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AUGUSTA HERALD.TUESDAY, APRIL 15, tnir.1 U i Religious Society of shakers m the state of New-York, prohibit Marriages altogether, or the bringing among them the Wives, or children of proselytes; an itp.iii-eation was mule to the last legislature of that stare by H unice Chapman, for a divorce from her husband James Chapman, who had abandoned her, concealed her children, and joined himself ;o ihe Shakers, and who insisted in c(j.iiorm ty to the pricipies of ihe society, that the m image was annulled, and warned all persons against trusting her on his account. Inc bill of divorce was trran- I ted the applican , but as the principles of the society appeared to ue subversive of the order ot society, I lie uappiness and peace of j ^families, the act goes lt;»n to secure as far as ! possible the rights of the persons thus deserted, by the following section;-—11. Awl be it further enacted, That any married person, being an inhabitant of this State, who sh di herealter attach him or herseif to any Society of Shakers in this State, shill ue deemed, ami taken to be civilly dead, to all intents and purposes in the | law, and ms or her property may be dis- I posed of in tlie same ui tu ter as if such per- ! son was re illy de.vl; and such person shall j fur ever htereaf^r be incapable of taking any estate, rent or personal, by inheritance. ;
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Augusta Herald
Augusta, Georgia, US
Tue, Apr 15, 1817
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