t he w ilming t on g a z e t t e three dollars per annum | i h'u k s [) a y v1 \ ncil 3 1800 vol iv no 166 i '.' hits " l i 11 w k (■' k i > k y a i i m a s l h ' '- thl will ok cis geo washington / ir mia fo'trfa . af i geokge df.neai.e clerk t,t fauf„x ti uuti ci mt do eerily that the luhlrqnriii tony e.l tiie lafl will c 1 tflaiu in « t lo o a u alb ingttui dfie.1 e.i late fit-fiden ol the united i..te > nf america vv.ili the schedule annesi'd ir a true i f , frmii the original recorded in my office in teflimony whereof i hive hereunto fet mv hand this 2jd dnv of january rscc george denlai-e c r c in tht name of god dmttt i george washing ion of mount vernon a cit zen nf the united si.tci and lately prtfi dent of the lame do mike ordain and declare tins inllrmnt nt wl ich is written wi'h my own bjnd and e very pige thereof iild'cnbed n iih my own name to iu mv lall vv ill and testament revoking all othera — imprimis all my deb's ol , which there are but few and none of magnitude are to be pm ftua.'ly and iperdiity paid nnd the legacies lereii ur diqueathed are io be cb d as loon as circumftances will mr and in the manner directed item to m deai ly bdov'td w if martha waflsingtun 1 give and be queath he life profit and bent fir of y whole eflate real and pirlonul r the term ot tier natural liie ex t pr lucb parts thereof a are fpecial ij difpnfed of hereafter — my im proved lot in the t«>wn of alexar 1 dria fitnated on pin nd cameron j llretts i give to her and her heirs for ever ; al i alfo do my houlehold and kitchen furniture of evir lort and kind with the liquors ard gro ceries v.liich may be on hai d at the time ol my deceafe to lie uled and slifpofed of av llie may think proper item upon the deceafe of my j wife it is my will aid lit fin ih,.t alt ihe flavcs which i hold in my •-■• •, r io fir fhall receive their f — - i dotn to emancipate them during herf'elf would though earnt illy walli ed by me be attended with fuch infupcrable d.fficulties on account ot tin ir intei mixture by marriages vi:h the dower negroes us to exiite tht moll painful ft nfations if riordilagtee ableci'nfcquei.ccn from thelatter w hilt boili delciiptiont are in the occupancy of the fame proprietor ; ir not beirg in my power under the tenure by which the dower negroes are held to manumit them jnd whet eas a niting thole who vt ill receive freedom accotding to ihisdivile ihere may be fome who from old ge or bodily in firmities iid oihtrs who on account of their infancy that will be unable to fupport themfelves it is my will and dt fire that all who come umli r the tii ft and fen nd defcription fliall be comfortably cloaibed and ltd by my heirs while they live ; and that lucli of ihe lairer defcriprion as have no parents tmg or if living nre unable or unwilling to provide for ihem fliall b botu.d by ibe curt ' hunt the lliall arrive at rhe ape of tweenty-five years ard in t.f where no record cm be produced whereby their age can bu afeirtain ed the judgment ol ihe court upon itsowii view ofthe futjeitt lliall be adequate and final the in groei thus bound are by heir m.ifftrs or biiftrcflt tu be taupf t to read ai d wriie and to be brought up to nine ulelul occupation agreeahly to the laws ot ibe coimjionveal h ot viigi nla providing for the fupport ol or phan nd otl er poor children — and i do hereby exprcmy torkudthe fale or tranlportation oui 1 1 the laid mm blcnweslth ot any lave i may die pi helled ( f nodi i any preteiie what • foe ver and 1 do moreover rm ft pointedly aid moft i'oleintiu enjoin it upon my exec ii i on hereafter i a n-t(j ni ibe lut vivi r of them o he tlm tin t ihi fr t ji m a g f a i i s ai.d every part • ise rei i i < n ligi id f fi ed ai tbe t pi i b at v i ii h ii is ui recletl to lake place will oil evafi os degltct nr di la alter tie crops wluili may tin be rn ihe ground are harvellcd particularly at it ui • in the original manufcrip gcr .* w'.