Field, Thomas

To His Excellency Major General Sir /
Rufane Shawe Donkin K.C.B. /
Commander in chief 7+c 7+c 7+c /
The Memorial of Thomas Feild /
humbly sheweth /
That your Memorialist came /
to this colony as a settler, under the di=rection /
of William Cocks, that memorialists /
wife, on the pas+sage out, caught a violent cold, /
which settled upon her, and has nearly deprived /
her of the use of her Limbs; memorialist has /
used every means for the restoration of her health, /
but to no effect, and it being the oppinion of /
the Medical Officer at Bathurst, that the /
want of proper shelter, joined to the want of /
nourishments, is the only thing that prevents /
her recovery. Memorialist most humbly /
implores your Excellencys permis+sion to /
proceed to Cape Town, where Memorialists /
Wife may enjoy the benefit of those nourish=ments /
that are not to be had here, and /
which would no doubt be the means of reestab=lishing /
her health /

And your Memorialist will as in/
duty bound ever pray. /
Thomas Feild /
Bathurst May 23\rd/ 1821 /