Goodhead, Mary Ann

Port Eliz+abeth 30 Sep\r/ 1822 /
To /
His Excellency /
The R\t/ Hon\ble/ Lord Charles Somerset /
Commander in Chief /
Governor of the Cape 7+c /
I beg leave to State to your /
Excellency that I came out as a Settler /
with Captain Scott’s party from whom I /
obtained my discharge, 7+ have for sometime /
past been living with M\r/ Nicholas Hitge /
at this place _ Being desirous of proceeding /
to Cape Town where I think I shall be able /
to do better than here, I shall be obliged by /
your Excellency’s allowing me a Colonial pas+s /
for that purpose, which favor will ever be /
most gratefully acknowledged by /
Your Excellency’s /
Very Hble Sert /
Mary Ann Goodhead _ /