-.nnngtoi n.'r was 7 i t the bittern tf tvny fute pedis the aped aad ir.firm i feeing that a rr.'i ! ir ami permanent lund lie eluldilhe i for thei ■ fiippt r as lout as ibere aie fubjeds requiring ii , not trnllinc io the uncertain pm vifion to be made by in ividii-ds : — and io my mulati > man william ctilline himfelf william lee i give immediate freedom or il he fliould |. rii-i n on bccounl ofthe accidents v i itdi luive befall-n bin and which hive rendered li'nn incapable of walk ing or of any at'tive employment to i remain in the it nation lie now is i fliall in option d in iiini to do lb , in either cale however i allow him an : annuity of thiny dollars during his natural iii winch will he inde pendent ot the victuals and viatbs he his been cnlfoined in receive it iie i chufe the lad alternative bui in full with his freedom if he prefers ! l tie tint .• and tliis i give iiini us a tel i i iiiioii *• of my fenfe t.f hi attachment | io ne aid fir ins fit ith fill cervices duiing the i evolutionary war luiu to the trutle.'s governors or by whatfotver other name tbey maybe dtfipnaied of ihe academy in the lovvnot alexandria i ni aid bequeath in truft four thouftiind dol lars or i oi lit r w.u ifs rvveiuy of the hares width i hid 1 in lie h»nk nf alexai'di is row ai ils t he luppnrt of a free fciiool eftuhliflied ar and an nexed io ihe faid academy for the purpofe ot educating fuch orphan children or the children of fuch o ther poor aud indigent perfons ai ire unable to accomplish it wiih their own means and who m the judgment of the uu lees of ihe laid fniiinary are ! belt im tied to the benefii of this do nation ttie nforel'aid twenty ftvires i give aid bequeath in perpetuity ; j i he di vi lends only of which are to be drawn br and applied hy ihe laid ' truftees for the time being for the i ult j ahive mentioned , the dock to i rt iniiin mtire am unioucbed unlefs j i indicium or la'di.r ol ibe foil bank fliould ie iii apparent or a difconti ' nuance hereof ihould render a re i iinivnl o'lhis lind neceflary in ei ■ ther ot hi ie r ies the amniuil of the flock he e deviled is n he veiled in j tome o e b'lnk oi public inltitlllion whereb tbe intereil in iy wiih iet>u i larity aid certainty he drawn audi applied as above i ami tn prevent mid ■ .,.' • n ii my uientiinc i ami is hereby fletlnrcd io he that ihete twenty flu re are in li i of and not io addition to ihe thoufuiul pounds men by be miflive letter lome years i ago i in conic queiu e whereof an ui nuiiy of fill pounds bus time been paid inwards the fupport ot this ia i it i — i luicn ] item whereas by a law of tbe commonwealth of virginia enacted in the year 17s the lcji ill.it lire tlme ol vuiv baled as an c .'• iit v t us approbation ut t lit fervice i baft ren dered il.e puhlic during ihe revolu 1 tion and partly i believe in confi 1 delation of my having fugged ed ihe advantages which the community | would derive from il.e cxteiifion ot j i s inland navigation under legiflative palionage n prefent nie willi 01 c hundred hares ot om hundred dollars eath in ibe incorporated company eltalilifhed for ihe purpofe of exieii.l ing tiie ncvi ation t,i iimes river liotn lide wiiirr 10 ift nioimiailis i — j aid allii withfilty fli arc s of one bun - died pounds tlerliug each in thecor pnraiion ot ni oilier rum pan likewife eltabliflicd foi the fimilar purpbfeol opening ihe navigation of the river j ' i'otomac from tide u-i'ter to fort cum i i ei land i the accep ance of which although the offer vvns highly 1 01 o ] nilde nd grateful to my feeing was ref ufed as mconfiitent with a pi inci j pl which i bail adopted and fad ie ! ver departed from namely noi to re | teive pet miary competilation for any 1st vices 1 could n laer mv country j iu in arduous flmggle wiih gieat i britain for i-s rights { awl becaufe i hid evaded fimilai propofiiions imm other hate in the union adding to this refulal however hii iniimau lion that if it hould be tbe pleafure id 1 in lit flat ure to pe noil me to ap propriate ihe fit iii bates to public ufes i would receive them on thofe trims wuh due enfibility 1 and ibis ii having contented to in flattering terms : ■ s will n je.ii hy a fuld'equent uv , ut.d 111 di v u lull aii ns in the moll ample and hoiorable manner 1 pint eed after ilu n-cital lor the inure torrea ondeiflm cling of the cala tin declare — ihni as it hai al ways 1 ten a innire nf lirrinus regret wi e 10 ue ihe youth ot the uni ied siiiies fent ro toteign countries tor the purpofe of ediicalion olren be fine ihtii blinds weie formed or , 1 i i-i had imbibed any adequate ideas ol ihe happinefs of theii own conirac 10 ■ ion frequently . 