Cadle, Sarah

To His Excellency The Right Honourable
General Lord Charles Hy Somerset
Governor of His Majestys Castle, Town and
Settlement of The Cape of Good Hope
&c &c &c
May it please your Excellency
The Memorial of Sarah Cadle humbly
Sheweth
That your Excellencys Memorialist is the Widow of the late
John Cadle, who was employed by his Majestys Colonial Government
in a contract for the repair of the public roads from Grahams Town to the
Mouth of the river Kowie, but was unfortunately drowned in front of his
own House during the tremendous flood of October last, having been attending
to the duties of his vocation, and in that he fell a sacrifice, leaving Memorialist
in a state of pregnancy with Five helpless orphans, totally unprovided for
and in all probability before this reaches your Lordships hand, the number
will be increased to Six.
That your Excellencys Memorialist being thus unfortunately
situated in a foreign Land, at an immense distance from all her friends looks up to in
great humility to the wisdom and goodness of your Lordship, as the humane
and generous Parent of your People, to render her some pecuniary assistance
in this day of exceeding great calamity, so as to enable her to maintain
the arduous struggle with success, in the support of her infant family
That your Excellencys Memorialist begs leave to state that her
residence has always been devoted to the accommodation of Travellors
and if your Lordship, in your great philanthropy would be graciously pleased
to grant her a Loan of 500 RixDollars, she would thereby be enabled
to carry on the aforesaid concern with advantage to herself from the general
feeling of public sympathy which has been expressed towards her under
circumstances so peculiarly distressing.
That your Excellencys Memorialist does not however solicit the exercise
of your Lordships paternal goodness in thus favouring her without offering
the most ample security for the use of the public Money
such as she feels confident would not be rejected by the Local authorities and therefore
should your Excellency deign to grant her a favourable answer to the prayer
contained in this her Memorial, she will ever feel herself in duty bound to pray
Salem Hills Nr Grahams Town
April 26 1824
Sarah Cadle