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.

ALLEN, James

Written by Sue Mackay on 19 March 2015.

National Archives, Kew CO48/41, 50

Friday August 13 1819

Sir,

Having a great desire to emigrate to the Cape of Good Hope, and being informed you are the gentlemen to apply for the situation, I would be happy to serve you as a Timber Sawyer, having a wife and one child, a young man as my position is without any incumberance, I would willingly embrace the opportunity at the earliest notice.

Sir the favour of a few lines will highly Oblige Your Obedient and Humble Servant.

James ALLEN

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