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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.

FINLAY, Joseph

National Archives, Kew CO48/43, 179

Running Horse

Little Queen St

Lincoln's Inn Fields

August 13, 1819

Sir

Upon applying at Lord CASTLEREIGHs office Downing St respecting the emigrating to the Cape of good Hope we were inform'd if we wrote to you you would be kind enough to give us every nessisary information.

Waiting for an answer we remain your very obedient humble servants

Joseph FINLEY

James COOK

Richard COOK

Adam YOUNG

Thomas LANGAN

James HOWELL

James ELLEY

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