Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, to the honble. his Majesties Council : petition, [not after 1757 June 4].

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Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, to the honble. his Majesties Council : petition, [not after 1757 June 4].

1757 petition submitted by Daniel McCarthy to His Majesty's Council for the Province of Massachusetts Bay in Boston, requesting that he be granted a divorce from his wife of eleven years, Mary Floid, on grounds of her adultery with William Stone, a lighterman.

1 item (1 leaf) ; 31 cm.

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