To
His Excellency General Ralph Darling
Govenor and Commander in Chief
The Petition of Eliza Onslow
That your excellencys Petitioner is a native of
this colony, and who, as well as her family, as is attested
underneath, has always borne an irreproachable character, has
lately been married by Banns, in the Church of St Phillips by the
Rev Mr Cowper, to a prisoner of the Crown – an industrious young
man of the name of George Onslow, who came by the ship Hindostan,
in the year 1821, and who has since so conducted himself as to
obtain the approbation of his superiors of every class in the
colony.
Your Excelency’s Petitioner most humbly
presumes to solicit the indulgence heretofore usually granted in
such cases, - that of having her husband assigned to her off
stores, and she shall as is duty bound, ever pray
Eliza Onslow
Sydney 13 Feb 1826
We hereby certify that we know Wm Davis(Cuttler) an old inhabitant
of this colony, anf Father of Eliza, wife of George Onslow. He an
honest painstaking industrious character, and has always trained
up his Family to virtuous habits. His Daughter Eliza we believe to
be worthy of the indulgence she solicits
Thos
Bates
Eliza Onslow Solicits the favour to be allowed a Government
servant. I am not aware of any irregularity in the conduct of Mrs
Onslow, lately married, or of her husband
Wliiam
Cowper