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Francis Willis to Edmund Randolph Letter, 1785

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One page letter regarding the estate of his sister-in-law Susannah Perrin Holding Washington, the fifth and final wife of George Washington's brother, Samuel. Willis was writing to Randolph, who handled several legal cases for General George Washington regarding who the estate should go to, as there were some who had the legal opinion that Samuel's estate should go to Washington and others that it should go to Susannah's brother, John Perrin. In the letter, Willis also writes about help with an upcoming suit regarding the sale of slaves in defiance of a Bill of Sale and whose father was falsely imprisoned because of the faulty sale.

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Willis, Francis, Jr.

One page letter regarding the estate of his sister-in-law Susannah Perrin Holding Washington, the fifth and final wife of George Washington's brother, Samuel. Willis was writing to Randolph, who handled several legal cases for General George Washington regarding who the estate should go to, as there were some who had the legal opinion that Samuel's estate should go to Washington and others that it should go to Susannah's brother, John Perrin. In the letter, Willis also writes about help with an upcoming suit regarding the sale of slaves in defiance of a Bill of Sale and whose father was falsely imprisoned because of the faulty sale.

Letter, 1785 Box Small Collections Box 84, Folder 1

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