Eleazar Wheelock, will, 2 April 1779
Date4 June, 1779
Date2 April, 1779
abstractWheelock's will, which leaves all interest in his enslaved servants to his son John as well as spelling out the conditions under which some enslaved servants will be able to earn their freedom. 2 April 1779.
RepositoryRauner Special Collections Library, Dartmouth College.
Call NumberMS 1310: Eleazar Wheelock collection, Box 36, Folders 779354.1 and 779252.5
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In the name of GOD Amen. This second day
of April A.D. 1779 I Eleazar Wheelock D.D. President of
Dartmouth College on the east side of Connecticut river in
the County of Grafton formerly supposed to be in, and now claimed
by the State of New Hampshire, being infirm in body and ap-
prehensive that the time of my departure draws nigh, and
that I am thereby admonished and called of God, to set my house
in order, and dispose of my interests suitably thereto now while
I enjoy health of body sufficient for it and God is also graciously con-
-tinuing to me a sound and disposing mind and memory for
which favors I desire to bless his holy name, and after supplication
and prayer to the father of lights and source of all divine influence
that I may be directed and disposed to exercise impartial justice
towards all concerned, I do make and ordain this to be my last will
and testament in the manner following that is to say, in the
first place and above all I do cheerfully and solemnly commit
my soul to the disposal of God who gave it, trusting in the merits
of my Redeemer alone for that pardon and life eternal which he
has purchased for perishing sinners by his ever precious blood and
my body I commit to the earth to be buried in a decent manner
at the discretion of my Executor hereafter named in confidence and
shall all receive the same by the power of GOD at the last day~
of April A.D. 1779 I Eleazar Wheelock D.D. President of
Dartmouth College on the east side of Connecticut river in
the County of Grafton formerly supposed to be in, and now claimed
by the State of New Hampshire, being infirm in body and ap-
prehensive that the time of my departure draws nigh, and
that I am thereby admonished and called of God, to set my house
in order, and dispose of my interests suitably thereto now while
I enjoy health of body sufficient for it and God is also graciously con-
-tinuing to me a sound and disposing mind and memory for
which favors I desire to bless his holy name, and after supplication
and prayer to the father of lights and source of all divine influence
that I may be directed and disposed to exercise impartial justice
towards all concerned, I do make and ordain this to be my last will
and testament in the manner following that is to say, in the
first place and above all I do cheerfully and solemnly commit
my soul to the disposal of God who gave it, trusting in the merits
of my Redeemer alone for that pardon and life eternal which he
has purchased for perishing sinners by his ever precious blood and
my body I commit to the earth to be buried in a decent manner
at the discretion of my Executor hereafter named in confidence and
shall all receive the same by the power of GOD at the last day~
And as to that worldly estate with which God has blessed
me in this world I do give and dispose of the same in the
manner following~
me in this world I do give and dispose of the same in the
manner following~
Imprimis. To Mrs. mary my loving wife I give the use and im-
-provements of such apart of my dwelling house and barn
and other buildings as she shall find occasion for, for her use
and comfort in life~ and as much of my household stuff excepting
what shall be hereafter named in this will, and as many cows
and swine as she shall judge she shall have occasion to use
for her own comfort, and if she chose it, that they be set
of to her, and be under her control direction and disposal as her
own~ I also give unto her a decent and comfortable maitenance
with provision of all kinds needful for her in health and sickness
and to be provided at the expense of my son John; a compensation
for which, to be hereafter mentioned in this will~
-provements of such apart of my dwelling house and barn
and other buildings as she shall find occasion for, for her use
and comfort in life~ and as much of my household stuff excepting
what shall be hereafter named in this will, and as many cows
and swine as she shall judge she shall have occasion to use
for her own comfort, and if she chose it, that they be set
of to her, and be under her control direction and disposal as her
own~ I also give unto her a decent and comfortable maitenance
with provision of all kinds needful for her in health and sickness
and to be provided at the expense of my son John; a compensation
for which, to be hereafter mentioned in this will~
Item. To my loving and afflicted son Ralph or Rodulphus Wheelock
who has been, by the holy hand of God upon him rendered useless a
great part of his life, and is rendered to such a state that there is
little or no prospect he will ever be able to get into any business
which he may depend upon for his support I give fifty
pounds
pounds LMyper Annum for his support so long as he shall live and
be incapable of performing business for his own subsistence and
this to be paid him in boarding or in whatsoever shall be necessary
for his support and comfort by either of my heirs which he
shall choose to take the care of him and who shall consent to
perform this service for him and this to be paid by means here-
after named~ And whereas the public calamities of the pre-
sent day by which all the resources for the supports of this
School have been cutt of and suspended have rendered it
necessary and no other way appearing to pay the debts of said school
