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Collection Reference Number GLC06313.04.054
From Archive Folder Aaron Hobart Collection 
Title William Woart to Aaron Hobart regarding a disposition
Date 24 June 1817
Author Woart, William (1772 or 3-1841)  
Recipient Hobart, Aaron  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Sends the disposition of Lydia Brown, which he took upon Hobart's request. Brown testifies about her knowledge of man, Andrew Turner, whose real name was Amos Turner, who had multiple wives.
Subjects Women's History  Marriage  Law  
People Woart, William (1772 or -1841)  Hobart, Aaron (1787-1858)  Brown, Lydia (fl. 1817)  Turner, Andrew (fl. 1817)  Turner, Amos Martin (fl. 1817)  
Place written Newburyport, Massachusetts
Theme Law; Women in American History
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Additional Information William Woart was a notary public and justice of the peace.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859