and I thereupon signed my name as a witness at the
end of said instrument at the request of the said
Decedent and in her presence. The said Decedent
                   Executing
at the time of subscribing said instrument
                                       the
now upwards of twenty-one years of age of twenty one
years, and in my opinion of sound mind memory
and understanding, and not under any Re-
straint or in any way respect incapacitated
to make a Will. I also saw said Frederick
H. Wright Frederick Bruce & Matilda V.N. Loney
the other subscribing witnesses sign their names
as witnesses at the end of said instrument Will
and know that they did so at the request and
in the presence of said Decedent
                       Mita V.N. Hutton
Witness Sworn and examined
before me this 20th day of March
1891     Benjamin A. Jackson
         Assistant to the Surrogate
                   New York City

                 At a Surrogate Court held for the City in
                 County of New York, at the Surrogate
                 Office, in the City of New York on
                 the 20th day of March in the
                 year 1891
Present, Hon Rastus S. Ransom
                 Surrogate

In the matter of the proving the }
last Will and Testament of   }
Julia A. Van Ness deceased   }
  The citation herein having been duly issued, sworn
and record and returned, the allegations of the
parties appearing having been heard and the
proof having been duly taken by the Surrogate
among other things as to the execusion execution
of said instrument, bearing date August the 19th
                                    herein
1886, and the probate of said Will not^being
Contested, and it appearing to the Surrogate
that the Will was duly executed, and that the
Testatrix at the time of executing it was
in all respects competent to make a will
and not under any restraint.