mbed there, may be deposited. And
it is my express desire, that my corpse may be interred in a private
manner, without parade or funeral oration.

LASTLY, I constitute and appoint my dearly beloved wife, _Martha
Washington_, my nephews, _William Augustine Washington_, _Bushrod
Washington_, _George Steptoe Washington_, _Samuel Washington_, and
_Lawrence Lewis_, and my ward, _George Washington Parke Custis_ (when he
shall have arrived at the age of twenty-one years), executrix and
executors of this my will and testament; in the construction of which it
will be readily perceived, that no professional character has been
consulted, or has had any agency in the draft; and that, although it has
occupied many of my leisure hours to digest, and to throw it into its
present form, it may, notwithstanding, appear crude and incorrect; but,
having endeavored to be plain and explicit in all the devises, even at
the expense of prolixity, perhaps of tautology, I hope and trust that no
disputes will arise concerning them. But if, contrary to expectation,
the case should be otherwise, from the want of legal expressions, or the
usual technical terms, or because too much or too little has been said
on any of the devises to be consonant with law, my will and direction
expressly is, that all disputes (if unhappily any should arise) shall be
decided by three impartial and intelligent men, known for their probity
and good understanding; two to be chosen by the disputants, each having
the choice of one, and the third by those two; which three men, thus
chosen, shall, unfettered by law or legal constructions, declare their
sense of the testator's intention; and such decision is, to all intents
and purposes, to be as binding on the parties as if it had been given in
the Supreme Court of the United States.

_In witness of all and of each of the things herein contained, I have
set my hand and seal, this ninth day of July, in the year one thousand
seven hundred and ninety,[135] and of the Independence of the United
States the twenty-fourth._

GEORGE WASHINGTON.

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SCHEDULE OF PROPERTY

_Comprehended in the foregoing Will, which is directed to be sold; and
some of it conditionally is sold; with descriptive and Explanatory Notes
relative thereto._

IN VIRGINIA.

Price.
Acres. Dollars. Dollars.

Loudoun County, Difficu