Butler, Thomas

To His Excellency Lord Charles Henry
Somerset Governor of the Cape of Good Hope _
&c &c &c
The Memorial of Captn Thomas Butler
the Unfortunate Head of a Party of Settlers in
Albany _
Humbly Sheweth
That your Memt after every
exertion and every thing failing is now with His
Family Reduced to the greatest distress _
That yr. Memts Son is now
able to take care of the Location which is in good
& which your Memt improved very much _
That a Vacancy has occurred
in the Somerset Establishment by Mr Johnsons
having been appointed Harbour Master at the
Kowie _
That your Memt is fully
qualified and Mr Hart the Superintendant of that
Establishment to whom yr Memt has written by
this post will certainly recommend your Memt
as a proper person for this Situation and your
Excellencys Lord Major Somerset has most
Humanely procured to recommend your Memorialist to

your Excellencys consideration by this
post _
That from letters your Memorialist
Received from Mr Secretary Peel your Memt is
certain ere now your Excellency must have
Received recommendations from Lord Bathurst
in respect to your Memorialist _
Your Memorialist therefore
most humbly hopes that your Excellency
will be graciously pleased to appoint yr
Memorialist in place of said Mr Johnson
which will be a real act of Charity & which
will be providing for an old and faithful
Servant to His King and Country _
And your Memorialist will
Pray _
Thos Butler
Grahamstown
13th July 1824