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Re:Most Beautiful Will Ever Made (1936) by technothrasher on Friday June 12, 2026 @06:03PM (#48509963)
This reads so much like an urban legend, that I had to poke around a bit. It appears that it was a piece of fiction written by a Williston Fisk for Harper's Weekly in 1898, and has been given various backstories as time went on.
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Re:Most Beautiful Will Ever Made (1936) by aidenn0 on Friday June 12, 2026 @06:56PM (#48510347)
For those who want a reference: https://archive.org/details/sim_harpers-weekly_1898-09-03_42...

Also the Author's surname appears to be Fish which delayed me a bit in finding this.

See also e.g. https://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/last-will-of-williston-fish

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Re:Most Beautiful Will Ever Made (1936) by DavideNL on Saturday June 13, 2026 @06:10AM (#48515572)
Thank you!

Also see: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A_Last_Will

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Re:Most Beautiful Will Ever Made (1936) by 1vuio0pswjnm7 on Saturday June 13, 2026 @03:44PM (#48520714)
https://dn720004.ca.archive.org/0/items/sim_harpers-weekly_1...

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