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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05508.086 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of documents relating to religion and spirituality 1861-1944 |
| Title | Letter from Morgan Dix to the Bishop of Albany regarding marriage and divorce laws |
| Date | 18 February 1886 |
| Author | Dix, Morgan (fl. 1886) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Suggests possible reforms to help arrest the rising rate of divorce. Dix first establishes a difference between holy matrimony and secular matrimony. He proposes six reforms including publication of bans, a state license requirement, discouraging marriages in private homes, requiring the couple to furnish two witnesses, devising alternate forms of marriage when both parties are not members of the same church, and requiring Clergy to keep records of all marriages performed. He also mentions that the innocent party in a divorce case may be allowed to remarry, depending on the situation. He also bemoans not having the power to stop the "deceased-wife's-sister-nuisance." |
| Subjects | Children and Family Marriage Women's History Religion |
| People | Dix, Morgan (fl. 1886) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | Religion; Law; Children & Family; Women in American History |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |