20882962https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20882962LouisianaOrleansParishy441829Parish441829Parishgranted103New Orleans Public Library, New Orleans, LouisianaCharles Wharton Edwards presents to the court that in 1828 he purchased from Margaret Cooper, the widow of Martin Thomas and now the wife of Benjamin Fox, a thirty-year-old female mulatto slave named Mary, also known as Patience. He explains that the condition of sale bound him to emancipate Mary within one year of purchase; a condition with which he is now "desirous" to comply. He asks the court to order the publication of the notices required by law.owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slavePurchased for emancipation