| Title: | Petition of John Caldwell Senior to Lord Cornwallis |
|---|---|
| ID | 433 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Caldwell, John Sr/19 |
| Year | 1798 |
| Sender | Caldwell, John Sr. |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | linen merchant |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Co. Antrim, N.Ireland |
| Destination | Ireland? |
| Recipient | Charles Marquis Cornwallis |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | not acquainted |
| Source | T 3541/6/2: Deposited by R.V.T. Edie |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9309357 |
| Date | 09/06/1798 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Action By Date Document added by C. R., 30:09:1993 |
| Word Count | 657 |
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| Transcript | [Typescript] [(typed from the ms. [manuscript?]) PETITION of John Caldwell Sr. [Senior?] to Cornwallis] [single sheet both sides written on.] To his excellency Charles Marquis Cornwallis Lieutent [Lieutenant?] General and Governor General of Ireland - The Humble Petition of John Caldwell of Harmony Hill in the County of Antrim Linen Merchant - Sheweth That your petn. [petitioner?] approaches your Excellency with the warmest feelings of Veneration and Gratitude for your Excellencys humane attention to his former petition on behalf of his deluded son Richd [Richard?] Caldwell who was then under sentence, but has since through your Excellencys mercy been allowed to sail for America- That your petr. [petitioner?] has reached the age of three score years, during which time he has lived as a Loyal Subject, and on many occasions has given the most decisive proofs of his attachment to the Illustrious House of Brunswick- That when the punishment of his Infatuated Son was changed to Transportation, your petr. [petitioner?] in order to atone for the offense [offence?] of his Son by banishing from their Country the Innocent Family of one who has injured it, proposed to Genl. [General?] Nugent that if the young Man should be permitted to Transport himself to America, your petr. [petitioner?] and the remainder of his Family Except one son, wou'd [would?] in three months for ever retire from this Kingdom, This being agreed to, you [your?] petr. [petitioner?] with two Securities entered into a Recognizance for that purpose, before Hugh Lyle Esq. by appointment of Lord Henry Murray Commandg. [commanding?] in Coleraine, and the term specified in Ls recognizance will expire on the 18th Nov. [November?] next - That your petr.'s [petitioner's?] Sons have all gone to America, save, one a student in Trinity College, who has excepted in consequence of a wish to prosecute his studies, who together with four Daughters two of them Children, still remain in this Kingdom with their unhappy Father- That on Saturday the 9th day of June last, in Consequence, as the petr. [petitioner?] supposes, of his Son's Misconduct, your petrs. [petitioner's?] Dwelling House and offices were set on Fire and Consumed, by a party of his Majesty Yeomanry Forces, his large family and Infant GrandChild were deprived of a Dwelling, and many Articles of property were destroyed to a Considerable Amount- #PAGE 2 That yr. [your?] petr. [petitioner?] has advertized [advertised?] all his remaining property for sale in the publick [public?] papers, and has been using every effort for the disposal of it but from the destruction of his Books of accounts, from the loss of several Deeds Leases and papers, and from the difficulty of procuring proper releases from persons not resident in this kingdom, it is not in your petrs. [petitioner's?] power to dispose of his property to fulfill [fulfil?] his Commercial Engagements, or to answer the demands of his Creditors before the 18th day of Nov. [November?] next- That your petr. [petitioner?] even tho' [though?] he shou'd [should?] be enabled to arrange his affairs previously to that time, most Humbly Submits to your Excellency the Impossibility of procuring a Passage to America at so late a season, when no Merchantman will Encounter the dangers of the Seas for so long a Voyage - That Genl. [General?] Nugent being removed from Belfast, and Lord Henry Murray being absent from Coleraine, your petr. [petitioner?] with all Humility begs leave to address the benevolent Representative of the Father of his People, and in behalf of himself and his Daughters, Most Humbly to Implore your Excellency, that you wou'd [would?] be graciously pleased to take the foregoing Circumstances into your Consideration and as his sons have removed themselves to America for ever, you will be pleased to Extend the term of your Petrs. [petitioner's?] Stay and that of his four Daughters in this Kingdom from the 18th day of Novr. [November?] to the 1st day of May next on his Entering into a new Recognizence [Recognizance?] with sufficient Surities [Sureties?] for his removal at that period - And your petitioner Will for ever pray- etc. |
