Doe, Thomas

Grahams Town 13 Jan\ry/ 1822 /
To His Excellency Lord Charls Somersett /
Governor and Comander in Chief of all /
the forces at the Cape of Good Hope /
The Memorial of Thomas /
Doe of M John Smiths Party _ Blackmith /
aged 21 years, sheweth that your /
memorialist wishes to go to Cape town /
there to Exercise His trade and Prays /
Your Excellency to Grant Him a /
Colonial pas+s for that Purpose or /
a Pas+s to return to England and /
Your Memorialist as in Duty /
Bound will Ever Pray. /