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Title: Juana Pacheco's Petition for Marital Separation
Date Created and/or Issued: 1846
Publication Information: Santa Clara University Library, Archives & Special Collections
Contributing Institution: Santa Clara University
Collection: Mission Santa Clara Manuscript Collection
Rights Information: Permission to copy or publish any item or materials from Archives & Special Collections must be given by Santa Clara University Library, Archives & Special Collections.
Description: In 1846 Juana Pacheco turned to Judge John Burton in San Jose to initiate a litigation against her husband Santiago Olvera who lived in Juan Ignacio Alviso’s ranch at Mission Santa Clara. Juana claimed that Santiago failed to provide for her housing, food and dress and that he would temporarily abandon her and also physically mistreat her, thus this 19th-century California woman petitioned for a separation. Judge Burton determined that the clergy should intervene.
Type: text
Format: application/pdf
Identifier: http://content.scu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/msc/id/88
Language: Spanish
Subject: California Missions
Mission Santa Clara
Santa Clara County (Calif.)
Relation: Mission Santa Clara Manuscript Collection

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