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Letter to Editor
August 11, 1794
The Patowmac Guardian, And Berkeley Advertiser
Martinsburg, Shepherdstown, Berkeley County, Jefferson County, West Virginia
What is this article about?
In 1794, Catharine Tabler publicly responds to her husband George Tabler's advertisement, detailing how she was abused and driven from home after opposing their son's marriage to a woman with a living husband, leaving her without support while he wastes their property.
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TO THE PUBLIC.
WHEREAS my husband, George Tabler, did, in this paper, of Monday last, caution all persons from crediting any one on his account, without his written or personal approbation, and presuming that advertisement was levelled at me, in consequence of my being absent from him, I beg leave to state the unfortunate cause which at present separates us and leave an impartial public to judge whether I am, or am not, an injured woman.
Some short time since, my Son was about to marry a woman who then had another husband living-- feeling as a mother ought to feel (and a father too, had he not lost his senses) I opposed the design, as far as in my power lay; notwithstanding which, my son, by art, obtained the approbation of his father. and they were married; soon after, my son with this abandoned and shameless woman came home, when almost immediately my husband, son and his guilty wife, began abusing me, and through the influence the two latter had with the former. he beat me. and drove me from the house : I then took shelter on our other plantation but he there followed me and drove me off. and not only keeps me away, without any subsistence from him what ever, but is wasting the property we mutually laboured to obtain : these are truths. and the cause of our Separation, and I call upon George Tabler to deny them if they are not so.
CATHARINE TABLER.
August 4, 1794.
WHEREAS my husband, George Tabler, did, in this paper, of Monday last, caution all persons from crediting any one on his account, without his written or personal approbation, and presuming that advertisement was levelled at me, in consequence of my being absent from him, I beg leave to state the unfortunate cause which at present separates us and leave an impartial public to judge whether I am, or am not, an injured woman.
Some short time since, my Son was about to marry a woman who then had another husband living-- feeling as a mother ought to feel (and a father too, had he not lost his senses) I opposed the design, as far as in my power lay; notwithstanding which, my son, by art, obtained the approbation of his father. and they were married; soon after, my son with this abandoned and shameless woman came home, when almost immediately my husband, son and his guilty wife, began abusing me, and through the influence the two latter had with the former. he beat me. and drove me from the house : I then took shelter on our other plantation but he there followed me and drove me off. and not only keeps me away, without any subsistence from him what ever, but is wasting the property we mutually laboured to obtain : these are truths. and the cause of our Separation, and I call upon George Tabler to deny them if they are not so.
CATHARINE TABLER.
August 4, 1794.
What sub-type of article is it?
Emotional
Persuasive
What themes does it cover?
Social Issues
Morality
What keywords are associated?
Family Separation
Domestic Abuse
Bigamy
Public Appeal
George Tabler
Catharine Tabler
What entities or persons were involved?
Catharine Tabler
To The Public
Letter to Editor Details
Author
Catharine Tabler
Recipient
To The Public
Main Argument
catharine tabler explains that her separation from husband george tabler resulted from her opposition to their son's bigamous marriage, leading to abuse and expulsion from home and plantation, and she appeals to the public to judge if she is an injured woman.
Notable Details
Husband's Prior Advertisement Cautioning Against Crediting Anyone On His Account
Son Married A Woman With Another Husband Living
Husband, Son, And Daughter In Law Abused And Beat Her
Driven From House And Other Plantation Without Subsistence
Husband Wasting Jointly Acquired Property