The Commissioners of the Alms-house, vs. Alexander Whistelo, a black man
Subtitle: being a remarkable case of bastardy, tried and adjudged by the mayor, recorder, and several aldermen, of the city of New-York, under the act passed 6th March, 1801, for the relief of cities and towns from the maintenance of bastard children. : [ Three lines of quotations in Greek and English]
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 14750; Making of modern law
Publisher: Published by David Longworth, at the Shakspeare-Gallery.
Published: 1808
Place of publication: New-York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 56
Subjects: Trials, litigation; Paternity; Illegitimacy; Miscegenation; New York (N.Y.). Commissioners of the Alms-House, Bridewell, and Penitentiary
Notes: Whistelo was acquitted in the suit brought against him for the support of a child born to an almshouse inmate who declared him to be the father.

Copyright Sept. 19, 1807 by David Longworth.

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