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“Who Struck
Bi!!v * Patterson”
A FAMOUS MYTH
A'iljiafli Patterson’s Wi 1 !,
AX IKTttBESTING DOCUMENT.
I have never sought for offices ef
honor or profit when I have in any
way acted in a public capacity. It
was from s sense of duty which I
could not well nvoi,d for I considered
that every good eiti/ m should con¬
tribute moie or less for the good of
society when he can do it without
too much loss or inconvenience 1o
himself. I always considered It a
duty due t■> my family t > keep llitm
as much as possible under my own
eyes, so that I have seldom in my
l’fe left home either on business or
pleasure since I had a family. My
great desire to keep my sons in view
induced me to pass them all (seven
in number) through my own count¬
ing house. This was a kind of use¬
ful finish to their education as it gave
them a knowledge of accounts and
business, and qualified them for fu¬
ture Mto, be their pursuit what it
might, and ever since I have had a
house it has been an invariable rule
with me to be the last up at night
and to see that the fires and lights
were aecure before I retired myself;
from which I found two advantages,
one was that there was little or no
risk from fire under ruy own roof
and the other that it induced my
family to keep regular hours. I in¬
herited nothing of consequence from
my fore-father, nor have I benefited
anything irom public favor or ap
pointment. "What I poscssis solely
ihe fruits of my own industry and
labor, and what I shall leave my
descendants ought to satisfy them in
a country and under a government
like ours where industry, frugality
and merit are the only sure and eer-
tain road to respect and consequence,
t think it was Dr. Franklin who ob¬
served that he would have no ob¬
jection to live his life over again,
provided it was so ordered. In this
I cannot altogether agree with ti e
Doctor. My life has been so at¬
tended with care and anxiety, and
had I the option I can not say that
1 would desire it. Yet if I had in \
life to Jive ever again I am not con¬
scious t .at I could improve it iii any
particular or at any period. I have
thought it, neeessaiy to say this
mueh for the benefit of my descend¬
ants, and by way of justification for
the contents of my following will,
wherein it may be c< nsidered by
some that I have been aathei Iibersl
in tbe legacies and bequests I shall
make, OiCcrwise than to my family
and connections.
_ l ,
11 Ln name ot God amen !
l.Wir«»r»ttc r of the city
ie , and the State of Mary-
land, .munai.t, Icing of sound
disposing mind, memory and under
standing, prai-ed be almighty Goa
tor the same, do hereby make, ordain
and publish this as my last will and
testament, iii manner and form fo!-
lowing, viz.:
1st. I do >*. ill and direct that my
executor hereinafter named, cause
my body to be buried in my family
burying ground, at my Coldstream
place, opposite the center of the mid¬
dle walk that leads up trora the gate
or entrance, and that they cause to
be erected over my grave a small
marble monument, with four or six
sides for the purpose A 1 of engraving
® °
tnereon my name and , age, ° 7 the name
and , of , dear, , departed
age my , wife,
& ; 1 ’
_
orca.., am t c names and age." of
a., uur dear children who may have
departed this life before me.
2d. rl In r addition ,. xo the , two
squares 1
of . ground , , lately
J conveyed J , by , J me to
to the Mavcr and Council of Bati
more, on HampsieM Hill, for a
wall, I do hereby w\ll and leave to
the said 3Iayor and City Council of
Baltimore and to their successors iu
ofliceforthe time being, (150) one
hundred and fifty shares ot my Unit¬
ed States bank, in trust for the pur¬
pose hereinafter mentioned, first, for
erecting a Temple of Liberty on the
i two squares above mentioned, also
! two monuments, one to the
thb way to tfcr western world, and
the other to fl.egood Marquise (now
^ cncra *) Fafayette, who risked
life, sacrificed liis fortune and
contributed so largely to the inde-
pcndence of this country.
yiueed a*. I am, having witnessed the
i progress <f the Revolution fiom be-
I ginning to end, that it was through
his means and interest that France
•joined and continued with us in the
Revolutionary war, and that with-
.out their aid and assistance at ihe
rime we could not otherwise oh-
! tai, .«l°ur independence when wff
did But as the loO shares ot l m-
? ‘“ w j
-1-Jit . .
r re..,,.. ' liee.nv= l "'*
■a view ot erecting a Temp- of
liberty and .ho '
Irt? tvusieYof "" "e^ni *this recommend ofNlto
tund for the time be-
icg, that the said 150 shares of V.
S. Bank stock orthc value of the pro-
oecds thereof, be kept and continued
a. interest together with the divi-
dends and interest that may be* re-
ceived from time to time, until tlie
principal and interest that shall so
accumulate as to reach a half a mil-
lion of dollars (which, if. well man.
aged will take place in about sixty
years alter my death) after which
that the interest only of the sum
shall be nnde use of and expended
accordingly; first in the erection ot a
.Temple ot Liberty and when Com.
