Gradwell, William

To His Excellency /
Lord Charles H\y/ Somerset /
Governor of the Cape of /
Good Hope 7+c. 7+c. 7+c. /

Humbly Sheweth, /
That Your Memorialist /
is by Trade a Blacksmith. _/
That your Memorialist is in Pos+ses+=sion /
of a good Stone House, fourteen head /
of Cattle and has about Six _ /
Acres of Land in Cultivation. _ /
That your Memorialist is desirous //
of increasing his Stock of Cattle 7+c. /
And humbly prays your //
Excellency will be pleased to /
grant him a Loan of four /
hundred Rix Dollars. for which /
he will pay Interest and /
give good Security of the same /
And your Memorialist /
as in duty bound will ever pray /
7+c. 7+c /
Caffre Drift /
11. Oct 1824 William Gradwell /