1101 onlv i.af its ul tlifl ; ation and < x ravuj am e but principles hi'.lnenuly io republican iverninent nnd to the true and im ■ ir.e i i tier t io of mankind , w ich reafter are rarely ivereoine r rio-ir re a fons it hai i i-.i my ai * in w ih to ic g plan devifed mi i ei il hale w hit b would i iv c a i : n ncy to fpread fyllema ic ideas thro pans ot this i'lfing einpii e ilojre to o ii\*-iv inrxl an r'umenr and te prejudices as lur asihe nature things would or indeed out'lit to mit from our ribmooal councils inking aiixim llv im w ml io the ic ' inplilhinent ol b defirablo an object ibis is in •• v eltiinati in my mind s iiui been able to eon emplate auv in mare likely toert'e.-t tive meafure in ihr efl.lhlifhmvllt of an unf il'il i 1 iua central part of the died stare to whirl the nuihs of rune an.l talents rem all parts ereof might be fen for rhe rom tion of their education in all the inches of polite liferaiu e . in rts i fcienees in acquiring knowledge thr pi inriples ot poll • s ami g o-i verumenr an i ' ia a muter of in iie importance in my juifmieni / ai i in it with ei'h other ami min dira i hips in juvenile years enabled ro free the delves m a ij'cr dejjeee from tin le local pre i as and habitual jednlies which e juft been meutiooe i , mil which rn to i ie ! it exc f a e nevei ling fon res of difq.ii tilde to ihe public mind and pregnant oi ] mili hievous confequences n tins couniry — undei thel iiupreflions fo tally dilate i , item i irive and bequeath in per petuity the fitly ihnes wh rh i hold in the potomac company under the aforefaid mss of rlie legifla nre n | virginia mwards theciidavvmeui otft an university to be efta lilifl d within the limits ot the litiic't ot columbia under the biii'.u es ofthe ' general government ihnnl ■ it incline im extend a tolterin i hiuui fwar is it ; and uniil i'icii feoiniiry js eltab u lifhed and tbe fund ari ing ou ibel'e bares hall be required tor its fup port iuy furiher will in i defer is that tbe profit aeeriiiii ylierefroui liall whenever ihe j is i ic-lisare n ade be laid out in purchaf'ng hock in the hank of colimrlsift or limie otlier bank at the difci'ttion of my execu mrs r by the treafurer ol tbe unit u etl states for the time being outer the direiftion nf c»n : i bled tliar honorable iii <;, hould panoiiize ilie mealure nnd rhe dividends prp feeding irom tiie ptircbafe of fuch hock and fo on until a fum ade quate to the aeeomplifhmem ol the object is obtained i of which i have not he finalleit doubt before many years pals away even if no aid oi en couragement is given by legiflative authority or fiomanv otber intirce item the hundred hues w hich i hold ill the james kivcr company i i iva given and now confirm in perpt tuity to 11 d f r the ufe and benefit of liberty hall academy in the county of rockbridge in the ! common w i ntth of virginia item i relcaf'e exonerate and cl charge the cfta'e of my deceafed i brother samuel walhington from » payment of be money which ue to me for he land i old to tip pendleton lying in the coun of dirkely who aftigned the fame to him the faid samuel who \ grecmeiii,«w»8 tu pay me there : and vhe.ea by lome con t the purport i f which was nc comiiiuiucared iu mij between aid samuel and nis inn i hum v ilhngton tiie la'ter became ltd d of the aforefaid land with out ai y conveyance having p.ll.d i from me either to ihe laid peudle ton itie laid samuel or the la tl i 1 in rutrn and without any couli tleiarion having been made by which i cglect reiiner the legal or cpiiu i hie title has been alienated ; ii rclls i i ik retire with me to declare my i intention concerning the premilc j and tittle are to give and bequeath the aid land to v hi n.li t ver tiie fii'd thornton wall ngton who is ulfo dead deviled the lame or to tiiv heirs i lever if he diet inteltafi ; exonerating the elt.ue o 1 tfaid rhornton equally wuh that lie laid samuel from payment of purchafe money which vvitli mien it agreeably to ifi original inrracl with the aid pendleton mild amount to more than a ihou • i pounds and whereas two o ier iiui of my laid deceafed hroihei samuel namely george s'ep-oe w.dliingtoo and lawrence auguf tine wafhingion were by the de teafe of thofe ia who'e c*re thev were commuted brougb under my pr ui-dlioii and ui confequence have nc 1 ined iilvincci nn my part for ! tier education ai college and other i ichoo 1 -, l r their byard clouting j i md o.r.er i c dental expences to the 1 amount nf near live thoufand lobars ; over and above the fun lurniih.