Grubb, Charles

To His Excellency the Right Honorable General Lord Charles
Henry Somerset Governor and Commander in Chief of His Majestys
Castle, Town and Settlement &c &c &c of the Cape of Good Hope.
The humble Petition of Richard Harvey of Grahams Town
Sheweth.
That your Petitioner came to this Colony with a party
of settlers under the direction of Major George Pigot, who
he duly served for term of his engagement, but not having
any allotment of land assigned to him on which he could
gain a Maintenance and being by trade a wheelwright
and carpenter he commenced business in Grahams Town
where he has been married to the daughter of Mr Richard Harvey
and as he has a prospect of a family and house rent being
very high, he has engaged to purchase a spot of land on
which it is intention to erect a good and substantial
house, but being a young beginner in business, he is much
restrained for the want of a small Capital to enable
him to fulfill such desirable purposed, as his trades
and his industry might improve.
Your Petitioner most humble prays your Excellency
will be pleased to grant him the loan of
1000 rixdollars out of the Colonial Loans for which he
will propose most eligible and undeniable security,
and Your Petitioner most humbly requests that your
Excellency will be pleased to make the necessary enquiries
through the medium of Harry Rivers Esqr Landdrost
of

of Albany as to your Petitioners Moral and Religious
Character and also of his industrious habits.

And Your Petitioner as he is in duty bound will
ever pray
Charles Grubb
Grahams Town
Novr 16 1824