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

pre 1820 Settler Correspondence before emigration

ALL the 1819 correspondence from CO48/41 through CO48/46 has been transcribed whether or not the writers emigrated to the Cape. Those written by people who did become settlers, as listed in "The Settler Handbook" by M.D. Nash (Chameleon Press 1987), are labelled 1820 Settler and the names of actual settlers in the text appear in red.

PHILLIPS, George, 1820 Settler

Written by Sue Mackay on 05 February 2015.

No.10 Church Lane

White Chapell

Aug 11 1819

Sir,

I shall feell particularly obliged if you will have the goodness to transmit me the necessary information relative to the new colony about to be established at the Cape of Good Hope.

I have the honor to be

Your obt hbl svt

Geo PHILLIPS

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