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This document was sent to the British Government and is now preserved at the Public Record Office (Kew, London) reference: AO 12 vol. 15 page 141.
To the Hon’ble the Commissioners appointed by Act of Parliament for enquiring into the Losses & Services of the American Loyalists.
The Memorial of Rich’d Bowlby late of the County of Sussex & Province of New Jersey.
Sheweth
That your Memorialist was uniformly and steadily attached to His Majesty’s Person and the British Government, and was opposed to the measures of the American Congress.
That he joined the Royal Army in the year 1777 and rendered them every Service in his power, for the Suppression of the Rebellion, and the Re-establishment of the British Government in America.
That in 1777 he was attainted by a Law of the State of New Jersey for his having joined the British Army, and his Property ( an Account & Apportionment of which is herewith presented) was confiscated, sold & applied to the use of the State.
That your Memorialist has thereby lost his all and is reduced to great want and distress, and by the unfortunate determination of the Rebellion, he has been obliged to leave his native Country, & has removed to Nove Scotia, in full Confidence that he will then have extended to him the benefit of the late Act of Parliament for the Relief of the American Loyalists. He prays that you may take his Case into Consideration in order that he may be enabled under your Report to receive such Aid & Relief as his Losses & Services may be found to merit.
Signed Rich’d Bowlby, by his Att’y Isaac Ogden.