Adams, Thomas Price

Cuyler Town, June 31. 1820 /
Sir /
His Excellency Major _ General Sir Rufane /
Shawe Donkin, Knight Commander of the /
Most Honourable and Military order of the /
Bath acting Governor and commanding /
in chief his Majesty’s Forces at the Cape of /
Good Hope 7+ 7+ 7+ /
We beg leave to expres+s our gratitude for /
the kind, liberal and considerate manner /
with which our Government have attended to /
and provided for ourselves and the comforts /
of our Families in this distant and almost /
uninhabited region, also to make known to /
the Government at home and our Country=men /
through your medium, the care that /
has been taken of us since our departure /
from England: at the same time, we cannot /
help expres+sing our satisfaction and return=ing /
our sincere thanks thus publickly to /
your Excellency and the resident Authori=ties /
for the able, humane and energetic manner /
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with which you and they have attended /
our steps under every difficulty of pas+sing /
almost inacces+sible roads, woods 7+ Rivers :
caused the supply of Provisions to be brought to /
us from distant parts and seen our neces+sities /
supplied confiding in our industry and /
gratitude for a return and payment. /
Thus supported and as+sisted in one of /
the finest Countries of the world with /
pleasure we toil and look forward to the /
day when we shall be enabled to repay /
our Country and convince the heads /
of the departments that their confidence in /
our exertions have not been misplaced /
and that we have been deserving of that /
Maternal Solicitude with which the /
Government at home and here have /
attended us. wishing your Excellency every /
happines+s and honour your noble exertions /
merit we remain very respectfully /
Thomas Price Adams, Thomas Griffin, William Blair, John Walker (surgeon), William Seymour, James Hoole, William Harrison, William Hart, William Foster, George Stokes, William Harding, George Fulgon.