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Copy of the will of Noah Linsly who died at Wheeling Virginia March 25th 1814 : manuscript
Title
Copy of the will of Noah Linsly who died at Wheeling Virginia March 25th 1814 : manuscript.
Production
Wheeling, West Virginia, circa 1814.
Physical Description
1 volume (circa 100 pages, mostly blank)
Language
English
Notes
Title from title page.
In English.
Provenance
Source unknown.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Biographical / Historical Note
Noah Linsly (1774-1814) (Yale 1791) of Branford, Connecticut, moved to Wheeling, Virginia (now West Virginia), in 1799. He practiced law in Virginia until his death in 1814.
Summary
Manuscript copy, unsigned, in an unidentified hand of the will of Noah Linsly, circa 1814. Linsly provides that all of his property (with the exception of a financial gift to Yale University Library) be used for a Lancastrian school in Wheeling, Virginia (later known as the Linsly Institute). He also orders the emancipation of "[his] mulatto boy Silas" and placement as a trade apprentice in Pennsylvania or Ohio.
Laid in to the back cover is an autograph letter, signed, from Ellsworth [Illegible] to “Dear Doctor” concerning the history of Wheeling and the Linsly Institute, 1867 May 5.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
November 03, 2021
References
Copy of the Will of Noah Linsly Who Died at Wheeling Virginia March 25th 1814. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Cite as
Copy of the Will of Noah Linsly Who Died at Wheeling Virginia March 25th 1814. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Wills.
Occupation
Lawyers West Virginia 19th century.
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