PETER CARR, Carr's Brook, Va., to THOMAS JEFFERSON, Monticello.

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Severe attack of rheumatism. Requests supply of port or claret. Copy of his will, dated 16 January 1815. Property to his wife, Hetty Smith Carr, for life, then divided among his children at her discretion. Specific bequests to his sisters Cary Carr, Mary Carr, to his nieces, Martha, Lucy Ann, Virginia, and Mary Jane Terrell, brothers, Samuel Carr and Dabney Carr, step-son, George P. Stevenson, son, Dabney Carr, nephew, Dabney Terrell. Recommends the advice of Wilson C. Nicholas. Witnessed by Christopher Hudson, Dabney Minor, and Virginia Terrell. Memorandum attached concerning sum owed by Robert Carter Nicholas and provisions for adjustment of estate between Ellen B. Carr, Dabney S. Carr, Jane M. Carr, and George P. Stevenson. [1339]

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ALS. 6 pp. (including 5 pp. enclosure). Endorsed by T. J. Carr-Cary Papers,

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