Copy of the last will and testament of Hannah Bushrod Washington, approximately 1801

Item — Box: 3, Folder: 21

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Copy of the last will and testament of Hannah Bushrod Washington, circa 1801

Scope and Contents

A manuscript copy of the last will and testament of Hannah Bushrod Washington, in which she specifies that her body be left out until it putrefies so that she is not buried alive. In her will, Hannah specifies that West Ford, the son of an enslaved woman named Venus, should be inoculated from smallpox, apprenticed to a tradesman, and freed at the age of twenty-one.

Dates

Creation: approximately 1801

Creator

From the Collection: Washington, Bushrod, 1762-1829 (Person)
From the Collection: Alexander, Hannah Lee Washington, 1811-1881 (Person)
From the Collection: Hamilton, Elizabeth Schuyler, 1757-1854 (Person)
From the Collection: Peters, Richard, 1744-1828 (Person)
From the Collection: Washington, Anna Maria Thomasina Blackburn, 1790-1833 (Person)
From the Collection: Washington, Bushrod, 1785-1830 (Person)
From the Collection: Washington, Bushrod Corbin, 1790-1851 (Person)
From the Collection: Washington, Corbin, 1764-1799 (Person)
From the Collection: Washington, Hannah Bushrod, approximately 1738-1804 (Person)
From the Collection: Washington, Jane Charlotte Blackburn, 1786-1855 (Person)
From the Collection: Washington, John Augustine, 1736-1787 (Person)
From the Collection: Washington, Thomas Blackburn, 1812-1854 (Person)

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