Petition #20882810
- Orleans Parish, Louisiana. cicra 1828. - October 21, 1831.
- Court: Parish
- Salutation: To the Honble James Pitot, Judge of the Parish Court in and for the City and Parish of Orleans and President of the Police Jury of said Parish
Abstract
Pelagie Dauphin, a free woman of color, presents to the court that she has purchased for emancipation her eleven-year-old nephew named Prosper and her niece named Josephine, also eleven years of age. She purchased Prosper in 1817 from Marie Louise Bouligny, a widow, and she has recently purchased Josephine from Joseph Enoul Duguay Livaudais. The express condition of sale for both children was that she would emancipate them as soon as the laws of the state would permit. Desirous to comply with the "conditions of enfranchisement," she asks the court to submit her petition and supporting documents to the police jury of the parish, so that she may "immediately proceed to the measures" prescribed by law for the emancipation of her two relatives.
Result: Granted.
- Number of petition pages: 2
- Related documents: PARs #20882586, #20883544; Certificate [Text in French], 25 April 1828; Supplemental Petition to Police Jury, ca. September 1831; Extracts from Police Jury Deliberations, 10 September 1831, 15 October 1831, certified 17 October 1831; Petition to Parish Court, ca. 21 October 1831; Order, 21 October 1831; Sheriff's Return, 21 October 1831; Bond, 20 September 1831, certified ca. September 1831; Act of Sale, Livaudais to Dauphin [Text in French], 23 April 1828, certified 24 April 1828; Act of Sale, Bouligny to Dauphin [Text in French], 8 December 1817, certified 11 June 1827
- Pages of related documents: 15
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Citation information
Repository: New Orleans Public Library, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Records of the Parish Court, Emancipation Petitions 1813-1843
- Page: frame 179B
- Microfilm: Reel #98-5
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