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Chapter VII: Wills of Famous Americans (8)

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Windsor, Thomas, will of, 32;
torches to be held by poor men at his burying and _monethe’s minde_, 32;
one hundred children at his _monethe’s minde_, 33;
priests to sing at his _monethe’s minde_, 33.

Wine, will of citizen of Berne to control price of, 118.

Winslow, Frederick Christian, singular provision regarding his horses, 93.

Winslow, Mary Chilton, will of, 453.

Winter, beneficiary not to wear underclothes in, 159.

Withipol, J., will of, 81;
a contrite spirit, 81.

Witnesses, importance of, 4;
not interested in the instrument, 8.

Wives, beautiful sentiments to, 82, 83;
desired to be buried between his two, 132.

Woeltge, Albert, makes mutual will with wife, 85.

Woeltge, Mary Louise, makes mutual will with husband, 85.

Woman, not to be buried near a, 131;
first monument in United States to a, 213.

Woman Hater, a, 131.

Women, property rights of, 75-78.

Word, omission of important, 190.

Words, legal distinction between, in wills, 3.

“Working with a Will,” 220.

Wrapping-paper, a valid will on, 168.

Wyatt, Surgeon-Major, buried in full-dress uniform, 154;
no mourning to be used, 154, 155.

Wyndsore, Lady Alice, will of, 31;
provides for funeral and burial, 31;
gift to poor on day of her sepulture, 31;
for repairing highways, 31.

Young, Brigham, will of, 454.

Ysabeau of Scotland, Duke of Brittany, bequest for masses, 134.

Zabriskie, Sarah Titus, bequest to pet cat, 100.

Zalesky, M., eccentric will of, 182.

Zimmer, Nicholas, a valid will on a collar-box, 168.

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