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Your memorialist would further represent that at the time he intermarried with the said Sarah Hotel your memorialist was a widower and the father of three children all of whom are now living the eldest person is about 19 and the youngest about 13 years of age-

Your memorialist would therefore respectfully represent that there is no prospect of this even again being [leveted?] with the said Sarah as husband & wife-and from his unfortunate situation and deplorable condition your memorialist would respectfully submit and petition your Honourable body for a divorce to be granted [proven?] dissolving the bonds of matrimony so unfortunately entered into by your memorialist with the said Sarah-all of which is respectfully submitted-Samuel Hall
signed Feby 1st 1847

Wisconsin Territory
[Walworth?] County [??]
Samuel Hall the above named memorialist whose name is thereto subscribed being sworn, says that he was heard said memorial read, and that the contents thereof are true above, and subscribed before me this 1st day of February 1847
The [illegible signature] was in? [illegible]
[illegible] for [Walworth?] County
Samuel Hall