 | Aaron Bancroft - 1807 - 576 pages
...accustomed to receive, if he chooses the last alternative ; but in full with his freedom, if he prefers th« first ; and this I give him, as a testimony of my...during the Revolutionary War. Item. — To the Trustees (Governours, or by whatsoever1 other name they may be designated) of the Academy, in the town of Alexandria,... | |
 | David Ramsay - Presidents - 1811 - 522 pages
...the victuals and clothes he has been accustomed to receive, if he chooses the latter alternative ; but in full with his freedom, if he prefers the first...Item. To the trustees, governors, or by whatsoever «ther name they may be designated, of the academy in the town of Alexandria, I give and bequeath,... | |
 | David Ramsay - Generals - 1814 - 274 pages
...of the victuals and clothes he has been accu.tomed to receive, if he chooses the latter alternative; but in full with his freedom, if he prefers the first ; and this 1 give him as a testimony of my sense of his attachment to me, and for his faithful services during... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1837 - 654 pages
...of the victuals and clothes he has been accustomed to receive, if he chooses the last alternative; but in full with his freedom, if he prefers the first;...Item. — To the trustees (governors, or by whatsoever othei name they may be designated) of the Academy in the town of Alexandria, I give and bequeath, in... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1837 - 658 pages
...of the victuals and clothes he has been accustomed to receive, if he chooses the last alternative; but in full with his freedom, if he prefers the first...Item. — To the trustees (governors, or by whatsoever othei name they may be designated) of the Academy in the town of Alexandria, I give and bequeath, in... | |
 | George Washington - United States - 1837 - 644 pages
...clothes he has been accustomed to receive, if he chooses the last alternative; but in full with hi? freedom, if he prefers the first; and this I give...Item. — To the trustees (governors, or by whatsoever othei name they may be designated) of the Academy in the town of Alexandria, I give and bequeath, in... | |
 | Julius Rubens Ames - Antislavery movements - 1837 - 716 pages
...independent of the victuals and clothes he has been accustomed to receive if he chooses the last alternative, but in full with his freedom if he prefers the first....his faithful services during the revolutionary war. [By another item of Washington's will, the negroes, (then thirtythree in number) belonging to the estate... | |
 | Slavery - 1837 - 340 pages
...of the victuals and clothes he has been accustomed to receive, if he chooses the last alternative, but in full with his freedom if he prefers the 'first....sense of his attachment to me, and for his faithful service during the revolutionary SLAVERY VERSUS LITERATURE. The Charleston Mercury, after having incautiously... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1837 - 650 pages
...of the victuals and clothes he has been accustomed to receive, if lie chooses the last alternative; but in full with his freedom, if he prefers the first; and this T give him, as a testimony of my sense of his attachment to me, and for his faithful services during... | |
 | Jared Sparks - 1843 - 738 pages
...of the victuals and clothes he has been accustomed to receive, if he chooses the last alternative; but in full with his freedom, if he prefers the first;...his faithful services during the revolutionary war. Ill HI. — To the trustees (governors, or by whatsoever other name they may be designated) of the... | |
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... employment,) to remain in the situation he now is, it shall be optional in him to do so ; in either case, however, I allow him an annuity of thirty dollars, during his natural life, which shall be independent of the victuals and clothes he has been... 
