Forrester, Richard

To His Excellency /
The R\t/ Hon\ble/ Lord /
Charles Henry Somerset /
Governor and Commander /
in Chief of the Colony /
of Good Hope /
7+c 7+c /
The Memorial of Richard Forrester /
Farmer and Wheelwright of M\r/ Liversages /
Party of Settlers /
Humbly sheweth /
That your Memorialist /
after having his first House burnt /
down, and a second Brick house /
destroyed by the inundation, of /
last Year; has now build a Sub=stantial House and established /
himself on his Land with a Stock of /
fifty Head of Cattle; but the above /
los+ses together with the los+s of /
three succes+sive Wheat Crops /
has occasioned Your Memorialist /
to /
>
to contract a Debt of upwards /
of Three Hundred Rix Dollars /
That to extricate himself from /
the pres+sure of this debt which may /
(if suddenly called for) again /
reduce him to Want; /
Your Memorialist prays that /
Your Excellency will be pleased /
to grant him a Loan of Five /
Hundred Rix Dollars, in which /
case your Memorialist will gladly /
comply with whatever terms Your /
Excellency may deem proper to /
impose; and as in duty bound /
will ever pray /
Near Grahams Town /
15 November 1824 /
Rich\d/ Forrester /