Elijah Metcalf

Whereas my infamous false husband, Elijah Metcalf, has been pleased to say in your former papers, that I wilfully eloped from his bed, which is altogether false, for with his approbation I came from home, which I can prove by Capt. Pratt and Wife, of Kent, and Mr. Hopson of Colchester, and as the said Elijah by a series of bad and abusive confuct, has not only ruined my character but spent my estate. I do therefore forbif all strumpets trusting the said Elijah or anyhow trading with him as afore time, for I utterly refuse letting him have any more of my estate to spend in such a manner. Mary Metcalf. Suffield, Feb. 2, 1771.