-d by : their eflate wine lum it maybe i inconvenient for them or their fs \ tin r'i eftate t > refund i tin for i fi ir rtalo acquit them and tin faid cltate from the payment thereof — my attention being ih.it all at 1 conn 5 between hem me and their father's eftate and ine hall hand ba lanced item the balance due to me from ibe eftate ol bartholomew dandridge der my wife's brother and which amounted on the firft duy ot ociuber 1 79 j 10 four hundred and twenty ii*e pounds as will appear by an iceonm rendered by hii deceafed la fohn din vd ridge who was the acting executor of bis lather's will i releale an.l acquit froin r ht pay ment thereof i and the negroes then thirty three in number formerly belongon to the i iid e'faie who were rske'i in execu tion fold ail purchafe t in on my n count in the vear blink ind ever ince have remained in the poflcfhon ami to the nfe of mary widow ofthe faid bartholomew dandridge with rheir iucreafe it is uiv will and de li e fh dl continue and be in li e pol felliou without paving hire or n.ak iii i co-iipciiftrion for the fame tor the time paft or to eome during her natural lite ■, at die expiration of winch i tlireif diat all of them who are forty years ol i and upw.ir is fliall receive their freedom ; alt under in it age and above lateen lliall ferve feven years ami no longer i anj al under fikieen years lull ferve until thry aie twenty-five years of age and then hi tree an.l to hvoitl dip putes refpetfting the ages ot any of thefe negroes they are to be taken into the court ot tue county in which may red ic aud ihe judgment there of in this relation lhall lie fi ml and record thereof made which may be adduced as evident it my time there after it difputes fhould arife con cerning the came and 1 further di red that the heirs of ibe aid bu tholoui dltldridgo fhill equally rtinie the benefits ariliug from he ferriees of the fkid i:*,---:-s accordtau in the tenor of this tlevife upon tne deceafe of their mother item if charles carter who in termarried wiih my niece betty lew is is noi liittieii-iitly leciired in tilt tule loitie litis he had of me in r u town of krederickftmrg it is m will and defire thac my executor 1 lhall nuke fuch conveyances of them as the law rstpiirei to render u perlejt j item to tny nephew william aucuitine wafhtngron and to his heirs it he ihould conceive them to be objects worth proferuiing a lot in ihe town of m'inchefter oppoiite to ki hniond no a j drawn on my inie account an.l alio che tenth ol one or two hundred acre lots and two or three half acre lots in the city ami vicinity ol richmond drawn iu pirtneifbip with nine orhers all in ihe lotury ofthe deceafe william byi.l are riven as is alio a lot winch i porchaled of john hood 1 conveyed by william willie and samuel gordon trultees of the iii rl i john hood numbered 139 in the town nt kdiiiburgh in the county ol prince george ftate mi virginia i iiem to niy nephew knfhrndl walhington igiveaih bequeath all the papers in my pofleftloll which ! relate tu my civil and • military ad miniltiaiioii o the atfiirs of tins country i leave 10 him alfo inch of my private papers a-i are worth pre lerving ; and ai ilia deceale of my j wile ; and before if fhe is not in ; cline i 11 reiain them i give ami i bequeath mv library of books and [ pamphlets of every kind ! it«m having fold lands which i , piiilelled in the lt.ue of pennfylvania anil pari of a tract held iu equal right with george clinton late mivernor of "* ew york in the lt.ue nl new ymk ; my hare •! lam nd intereft iu ilie ire.it difinul swamp nnd a 11 wt ol i md whieh i owned in the county of gloucefter — wiihholiling i the legal titles thereto until the com li leraiiou money ihould be paid — and 1 having moreover lealcd andconditi ,' omtlly fold as vvill appear by the te nor ofthe laid lea pes all inv lands up ' on the great kenhawa and a traiit n mi difficult run in he county ol loudoun i is my will and direc inm that wneuioevcr the contracts are fully and refpetftively complied with according to the fpirit true in i iem mt meaning thereof on the pan 1 ot ilie puicii.ov'i s their heirs or r.i [ ' figus that then and in that c;,fe i nces are to l»e mode agree m e terms ot ihe fatal ennrraeis