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.

CHIDSDALE, Richard

Written by Sue Mackay on 21 March 2015.

National Archives, Kew CO48/42, 16

Symonds Inn Coffee House

Chancery Lane

July 17^th 1819

Sir,

Understanding it is the intention of Government to encourage persons wishing to emigrate to the Cape of Good Hope I should feel greatly obliged by any information you can give me on the subject. I am Sir

Your very humble servant

Rich'd Cha's CHIDSDALE

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