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Case of John Fish

Case of John Fish. Appeal by Samuel Willis, Front

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Title	Case of John Fish
Contributors	Richardson, Amos, 1623-1683; Wyllys, Samuel, 1632-1709
Date - Created	1680 Oct. 5
Description	The case of John Fish, whose wife has run away with Samuel Culver after becoming pregnant. Samuel Wyllys and Amos Richardson both testify on Fish's behalf in his attempt to divorce his wife.
Subject	Divorce -- Connecticut; Desertion and non-support; Adultery; Pregnancy; Fish, John; Culver, Samuel
Geographic Coverage	Stonington (Conn.)
Source	Connecticut State Library, State Archives, RG 000, Classified Archives, Samuel Wyllys papers, call no. 974.6 fW97
Physical size	2 manuscript documents, silked, size varies; Bound with collection, 39.4 x 27.9 cm.
Publisher	Connecticut State Library
Relation - Is Part Of	Samuel Wyllys papers. Document No. 74-75
Type	image
Format - Digital	jpeg
Date - Digital	2008 Oct. 2
Language	eng
Rights	Digital image © Connecticut State Library. All rights reserved. Images may be used for personal research or non-profit educational uses without prior permission. For permission to publish or exhibit, see Reproduction and Publication of State Library Collections, http://www.cslib.org/repropub.htm
File name	sa_b2980580_074_075

Title	Case of John Fish. Appeal by Samuel Willis, Front
Contributors	Wyllys, Samuel, 1632-1709
Date - Created	1680 Oct. 5
Description	Samuel Wyllys petitions the Court of Assistants on behalf of John Fish so Fish can receive relief from his marriage. His wife had become pregnant by Samuel Culver and upon being found out and confronted, she and Culver ran away together. At the time of this case they had not been seen in seven years.
Physical size	Manuscript, silked, 8.625 x 12 in.; Bound with collection, 39.4 x 27.9 cm.
Relation - Is Part Of	Samuel Wyllys papers. Document No. 74
Rights	Digital image © Connecticut State Library. All rights reserved. Images may be used for personal research or non-profit educational uses without prior permission. For permission to publish or exhibit, see Reproduction and Publication of State Library Collections, http://www.cslib.org/repropub.htm
File name	sa_b2980580_074a_dv.jpg

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