Butler, Thomas

Baltinglass //
18\th/ Sep\r/. 1819 /
My Lord // /
I have the Honor of enclosing you//
M\r/ Grants Recommendation of me as a fit and proper //
person to become (with Ten Families) a Settler in //
Africa I have been strongly Recommended to M\r/ //
Grant by some of the most Respectable Men in //
this Island who have Known me for twenty years //
My claims are also something as I lost nearly 20 y\rs/ //
of my Life as a Subaltern 7+ Cap\n./ of Militia during //
all the Disturbances here 7+ am now without any //
provision whatever except my own property _ The //
Heads of the Ten Families who have agreed to come ///
with me are mostly Men who have been in the //
Service and are like myself trained to Arms as //
well as to Labour, I have the Hundred pounds //
ready to send wherever you direct and am //
perfectly willing to comply with the Printed Regulations //
(sent to me by M\r/ Grant) in every particular, The most //
expensive //
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part of this undertaking will be the Conveying //
the people to the place of Embarkation, 7+ //
on that account I will thank you to let me //
Know whether the Fleet will touch at any //
which of our Sea ports, when it will sail, and//
as provisions Seem from the last accounts I see //
from the Cape to be scarce whether I will be //
allowed to bring out a reasonable quantity of //
what I think might be Serviceable as I much //
Support them all untill the Crops are Sown * //
our arrival come round _ From the Printed Regulations //
I see Government have reserved to themselves a right //
of Selecting the most eligible of the Officers, but * //
my being Eligible Trust my claim, as I will have //
much to do between this and the time of Embarkation //
I beg the favor of a Speedy Answer _ //
and have the Honour to be //
My Lord Y\r./ most Obed\t/ Ser\t/ //
Tho\s/ Butler //
I would not Emigrate to any place where //
I had not the protection of the British Laws, I have //
always Supported them 7+ will do so as long as I breathe //