!>ioted tlu n ti.c election of the ^ °
monuments in theorder above men¬
tioned ,and after the completion of
the Temple ot Liberty and the two
monuments from the annual interest
ot the fund of $500,000, it is then
m3' wish and desire that the annual
interest ot the said fund of $500,000
be employed in preserving the navi¬
of the Harbour of Baltimore
and every year without break¬
ing in upon or touching on the prin-
1 so long as the fund shall exist,
m case the interest shall not be
uredfor the preservation ci the
then it n ay be employed
my other useful purpose of pub-
at ihe discredu.i of
Mayor and City Council for the
being. And it is further my
and desire thai the trustees
the said fund tor the fmc being,
at the expiration of two years
nsy decease shall cause a gob!
of ihe value of one handled
to be provided and given to
author of the best piece, essay 01-
action on liberty, not exceeding
hundred lines in either prose or
by a native American, and
that the like reward be given for the
purpose at tbe end of every
fifihyear thereafter during the ex¬
of the fund.
od. I give and devise to Nancy
Patterson, widow oi my son Wil¬
liam, m case she should survive me,
an annuity of five hundred dollais a
year, to be paid her by my executors
* yearly 8ud every year during her
na < alru \ \jfe; likewise Miss Nancy
^ pe3r on conditions, an annuity
of ono hundred dollars a year, but on I
this express condition, that she shall
ncvei after my death attena any ot
the sessions of Congress at Wash¬
ing ion or elsewhere, for the annuity
is solely intended to provide against
the calls and iufirmities of old age,
and not for the gratification o folly
and ambition;, likewise to Sarah
Wheeler, tny present housekeeper,
provided she remains m my
service till my death, an annuity ot
fifty dollars a year during her na¬
tural bfe. Madam Volenbaum, who
lives in one of my bouses in Harri-
son stieet, paid her rent regularly tor
many years, but from a change in
her circumstances is now owing for
several years past. It is my will and
desire that she shall not be called on
troubled . ,, , for . the rent , she ,
or owes or
may owe. and ^ that she , maybe , sur*
* 7 \,
fered . , to . . the said , house
remain m
renti free during her natural life, for
, houU >be be abiej i Layen0 doabt
. but . she , will ... all ,, she ,
pay owes or may
owe me hereafter. , ADs. Ttr Warren
, has occupied . , , house of - . , be-
a mine
bind that of Madam a Yoleibaum’s
for many yeai*s and has p id her
rent iu tailoring work for the family,
It is my will and desire that she shall
rem am m said house rent f.eedur-
ing her natural life,
4th- The charitable Marine So
ciety of the city of Baltimore, be¬
ing one of the best and most meri¬
torious institutions that I know of
and 1 can ct have reg ;et that
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XVI.......NO. 8.
have departed this life already
have neg^cted or omitted to make
any provision for this very useful
institution. I do therefore hereby
gi ve and devise to the said charit-
ab l e Marine Society of the city of
Baltimore, thirty shares of my
United States Bank stock, ortho
value thereof as provided for here-
after in the following fifth clause of
my will .
5^ j gj ve auc j devise to the fol-
lowing persons, or to each as may
surv [ ve me> the following shares of
roy United Stales Bank stock, viz: to
lay grandson, William ton of Wii-
liam, twenty shares; to my grandson,
Jerome Napo.eau, twenty shares; to
ray son Joseph’s three children, Wil-
iam, Oh:.,lotto and Joseph, each ten
wmt'eachT^'di’are^'an/to f"?*'’ my * on Edward '» «>ree JlA
Providence Gann, wife of John Gav-
esq. of Gettysburg, tea shares. It
13 , ny wnl and desire that any mon-
ies borrowed, or that may hereafter
(j C borrowed on a pledge of ill oi
an y pan 0 £ n pj g ^b-’nk tto -k
slmli be paid off or dl& charged out of
some otber part Qr parts _
sonal estate or at all events so that
tbc ebares now dev j sed to tbo sevcr
.
al institutions and individuals, shall
be left clear and free and unineum-
bered, so that they may be transfer-
ed to the several parties without un-
necessary delay or difficulty. But
should it so happen from any cause
whatever, ikat the said shares of
stock here divided, can not be made
o\er aim tvausiered to the several
p .itics intended, then and in that
ca -c, I wdl and devise that each and
eiei y one of them shall receive out of
cthei pcisoual estate 01 leasehold
property, a sum of money at tlie rate
ot one hundred dollars a share for
each . and , share , here ,
every intended ,
tor . each , . 1 of e them, . the .
an every one
parties . But ,, . I T do i not , mean, or in-
tend that my real estate si,all be
bound or liable in any respect for the
whole or for any part of the legacies
mentioned in this my last will and
testament.
6th I give and devise to my sons,
Joseph and Ed vard, in trust for the
use and benefit of Matilda Summers,
daughter of Mr* Providence Sum-
mers, new wife of John Garvin Esq.
