320 Henry James
The History of Literature
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The Dilemma of Henry James Jr
In his will interestingly he skipped over William James the eldest and made Henry Henry James Jr the second son the executor of his estate. The issue with the will getting back to that or Henry the second born was the name the executor led to some animosity among the children because Henry James Sr hadn't left the money in five equal portions one of the boys Wilkie had taken a lot of money from Henry James when he was alive and squandered it in some bad business deals so the father in the will gave him less however Henry and Alice and the other brother Bob felt bad about this they felt bad that Wilkie had been a civil war veteran and had been injured and he was an ill
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