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The Daily Dispatch: January 16, 1865., [Electronic resource], Virginia Legislature. (search)
ho resided near St. George's, was burnt under the following singular circumstances: Mr. Jamison, recently deceased, had left his large estate, about a hundred thousand dollars in value, principally to his sons; leaving his daughters, three in number, only six thousand dollars each, coupled with the strange condition that that amount should be forfeited if they married without the consent of the executor, Mr. Thomas J. Craven. The will was drawn by Charles B. Lore, Esq., and witnessed by Mr. Eli Biddle. It was read after the burial of Jamison. "A few evenings afterwards the young ladies sent for Mr. Craven, and desired to look at the will. He went there and found a hot fire in the stove, a table opposite, with seats on the side near the stove for the ladies, and on the further side from the stove for himself. One of the ladies stated that she wished to examine some items, and requested the will to be handed to her. Mr. Craven complied with her request, but suspecting her inten