and supports such a number as I then had and 'til now have on charity
and preserve the reputation of their School and save it from sinking
but by the disposal of my patrimony and other private property
which I left in Connecticut, and which I have disposed of for
that purpose to the amount of upwards of a thousand pounds
lawful money~ fifty pounds of the interests of which I devote as
abovesaid for the support of my said son Ralph as abovesaid; the
rest of said Interest whatever it may be, I give to be improved toward
the support of his mother during her life, or so long as she shall
have occasion for it for her own support and when they my said
wife and my said son Ralph shall be by any means either by death
or any favorable circumstances in life in no necessity thereof for
their support I give and bequeath the whole debt that now is
or shall be due to me from the School both principal and Interests
at my decease to the only use and benefit to of said School forever, to be
improved at the discretion and by the direction of the honorable
corporation towards the support of the President, or a Professor
as they shall judge most necessary or convenient~ And this I-
therafter do to compensate the injury done to the school by several
who at the expense of the charity, received an education with a view
to their serving in the indian cause but have failed of it and are
either unable or unwilling to refund the expense of their education
~ I also give and bequeath to him my said Son Ralph a piece of
land, meadow and upland belonging to me west of the road across
mink-Brook to Lebanon bounded easterly on said road, westerly on
College lands, and southerly on Tilden's land; I also give him
twenty acres of land bounded westerly on the College land, northerly
on Lands I gave to Field and John Russell Captain Hendee to be laid out as conveniently as may be in that corner of this farm
and this I do in confidence that the Trustees will be willing to
exchange the lands belonging to the College, which separate
this land from Lebanon road for the afore said piece of Land ad-
joining upon College lands at mink brook by which means my
said
Said Son may have communication with or from the road
to enter upon his own land: And I also give him timber of all
sorts for building house barns or any buildings which he shall
have occasion for. I also give and bequeath to him Henry's
annotations upon the whole bible, and also my riding horse.
who has been, by the holy hand of God upon him rendered useless a
great part of his life, and is rendered to such a state that there is
little or no prospect he will ever be able to get into any business
which he may depend upon for his support I give fifty
pounds
pounds LMyper Annum for his support so long as he shall live and
be incapable of performing business for his own subsistence and
this to be paid him in boarding or in whatsoever shall be necessary
for his support and comfort by either of my heirs which he
shall choose to take the care of him and who shall consent to
perform this service for him and this to be paid by means here-
after named~ And whereas the public calamities of the pre-
sent day by which all the resources for the supports of this
School have been cutt of and suspended have rendered it
necessary and no other way appearing to pay the debts of said school
and supports such a number as I then had and 'til now have on charity
and preserve the reputation of their School and save it from sinking
but by the disposal of my patrimony and other private property
which I left in Connecticut, and which I have disposed of for
that purpose to the amount of upwards of a thousand pounds
lawful money~ fifty pounds of the interests of which I devote as
abovesaid for the support of my said son Ralph as abovesaid; the
rest of said Interest whatever it may be, I give to be improved toward
the support of his mother during her life, or so long as she shall
have occasion for it for her own support and when they my said
wife and my said son Ralph shall be by any means either by death
or any favorable circumstances in life in no necessity thereof for
their support I give and bequeath the whole debt that now is
or shall be due to me from the School both principal and Interests
at my decease to the only use and benefit to of said School forever, to be
improved at the discretion and by the direction of the honorable
corporation towards the support of the President, or a Professor
as they shall judge most necessary or convenient~ And this I-
therafter do to compensate the injury done to the school by several
who at the expense of the charity, received an education with a view
to their serving in the indian cause but have failed of it and are
either unable or unwilling to refund the expense of their education
~ I also give and bequeath to him my said Son Ralph a piece of
land, meadow and upland belonging to me west of the road across
mink-Brook to Lebanon bounded easterly on said road, westerly on
College lands, and southerly on Tilden's land; I also give him
twenty acres of land bounded westerly on the College land, northerly
on Lands I gave to Field and John Russell Captain Hendee to be laid out as conveniently as may be in that corner of this farm
and this I do in confidence that the Trustees will be willing to
exchange the lands belonging to the College, which separate
this land from Lebanon road for the afore said piece of Land ad-
joining upon College lands at mink brook by which means my
said
Said Son may have communication with or from the road
to enter upon his own land: And I also give him timber of all
sorts for building house barns or any buildings which he shall
have occasion for. I also give and bequeath to him Henry's
annotations upon the whole bible, and also my riding horse.
