Parker, George

To His Excellency the Right Honble General /
Lord Charles Henry Somerset /
Governor, and Commander in Chief, /
Cape of Good Hope /
7+c. 7+c. 7+c. /
The humble Memorial of George Parker, /
Shewith. /
That your Memorialist obtained /
from your Excellency a Grant of land at Worcester, that /
he has to Complain that not more than two thirds of /
said Grant Can ever be brought into Cultivation. /
That an alteration was ordered by the Landdrost, so as to /
remove more than half the said Grant, after he had /
Cultivated a part thereof. at the very time he was _ /
ploughing and Sowing, that on application to the /
Landdrost in writing no satisfactory answer could be /
obtained, from which circumstance, he found it _ /
impos+sible to Pursue his agricultural Pursuits any /
further that year, that the said alteration was the /
cause of a quantity of Salt swamp being measured in, /
which is of no value whatever. /
That he has a family of 5 Children /
and /
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That he was in a Great Measure Induced to /
settle so far in the Interior in consequence of holding the /
Place of Postmaster, that he held the Situation only /
3 Quarters 7+ Month when it was given to the Chief /
Clerk in the Landrost’s Office, a young Man without /
family and Agent to the Sequestrator that Me\st:/ did Duty /
of Receiving the letters in the town during the Quarter /
ending in December 1822 and M\r./ Scholz drew the /
Salary for that time, /
That he was the only Englishman settled /
there, and is the only One, that was Deprived of his /
Situation [In toto] (in consequence of the Drostdy being /
removed to Worcester ) that to the present day Memo\st../ /
Considers he has never been fairly dismised. /
That he has been Stigmatized by the /
Landdrost in a manner Calculated, in his opinion, to /
prevent any one doing busines+s with him. /
That /
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That himself and family have been much /
Insulted by the Under Sheriff and Mes+senger, that /
Memo\st:/ thinks they do so inconsequence (partly) or /
what they have heard the Landdrost say of him. /
That he thinks the Landdrost neglects. /
him in a case of theft committed, on his Premises /
Twelve Months back. Strong suspicion falling upon /
the Slave Boy belonging to the Under Sheriff. /
That Memo\st:/ does most humble and respectfully, /
Prays your Excellencys Interference. /
And your Memorialist, as in /
duty bound will ever Pray /
Cape Town /
23\rd./ Feby 1824 /