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Title: 1825 Sick Certificate ??
Post by: themetalchicken on Wednesday 24 September 08 00:18 BST (UK)
I've encountered the following in a will

"… by accounts lately received from Jamaica it appears that my son John is coming home from there on a sick certificate so that he is not likely to live …"

Apart from the obvious re. John's health can anyone tell me please what I can learn from the above, e.g. what might it tell me about John's employment in Jamaica? I'm thinking it maybe means he was an army officer.

Thank you

Annie