Item. I give and bequeath to my
loving Daughters Theodora Young
and Ruth Patten the house and lot of land lying in Lebanon
Crank near the meeting house where I once dwelt and also all
my rights of Land in Bridgewater the whole to be equally divided
between them.~
and Ruth Patten the house and lot of land lying in Lebanon
Crank near the meeting house where I once dwelt and also all
my rights of Land in Bridgewater the whole to be equally divided
between them.~
Item. I give and
bequeath to my loving Son in law the Reverend
Silvanus
Ripley fifteen acres being equal to that which I gave of that
same lott to my Son in law Beza. Woodward Esquire of the lot which
was given me by Mr. John House bounded southerly on the College
farm, westerly on Connecticut River northerly on lands which
my wife bought of said House etc. and this I do in consideration
of his sitting as tutor of Dartmouth College. ~ And to my
loving daughters Mary Woodward and Abigail Ripley, I
give the rest of said lott to be equally divided between them ~
Ripley fifteen acres being equal to that which I gave of that
same lott to my Son in law Beza. Woodward Esquire of the lot which
was given me by Mr. John House bounded southerly on the College
farm, westerly on Connecticut River northerly on lands which
my wife bought of said House etc. and this I do in consideration
of his sitting as tutor of Dartmouth College. ~ And to my
loving daughters Mary Woodward and Abigail Ripley, I
give the rest of said lott to be equally divided between them ~
Item.~ To my loving Son John Wheelock, unto whom I commit
the spe-
-cial and immediate care and charge of my loving wife in her
declining life, I give and bequeath my dwelling house in which I now
live, my barn chain house and log-house, and two hundred acres of
land adjoining and running easterly, and as shall be most con -
-venient for him, and not incommode any purposes designed
by disposal of other parts of this farm. I also give him further to
requite him for taking the charge of his mother all my interest
in, and right to my servants, not to interfere or be inconsistent
with any disposal I shall make of them hereafter in this will
viz: Brister, Archilaus, Selinda, Anna and the infant Child:
I also give him all my working oxen, and all my husbandry
tools that he shall have occasion for, and also my horses and
as many swine as he shall have occasion for ~ And whereas
I have founded on my own tenement and at my own expense
an Indian Charity School, now called Moor's Charity School
which from small beginnings has through much labor application
and care for more than twenty years last part, under a series
of most signal and evident smiles of divine providence arisen
to its present state of importance and appears to exhibit a
Fair prospect of great usefulness towards the Christianizing
and civilizing the natives of our American Wilderness which is
its first object, and of conciliating, establishing, and perpetuating
perpetuating a firm and lasting friendship and peace between
all those numerous tribes and the American Colonies as well as of
great edification to the Church of GOD among the English and is
now incorporated by royal Charter into and with Dartmouth College
which seminary is by said Charter endowed with all the powers
privileges and immunities of a University as by said Charter
may fully appear and whereas it appertains unto me as founder
and Proprietor thereof as well as by grant in said Charter to dispose
of said School, and all donations and grants of lands and other
interests anyway given or granted for the benefit and use of said School
in the best manner for the well being of the same and appoint
my Successor in the office of President of said Seminary I do hereby
nominate, consistute and appoint my said son John Wheelock
to be my Successor in said office of President of my Indian Cha-
-rity School and Dartmouth College with, and into which, said
School is now incorporated, and to him I give and grant all my
right, title and claim to said Seminary and all the appurtinan-
-ces, interests, jurisdiction, power and authority to, in and over the
same belonging to me as the founder of it, or by grant in the Char-
-ter to me, or by any other ways or means whatsoever. And in
case my said son John shall refuse or by any means fail to
accept of, or enter into said office, I do hereby constitute and ap
point my trusty and faithful brother the Reverend Joseph
Huntington Pastor of a Church in Coventry in Connecticut
thereto in his stead; and in case he should fail I nominate and
appoint my son in law Reverend Silvanus Ripley in his room
and to either of them the said Huntington or Ripley who shall
accept the place and office instead of my said Son John, I do
give all my right, title, claim, power, jurisdiction and so forth
