person
Medyntseva
also: Медынцева, Medyntseva's capital
A woman (surname only) whose testamentary "capital" Chekhov looked into on Nadezhda Garshina's behalf while in Moscow; he found it willed exclusively to churches, and on that finding judged a planned letter from A. S. Suvorin to the advocate Plevako on the matter unnecessary. Not otherwise identified in this corpus.
Reading notes
- To N. M. Garshina, 27 December 1891. Petersburg. §4 I made inquiries in Moscow about Medyntseva's capital.
Medyntseva, known only by surname and not otherwise identified in this corpus. The "capital" in question is evidently a sum of money left by will, and Chekhov's inquiry -- made in Moscow before his departure for Petersburg -- was undertaken on Garshina's behalf, presumably because she (or someone in her circle) had a possible claim or interest in it. The errand is the entire substance of this short letter: Chekhov reports what he found and, on that basis, advises against a further step Garshina had apparently been contemplating.
- To N. M. Garshina, 27 December 1891. Petersburg. §4 It turns out that
this capital is willed only to churches.
The outcome of Chekhov's inquiry: Medyntseva's capital was bequeathed exclusively to churches, foreclosing any secular or personal claim on it. This finding is the hinge of the letter -- it is precisely because the will admits no exception that Chekhov judges the next section's planned intervention unnecessary.