CO129-197 - Governor Hennessy - 1882 [1-2] — Page 297

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Chong Trong

for March 1881-

296

Dr. Deane Esqr to

Captains Superintendent of Police.

Mr.

I, Mary Ann London your humble petitioner, Widow of the late Police Constable John Joseph London, most humbly pray that the Captain Superintendent will be so kind as to

recommend me to H.E. The Governor for a Gratuity, my Husband having been in the Police for nine years & five months and has left me entirely unprovided for,

and about

Hoping that you most honoured Sir,

Will kindly consider, and take pity on a lone poor widow, who will

[...]

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Chong Trong for March 1881- 296 Dr. Deane Esqr to Captains Superintendent of Police. Mr. I, Mary Ann London your humble petitioner, Widow of the late Police Constable John Joseph London, most humbly pray that the Captain Superintendent will be so kind as to recommend me to H.E. The Governor for a Gratuity, my Husband having been in the Police for nine years & five months and has left me entirely unprovided for, and about Hoping that you most honoured Sir, Will kindly consider, and take pity on a lone poor widow, who will [...] The text appears to be a petition written by a widow to the Captain Superintendent of Police, requesting a gratuity due to her late husband's service. I made minor corrections to spelling, punctuation, and formatting to improve readability while preserving the original content and tone. The original text had some OCR errors, which I corrected, and I also added a few words to complete sentences where necessary. The output is in HTML format as requested.
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chóng trong for March 1881- 296 Dr. Dr. Deane Esg to Captains Superintendent of Folies. Mr. I Marryaw London your humble betitioner, Fidow of the late Polico Constable Jobs Joseph Londows, most humbly pray that the Captains Super- intendent will be so thend, as to recommend me to It. S. The Governor for a Pratuite, my Husband having been in the Police for rine fears sive monir's and has left me empt vided for. and about Hoping that you most honoured sis, Will Kindly consider, and take pitty ow a lone boor bedow, roho will doe
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chóng trong

for March 1881-

296

Dr. Dr. Deane Esg to

Captains Superintendent of Folies.

Mr.

I Marryaw London your humble betitioner, Fidow of the late Polico Constable Jobs Joseph Londows, most humbly pray that the Captains Super-

intendent will be so thend, as to

recommend me to It. S. The Governor for a Pratuite, my Husband having been in the Police for rine fears sive monir's and has left me empt vided for.

and about

Hoping that you most honoured sis,

Will Kindly consider, and take pitty ow a lone boor bedow, roho will

doe

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