Murray, James

To His Excellency /
Lord C. H. Somerset /
Governor of the /
Cape of Good Hope /
7+c 7+c 7+c /
The Memorial of James Murray /
_ near Caffir Drift _ /
Humbly Sheweth /
That your Memorialist has had /
unfortunately taken from him thirty /
Nine head of Cattle by the Caffres, and /
has lost about twenty four more by /
the Storm 7+c. _ /
That your Memorialist has /
still left about Sixty head of Cattle /
and has ten Acres of Ground in a good /
State of Cultivation _ /
That your Memorialist humbly /
prays your Excellency will be pleased /
to grant him a Loan of Six hundred /
Rix Dollars _ for which he will give /
good Security, And your /
Memorialist as in duty bound /
will ever pray 7+c. 7+c. /

Caffir Drift /
28. Oct\r/ 1824/
James Murray /