Gradwell, William

To His Excellency
Lord Charles Hy Somerset
Governor of the Cape of
Good Hope &c. &c. &c.

Humbly Sheweth,
That Your Memorialist
is by Trade a Blacksmith. _
That your Memorialist is in Possession of a good Stone House, fourteen head
of Cattle and has about Six _
Acres of Land in Cultivation. _
That your Memorialist is desirous
of increasing his Stock of Cattle &c.
And humbly prays your
Excellency will be pleased to
grant him a Loan of four
hundred Rix Dollars. for which
he will pay Interest and
give good Security of the same
And your Memorialist
as in duty bound will ever pray
&c. &c
Caffre Drift
11. Oct 1824 William Gradwell

Born/Year: 
1797
Born/Place: 
Lancashire
Wrote from: 
Occupations: 
smith
Cape archive: 
223/107
TNA reference: 
Scribe: 
Hand D
Type ?: 
Scribal Informants
Rich or Plain: 
Plain Text
Additional information: 
settler party: Hayhurst