Maryland Loyalism Project

The Testimonies for Elizabeth Dulany - Page 8 - Transcript

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             “That you may be enabled to act as the emergency
             “of the case may require has been owing to Mrs
             “Dulanys continuing so ill—though I thank God
             “she cannot be said to be in any immediate
             “danger, she has been for a long time and is still
             “so low, that were any circumstance to happen
             “to increase the violence of her disorder to any
             “considerable degree the most dreadful con:
             “sequences would be immediately to be ap:
             “prehended and in so precarious a situation
             “I cannot bring myself to leave her to go up
             “to Annapolis—She joins in love to you
             “and my Sister—I am &-- ------------ Walter Dulany
                           Produces a certified Copy of the Sales
             of the personal Estate of Mr Lloyd Dulany
             dated 2d January 1784
                           The Amount of the Sales is --£4130,12,5
             Vizt                    
             26 March 1782. Furniture                                     465,,15,,3
             13th March 1783. Live & Dead Stock & Negroes  3060,,11,,3
             25 May & 8 June 1782 Books & Furniture           484,,5,,11
             Other Negroes not incld in the Accot                    120,, ,, ,,
                                                                                                 £4130,,12,,5
                           Says he is informed that Mrs Dulany
             as the Widow of an Intestate is entitled to a
             Moiety of the personalty.
                           He thinks it probable Mr Dulany might
             owe some Debts in the Country but is ignort
             to what. Amount.—
                                                                     Reverend
[Transcribed by Elizabeth Lilly]

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