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@abigail_clark:person {full_name: "Abigail Clark"}
@daniel_clark:person {full_name: "Daniel Clark"}
@ethan_hale:person {full_name: "Ethan Hale", role: "Justice of the Peace"}
@isaac_cook:person {full_name: "Isaac Cook", role: "Constable"}
@connecticut:place {type: "State", country: @united_states}
@new_haven_county:place {type: "County", state: @connecticut, country: @united_states}
@wallingford:place {type: "Town", county: @new_haven_county, state: @connecticut, country: @united_states}
@new_haven_county_superior_court:place {type: "Court", jurisdiction: @new_haven_county}
@abigail_clark_divorce_case:collection {title: "Abigail Clark Divorce Case Documents", creator: [@abigail_clark, @daniel_clark, @ethan_hale, @isaac_cook], institution: @connecticut_state_library, created: @date_1770_11_27, language: "en", subjects: ["Divorce","Legal Documents","New Haven County","Wallingford","18th Century"], description: "Collection of legal documents related to the divorce case of Abigail Clark and Daniel Clark in Wallingford, New Haven County, 1770.", place: [@wallingford, @new_haven_county]}
@abigail_clark_divorce_petition:document {type: "Petition for a Bill of Divorce", date: @date_1770_11_27, author: @abigail_clark, respondent: @daniel_clark, addressed_to: @new_haven_county_superior_court, location: @wallingford}
@nhsc_baai_cases_papers_subject:concept {description: "Subject-index field for New Haven County Superior Court files concerning Black, African American, and Indigenous cases and papers"}
@abigail_clark -> filed -> @abigail_clark_divorce_petition {when: @date_1770_11_27}
@abigail_clark_divorce_petition -> addressed to -> @new_haven_county_superior_court
@ethan_hale -> signed -> @abigail_clark_divorce_petition {role: "Justice of the Peace"}
@isaac_cook -> read -> @abigail_clark_divorce_petition {when: @date_1770_11_29, where: @wallingford}
@file_pinax -> describes -> @abigail_clark_divorce_case
@file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_divorce_clarkhorton_002_jpg -> contains OCR -> @abigail_clark_divorce_petition
@abigail_clark_divorce_case -> indexed in -> @nhsc_baai_cases_papers_subjectTo either Constable of Wallingford in New Haven County Greeting In His Majesty's Name I am Abigail Clark of said Wallingford Wife of Daniel Clark of said Town to appear at the Dep. Saps Court to be held in New Haven ind County on the first Thespay of December next to shew reason, if she can why the Prayers of D. Daniel Clark contained in the aforesaying Petition for a Bill of Divorce from said Abigail should not be granted. Therin fail not & make due return with your doings as the Law directs Placed in Wallingford Nov 27, 1770 Ethan Hale Jus. Paeis Wallingford November of 29th Day 1770 there I read the within petition and Citation in the Hearing of the above named Abigail Clark and gave her a true and attested Copy of the above petition and Citation Test Isaac Cook Constable of Wallingford fears A/7
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