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In the Matter of the Petition of Edward Middleton, to the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, for a Divorce from His Wife: Statement of the Respondent to the Legislature [caption title]
(Philadelphia: np, 1850. First edition. 8vo. 18 pp. From a prominent South Carolina family and a career United States naval officer, Middleton was unsuccessful in an attempt to divorce his wife in his home state, based on stories of her infidelity; he then attempted to have a special law for a divorce passed in Pennsylvania. This pamphlet records his wife's side of the story OCLC locates two copies (Library of Congress, New York Historical Society). Disbound pamphlet, lacking outer wrappers. Very good. Item #50544
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