Old Will Draft Reveals Harsh Provisions for Wife
The Monitor quotes a man drafting a will in his pocket, proposing a scant maintenance for his wife, including one hundred pounds per year, fifty pounds immediately, furniture for a two-room house, and up to one hundred ounces of plate. He scorns charity from freethinkers and blames his wife for his decline, then mentions his elder son John, born to a former wife forty four years ago.