Will signed : [England], 1797 Jan. 30.

Record ID: 
372260
Accession number: 
MA 693.18
Author: 
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.
Credit: 
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1910.
Description: 
1 item (4 p.) ; 39.7 cm
Notes: 

With seals.
Witnessed by Walker King, Richard Bourke, and Ed[ward James?] Nagle, but the signatures appear to be in the same hand.
A copy of Burke's will in either his hand or Walker King's. Burke includes the following signed note at the end of the document: "This will and codicil are intended as a sort of duplicates, lest my former should be mislaid or lost. My friend Dr. King has been so good as to copy it. Edm Burke."
Part of a collection of letters related to Edmund Burke; see main record for MA 693 for more information.

Summary: 

Burke's will covers the first two pages, with his signature, signatures of witnesses, and a seal appearing at the top of p. [3]. He then adds a two-page codicil, with his signature, witnesses' signatures, and another seal appearing on p. [4]. Burke died in July 1797 after a prolonged illness.

Provenance: 
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1910.