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1 Petition of Doctor William Wetherill 1851

handle is hein.trials/aarf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE PETITION OF DOCTOR WILLIAM WETHERILL, .1 citizen of the county of Montgomery, in the State of Pennsylvania, praying for the passage of an act divorcing him and his wife Isabella Wetherill fromr the bonds of matrimony. To the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl- vania, in General Assembly met: It is with feelings of pain and regret, that I am constrained to apply to your honor- able bodies for the passage of a law divorcing me and my wife Isabella from the bonds of matrimony. I shall briefly detail to your honorable bodies some of the causes which have impelled me to ask for this separation, and the grounds on which this relief is invoked. I was married to my said wife Isabella, then Isabella Macomb, the daughter of Mrs. General Bloomfield, the 6th of July, 1825, and from that time to the present, 1 and my said wife have been, and now ate, citizens of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Immediately after our marriage I took her to a house in Market street, Philadelphia. which had been provided for our residence and handsomely furnished. I afterwards built an elegant and commodious mansion for our residence in Front street, at a cost of $20,000, and furnished it in an elegant and sumptuous manner, at a cost of about $5,000, to which %e removed in 1835. I afterwards, in 1844, built a splendid man- sion on my farm, in the county of Montgomery, at a cost of about $20,000, which was well furnished, in a style agreeable to the taste and wishes of my wife. We. shortly afterwards removed to this place, and we made it our residence from that time, and it is my present residence. My wife was fLrnished with horses and carriage and driver; all, at all times under her entire command, and with as many other servants as she desired. She had every comfort, convenience and luxury that could be obtained. Every want and wish was gratified. She had the command of any amount of money she desired, to expend as sire chose, which in some years amounted to more than $5,000. I bestowed upon her all the duties and attentions of a faithful and affectionate hus- band, and also extended to her immediate connexions such comforts and accommoda- tions, as were calculated in their situation, to make them comfortable and happy, and to gratify my wife. Shortly after our marriage the property and house occupied by my wife's mother, was sold to pay her husband's debts, and she was left houseless and destitute. This property was purchased by my father and a deed of conveyance made to me, and I allowed Mrs. Bloomfield to occupy her old family mansion without rent as long as she chose. My wife's sisters made my house their home, and lived at it as their own. Her youngest sister was brought up in my family, and educated at my expense, and was married from my house. This kind, liberal, indulgent treatment on my part, has for some years been returned with coldness, contemptuous indifference and dislike by Mrs. Wetherill. Her manners, behaviour and language for a long time have been wounding, mortifying and insulting M'KINLEY & LESCURE, rRINTI&RS.

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