money arifine thei'ttroin • id to he vrlted in tunic ttie dividends whereof as of , which i already veiled is io inure to my faid wife lu lite hut the rock itfelf is i and he fubjeel to the pe ritiniion hereafter direc-led to the earl ot buehnn f t •' the hok made tit the oik eretl the great lir ivs llinm after tbe battle of falkirk — pidente i io me by hit lordfhip in tern-l too rli:teriiii for ine to repeiir with a requeff •' to pals ir nn ue even ot my jecc.tfe to tbc man in uiy ulltry who ihould appear to met-i ti belt upon i lie fame condi ci on that have induced him to feud it to se whether eafy or nor to fetc'-olie man who nii:;!ic comport wira hit lortl hip's opinion in ihn re ij'ccf ii not lor me to lay ; hue con reiving thsr no dil'poii.iou of this val uable ciiriufity ran be mure eligible ilnn the recommitment ol it to bit ov>n cabinet ngreeably to the origi na tleli.'ii of the goldfniitli's . onuuiiy of tilinburg who prefented it ro him ami at hit recpielt confenied that it flvuld be transferred to inc i da giv unit bequeath the fame to hie lnrciliip i ami in cafe of his decent lo til heir with mv grateful thanks tortile diltinguifhed nonor of pre fening it o me . and more elpecial ly hr the favorable fentiments witfi vvhtli he acco'iipanied ir item to my brother charles wafh ingtin i give ami bequeath ibe gold heated cane itti me by dr franklin iu lis will i add nothing to it be 1 caul of the ample provifion i b.iva male for his iflue to the ac quaititaucei and friends of my jove ink years lawrence wafh nit'ors aud kalian walhington ot7 coo tanik i give my oilier two gold healed canes having my arms en grn?cd on them , and to each a hey will he ufeful where they live i leave one of llae i'pv t>l.*lles which outi'uted part of my equipage du ring the iste wtr to my compstrif oi iu anus and old and intimate friend dr craik i give my bureau pir at the c-ub'iiet makers call ir tambour secretary uitel the circular c hair urs appendage of my study to dr da vid stuart 1 give my large htvuifr and iretliiin table and my telelcope it die rccrrnd now cliyi.ii lord kairl •*., i give a bible in three largo folio volumes with notes — prelent ed to ine by the right rerpreml tho mas vvillou bifhop of sutler ami man to general de la kay cue i liive a pair of finely wrought leel piltols taken from the enemy in the revolu tionary war to my fi ters in-law hannah wafhiugtoii ant mildred walhington — to my friends kleanor stuart hannah walhington of fair field and elizabeth wafhiugtoii of hayfield i give each a mourning ring nf the value ol ohe hundred dollars thefe beqiiells are no made for rhe intrinfic value of them but a 11104 iitsmenti of my elteein autl regard to tobias lear i give the ufe of the farm which he now holds in virtue of a leale from me to kirn and his de cerned wife for and during their na tural livts free from rent during hit life ; at the expiration of whieh it is to be dilpuled of as is herein nf ter direc'ted to sally b haynie a diftant relation of mine i give fc bequeath three hundred dollars to sarah green daughter of the deceaf ed thomas bifhop and to ann walk r daaghter uf john alton alfo de cealed i give each one hundred dal lars in confideration of ttie attach ment ot their fathers to me ; each of whom hiiviiiir lived nearly tony years in my family to each of my ne phews william auguftiiie walh ingtmi george lewis george step tae walhington lulluad waftiing ton ami samuel wafhtngton i gi*a one f the fwords or eut leans of which i may die polletlet ; and tbey are to choole in the order ttiey are named thefe wonls are acenmpa nied with an iujuoc'iinn not to tin flieath them for the purpofe of hetl ding blood except it we for felt de fence or in defence of ibeir country and its rights 1 ami in the htier rale to keep them urifliea'lied and prefer falling with them in their hands to tho reliutiuifliiiient thereof ami now having gone through thefe fjiecific denies with explana tions for the mors correi't underftaud ing o the meaning and defiun cd them i proceed to tiie diftribution 1 1 he more important parisol my citate in manner following s kirlt to my nephew bufhrod wufhiucton and hnt heirs partly in co dnlerniion of an intimation 10 bin deceafed father while e were bachelors and he had kindly under taken ta fuperinteiid my eit-ie during