Heath, John Henry

44 Mincing Lane /
30 July 1819 /
My Lord, /
Parliament having granted a Sum /
of Money for the purpose of as+sisting Persons /
unable to get Employ in this Country to remove /
to the Cape: _ I take the liberty most humbly /
to solicit your Lordship, to grant such _ /
As+sistance as to your Lordship may seem /
requisite for myself and Family's Voyage to /
the Colony now establishing by His Majesty's /
Government. _ /
I have been regularly brought up /
to the Profes+sion of the Law _ but thro’ _ /
heavy los+ses and the ill Conduct of my /
late Partner, am now Destitute of all _ /
resource. _ Situations are at this time /
so scarce, that it is almost considered a /
favour to employ Persons: _ and altho' /
I have made every Application, both thro’ /
the medium of the Daily Papers, and _ /
private Channels, yet such applications _ /
have hitherto remained unanswered, and /
my Family in consequence in great distres+s. /
I am well aware, My Lord, That /
when the Grant was made by Parliament, /
It /
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it more particularly alluded to Mechanics, /
and Workmen; But surely, My Lord, it is /
not thereby intended to exclude those, who /
have been unfortunately brought up to the /
more liberal Profes+sions; and with this _ /
impres+sion upon my Mind, I confidently /
ask for the as+sistance of His Majesty's /
Ministers, and most sincerely hope, that /
your Lordship will excuse my present /
application which nothing but my perplexed /
Situation would ever have induced me /
to make. _ /
With the greatest anxiety for your /
Lordship's Answer _ /
I remain, /
My Lord, /
Your Lordships most /
Obedient, and very /
Humble Servant. /
J. H. HEATH /