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.

TURNER, William, 1833

Written by Sue Mackay on 12 June 2014.

National Archives, Kew CO48/152, 441

No.4 Wellington Row
Bethnal Green
London
Dec 10th 1833

Honorable Sir,
Being desirous of going to the Cape of Good Hope and having an Uncle that has been settled in that Colony for some years it is likely that I may do well if I could get there. But being in humble circumstances and at present out of Employ should be glad to be informed if I could obtain my Passage to that Colony from England by any Grant or allowance of a Passage by the authority of any Government Office. Your information will be thought of in the greatest consequence and acknowledged with gratitude by Your Humble Servant
William TURNER

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