The children and heirs of John Blake ask the court to order their mother Margaret, administratrix of her late husband's estate, to sell real estate in order to discharge their father's debts. The petitioners report that "over and above the necessary attendants about the family, there are only forty Negroes." The debts amount to $50,000, the land is considerable, and the children think this approach would leave a "considerable Surplus" for their support and maintenance. Margaret refuses to comply "without the Sanction" of the court.
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