Bager, George

To His Excellency General Lord C. H. Somerset G.C.B. /
Governor of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope _ /
7+c 7+c 7+c /
The Memorial of George Bager /
Humbly Sheweth /
That your memorialist belonging /
to the Nottingham party of settlers, and that /
he has never left his location on any pretence /
what ever, and has since being located stroven /
his utmost towards cultivation, by which your /
memorialist has expended the whole of his little /
finances which he had on his arrival in this /
Colony, That your memorialist being desirous of still /
going on with his agricultural pursuits, most humbly /
begs to lay his case before his Excellency the Governor /
for his consideration, And humbly prays, his /
Excellency to Grant him a lorne of 500RDS on /
the usual terms to enable your memorialist to /
proceed with some spirit and hopes of succes+s_ /
And your memorialist as in duty bound will /
ever pray /
George Bager /
Clumber /
Novem\r/ 1824 /