This object is the last will and testament of Charles Switzer. The support is a cream colored paper. The medium is a handwritten black ink rendered in cursive. The title page appears perpendicular to the primary text as this object was intended to be folded into a brochure form for transport and storage. There is a severely faded rubber stamp rendered in ink on the proper right side of the title page; this consists of 7 lines of script and the fields have been filled in by hand with a handwritten black ink. There is a piece of brown adhesive tape which has torn in two on the front proper right side near the edge, along the tear line. There is a similar piece of brown tape located on the back in the same position; the proper right side. A piece of clear adhesive tape runs down the center axis of the back of the page; this piece of tape has split in two along its center third. There is a red seal resembling a cog with pointed teeth located near the center of the page with a slight bias towards the proper top left corner.
Context
This object provides information about an individual from a historical family from the Goulbourn area. It is linked to the Switzer family who were some of the original settlers in the Goulbourn area through Charles Schweitzel, an immigrant from Spain (the family was renamed Switzer at an unknown date).
Made/Created
Date made
circa 1882
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Will
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Legal Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
Search Terms
Charles Switzer, Inheritance, Will and Testament, Last Will
Legacy Lexicon
Object Name
Will, Will and Testament
Dimensions
Height
33 cm
Width
42 cm
Dimension Notes
2022-01-25
Measured while unfolded
Material
paper - papier, paper - papier, ink - encre, ink - encre
