Butler, Thomas

To His Excellency Lord Charles Henry /
Somerset Governor of the Cape of Good Hope _ /
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The Memorial of Capt\n/ Thomas Butler /
the Unfortunate Head of a Party of Settlers in /
Albany _ /
Humbly Sheweth // /
That your Mem\t/ after every /
exertion and every thing failing is now with His /
Family Reduced to the greatest distress _ /
That y\r. Memt\s/ Son is now /
able to take care of the Location which is in good /
* 7+ which your Mem\t/ improved very much _ /
That a Vacancy has occurred /
in the Somerset Establishment by M\r/ Johnsons /
having been appointed Harbour Master at the /
Kowie _ /
That your Mem\t/ is fully /
qualified and M\r/ Hart the Superintendant of that /
Establishment (to whom y\r/ Mem\t/ has written by /
this post) will certainly recommend your Mem\t/ /
as a proper person for this Situation and your /
Excellencys Lord Major Somerset has most /
Humanely procured to recommend your Memorialist to /
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your Excellencys consideration by this /
post _ /
That from letters your Memorialist /
Received from M\r/ Secretary Peel your Mem\t/ 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 y\r/ /
Memorialist in place of said M\r/ Johnson /
which will be a real act of Charity 7+ which /
will be providing for an old and faithful /
Servant to His King and Country _ /
And your Memorialist will /
Pray _ /
Tho\s/ Butler /
Grahamstown /
13\th/ July 1824 /