Title
Document, Bill Charging Abandonment and Adultery, Sebrina Hopkins v. Freeman Hopkins, November 1855
Contributor
Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams
Description
This legal document, Sebrina Hopkins vs. Freeman Hopkins, is a bill charging Freeman Hopkins with "extreme and exhaustive cruelty" due to the abandonment of his wife, Sebrina Hopkins, and family after he sent them to Illinois from New York on the promise that he would join them but failed to do so and instead proceeded to leave them destitute while he committed adultery numerous times. Mrs. Hopkins was thus "compelled to labor hard to support the family" during the five or six years after Mr. Hopkins abandoned her and their children in Illinois. The bill, dated November 10, 1855, is seeking relief be mandated of Mr. Hopkins on behalf of Mrs. Hopkins. The bill was filed by the Sangamon County Illinois clerk on November 17, 1855.
Transcription
FVW-MANU-B1F38-1-transcript
Publication Date
11-17-1855
Rights
Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.
Time Period
1850-1859
Subjects
Legal documents
Geographic Location
Illinois
Object Type
text
Format (original)
document
Format (digital)
Digital ID
FVW-MANU-B1F38-1
Source
Mississippi State University Libraries, Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Original Manuscript Collection, Series 1: Abraham Lincoln Legal Documents, 1837-1859, Box 1, Folder 38
Repository
The Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana Repository
Digital Publisher
Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).
Contact Information
For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.
Recommended Citation
Document, Bill Charging Abandonment and Adultery, Sebrina Hopkins v. Freeman Hopkins, November 1855, Original Manuscript Collection, Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Mississippi State University Libraries.