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of fourteen
on
when he died very suddenly
years the 24th of the last month leaving
his wife totally unprovided for who
now
requests that I may bring her destitute position to the notice of the Acting Governor that in consideration
of her husband's past services in this Government she
may receive such
relief as His Excellency
may deem her case worthy of
his humane consideration.
Caetano de Souza
was an active,
trustworthy and efficient subordinate Officer of this Government and I recommend most earnestly the petition
of his widow Maria M. de Souza.
I have, (signed) Fred Forth
To the Chief
F. Forth, have
M. L. C
The Humble Petition of Maria M. de Souza.
Humly Sheweth
That
your humble Petitioner
is the Widow of Caetano de Souza late Sub-Collector, of Police and Lighting Rates, who has been in the service of the Government of this Colony for
upwards of 14 years.
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