Knowing a person's state and place of birth, Acquisti would use the death master file to find the numbers of people with nearby birth dates in the same state.

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Often slaves were freed upon the death of the master or mistress, whose will might include legacies of money to enable the manumitted slave to wed and earn a living.

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We see Veronese fine-tune his conception in works from the late 1550s and from c. 1580-85, before we encounter a reprisal of the motif, painted c. 1590, after the master's death, and signed by "The Heirs of Paolo Veronese" his sons and studio assistants, who carried on the tradition.

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Relying on "the oral tradition between master and apprentice nearly led to the death of handcrafted finishing, " he says.

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