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.

CHAMBERS, William

Written by Sue Mackay on 21 March 2015.

National Archives, Kew CO48/42, 91

23 North Street

City Road

27^th July 1819

Sir,

I understand you want some men to go to the Cape of Good Hope and first wished to know their age and family. My age is about 30 years having a wife about the same age without any children, but if I went I expect to obtain some companions therefore I would wish to know the principels on which you send men there.

I am Honoured Sir your humble servant

Wm. CHAMBERS

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