as aforesaid in, to and over said Seminary~ And moreover to
the said Charity School I do give and bequeath the stream
called mink-brook, that is the part and place where the saw
and grist mills, belonging to this School, now stand so long as
the Trustees of the this College shall think fit to maintain Said
mills by repairing the present buildings in that place: and
also the log-way and necessary mill houses, and only to the use
and benefit of the same; and after that I give and bequeath
the same with all the privileges belonging to it, to my said Son
John, he repaying to the School the irons and tools belonging
to the mills, and the labor bestowed upon them what they shall
be
-cial and immediate care and charge of my loving wife in her
declining life, I give and bequeath my dwelling house in which I now
live, my barn chain house and log-house, and two hundred acres of
land adjoining and running easterly, and as shall be most con -
-venient for him, and not incommode any purposes designed
by disposal of other parts of this farm. I also give him further to
requite him for taking the charge of his mother all my interest
in, and right to my servants, not to interfere or be inconsistent
with any disposal I shall make of them hereafter in this will
viz: Brister, Archilaus, Selinda, Anna and the infant Child:
I also give him all my working oxen, and all my husbandry
tools that he shall have occasion for, and also my horses and
as many swine as he shall have occasion for ~ And whereas
I have founded on my own tenement and at my own expense
an Indian Charity School, now called Moor's Charity School
which from small beginnings has through much labor application
and care for more than twenty years last part, under a series
of most signal and evident smiles of divine providence arisen
to its present state of importance and appears to exhibit a
Fair prospect of great usefulness towards the Christianizing
and civilizing the natives of our American Wilderness which is
its first object, and of conciliating, establishing, and perpetuating
perpetuating a firm and lasting friendship and peace between
all those numerous tribes and the American Colonies as well as of
great edification to the Church of GOD among the English and is
now incorporated by royal Charter into and with Dartmouth College
which seminary is by said Charter endowed with all the powers
privileges and immunities of a University as by said Charter
may fully appear and whereas it appertains unto me as founder
and Proprietor thereof as well as by grant in said Charter to dispose
of said School, and all donations and grants of lands and other
interests anyway given or granted for the benefit and use of said School
in the best manner for the well being of the same and appoint
my Successor in the office of President of said Seminary I do hereby
nominate, consistute and appoint my said son John Wheelock
to be my Successor in said office of President of my Indian Cha-
-rity School and Dartmouth College with, and into which, said
School is now incorporated, and to him I give and grant all my
right, title and claim to said Seminary and all the appurtinan-
-ces, interests, jurisdiction, power and authority to, in and over the
same belonging to me as the founder of it, or by grant in the Char-
-ter to me, or by any other ways or means whatsoever. And in
case my said son John shall refuse or by any means fail to
accept of, or enter into said office, I do hereby constitute and ap
point my trusty and faithful brother the Reverend Joseph
Huntington Pastor of a Church in Coventry in Connecticut
thereto in his stead; and in case he should fail I nominate and
appoint my son in law Reverend Silvanus Ripley in his room
and to either of them the said Huntington or Ripley who shall
accept the place and office instead of my said Son John, I do
give all my right, title, claim, power, jurisdiction and so forth
as aforesaid in, to and over said Seminary~ And moreover to
the said Charity School I do give and bequeath the stream
called mink-brook, that is the part and place where the saw
and grist mills, belonging to this School, now stand so long as
the Trustees of the this College shall think fit to maintain Said
mills by repairing the present buildings in that place: and
also the log-way and necessary mill houses, and only to the use
and benefit of the same; and after that I give and bequeath
the same with all the privileges belonging to it, to my said Son
John, he repaying to the School the irons and tools belonging
to the mills, and the labor bestowed upon them what they shall
be
be apprised at by indiffirent and judicious men.
I also give two acres of land where the Trustees have or shall choose
to erect a larger and more convenient building for the College.
