Dyason, George

Ramsgate /
August 19\th/ 1819 /
My Lord, /
Having determined after due /
consideration to become Candidates for a /
Grant of land at the Cape of Good Hope /
agreeable to Your Lordships official notices /
as appeared in the Public Newspapers. /
we. viz. Mes+s\r/s Isaac. Joseph. 7+ George /
Dyason. 7+ Hougham Hudson. are desirous /
to obtain a Grant of 2000 Acres of Land /
at the Cape, and for which Grant shall /
be prepared to take out proper People /
and deposit the sums as required per /
the official notice. /
We can either conjointly, or separately, /
have the most satisfactory /
references as to our Capability or as to our /
private and Public Character’s, not only /
from our resident Ministers and Magistrates, /
the Deputy Mayor. and principle Inhabitants. /
but also from many Gentlemen in the Public /
situations, if it is required _ /
Having obtained the Grant we propose /
The Right Honorable Earl Bathurst /
Secretary of State for the /
Colonial Department. /
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propose to admit others of our Friends pos+ses+sing /
the means, and to select Husbandry Men /
7+ and Mechanics suitable to our views & purposes /
also having Family’s of our own. viz Isaac /
Dyason, Tin Plate worker and Brazier, 39 years /
of Age, Wife & 5 children three of them /
stout Lads, from 8 to 16 years of age /
are used to Cattle. Joseph Dyason, /
Master Mariner 36 years of age, One Child /
George Dyason, Wine Merchant 28 years of age, /
Wife and two children, Hougham Hudson, Grazier & Farmer /
26 years of age & Wife /
We remain my Lord, /
Your Lordship’s Ob\t/ Ser /
Geo DYASON /
Isaac DYASON /
Joseph DYASON /
Hougham HUDSON /

P:S: An answer forwarded /
to Geo DYASON, 12 Old Cavendish S\t/ /
Oxford S\t/. will be duly received /
& thankfully acknowledged. /