Wead, William

To /
His Excellency Lord Charles Henry /
Sommerset Governor of the Colony of the /
Cape of Good Hope, General and Com=mander /
of the Forces 7+c. 7+c. 7+c. /
The Petition of William Wead /
Horticulturalist and Settler /
Humbly Sheweth /
That your Petitioner came out /
to this Colony as an articled Servant to /
the late General Campbell and remained /
under the direcction of his Mistres+s untill /
he obtained his discharge from her /
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That your Peitioner humbly solicits /
your Excellency to grant him a Colonial /
Pas+s that your Petitioner may be enabled /
to follow his occupation /
That your Petitioner hoping /
that your Excellency will not refuse him /
the tenor of this his Petition will as in /
duty bound ever pray /

Grahams Town /
August 8\th/ 1824 /