I also give two acres of land where the Trustees have or shall choose
to erect a larger and more convenient building for the College.
Also the ground on which the storehouse and hall, and the
ground on which the potash house and malt house stand with
said houses I give to the only use and benefit of the school
forever with all the appurtenances thereunto belonging.~
ground on which the potash house and malt house stand with
said houses I give to the only use and benefit of the school
forever with all the appurtenances thereunto belonging.~
I also give and bequeath to
John Russell of this vicinity
and Mary his wife the sole use and improvement of the house
in which they now live and the acre of land on which it stands with
the appurtenances thereof during their natural life and the life
of the survivor of either of them and to the heirs of either of their body
lawfully begotten forever. But in case they should have no such heir
I give it to my Successors for the time being in the care and oversight
of the Indian Charity School in this place, to be improved as a
washing place for their benefit, and for the use and benefit of Indian
and other charity Scholars educated in said School forever. ~ I
also bequeath to said Mary the wife of said John Russell a Cow
~ And whereas I have given to Exeter my Negro man his freedom
I hereby ratify the same, and also give to him the use of Chloe his
wife so long and far as he shall have occasion for her service she
behaving herself well, after which she to be disposed of by my heirs ~
~I also give my servant man Brister his freedom as soon as he can
get him a wife, and be in a capacity to support himself and family,
and a hundred acres of land at Landaff, provided he shall see fit to
settle upon it, and recommend him to the guidance and kindness
of my Executors, hereafter to be named; or if he should not be inclined
to settle at Landaff, I give him fifty acres of my out lands, where it
shall be more agreeable to him.~
and Mary his wife the sole use and improvement of the house
in which they now live and the acre of land on which it stands with
the appurtenances thereof during their natural life and the life
of the survivor of either of them and to the heirs of either of their body
lawfully begotten forever. But in case they should have no such heir
I give it to my Successors for the time being in the care and oversight
of the Indian Charity School in this place, to be improved as a
washing place for their benefit, and for the use and benefit of Indian
and other charity Scholars educated in said School forever. ~ I
also bequeath to said Mary the wife of said John Russell a Cow
~ And whereas I have given to Exeter my Negro man his freedom
I hereby ratify the same, and also give to him the use of Chloe his
wife so long and far as he shall have occasion for her service she
behaving herself well, after which she to be disposed of by my heirs ~
~I also give my servant man Brister his freedom as soon as he can
get him a wife, and be in a capacity to support himself and family,
and a hundred acres of land at Landaff, provided he shall see fit to
settle upon it, and recommend him to the guidance and kindness
of my Executors, hereafter to be named; or if he should not be inclined
to settle at Landaff, I give him fifty acres of my out lands, where it
shall be more agreeable to him.~
ITEM ~ To each of my two
loving Sons Eleazar and James Wheelock
I give
and bequeath two hundred acres a piece of the farm I live upon
that is four hundred acres to be estimated and equally divided for
quantity and quality between them. The remaining part of
this farm I give to my three sons viz, John, Eleazar and James to
be equally divided between them.~
and bequeath two hundred acres a piece of the farm I live upon
that is four hundred acres to be estimated and equally divided for
quantity and quality between them. The remaining part of
this farm I give to my three sons viz, John, Eleazar and James to
be equally divided between them.~
ITEM~ I give and bequeath to my loving Grandson William
Patten the
whole expense of his Education here 'til he shall have completed
his courses of collegiate studies together with the expense of the
honor of this College at the close, if he shall be judged worthy
thereof excepting such assistance as to his clothing as he has or
shall receive from his mother and others.~
whole expense of his Education here 'til he shall have completed
his courses of collegiate studies together with the expense of the
honor of this College at the close, if he shall be judged worthy
thereof excepting such assistance as to his clothing as he has or
shall receive from his mother and others.~
Item ~ To my servant boy Archelaus I give his freedom from
slavery, when he shall arrive at the age of twenty five years
provided his moral character and his abilities to conduct himself
among men and provide for his own subsistence shall be judged
by the Reverend Grafton Presbytery to be such as that he may safely be trusted
with his freedom And I also give him fifty acres of Land in
Landaff or some other of my outlands convenient ~
