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Lady Mary Wortley Montagu Part 1

The History Chicks : A Women's History Podcast

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Did You Find Anything Other Than Lady Mary's Money in Trust?

When grandma pierpont died, she gave the bulk of her estate to mary's youngest sister. So evelyn and francis, the sisters, were receiving things. William, the brother, obviously, would receive his inheritance through ther father. But there was absolutely nothing in it for mary, nothing. She got nothing. I found no reason other than she was a handful, and i find that hard to believe to be the only reason. Did you find anything else? Well, what i think happened, just based on previous transactions within this family, there is a great tradition of a grandparent leaving money in trust for a spec i grandchild through the female line. And because

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