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them provided she shall be under no obligations, except 

 of her own free will and accord to make any dividend 

 or advances to them, only as before provided in case 

 of her again marrying — my object being, that during 

 their minority, she should maintain the same control 

 over my children in all things, that I now do myself — 

 And that during her life time, that she should main- 

 tain the same control, and exercise all the rights and 

 immunities that I now do over my property — And in 

 doing so, and accepting the provisions of this will, that 

 she shall relinquish all other rights or claims to my 

 estate — I view a wife, as a joint partner in business, 

 entitled to control the property, and bound to pay the 

 debts of the death dissolved partnership — 



Item 8 — It is my wish that the least possible expense 

 compatible with a decent observance of the forms and 

 ceremonies of society, be made about my funeral, and 

 that no change whatever be made in the dress of my 

 surviving relatives on account of my death — The only 

 monument that I wish should mark my burial place, 

 is a fruit tree planted by the hands of each of my 

 children, at proper distances from my grave, and such 

 fence as may be necessary to protect their growth — 

 Thus as I decay and turn to earth, 

 That something good may have a birth — 



Item 9 th I hereby revoke and anul all former wills, by 

 me at any time or place before made — And I confirm 

 this my present and last will with my hand and seal 

 at Lake Court House in the County of Lake and State 

 of Indiana, this twentyfifth day of February Eighteen 

 hundred and forty, in presence of the undersigned 

 witnesses, to whom I have made known that this is 

 my last will — 



Solon Robinson — [Seal] 



Witnesses 

 John H Bradley 

 Sam l C. Sample 

 Signed in the presence of the 

 testator & of each other 



