Abigail Butler

These are to give public notice, that I the subscriber do forewarn and forbid all persons from trusing my wife Abigail Butler, any money Goods or Chattles on my account, as I am determined not to pay any debt of her contracting, after the date hereof. Also do forbid all persons from receiving any of my estate of her, as she is now eloped from me as she hath divers times, and run me greatly in debt - and as she has had many fits of delirium and giving loose to passion, and a liquid appetite, all persons that sees her abroad are desired to advise her home, where necessaries of life are provided for her. Nathanael Butler. Stafford, August 15, 1772.