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Will of Walter L. Newberry, with letters testamentary, Newberry Library probate records and court documents, Dec. 8, 1868

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Open book Will of Walter L. Newberry, with letters testamentary, Newberry Library probate records and court documents, Dec. 8, 1868

Title Will of Walter L. Newberry, with letters testamentary, Newberry Library probate records and court documents, Dec. 8, 1868

Creator Newberry, Walter Loomis, 1804-1868

Date Dec. 8, 1868

Language English

Subjects Newberry Library

Format Wills

User-Contributed Transcription Will
of
Walter L. Newberry.

I, Walter L Newberry, gentleman of the City of Chicago in the County of Cook and State of Illinois, do by these presents make and publish this my last will and testament:
And for the purpose of carrying the same into effect I hereby nominate and appoint Mark Skinner and Eliphalet W Blatchford, both of the City of Chicago aforesaid and the survivor of them my executors and executor of this my last will and testament, and do hereby give to and invest them and the survivor of them with such authority and powers in and over the property hereby be-quethed and disposed of as are necessary to carry into effect my intentions and de-sign in the execution of this my will and in the several donations and legacies herein specified and made. And I do hereby devise and bequeth unto the said Mark Skinner and Eliphalet W Blatchford

and the survivor of them the residue and remainder of my estate real and personal of which I shall die seized and possessed or to which I may have any claim or right-remaining after the specific donations hereinafter mentioned and contained, or as I shall hereafter make by any will or codicil remaining unresolved at the time of my decease:
In Trust for the purposes hereinafter fully set forth.

It is my will and I hereby direct that my said executors above me mentioned be not required either jointly or severally to give or furnish bonds with or without secu-rity for the performance of their duties as such executors, or as trustees or otherwise, and that neither the said Mark Skinner nor the said Eliphalet W Blatchford.
shall be answerable for any part of my estate which may be received by the other nor shall either be held in anywise answerable for the debt, default, or miscarriage of the other in any matter connected with my estate. And it is my will that my estate be charged with the payment of such reasonable compensation to the said Mark Skinner and said Eliphalet W Blatchford,

as they may deem just and proper, according to the time and attention they may severally devote to the affairs of my estate; And for the purpose of conducting the business of my said estate, my said executors and trustees are authorized, at the cost and charge of my estate to keep an office, and employ such clerks and agents as they may deem necessary, for the proper transaction of the business of my estate

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Transcription Note This document was transcribed by volunteers as part of the Newberry Transcribe crowdsourcing initiative.

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Call Number NL Archives 02/09/10 Box 1 Folder 1

BibID 99990568805867

Projects Tag Gilded Age (Adam Matthew Digital)

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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