slavery, when he shall arrive at the age of twenty five years
provided his moral character and his abilities to conduct himself
among men and provide for his own subsistence shall be judged
by the Reverend Grafton Presbytery to be such as that he may safely be trusted
with his freedom And I also give him fifty acres of Land in
Landaff or some other of my outlands convenient ~
Item ~ To my Successors in the Presidency of this College and
School I give and bequeath my Chariot which was given me
by my much honored Friend and Patron John Thornton Esquire of
London by whose liberality my family has been chiefly supported
for a number of years before the present war. I also give to my
Successors my house clock which was a donation made me by
my much honored Patrons the honorable trust in London ~
And to my loving daughter in law Mrs. Elizabeth the wife of
Doctor Thaddeus Betts of Norwalk I give Doctor Manton on the
119 Psalm and to my daughters Theodora Young and Ruth Patten
I give Mr. Leigh's Body of Divinity and Dr. Bater's works the
rest of my Library I give to be equally divided between my Sons
John, Eleazar and James. ~ It is my will that my debts and
funeral charges be paid out of my moveable Estate, and after my
wife and Son John have taken to themselves as aforesaid ~ I give
the rest of my stock viz Cattle, horses, sheep and swine and all my
husbandry tools, and wearing apparel to be equally divided between
my Sons Eleazar and James ~ And all my household goods, only reserving
for the use of my Sons, what shall be necessary for them, while they
shall have occasion to pursue their studies at home, I give to be equally
divided among my daughters, excepting that to my Son Ralph
I give my Silver Tankard which was his mother's.~ And all my
lands lying west of Connecticut River I give equally to my daugh-
ters Mary and Abigail: and all my lands not mentioned on
the east side of said river, I give to be equally divided, including
what I have already given by deed, between my three Sons John,
Eleazar and James. ~ It is also my will that the produce of
cultivates lands that is, crops of all kinds of grain and hay
that shall be upon the grounds, if any such there shall be at my
decease, shall be for the use of my Son John, his mother and the
family, which he may have without any division of them ~
And lastly I do appoint and ordain my three Sons John,
Eleazar and James Wheelock to be sole Executors of this my last will
and testament, hereby ratifying and confirming this and no other
to be my last will and testament ~Signed, sealed, pronounced and declared
by the said testator to be his last will and testament
Eleazar Wheelock
In presence of
[illegible: John] Williams
Charles Sexton
John Smith
School I give and bequeath my Chariot which was given me
by my much honored Friend and Patron John Thornton Esquire of
London by whose liberality my family has been chiefly supported
for a number of years before the present war. I also give to my
Successors my house clock which was a donation made me by
my much honored Patrons the honorable trust in London ~
And to my loving daughter in law Mrs. Elizabeth the wife of
Doctor Thaddeus Betts of Norwalk I give Doctor Manton on the
119 Psalm and to my daughters Theodora Young and Ruth Patten
I give Mr. Leigh's Body of Divinity and Dr. Bater's works the
rest of my Library I give to be equally divided between my Sons
John, Eleazar and James. ~ It is my will that my debts and
funeral charges be paid out of my moveable Estate, and after my
wife and Son John have taken to themselves as aforesaid ~ I give
the rest of my stock viz Cattle, horses, sheep and swine and all my
husbandry tools, and wearing apparel to be equally divided between
my Sons Eleazar and James ~ And all my household goods, only reserving
for the use of my Sons, what shall be necessary for them, while they
shall have occasion to pursue their studies at home, I give to be equally
divided among my daughters, excepting that to my Son Ralph
I give my Silver Tankard which was his mother's.~ And all my
lands lying west of Connecticut River I give equally to my daugh-
ters Mary and Abigail: and all my lands not mentioned on
the east side of said river, I give to be equally divided, including
what I have already given by deed, between my three Sons John,
Eleazar and James. ~ It is also my will that the produce of
cultivates lands that is, crops of all kinds of grain and hay
that shall be upon the grounds, if any such there shall be at my
decease, shall be for the use of my Son John, his mother and the
family, which he may have without any division of them ~
And lastly I do appoint and ordain my three Sons John,
Eleazar and James Wheelock to be sole Executors of this my last will
and testament, hereby ratifying and confirming this and no other
to be my last will and testament ~Signed, sealed, pronounced and declared
by the said testator to be his last will and testament
Eleazar Wheelock
In presence of
[illegible: John] Williams
Charles Sexton
John Smith
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