Stringfellow, Thomas

To His Excellency Sir Rufane Shaw Donkin. G. C. B. /
Commander in Chief of His Majesty’s Forces. /
Cape of Good Hope . 7+c. 7+c. /
The Memorial of Thomas Stringfellow /
Humbly Sheweth /
That he is a Printer by Profes+sion, the exercise /
of which Art is prohibited in the District of /
Albany: _ That the Printing Materials purchased /
by the Government, at Cape Town, were placed in /
the hands of Roberts, Surgeon, by my late em=ployer, /
in London. for our mutual benefit: _ That /
the subsequent disposal of them, and the suppres+sing /
a liberal Art, has bereft the Memorialist of the /
means of subsistence for himself and family. _ _ /
That while at Cape Town, Mr. Ros+s, the Printer, humane=ly /
promised to mention the circumstance to your /
Excellency, in hopes you would repair the los+s, which /
I must neces+sarily sustain, by placing me in the /
Establishment there ; or should your Excellency be /
pleased to confer any other mark of favour, your /
Memorialist will be ever bound to pray. ___ /
Cuylerville, June, 4. 1821/
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I hereby Certify that I have no Claim on the /
within named Tho\s./ Stringfellow for his personal /
Services or otherwise /
George Anderson /
Head of Party /
I hereby give up all claim to Land, or other /
advantage which may fall to my Lot, being /
desirous of proceeding to Cape Town /
Thomas Stringfellow /