The 1820 Settler Correspondence
as preserved in the National Archives, Kew
and edited by Sue Mackay

Correspondence 1821 to 1837.

Here only letters by known settlers or their families, or letters of great relevance to the 1820 settlers, have been transcribed, whereas ALL the 1819 correspondence was transcribed (see CO48/41 through CO48/46) whether or not the writers emigrated to the Cape.

Unless otherwise stated letters were written to either the Secretary of State for the Colonies or his deputy.The original correspondence is filed in order of receipt. Here it has been placed in alphabetical order according to the surname of the writer, with letters by the same writer in chronological order, for ease of reading. Original spelling has been maintained. Reference numbers, where given, refer to printed page numbers stamped on the letters and will enable visitors to the National Archives to locate the letter more easily.

SOUTHEY, George, 1820

Written by Sue Mackay on 30 November 1999.

National Archives, Kew, CO48/53, 298

Kennersley Castle

Hungwood Road

Near Bristol

Jan 1^st 1820

Sir,

I am sorry to be under the necessity of again troubling you, but Wm. HITCHCOCK and family, Thomas HITCHCOCK aged 16, William HALLETT and family and Thomas REGEN aged 16 not being come on board I beg leave to take in lieu of them

John BIGGS 42 Mason

William BIGGS 13 his son

John BIGGS Jun 19 Mason

Eliza THOMAS 18

Thomas SAWYER 21 Husbandman

Geo. RUSSELL 20 Husbandman

James BERRY 14

I am Sir your most obedient servant

Geo. SOUTHEY

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