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Elias Nason, The Life and Times of Charles Sumner: His Boyhood, Education and Public Career., Appendix. (search)
Appendix.
Mr. Sumner's will.
The necessary petition for the probate of the will of Mr. Sumner was filed yesterday afternoon by Francis V. Balch, and will be acted on at the regular session of the court, which sits on Monday, April 6.
The will is written wholly by himself, in a handwriting at once bold, clear, and distinct.
Each page bears his signature, the name being written in the lower right-hand corner, after the manner of the old-style books, and evidently written as each page was finished.
The sheets are bound together at the top by a delicate purple ribbon.
Not a blot or erasure is discernible on the pages of the will; but the outside is much soiled, as if it had been used when partially folded to brush ink-stains from his desk.
It is in full as follows, says The Advertiser: --
The last will and testament of Charles Sumner of Boston, Massachusetts.
1. I bequeath to Henry W. Longfellow, Francis V. Balch, and Edward L. Pierce, as trustees, all my papers, manu