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A Copy of the late Captain William Augustus Merrick's Will}

underline I William Augustus Merrick. /underline Captain in the Royal Navy being on the point of leaving England, & apprehensive of the uncertaintys of this Life, do make underline This /underline my last Will and Testament in manner following -

I give and bequeath to underline Elizabeth Jane Grant /underline daughter of underline Captain William Grant /underline, of the Royal Artillery; all my Property whatsoever, Consisting of money in the Public Funds, money in the Hands of Messrs underline Hoare &c. /underline Bankers in Fleet Street, money in the hands of my Agents Messrs: underline Ommanney & Page /underline in America Square, belonging to me, together with all Pay, or sums of money whatever due to me at the time of my Decease and lastly one Case or Box of Plate belonging to me, and left in the care of the abovementioned Messrs - Ommanney & Page -

I entreat underline Elizabeth Jane Grant /underline to regard the above bequest, as a proof of the sense I entertain of her affectionate Sentiments towards me, and as the only return, Fortune has enabled me to give her -

I give to my worthy Friend underline General Budé /underline my Gold Watch and Chain given to me by the underline Duke of York /underline - I give to Major underline Andrew Frazer /underline of the Corps of Engineers, my Ring containing a bust of the underline Prince of Wales /underline set in Diamonds, my Case of Achromatic Glasses, and all my Mathematical Instruments, in trust for his son underline Simon Augustus Frazer /underline to whom I bequeath them, as likewise my Time keeper /77/ made by Arnold and now in Arnold's care