Goodwin, John

Cape Town 4 July 1820 /
Shaws Lodging House /
May it please Your Excellency /
I have forborne to avail /
myself of your Excellency’s permission /
to wait upon you on other days than /
those set apart for Colonial busines+s /
But on attending at the Office this /
morning I learn with much regret /
your Indisposition. during which /
nothing should have induced me to /
intrude but the urgent neces+sity I /
feel for the honour of an audience /
Agreeable to your Suggestion /
I have indevoured to inform myself /
of some particulars relative to the /
interior of /
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the Colony and have determined with /
your Excellency’s permission to /
proceed there with the least /
possible delay _ Having under=stood /
the Locust was about to /
Sail for Algoa Bay I am desirous /
to solicit a passage for myself /
and Family. /
Wanting the favor /
of an appointment for an interview /
with your Excellency /
I have the honor /
to be Your Excellency’s /
Most Ob\t/ Hb\le/ Sev\t/ /
John Goodwin /
To His Excellency May\r/ Gen\l./ /
Sir R. S. Donkin /
7+c _ 7+c _ 7+c _ /