ALS (Copy) : Walnut Farm, Westmoreland County, Va., to Bushrod Washington, 1796 Feb. 19-20.

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ALS (Copy) : Walnut Farm, Westmoreland County, Va., to Bushrod Washington, 1796 Feb. 19-20.

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Asks for his brother's opinion in two legal matters involving distribution of property among the heirs of deceased persons. One case concerns the estates of his father-in-law, Richard Henry Lee, and his deceased widow; the other is hypothetical. The remainder of the letter deals with family matters and the exchange of horticultural specimens.

1 item (4 p.) ; 24 cm.

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Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794

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Richard Henry Lee (January 20, 1732 – June 19, 1794) was an American statesman and Founding Father from Virginia, best known for the June 1776 Lee Resolution, the motion in the Second Continental Congress calling for the colonies' independence from Great Britain leading to the United States Declaration of Independence, which he signed. He also served a one-year term as the president of the Continental Congress, was a signatory to the Articles of Confederation, and was a United States Senator fro...

Washington, Corbin, 1767-1799

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Kountze, De Lancey, d. 1946,

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