Carlisle John and Fred

Grahamstown /
10\th/ October 1824 /
May it please your Excellency //
Having expended a //
very considerable Capital, in improving //
and bringing {in}to a state of cultivation //
the portion of Land alloted to us by His //
Majesty's Government, which Capital owing //
to the failure of Crops and other disasters //
may be almost accounted lost, it having pro=duced /
little or no return, we beg leave to //
State t{h}e circumstance to Your Lordship, //
and as we have been informed by the //
District Magistrate, t{h}at your Excellency //
has thought proper to dis+spose of certain //
Sums of Money by way of Loan, to //
persons /
To His Excellency //
The R\t/. Hon. Lord C. H. Somerset //
7+c. 7+c. 7+c. ]
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persons similarly situated, we beg leave //
most humbly to request that your //
Lordship may be pleased to grant us //
the Loan of a Sum to the amount //
of half the value of the Location //
now in pos+sesion, // the Title of which //
can serve as security // in order to //
as+sist our endevour to procure a //
livelihood in this country. //
We have the honour to remain //
Your Lordships most //
Obedient humble Servants //
John &+ Fred\k/ Carlisle /