<petition><petition_analysis_number>10381507</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/10381507</petition_url><state>Delaware</state><county>New Castle</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_day>27</file_day><file_month>1</file_month><file_year>1815</file_year><filing_court>Legislative</filing_court><result>House: read</result><enslaved_count>0</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>0</fpoc_count><total_people_count>10</total_people_count><repository>Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware</repository><abstract>Thirty-five "Inhabitants of the village of Cantwells Bridge, in the County of Newcastle" aver that "they have for a long time past experienced great inconvenience for want of a Justice of the peace to prevent the disorderly conduct of people of colour and others who are in the habit of disturbing the peace of the inhabitants."  They ask for a bill to authorize the governor to establish "a commission for a justice of the Peace."</abstract><subjects><subject>White affection (FPOC)</subject></subjects></petition>