Henry Ernest Dudeney/Puzzles and Curious Problems/4 - Puzzling Legacies

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 * Puzzling Legacies
 * A man bequeathed a sum of money, a little less than $\pounds 1500$, to be divided as follows:
 * The five children and the lawyer received such sums that
 * the square root of the eldest son's share,
 * the second son's share divided by two,
 * the third son's share minus $\pounds 2$,
 * the fourth son's share plus $\pounds 2$,
 * the daughter's share multiplied by two,
 * and the square of the lawyer's fee
 * all worked out at exactly the same sum of money.


 * No pounds were divided, and no money was left over after the division.


 * What was the total amount bequeathed?