Hockly, Daniel

Uitenhage Augt 14th 1824
To
P.G. Brink Esqr
Colonial Secretary
Sir
I have taken the liberty
to enclose a Copy of Memorial addresed
to His Excellency the Governor some
few weeks since fearing my not having
sent by the regular channel which
I since understand is through you Sir as
Colonial Secretary may occasion my
not receiving a reply. But should this
repetion appear intrusion the only
Apology I can make is being much
presed by the Aquit of the Sequestrator
for a sum that at the present depresed
state of property in this Village would
compell me to make sacrifices that
would utterly ruin me This apology will
I hope be necesitated from
Your
most obedient humble Servant
Daniel Hockly

To
His Excellency The Right Honourable
General Lord Charles Henry Somerset
Govenor & Commander in Chief in
the Cape of Good Hope & &
The Memorial of Daniel Hockly
Humbly sheweth that
Your Excellencies Memorialist first came
to this Colony with a party of Settlers
in the Chapman Transport. Mr Bailie the
Head of the party. And that from the time
of Landing in April 1820. until now
has taken up his residence in Uitenhage
following my various branches of Mechannical
labour When from the great distres occasioned
by the failure of the crops combined
with exerting to introduce more extensively
the usefull Art And the support of
a family of 5 Young children finds himself
considerably Embarased which
circumstances have induced Memorialist
to earnestly request His Excellencies gracious
Influence to obtain a Loan of 4000 Rix
Dollars from any of those Institutions or
Funds over which His Excellency may have
Interest. This sum being not more then
half the cost of house & land posessed by
Memorialist & which would be given as well
as two responsible Services as Security
And which sum would enable Memorialist
to prosecute honourably & he hopes usefully
his various avocations & support his
family. Your Memorialist would first
state not by way of claim but for the
consideration of his Excellency that from
the time of landing he has in no way
been a charge or burden on Government
not having received even a ration or any
of those advantages so kindly extended to
his Countrymen. Also only one third of Deposit
money & that during the first three years
he has on the average supported from 10
to 16 Settler Men Women and children without
without their being burdensome to Government
In conclusion should your Excellencies Memorialist
have in this Instance acted informally
he hopes it will be pardoned as he is quite
Ignorant of the regular channel to make
application this being the first Hoping your
Excellency will take this into his gracious
consideration your Memorialist will ever
pray as in duty bound.
Uitenhage July 1 1824