His will says George Washington of Mount Vernon, a citizen of the United States and lately president of the same, will give to his beloved wife, Martha, “my household and kitchen furniture of every sort and kind with the liquors and groceries which may be on hand at the time of my decease to be used and disposed of as she think proper.”

The will, dated July 9, 1799, also said concerning the family vault: “I desire that a new one of brick and upon a large scale may be built,” and “it is my express desire that my corpse may be interred in a private manner without parade or funeral oration.”