Erith, Jane

Cape Town Oct 11th 1825
To His Excellency the Right Honb\le/ Lord /
Charles Henry Somerset 7+c 7+c 7+c and Council /

The Memorial of Jane Erith humbly sheweth /
that on the 6th Instant Memorialist received an /
Answer in the Negative to that part of her
Memorial’s of September 19th . 26th. and Oct 3\rd/ /
Respecting her Pas+sage to England by the /
Espiegle but had her /prayer\ been granted her health /
is Now in Such a debilitated State that it /
will be impos+sible for her to undertake the /
Care of her four Children (for So long a Voyage) /
for at least 3 Weeks or a Month Memorialist /
has therefore to pray that should the other /
Government Ship now in Simons Bay /
be dispatched about that time and her /
health continue to improve Memorialist /
and her Family may be permitted to /
Return to England by it or any other as /
Soon as pos+sible_ Memorialist cannot /
forbear Remarking that no Answer is returned /
by your Excellency 7+ Council to the other /
part of her Memorials a Silence for which /
Memorialist is totally at a los+s to account /
Your Excellency and Council must Suppose /
that a Family of 4 Children and as Sick /
Mother as a Burden of no Small weight and /
The Philanthropy of the Individuals whose /
Income /
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income is only attained by their own /
Industrious exertions the feelings of Memorialist /
alive therefore to their disinterested goodnes+s /
and humanity wishes to Reimburse to them /
their debt of kindnes+s as soon as pos+sible /
a procrastination of which Memorialist /
earnestly request considering the Colonial Govm\nt/ /
are in pos+ses+sion of a Sufficiency of her /
Property may not be Retarded longer than /
Memorialist is enabled to leave her /
Habitation _ Should the health of _ /
Memorialist Keep improving She hopes /
to be to Reach as far as the Colonial Office /
the latter end of the Week when she humbly /
intreats Your Excellency and Council will /
be pleased to order her affairs to be finally /
arranged as it will take some time Situated /
as Memorialist as with her Family to /
prepare for so long a Voyage /
Memorialist therefore humbly Requests from /
Your Excellency and Council an early /
full and explicit Reply ___ /
And Memorialist as in duty bound /
Will ever pray _ /
Jane Erith /