Austin, John George

To his Excellency the Right Honourable /
General Lord Charles Henry Somerset /
Governor and Commander in Chief of his /
Majestys Forces 7+c 7+c 7+c Cape of Good Hope /
The Memorial of John Austin /
Most humbly Sheweth /
That your Memorialist being a Baker /
by Trade he has Established himself in /
Grahams Town and by dints of industry has /
been enabled to Purchase the half of an Erf, /
Situated in the Hight Street, upon which he /
has Built himself a Substantial /
Dwelling and Bake House, at the /
Expence of Four Thousand Rix Dollars /
R\ds./ 4000. besides the purchase of his Land /
That your Memorialist having /
frequently heard of your Excellency’s /
Beneficence in As+sisting the Industrious /
by Loans of Money in Order to Enable /
them to prosecute their pursuits of /
Busines+s. your Memorialist is induced /
therefore to pray that your Excellency will /
be pleased to grant him the Loan of One /
Thousand Rix Dollars R\ds/ 1000 in Order to /
enable him to pursue his Trade with /
greater Facility. /
Your Memorialist can give ample Security /
for the Amount he prays for. he therefore /
humbly hopes that your Excellency will be /
pleased to take the same into consideration /
and grant this his prayer, and your /
Memorialist will be ever as in duty /