Letter from Richard Tidd’s daughter to Lord Sidmouth (catalogue reference HO 44/6/269)
Transcript
My Lord
My father Richard Tidd who is now under sentence of death and ordered for execution for tomorrow, I have never seen [him] since the time he was first taken. May I entreat that your Lordship will take that into consideration and grant me an order for to be admitted to see him today; [I am] sure your Lordship who is a father and a husband will not be so devoid of feeling as to refuse the only consolation to an afflicted daughter. I appeal to your Lordship’s feelings and trust I shall not be disappointed though some unforeseen accident. I have been unkindly excluded, different from any other relative, though I have made repeated applications and tomorrow shall be left destitute with two Orphan Children and no support for them.
Oh my Lord let me again appeal to your feelings and let me and my infant children see my father before it is too late.
Your Lordship’s
Most Obedient Humble Servant
Mary Barker
Sunday Morning