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Letter regarding the estate of Lucy Smith, 1910. Letter written by an African-American. 'Apalachicola Fl[orid]a, May 10 1910. My Dear uncle yours of the 2rd at hand yes it too bad, but I guess it can be settled quiet at least the Lawyer says it can. He answered my question by tell me it could be settled by buying her out her part is one fifteenth I can't recall the term he used but that is the meaning. The lawyer was write-ing to give you the explanation of how to settle the estate The Heirs as he puts them are all of Lucy Smith's children Charles Smith wife and her grand children in case their mother or father is dead then you see who they are. Violet inherits through Charles Willie and myself...'.