United States v. Wiggins
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL from the Superior Court of East Florida. The appellee, Elizabeth Wiggins, on the 1st of August, 1815, presented a petition to Estrada, the governor of East Florida, stating that, “ owing to the diminution of trade, she will have to devote herself to -the pursuits of the countryand wishing to establish herself on the eastern side of the pond of St. George, “ she asked the governor to grant three hundred acres in the said place, as she had five children, and five…
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APPEAL from the Superior Court of East Florida. The appellee, Elizabeth Wiggins, on the 1st of August, 1815, presented a petition to Estrada, the governor of East Florida, stating that, “ owing to the diminution of trade, she will have to devote herself to -the pursuits of the countryand wishing to establish herself on the eastern side of the pond of St. George, “ she asked the governor to grant three hundred acres in the said place, as she had five children, and five slaves, with herself.” By a decree of the 6th of August, 1815, the object of the petition was granted by Governor Estrada, and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Catron
The first question arises upon the admission in evidence of the. memorial of Mrs. Wiggins, and the decree thereon by the governor, Estrada, on the certificate of the secretary, Aguilar. They are as follow:
MEMORIAL EOR GRANT.
Translation.
“His Excellency the Governor:
“ Isabel Wiggins, an inhabitant of the town of Férnandina, with the greatest respect appears before your Excellency, and states, that she has never importuned the attention of the government with petitions for lands, as she procured to support her family with the fruits of her industry, in this town ;.but owing to the diminution of…
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