Francis, David Polley

To /
His Excellency /
Major Gen\l/. Sir R. S. Donkin /
Acting Governor 7+c 7+c 7+c _ /
The Memorial of D.P. Francis /
Humbly Sheweth /
That the farm called the vader=landsche /
Riet Valley now held on /
perpetual quitrent by Mes+s Kirsten /
and Scoonberg has been offered for /
Sale to Memorialist and which farm /
from the nature of the Soil seems /
to be well calculated for the purpose /
Memorialist came to this Colony /
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That as Memorialist will have /
to incur considerable expence in /
Building, and draining the land in /
question. he humbly requests your /
Excellency (Should he become /
the purchaser of the Vaderlandsche /
Reit Valley ) to exempt him from the /
payment of the annual quitrent /
of 100 Rx\d/ as also to permit that the /
Sum for which the farm is now /
Mortgaged to the Bank may be /
transferred to Memorialist without /
paying off my preportion of the /
Capital at present. . . /
and Memorialist as /
in duty bound /
Shall ever pray 7+c /
DP Francis /
Simons Town /
Ags\t/ 1\st/ 1820 /