1785 | Agata Juana Francisca and Maria Adelayda Lemelle petition to administer their own property | SPANISH

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The WPA abstract included with this record, dated July 29, 1785, describes it as "proceedings instituted by Agata Juana Francisca and Maria Adelayda Lemelle, (free mulattoes ((sic)), to be placed in administration of their inherited property." The abstract also indicates that the petitioners brought Don Antonio Planchard and Don Andres Dumont to the court to give testimony of their "good conduct" and ability "to administer their properties." What more can we learn about these women and the men who set out to define their legal status as property owners?

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Año de 1785

Agata Juan Fran[cis]ca y Maria Adelayda Lemelle Mulatas Libres pretendiendo Se les Autoriza Ser Capazes de administrar por si sus bienes________

N[umer]o 3052

[anotacion reciente:] #1106

Juez e[scriba]no (([e]s[criba]no)) M[arti]n Fonartall Rodrigue((s))

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[anotacion reciente:] July 29, 1785

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1 Yo Fr[ere] Antonio de Sedella Religioso Capuchino Vicario Gen[era]l Ynterino de la Provincia de la Luisiana, y cura Parroco de la Yglesia de S[a]n Luis del Nuevo Orleans certifico en la firma que devo como en u[...] de los libros de Bautismos, que estan à mi cargo hay al folio l[ivre] 23.. una partida del senor siguiente . . . .

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L'an mil sept cent soixante onze le sept novembre je sousigne ay baptisé avec les ceremonies ordinaires de l'eglise Marie Adelaide né le onze octobre de la presente anne de jacqueline mulatresse esclave à M[onsieu]r Lemelle laquelle enfant à eté declaré libre pour le siens Lemelle son Maitre de d'un pere inconue: Le Parreine à eté Monsieur Carouche[?]negotiant al ma reine Demoiselle Marie braux les quels ont signe avec moy le jour et an que dessus = Fr[ere] Dagobert = Marie Braux = Lemelle =

Concuerda con su original que queda entre los libros de esta Parroq[ui]a a que me refiero, y de que doy fee en la Nueva Orleans à veinte y seis dias del mes de Julio del año de mil setecientos ochenta y cinco #

[Signature] Fr. Antonio de Sedella

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