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.

HENDERSON, W

Written by Sue Mackay on 03 April 2015.

National Archives, Kew CO48/43, 747

34 Goodge Street

Middlesex

24^th August 1819

Sir,

It being my desire to go to the Cape of Good Hope and being instructed to apply to you for information I have taken the liberty of writing you for that purpose. I am Sir

Your most obed't hbl serv't

W. HENDERSON

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