4297. KOSCIUSKO (General), Emancipation for slaves.—[continued].
You have seen the death of General Kosciusko announced in the papers.
He had in the funds of the United States a
very considerable sum of money on the interest
of which he depended for subsistence. On
his leaving the United States, in 1798, he placed
it under my direction by a power of attorney
which I executed entirely through Mr. Barnes,
who regularly remitted his interest. But he
left also in my hands an autograph will, disposing
of his funds in a particular course of
charity, and making me his executor.—
To William Wirt. Washington ed. vii, 98.
Ford ed., x, 96.
(M.
1818)
