Biggs, William

To His Excellency the Right Hble Gen\l/ /
Lord Charles Henry Somerset Governor /
and Commander in Chief of His Majesty’s /
Forces 7+c 7+c 7+c _ /
The Memorial of William Biggs, Labourer /
belonging to George Southey’s party of /
Settlers . /
Humbly Sheweth. /
That your Memoralist has a desire of /
quitting this District for some other part of the /
Colony in order to seek his Livelihood, and annexes /
* /
he have no Claim or demand whatever on me. /
Therefore your Memoralist Humbly Prays /
your Excellency will be pleased to grant him a /
Colonial Pas+s, for which if granted your Memorial=ist /
as in duty Bound shall ever Pray 7+c 7+c 7+c _ /
Grahams Town /
1\st/ August 1824 /

Born/Year: 
1807
Occupations: 
Memoralist, shall ever pray
Cape archive: 
223/071
Scribe: 
Hand P
Type ?: 
Scribal Informants
Rich or Plain: 
Rich Text
Additional information: 
settler party: Southey