Hodgkinson, George

To His Excellency General Lord C. H. Somerset /
Govenor of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope /
The Memorial of George Hodgkinson /
Humbly Sheweth /
That your Memorialist belongs to /
the Nottingham Party of settlers, and that I have /
never left my location on any pretence whatever, and have /
since being located stroven my utmost towards cultivation /
by which I have expended the whole of my little finances /
which I had on my arrival in this Colony, And that /
I am still desirous of going on with my agricult\u/ral /
pursuits most humbly begs to lay my case before your Excellency /
for his consideration, And humbly prays your Excellency /
to grant me a lone of 600 RDS 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 Hodgkinson /
Clumber /
Nov\r/ 1824 /