Pirie, Robert

To His Excellency /
Lord C. H. Somerset /
Governor of the /
Cape of Good Hope /
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The Memorial of Robert Pirie /
Humbly Sheweth /
That your Memorialist has remained /
and laboured hard on his Location ever /
since he arrived in the Colony, To this /
the Rev\d/ M\r/ Boardman will bear /
Testimony. _ /
That your Memorialist has got about /
Eight Acres of Land in a good State of /
Cultivation, forty head of Cattle and an /
English Cart. /
That your Memorialist wishes /
to increase his Stock of Cattle and /
build himself a little House, /
And humbly prays your Excellency /
will /be\ pleased to grant him a Loan /
of Six hundred Rix dollars /
for which term he will give good /
Security _ And your Memorialist /
as in duty bound will ever pray /
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Beaufort Valle /
28. Oct\r/ 1824/
Robt Pirie /