Lloyd, Henry James

To His Excellency The Right
Honble General Lord Charles Hy
Somerset Govenor of the Cape of
Good Hope Commander in Chief
&c &c &c
The humble Petition of Henry Lloyd
Most Humbly Shewith
That your petitioner came out in Mr
John Bailies party and arrived on his location in the
middle of April 1820 . that your petitioner has remaind on
his Land striving by eviry means in his pawirs to mantain
his family consisting of his Wife and five Small Children
the eldist of whome is not yet Ten years of age. that thro
The failures of the Crops by the Rust and other causis, your petitioner
and family have been driven allmost to a state bordering
on Starvation. that added to his othir calamities your petitioner
had part of his house swept away by the last flood. and
his othir losses have also been verrey great. Vis 2 Bullocks
40 Sheep & Goats 1 large Sow and from 30 to 40 Small & Large
pigs died thro exsessive wet and Badness of the Weather and
10 Sheep 1 Lamb 10 Goats 1 Cow 3 Calves and one sow Carried
away and devoured by wild Beasts. That having so large
and young a family. It requires the utmost exertion of your Petitioner
to maintain them. whilst his losses have made almost Imposible
without your Excellencys kind aid and Assistance.
Your Petitioner therefore most humbly prays your Excellency
to look into his deplorible Case. and that your Excellency
would be pleased to grant unto your petitioner a loan

(out of the funds appropratid for that purpose) of five Hundred
Rix dollars to enable your petitioner to obtain a fresh Stock
of Cattle wherby he may be able by Industry and perseverance
to support his wife and yong family

And Your Petitioner as in duty
Bound Shall evir pray &c &c
Henry James Lloyd
Cyler Villa Octobir 14 1824