Lis
years, during
the whole of which
time he was never absent from his Post, though his duties were both
arduous and trying and involved Constant rxposure to a tropical
Sun.
was
while in
in the
Active discharge of these duties that
he
was suddenly snatched leaving a widow and
away
a widow and four Children
to lament his loss.
In the cases of Mr. Lay.
Ms Layton
and Into Commor whose
Husbands died while in the Consular Service in China and whose circumstances were similar to mine Ibelieve that
some allowance or grant of money was accorded by Her Majesty's Government to ruable them to return to England, and it is my rarest hope, that through Your Excellency's Kind support, on which
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Ifully rely, that a similar grant may be accorded to me..
Sam, te..
| Signed, Hannah Eliza Morrison.
Time Copy, I
Maine Colmist Secretary.