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conceive them to be objects worth 

 prosecuting), and to his heirs, a lot 

 in the town of Manchester, opposite 

 to Richmond, No. 265, drawn on 

 my sole account, and also the tenth 

 of one or two hundred acre lots, and 

 two or three half acre lots, in the 

 city and vicinity of Richmond, 

 drawn in partnership with nine 

 others, all in the lottery of the de- 

 ceased William Byrd, are given ; as 

 is also a lot which I purchased of 

 John Hood, conveyed by William 

 Willie and Samuel Gordon, trustees 

 of the said John Hood, numbered 

 139, in the town of Edinburgh, in 

 the county of Prince George, state 

 of Virginia. 



Item — To my nephew, Bushrod 

 Washington, I give and bequeath 

 all the papers in my possession, 

 which relate to ray civil and mili- 

 tary administration of the affairs of 

 this country; I leave to him also such 

 of my private papers as are worth 

 preserving ; and, at the decease of 

 my wife, and before, if she is not 

 inclined to retain them, I give and 

 bequeath my library of books and 

 pamphlets of every kind. 



Item — To the earl of Buchan I 

 recommit " the box made of the 

 oak that sheltered the great sir Wil- 

 liam Wallace, after the battle of 

 Falkirk ; presented to me by his 

 lordship, in terms too flattering for 

 me to repeat, with a request, " to 

 pass it, on the event of my decease, 

 to the man in my country who 

 should appear to merit it best, upon 

 the same conditions that have in- 

 duced him to send it to me." Whe- 

 ther it be easy or not to select the 

 man who might comport with his 

 lordship's opinion in this respect, is 

 not for me to say ; but conceiving 

 that no disposition of this valuable 

 curiosity can be more eligible than 



the re-commitment of it to his own 

 cabinet, agreeably to the original 

 design of the Goldsmith's company 

 of Edinburgh, who presented it to 

 him ; and, at his request, consented 

 that it should be transferred to me ; 

 I do give and bequeath the same to 

 his lordship ; and in case of his de- 

 cease, to his heir, with my grateful 

 thanks for the distinguished honour 

 of presenting it to me, and more 

 especially for the favourable senti- 

 ments with which he accompanied 

 it. 



Item. — To my brother, Charles 

 Washington, I give and bequeath 

 the gold-headed cane left me by Dr. 

 Franklin, in his will. 1 add nothing 

 to it, because of the ample provi- 

 sion I have made for his issue. To 

 the acquaintances and friends of my 

 juvenile years, Lawrence Washing- 

 ton and Robert Washington, of 

 Chotanck, I give my other two 

 gold-headed canes, having my arms 

 engraved on them ; and to each (as 

 they wUl be useful where they live) 

 Heave one of the spy glasses, which 

 constituted part of my equipage 

 during the late war. To my com- 

 patriot in arms, and old intimate 

 friend. Dr. Craik, I give my bureau ; 

 or, as the cabinet-makers call it, 

 tambour secretary, and the circular 

 chair, an appendage to my study. 

 To Dr. D. Stuart, I give my large 

 shaving and dressing-table, and my 

 telescope. To the reverend, now 

 Bryan loi-d Fairfax, I give a Bible, 

 in three large folio volumes, with 

 notes, presented to me by the right 

 reverend Thomas Wilson, bishop 

 of Sodor and Man. To general 

 dela Fayette, I give apair of finely- 

 wrought steel pistols, taken from the 

 enemy in the revolutionary war. 

 To my sisters-in-law, Hannah 

 Washington and Mildred Washing- 



