John Dungie joins his wife Lucy Ann in requesting that said Lucy Ann be permitted to remain in the state. John states that he "is descended from the aborigines of this Dominion" and that he "was born free & tis his birth right to reside therein." He acknowledges, however, that the said Lucy Ann "by the Laws of the Land should remove from the Commonwealth or be sold into slavery"; the said Lucy Ann was emancipated by the will of her father, "the late Edmund Littlepage, a highly respectable and wealthy Citizen," who also bequeathed to his “illegitimate daughter” a “pecuniary legacy of $1000 consisting of Stock of the Bank of Virginia” John avers that he currently pursues "his vocation of a waterman with a profit that he confidently hopes places entirely out of view all prospect that either him or his family will ever be chargeable to the community." He admits, however, that "if they are compelled to leave this Land your Petitioner John in a moment looses the labour of his life in acquiring an accurate knowledge of the Chesapeake Bay" and the "Legacy bequeathed to your Petitioner Lucy Ann [will] be lost or be of little value to them." They therefore "humbly pray that their peculiar situation may be considered & that a Law may be enacted permitting your Petitioner Lucy Ann to reside within this Commonwealth."
Result: Bill drawn.
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Repository: Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia
