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The Daily Dispatch: January 16, 1865., [Electronic resource], Virginia Legislature. (search)
th 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 furthr 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 intention, moved to the opposite side of the table and sat alongside of his attention, when, in an instant, the will was handed to Annie, with the leaves all opened, rammed into the hot stove, Mr. Craven pushed on one side, the light put out, and the will, before he could interfere, destroyed forever. "The will has n