In re Wollstonecraft
New York Court of Chancery
HENRY moved for the allowance of a habeas corpus to bring up the body of the infant, alleged to be detained wrongfully by Henry Garrison, of Philipstoum, in Putnam, county, or by Sally Wollstonecraft, the mother of the said infant, or by Joseph T. Jackson, of Fishkill, in Dutchess county, or by one of them.
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HENRY moved for the allowance of a habeas corpus to bring up the body of the infant, alleged to be detained wrongfully by Henry Garrison, of Philipstoum, in Putnam, county, or by Sally Wollstonecraft, the mother of the said infant, or by Joseph T. Jackson, of Fishkill, in Dutchess county, or by one of them. In support of the motion, he read the following papers : 1. An affidavit of Richard Hall, of JYew-Ipswich, in the state of New-Hampshire, stating, _that on the 21 tti of May, 1818, the infant was placed in his family, and under his care, by Nancy K. Wollstonecraft, the widow of Major…
1Per curiam
Let the writ issue.
On this day, Joseph T. Jackson, on whom the habeas corpus was served, brought up the infant, and returned that the infant was placed in his family, and under his protection, by her mother and guardian, Sally Wollstonecraft, and with the approbation of her grandfather, Henry Garrison and it appeared by a document accompanying the return, that Sally W. had been appointed guardian of the person and estate of the infant, by the surrogate of the county of Putnam,, on the 19th of March last. The return being read and filed;
The Chancellor
examined the infant touching her situation…
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