Forbes, Ann

May it please your Exellency /
I beg pardon for the /
liberty I have taking in thus addressing you _ /
My daughter is on board the Ship Sappho now lying /
In Simon’s Bay with four small children the eldest /
only six years old which it would have been totaly /
out of her power to have taken care of them herself, and /
my Son which is the only child I have living and now /
become a Settler in this country I have taken care of
his family during his absence which has reduced /
me so that I am not able to pay my passage up the /
Country _ I sold every thing to get here as my Son wrote /
me to come with his family. knowing I had no support /
there _ when I left England I did not consider there was /
to go up the country and now I solicit your goodnes+s /
when my daughter is sent that I may be sent with /
her or what will become of me in a strange country /
and no means of supporting myself _ I hope Sir you /
will grant me my request in so doing you will do /
a great kindnes+s to a poor Widow entirely destitute /
in a Foreign country _ Captian Lamb is doing me /
the kindnes+s of stoping on board with the family /
until I know the result _ my son came out a Settler /
in the Chapman and gave for his adres+s Mr William /
Forbes and M\r/ Bayley’s Location _ Cuyler Villa. Great Fish /
River. Cape of Good Hope _ at the same time my /
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solicits the kindnes+s of being sent up the country /
as soon as convenient having been on board ever /
since April _ your answer to the above will greatly /
oblidge _ /
Your Obedient Humble Serv\t/ /
Ann Forbes /
on board the Ship Sappho /
lying in Simon’s Bay /
August 28\th/ 1821 /