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Inheritance Patterns in the United States, 1685-1980
Principal Investigator(s): Shammas, Carole
Summary: This data collection was designed to study changes in American inheritance patterns over three centuries. Major areas of investigation include equality of treatment among children, legacies to sons versus daughters, estate planning strategies, treatment of spouse in will, women's testamentary power, charitable bequests, bequests to extended kin and non-kin, legacies of chattel, realty, and financial assets, and the naming of executors and guardians. (view details)
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09443
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