and the rights of my family may be respected. And lastly, I hereby appoint Sheriff James W. Campbell, executor of this, my true last will, hereby revoking all others. Witness my hand and seal this 2d day of December, 1859. John Brown. seal. Signed, sealed, and declared to be the true last will of John Brown, in our presence, who attested the same at his request, in his presence, and in the presence of each other. John Avis. Andrew Hunter. Codicil--I wish my friends, James W. Campbell, sheriff, and John Avis, jailer, as a return for their kindness, each to have a Sharpe's rifle of those belonging to me, or, if no rifle can be had, then each a pistol. Witness my hand and seal this second day of December, 1859. John Brown. seal. Signed, sealed, and declared to be a codicil to the last will and testament of John Brown, in our presence, who attested the same at his request, in his presence, and in the presence of each other. Andrew Hunter. John Avis. This will was written on a plain white quarter sheet of paper, with the usual faint blue lines, but with no side-rulings or other customary incidentals of a legal document. The seals were merely pen-scrawls inclosing a small circular space in which was placed the word " seal." The black ink in which the body of the...