ID# 2001:
 "Will of Francis Galton, dated 14 Feb. 1830," created two days before his eighth birthday and witnessed by family members
Date:
1830
Pages: (1|2)
Source:
 University College London, FG, 52
&quote;Will of Francis Galton, dated 14 Feb. 1830,&quote; created two days before his eighth birthday and witnessed by family members

I, Francis Galton, of the Larches near Birmingham, make this my last Will and Testament - I give to my dearest sister Adele for her great kindness in teaching me all my English Books, my Watch, and all my Compound Money and collection of Beetles - To Betsy, my Minerals and Shells - to Lucy my Hygrometer and Desk - to Emma my Medals - to Darwin all my parchment I may share in [illegible] - to Erasmus my Bow, Arrows, and steel Pens - to Edward Levett Darwin, my Strates[?] and Cabin and greek Books - I make my dearest sister Adele my Executrix Signed, sealed, and delivered by the within named Francis Galton on the 14th day of February Nine thousand eight hundred thirty - Witness Stertuse Galton Violetta Galton [large bracket] Francis Galton [end]

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