Item. -- I give and bequeath unto my son Joseph one shilling sterling and no more.

Item. -- I give and bequeath unto mv afs’d son Louther six leather chairs and one third part of my putre and earthenware.

Item. -- I yet give to my son Ebenezer one third of my sheep and cattle and one third part of my putre and earthenware, all to him mentioned to be his heirs and assigns forever & all my bees.

Item. -- I give and bequeath unto my son Clement one bed arid furniture and my will is that he may have no more of my estate.

Item. -- I give and bequeath unto my son Clement’s daughter Sally Hearne one negro girl called Lizzie to her and her heirs and assigns forever.

Item. -- I give and bequeath unto my grand-daughter Priscilla Hearne one negro girl called Rose to her and her heirs and assigns forever and my riding saddle and my large Sele skyn trunk: and I do nominate, constitute and appoint my son Louther Hearne and Ebenezer Hearne Exrs. of this my last will and testament revoking and annulling all other wills heretofore by me either written or verbal. In testimony whereof I have hereunto my hand set and affixed my seal this fifth day of April seventeen hundred and ninety six.

The six leather chairs given to Louder Hearne were imported from England, 1760 and are still in the possession of the family (1895). J. D. Hearne, of Covington, Ky., has one; Mrs. Harriest Cannon, of Laurel, Del., has one; Edward D. Hearne, at Georgetown, Del., has one; William C. Hearne, at Woodland, Del., and Mrs. Mary Lavinia Fell, of Philadelphia, have one each; and William T, Hearne, the writer, of Independence, Missouri, has one. This last one sits at the desk of the writer in his sitting room and was used by him in writing the Hearne History. It is evident that the reason of the seeming difference in the

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