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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.

HART, John

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National Archives, Kew CO48/43, 931

December 2 1819

This petition of John HART of Mohill in the County of Leitrim

Humbly sheweth

That hearing by the Public Prints of an encouragement being held out for families to emmigrate to the Cape of Good Hope as settlers but not knowing the conditions on which they are [treated?] your petitioner has thus directed by these prints to address himself to your Lordship and that every requisite information would be furnished to those wishing to go to that Colony. Your petitioner has in consequence taken the liberty of addressing your Lordship on that lead, he being desirous of going with his family to that part of the world on the encouragement held out by the news papers, he your petitioner has served a considerable time himself in the Army for some of the Colonys abroad but not there.

Your petitioner therefore very humbly submits his case and offer to your Lordships humane consideration. Hoping your Lordship will be graciously pleased to favor such information to be forwarded as is necessary on such occasions to enable him to prepare himself by the time he would be noticed to attend for embarkation and that he might also be enabled to state to others that might be inclined to go settle there from this part of the Kingdom.

And your petitioner as in duty bound will ever pray

John HART

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