Erith, Jane

Cape Town Oct 3\rd/ 1825 /

To His Excellency the Right Honb\le/ General /
Lord Charles Henry Somerset 7+c 7+c 7+c and Council /

The Memorial of Jane Erith Sheweth /
That Memorialist on the 26\th/ Ultimo Addres+sed /
your Excellency and Council noticing /
the State of her health, the State of her Finances, /
and her wish to leave as soon as pos+sible /
with her Family for England, to which /
No Answer has been returned ___ /
Memorialist has to state to your Excellency /
and Council that on the 27\th/ Ult it was /
thought neces+sary (by the Inmates of the House) /
to call in Medical Advice; (24 Hour’s Notice /
having been given to the District Doctor
Who did Not attend) /
Memorialist has to expres+s the Kindnes+s and /
attention she has experienced from Persons /
in the Same dwelling (to her entire Strangers) /
while in Bed of Sicknes+s in feeding her /
4 Children reimbursing Money for Medicine /
in Short under Medical Aid. She considers /
herself indebted to them alone for a /
protracted Existence, at the same time /
your Excellency has been made acquainted /
by repeated applications, that since /
the 16\th/ Ultimo Memorialist had no Finances /
of her own to depend upon, and the /
Colonial Governement at the most – /
Moderate /
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Moderate Calculation not les+s debeted to the
Husband of Memorialist than 481 Rds ___ /
at the same Moment her Children and self /
Suffered to want as also that applications /
had been made by two Gentlemen on the /
part of her Children to His Majesty Fiscal /
during the time She Was Wholly confined /
to her Bed, but was told that Nothing could be /
done _ _ _ Memorialist has therefore to Request
that as soon as pronounced Convalescence your /
Excellency and Council will be pleased /
to order her affairs to be Settled. That She /
May be enabled to discharge her debt of /
Obligation 7+c and that herself and Family /
May be allowed to Return to her Native /
Shores. by the first Government Ves+sel bound /
to that Country according to your Excellency’s /
and council’s promise of the 16th of August /
Memorialist not knowing the most distant /
prospect of Husbands Return to the /
Cape of Good Hope for which Memorialist /
as in duty bound /
Will ever pray /
Jane Erith /