Gettysburg, Peusylvania, bom at
Lancaster, Pensylvania, in the month
of March 1817; first, the lower brick
slate stove and lot on the west side
of Commerce street, lately purchased
from the city bank; second, the store
and lot on tlie cast side or south street
purchased of Gen. John Stricken;
third, the house and lot on Cumber-
land Row, purchased of Eliza Farm-
er, for and during the term of the
natural life of Mat.lda Summers, and
from and after her decease, I give
and devise ail of which three houses
stores and lots land and property to
die child and children of her, tlie said
Matilda, in equal proportions, and
equally so be divided between them
anJ to the heirs of such child and
ch,klr n forever. And for default of
such child or children at the death of
her, the said Matilda Summers, then
I give arc! devise a 1 of which three
houses, stores, lots, lands and prop¬
erty, as above described in the sixth
paragraph of ray will, to my four
sons, Joseph, Edward, George and
Henry, m equal proportions and
equally to be divided between them
for and during the teim oi men* nat¬
ural and respective lives, and from
and after their decease I give and de¬
vise ail the said above described prop-
*° ' U! ° f children of them
n U Lnu sons, Joseph, Edward,
George and Henry, and to the heirs
‘uch child and children of the
^ 00< * fathers forever,
^ My late son William, received
from me in his life time, large sums
of money, a proportion of the pro¬
ceeds of which descended at the
time of his deat 7 g to his widow and
orphan son, Wi liam. My son John,
also received from me very consider¬
able sums of money for the purpose
of settling respectably as a farmer in
the State of Virginia. At the time
and times I made these large advanc¬
es m money to my said sons, Wil-
liaja and John, they would have
amounte ito their full proportion of
the then whole estate, had my estate
been then sold and converted into
ready money. It therefore results
that neither my said son John, nor
my grandson William, son of Wil-
liam, are in reason or justice entitled
| to any part or portion of the prop-
i
sessed of. Yet as my grandson Wil-
liam, son of William, may not bo
very well provided for at my death
from other resources,"it is my will
and pleasure to provide for him as
follows: first, I give and devise to
my grandson William, son of Wil-
liam, all that quantity oi laud, my
property, in Hartford county near
to the place called Dublin. Tha
title papers for which ha* been mis-
placed or lost, but the property is
well known to all the neighbors to
be mine for forty years cr more.
Second, I give and devise to my
grandson William, son of William,
two tracts of land of one thousand
each, in Ohio state ef
Virginia, lying on or Fish-
ing Greek, emptying into the river
Ohio, foraad daring the term of his
aaturallife of hl “> the said Wil '
lia ‘ n ll * e 90 “ °[ W,lham > a " d£rf “
and aft ” us decease, I gua and
deTls0 allthe atoresald landa aml
P ro P art y t0 the child and children
tne sa * c * son
* n e( l ua l proportions and
e( l' iaII y to bo divided between them,
and to the heirs of such child and
children of the blood of their fath-
era forever. And in default of such
cMld aP<1 children at the
death of him, my said grandson Wil-
Ham, son of Wiliiam, then I give
and devise all the aforesaid lands
and property lying in Hartford
caunty Maryland and Ohio county
Virginia, to my four sons, Joseph,
Edward, George and Henry, in
equal proportions and equally to bo
divided between them and to tlie
heirs of my said four sons of the
blood of their fathers forever. It
being clearly ; understood that is my
ess will pleasure and intention
that ,, , m case my said ., grandson A n w;1 WiN
ham, son of William, shall , „ , hereaf- ,
ter . attempt ... to heirs , .
give, or give my
and „ an y tl ' ouble oa ac -
° f any cH ' m or P ratcad<!d
^i m bis late father or himself
my estate, then and in that
I do hereby revoke and annuli
legacy intended for him. the
William, son of William, by
foregoing fitth parrgraph of this
will, as also the lands and prop-
intended for him in Hartford
Maryland, and Ohio county
Virginia by this 7th paragraph of
will.
Sth I give and devise to my son
first my Coldstrem place
about one hundred and
fifteen acres of land be it more or
] 8S g ? together with all the improve-
men t s thereon and all the slaves
tUat may bo on an(J belongin t0
th<J lacc at tbe time of my death,
tho „ ve stock> aU tho £urniturCj
aU tho i8 )lcm0Dts o£ bu3bandry ,
and . everything ,. . . that be* ,
eise ^ m mry
belong to the place and be found
thereon at my death, except my
wine and liquors kept there for
safety and improvement, for and
during the term of the natural
life of him, my said son, Joseph,
and from and after his decease, I
give and devise all the said des-
eribed Coldstrem place to Joseph
the son of said Joseph, from and
after bis decease 1 give and de-
visa all the said described Cold-
st: cm place to my son Edward,
and from and after his decease I
give and devise all the said describ¬
ed Coldstrem place to Edward, the
son of my son Edward. It being
my wish and desire to keep my
Coldstrem place as long as possible
in tbe male branches of my fami¬
ly t that it may serve as a bury in
place for my descendants, Aid
when from necessity or any other
cause it shall go out of the family
it is then my wish and request that
the burying ground shall at least
be retained together with the priv¬
ilege and liberty of an uninter¬
rupted and free road to and from
the same for the use and benefit of
mj descendants. Second I give and
devise to my said son Joseph ill
that range of houses and lots on
the west side ot South street lum
Lovely Lane to John Patterson the
taylor’s house t including the brick
buildings, stables, carriage homes
and every other improvement on
and belonging to the same prosier
ty.
(to be .contuxued.)