The Will of Samuel Appleton: With Remarks by One of the Executors

Գրքի շապիկի երեսը
J. Wilson & Son, 1853 - 32 էջ
 

Այլ խմբագրություններ - View all

Common terms and phrases

Սիրված հատվածներ

Էջ 22 - Signed, sealed, published, and declared by the said Benjamin Thompson, as and for his last will and testament, in presence of us, who, at his request, in his presence and in the presence of each other, have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto.
Էջ 11 - Seventy five years, and being of sound mind and memory do make publish and declare this my last will and testament in manner following that is to say...
Էջ 22 - Executors of this my last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all former & other Wills by me heretofore made. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal the Fourteenth day of May, in the Year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twelve.
Էջ 4 - He composed himself for this purpose. and sunk into slumber. In a few moments, however, Mrs. Appleton was alarmed by his louder breathing; she ran to his bedside and summoned an attendant. He was lying in the same attitude of repose. He was sleeping, but " the sleep that had fallen upon him so gently was the sleep of death !" His mind retained its vigor and clearness to the last, and up to the closing hours of his life he had been employed on thoughts and plans of beneficence. The sinking sun went...
Էջ 20 - All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, real, personal and mixed, of which I may die seized or possessed, or to which I may be entitled, I devise and bequeath to my beloved wife, Elsie H.
Էջ 19 - The residue is distributed among the children and grandchildren of his brothers and sisters. There are many who are liberal after their death, who give wisely, perhaps, that which they can no longer retain. Mr. Appleton will be remembered as one who all his days made use of prosperity to promote the welfare...
Էջ 4 - He died without issue, at his residence in Boston, July 12, 1853, having just entered on the eighty-eighth year of his age. His death was as tranquil as his life. He had always dreaded a lingering dissolution, and his desire that the last hour might come suddenly was granted. On the last morning of his life, he enjoyed his usual health. During the day he had suffered some pain and uneasiness, but the remedies applied had relieved him, and he said, "I will now try to sleep.
Էջ 3 - ... find that my first act, on learning his death, is the revocation or curtailment of a bequest made in his favor, and which, if he had survived me, would have eventually benefited her who was nearest and dearest to him. The will must stand as it is." He died without issue, at his residence in Boston, July 12, 1853, having just entered on the eighty-eighth year of his age. His death was as tranquil as his life. He had always dreaded a lingering dissolution, and his desire that the last hour might...
Էջ 20 - I do authorize, empower and direct my executors hereinafter named, or such of them as shall qualify, by an accounting with the said Charles E.
Էջ 20 - I feel sure that they will strictly comply with the same; and, in default of any such directions from me, I have confidence in their making such a disposition and distribution of said property as they will think would be most likely to meet my approbation.

Բիբլիոգրաֆիական տվյալներ