Cora and The Doctor; or, Revelations of A Physician's WifeLeslie, Madeline
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Cora and The Doctor; or, Revelations of A Physician's Wife
Leslie, Madeline
Physicians -- Fiction
The sheriff rapped and thundered "_order in court_." Still he raved and
swore like a maniac, and the sheriff could not control him.
Though he was heavily ironed, it required the full strength of several
constables to keep him quiet.
Order being restored, Mr. Willard said, "I will here introduce two items
of written testimony to rebut the charge of insanity against the author
of the affidavit, the principal witness for the prosecution, and to
confirm other testimony for the government already before the court. It
was not known that these items existed, when we concluded the
presentation of the case in behalf of the Commonwealth. I put in as
written testimony, first, the last will and testament of Joseph Lee,
deceased, which is as follows:
"'In the name of God, Amen. I, Joseph Lee Senior, of Crawford, in
the County of ----, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, gentleman, being
on my sick bed, and in the near prospect of death, but of sound and
disposing mind and memory, do make and publish this my last will
and testament, hereby revoking a former will made by me, and signed
and sealed on the fifth day of August, one thousand eight hundred
and thirty-five.
_First._ I hereby constitute and appoint my beloved son-in-law,
Allen Mansfield, to be sole executor of this my last will,
directing him to pay all my just debts and funeral charges out of
my personal estate, as soon after my decease, as shall by him be
found convenient.
_Second._ I give and bequeath to my beloved daughter, Lucy Lee
Mansfield, all the real estate of which I may die possessed.
_Third._ I give and bequeath to my faithful steward, Jacob Strong,
and to my faithful house-keeper, Susan Burns, each the sum of one
thousand dollars.
_Fourth._ I also give and bequeath to each of my faithful
servants, Samuel Dane, Sarah Brown, and Maria Keys, the sum of five
hundred dollars.
_Fifth._ I give and bequeath the sum of ten thousand dollars as a
fund to the Pastor, Rev. Asa Munroe, and Deacon Simon Crocker, and
Deacon Josiah Hanscomb, of the first Congregational church in this
place, to be held in trust by them and their successors in office
forever, subject to the advice of said church. The annual income
thereof is to be by them expended for the relief of the poor, and
for objects of charity; a preference being always given among the
poor to those impoverished by intemperance; and among objects of
charity to those more immediately under their observation.
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