Probate Notice
The Unionist 1833-12-19
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AT a Court of Probate holden at Windham within and for the district of Windham, on the 11 th day of November A.D. 1833.
Present, C.F. CLEVELAND, Esq. Judge [sic re. spelling of Cleveland]
Upon the petition of Philip Pearl, Jr. of Hampton, in the county of Windham, shewing to this court that he is Guardian of Harriet A. Utley, of Hampton, within said district, minor; that said minor is the owner of real estate situated in said Hampton, viz.—about thirty acres of land, being that part of the farm of her father, Capt. Thomas Utley, late of said Hampton deceased, which was set to said minor, in the distribution of said estate, valued at about five hundred dollars—that it would be for the interest of said minor that said land should be sold and the avails thereof put on interest or applied for her education and advancement in life, praying for liberty to sell said property, for the purposes aforesaid, as per petition on file.
It is ordered by this Court, That said Guardian give notice of said application, by causing the same to be published in one of the newspapers printed in Brooklyn, in the county of Windham, three weeks successively, at least six weeks before the hearing; and that said petition will be heard at the Probate Office in said district on the first 2d Monday of February next, at 9 o’clock A.M.
Certified from Record,
17 THOMAS GRAY, Clerk.
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Philip Pearl Jr. has a checkered history in the saga of the Canterbury Female Academy. His daughter Hannah attended the first version of the Academy, before the change to Black students. Philip Pearl Jr. was an elected legislator who helped to draft the law in 1833, and lobbied it through the Assembly. He was perceived as Andrew Judson's most important ally in Connecticut state politics. However, he was converted to anti-slavery by Theodore Dwight Weld, and in 1837 led the effort to repeal the Black Law! On the petition from his town of Hampton, he signed the petition at the top in bold pen. Petitions re: Repeal of Act Prohibiting Education of Colored Persons RG002, Box 26 General Assembly Papers 1837-1838, folder #16, document 14.
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