Last Will and Testament of Stephen G. Wells

Stephen G. Wells, American, 1781 - 1849 · 1849

The original last will and testament of Stephen G. Wells, written in iron gall ink on both sides of four sheets of off-white paper to make eight pages total. The will begins “In the name of God Amen, I Stephen G Wells being in my perfect mind and memory do make and ordain this as my last will + testament.” The will is thus divided into sixteen provisions for Wells’ property, three of which mention enslaved persons.