Translation of the codicil to the will of George II, King of Great Britain and Elector of Brunswick and Lüneburg

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has happened: It is Our Will, and we [[underline]] do [[/underline]] ordain hereby, that the Sum total, of what we bequeathed to all our Daughters, to the amount of two hundred thousand Dollars, be divided in three equal parts, between the said our Son, & our two surviving Daughters. Further it is Our Will, and we ordain /: here is wrote in the original in his late Majesty's own hand :/ To the President of the Chamber of Finances de Munchhausen, to the Gros Voigt de Steinberg, and to the Privy Counsellor de Munchhausen, who is here, I bequeath Ten thousand Dollars, for their honest & faithfull Services, over and above the Ten thousand Dollars, left to then in my Testament. George R. This present our Declaration & Alteration shall have the same validity & effect, as the often mentioned Our Will of the 3/14th April 1751., Our Codicil bearing the same date, & our Codicil of the 6th of Oct: 1759. And we confirm hereby expresly these our testamentary Dispositions, so far as they are not changed by this present declaration. In witness of which


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