@hope_marks_divorce_petition_collection:collection {title: "Hope Marks Divorce Petition Collection", creator: [@hope_marks], institution: @connecticut_state_library, created: @date_1799_07_26, language: "en", subjects: ["Divorce","Adultery","New Haven County Superior Court","Legal Documents","Marriage","18th Century"], description: "Collection of legal documents related to the divorce petition of Hope Marks from Levi Marks, filed in the New Haven County Superior Court in 1799.", place: [@new_haven, @wallingford]}

@hope_marks:person {full_name: "Hope Marks", residence: @wallingford}

@levi_marks:person {full_name: "Levi Marks", residence: @wallingford}

@wm_bishop:person {full_name: "A. Wm Bishop", role: "Clerk"}

@new_haven_county_superior_court:organization {location: @new_haven, jurisdiction: @new_haven_county, type: "Superior Court"}

@adultery:concept {definition: "Extramarital sexual relations constituting a ground for divorce"}

@desertion:concept {definition: "Abandonment of a spouse, constituting a ground for divorce"}

@divorce_petition_1799:document {type: "Divorce Petition", petitioner: @hope_marks, respondent: @levi_marks, filed: @date_1799_06_26, grounds: [@adultery, @desertion], description: "Petition for divorce filed by Hope Marks against Levi Marks."}

@court_record_001:document {type: "Court Record", source: @file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_divorce_markshopelevi_001_jpg, date: @date_1799_07_31, clerk: @wm_bishop, summary: "Record of the court proceeding on the last Tuesday of July 1799 resulting in the divorce of Hope and Levi Marks."}

@petition_letter_003:document {type: "Petition Letter", source: @file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_divorce_markshopelevi_003_jpg, date: @date_1791_06_26, author: @hope_marks, content: "Petition requesting a bill of divorce on grounds of adultery and desertion."}

@nhsc_baai_cases_papers_subject:concept {description: "Subject index field for Black, African American, and Indigenous cases and papers in New Haven County Superior Court files"}

@new_haven:place {state: @connecticut, country: @united_states}

@wallingford:place {state: @connecticut, country: @united_states}

@connecticut_state_library:organization {type: "State Library"}

@date_1799_07_26 { }

@date_1786_06_28 { }

@date_1799_06_20 { }

@date_1799_06_26 { }

@date_1799_07_31 { }

@date_1791_06_26 { }

@file_pinax:file {title: "Hope Marks Divorce Petition Collection", source: "PINAX"}

@file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_divorce_markshopelevi_001_jpg:file {type: "Image/Asset with OCR"}

@file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_divorce_markshopelevi_003_jpg:file {type: "Image/Asset with OCR"}

@file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_divorce_markshopelevi_001_tif:file {type: "Image/Asset"}

@file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_divorce_markshopelevi_003_tif:file {type: "Image/Asset"}

@hope_marks_divorce_petition_collection -> contains -> @divorce_petition_1799

@hope_marks_divorce_petition_collection -> contains -> @court_record_001

@hope_marks_divorce_petition_collection -> contains -> @petition_letter_003

@divorce_petition_1799 -> filed in -> @new_haven_county_superior_court {when: @date_1799_06_26}

@court_record_001 -> recorded in -> @new_haven_county_superior_court {when: @date_1799_07_31}

@petition_letter_003 -> addressed to -> @new_haven_county_superior_court {when: @date_1791_06_26}

@new_haven_county_superior_court -> indexed by -> @nhsc_baai_cases_papers_subject

@divorce_petition_1799 -> includes grounds -> [@adultery, @desertion]