Butler, Thomas

To His Excellency Lord Charles Henry
Somerset Governor of the Cape of Good
Hope _ &c &c &c
The Memorial of Capn Thomas
Butler Head of a party of Settler in Albany _
Most Humbly Sheweth
That yr Memorialist having
lately Heard that the Colonial Government was
lending money to some of the settlers this the
Recommendation of your Excellency _
That your Memorialist is
certain from His perseverance on His Location, from
His great losses, and present wants) He is as justly
entitled to the benefit of this loan as any other
Settlers _
That your Memorialist refered
to Harry Rivers Esqr the Landdrost of this district
as

to the truth of the foregoing statements _
Your Memorialist therefore
Most humbly Hopes your Excellency
will be graciously pleased to provide for
your Memorialist a loan of one thousand
Rix Dollars on such terms as other
Settlers have received loans and your
Memorialist will pray _
Thos Butler
Location near Grahams town