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From: "Chris Sackett" <>
Subject: Re: [SACKETT-L] Richard Sackett will
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 23:08:09 -0000
References: <20040320.142821.-303363.0.bhmckay5743@juno.com>


Blanche,

Please see below.

> Chris, I may be wrong, but I think the name for the probable maid servant
> is Hagar, not Hagas. Were servants or slaves names not capitalized in
> those days?

Karen Pritchett wrote to me off list and she also figured it was Hagar. I am
content with that. It kinda sounds like a slave's name! As for
capitalization, we don't know whether the original scribe capitalized the
word or not as what we have is a much later copy. All the other names in the
document are capitalized by the transcriber. In other documents of the
period capitalization was a rather hit or miss affair and I don't think much
should be read into this detail. Would appreciate your (and Thurmon's view)
on the slave theory. This was pretty much a guess on my part. I don't have
any particular knowledge of whether slaves were bequeathed in this way.

> There is one word I cannot make out clearly. It is on page 3 up 5 spaces
> from the bottom of the page. It is the first word in that line. Is it
> "hereby disallow and revoke"?

I think it may be "utterly disallow and revoke". The meaning would be the
same either way.

> Sorry I have been so inactive lately. After quite a time with my back, I
> recently had surgery and am on the road to recovery. Hope to contribute
> more soon.

I wish you a speedy recovery and send my
best regards,
Chris

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