Wakeford, Thomas

His Excellency the R\t/ Honble L\d/ C.H. Somerset /
Governor /
The humble Memorial of Thomas Wakeford, a Settler /
originally of the party of M\r/ John Bailie /
Sheweth That after continued labour and expense on his /
location where he remain\d/ above Three years with but /
trifling returns he was induced for a time to remove and /
is now residing in Grahams Town where he has /
purchased Ground for Building which being of considerable /
extent he requires as+sistance of Capital to complete /
his undertakings /
/Y\r/\ Memorialist besides his Location to which he remains /
fully entitled (and his expenses there have been witnes+s\d/ /
by persons in authority) pos+ses+ses other property but /
is unwilling to force a Sale that would prove {de} /
detrimental to its Value; for the above /
purpose therefore Y\r/ Memorialist respectfully asks /
Y\r/ Excellency may please to accept his application /
for a portion of Loan to the amount of Eight- /
-Hundred Rix. dollars by which he would be /
enabled to finish his object, as well as to resume /
his location there being now from the increased /
population of Graham’s Town and Public establishments /
at the Kowie River a more likely market for his /
produce /
/Y\r/\ Memorialist has for a long time hesitated in his /
application to y\r. Excellency judging by the Property /
with which he arriv\d/ in the Colony his means would /
have precluded this request, but must pray the /
notice of y\r/ Excellency to Two items. in the /
recount of los+ses he has experienced, Viz+: on his /
location by continual depredations on his Flock /
of Sheep by a drove of Animals, which infected /
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his neighbourhood taking at one swoop Fifty. /
and Since his removal near Grahams Town, by the /
Caffres he has lost Sixty Eight head of horned /
Cattle and Four Horses, the latter only, has he /
recovered at considerable expense, the former still /
remaining a total los+s /
Y\r/ Memorialist in duty bound will ever pray /
Thomas Wakeford /
Grahams Town /
4\th/ Novem\r/ 1824 /