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December 0409, 2021
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LOT 530

Lot 530

Fair Copy of William Osgoode's Last Will and Testament, 30th Aug., 1818

Fair Copy of William Osgoode's Last Will and Testament, 30th Aug., 1818
Lot 530 Details
Fair Copy of William Osgoode's Last Will and Testament, 30th Aug., 1818

folio, seven ribbon bound pages, quill on laid paper
16.75 x 13.25 in — 42.5 x 33.7 cm

Estimate $300-$500

Realised: $252
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Fair Copy of William Osgoode's Last Will and Testament, 30th Aug., 1818
  • Fair Copy of William Osgoode's Last Will and Testament, 30th Aug., 1818
Note:

Excerpts:
...and whereas I am seized and possessed of diverse tracts or allotments of land amounting on the whole to twelve thousand acres situate in the Townships of Sutton and Potton in the province of Lower Canada by virtue of his Majesty's grant made to me and my heirs under the Broad Seal of the said Province...I do give...to William Frederick Gregg

...I desire to be interred at Harrow on the Hill or in some Village near London with as little Parade as Decency will allow...

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