Argument Of Henry L Clinton Esq

Author : Henry L. Clinton
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780484098205
Total Pages : 258 pages
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Download or read book Argument of Henry L. Clinton, Esq., On the Part of the Contestants, in the Rollwagen Will Case written by Henry L. Clinton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-19 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Argument of Henry L. Clinton, Esq., On the Part of the Contestants, in the Rollwagen Will Case: Before the Surrogate of the County of New York, Delivered March 31st and April 1st, 1874 Among those around the dying man is one sincere friend who, in humble life as she is, does honor to the name Of woman. She is a mother. She has the heart of a mother. She knows a father's devotion to his children. She, who was born in the same place and about the same year as the dying man, brought up with him, his playmate in child hood, who years after he came from a foreign land to this country, followed him hither with her husband and family, upon her arrival in this City, was first greeted by him her only acquaintance here - this good woman, is by the bedside Of the friend Of her childhood, Of her mature years, Of her Old age, ready and anxious to perform any office Of kindness in her power. As she beholds him, separated from death by at most a few hours, perhaps a few minutes, she thinks Of his children. She desires that when their aged father breathes his last they shall be near. Permis sion to go for them is refused. Lena Herrmann, who desecrates the sacred name of wife, forbids the departure Of any one upon this errand of mercy. With soul steeped in avarice, and tongue on fire with falsehood, she exclaims to this devoted, faithful friend Of over sixty years, Father don't want any Of them near him. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.