[Chat] Last Will & Testament of Johns Hopkins - Baltimore, 1873 on eBay

OldHouseHistory at aol.com OldHouseHistory at aol.com
Mon Oct 16 12:48:35 EDT 2006


Actually, its likely this is not the original (as it states corrections are  
handwritten) but a early draft or copy of the document.  
 
The original would have had to have been filed in probate for the estate to  
settle....and is likely now in the Maryland Archives.  Copies of Wills were  
frequently made for family members attending the reading.  
 
That said, its also possible somebody stole the original from the probate  
archives to salvage his signature (typically cut from the document), and then  
proceeded to sell the Last Will & Testiment.  
 
Its interesting to see this on eBay!   
 
Paul K.  Williams
Kelsey & Associates, Inc.
1929 13th Street, NW
Washington,  DC 20009
_WashingtonHistory.com_ (http://washingtonhistory.com/) 

2629  Guilford Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21218
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