Copying Book: Secretary's Letters, 1860 (page 444)

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April 13^th [18]69

Mrs S.A. Post, 15 Washington Place N.Y. City

Dear Madam,

I have had occasion through
several recent calls made upon me for the pur-
pose which is hereinafter stated, to examine
the will of the late W^m Pelby: and a more
involved piece of legal lore I have rarely met
with -- speaking from a lawyer's standpoint.
I have studied it severely, and learned what
I could from the other sources of the parties in interest
and can only say -- "It's a pity that Mr Pelby
could not have looked through the maze of history
of his family, and seen what it would come to --
and all but a few sentences would have been
saved of this long document.

So much for preamble. I am informed
that Mrs Julia Hague, and Mrs Sophia Roby --
the half sisters of Mr Pelby -- are the only surviving
heirs. If I am right in this, then my
business is with these two ladies alone, through
you (if you please) as a friend.

When a proprietor dies, by the provisions of
the Charter of our Coporation, the Board of Trustees
are required to designate which one of his heirs
(if he leaves more than one) shall represent his lot in the