The Virginia Carys
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Publisher | : Forgotten Books |
Total Pages | : 282 |
Release | : 2018-01-08 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 9780428604813 |
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Excerpt from The Virginia Carys: An Essay in Genealogy Brougham had moved a parliamentary commis sion to investigate such hoary eleemosynary trusts as had outlived their usefulness, and a report had come in that, among others, a property known as Cary's Rents should revert to the heirs of the founder; this was described as lying, forsooth, on the Thames Opposite Windsor, but already swallowed by the growth of London: the Lord Chancellor, Clearing his docket, had exhumed an estate which had remained in Chancery until the direct representatives Of the original liti gants had become extinct; a new interpretation of a Tudor marriage settlement had overturned long established property rights. It was even averred positively that the British Government had asked the State Department at Washington to produce the Cary heir. In due time, when re plies to frantic inquiries in England came in, there was found to be no foundation whatever for the story: it was a purely American inven tion; no one had heard of it in England. The bubble was pricked. 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.