GSSAThe 1820 Settler Correspondence
 as preserved in the National Archives, Kew
 and edited by Sue Mackay

Selected Settler Correspondence 1820 - 1837

Whereas ALL the 1819 correspondence was transcribed (see CO48/41 through CO48/46 at the National Archives), whether or not the writers emigrated to the Cape, here only letters by known settlers or their families, or letters of great relevance to the 1820 settlers, have been transcribed. There are many other letters in later files, thought not to be written by eventual settlers. However, if an ancestor is known to have emigrated after the 1820 settlers then it might be worth looking through the rest of the correspondence, which is arranged alphabetically. The relevant files for letters written in 1820 are CO48/52 (A-L) and CO48/53 (M-Y). Later files are labelled "Original Correspondence" followed by the year, and can be found from CO48/56 (1821) to CO48/186 (1837).

Unless otherwise stated letters were written to either the Secretary of State for the Colonies or his deputy. The original correspondence is filed in order of receipt. Here it has been placed in alphabetical order according to the surname of the writer, with letters by the same writer in chronological order, for ease of reading. Original spelling has been maintained. Reference numbers, where given, refer to printed page numbers stamped on the letters and will enable visitors to the National Archives to locate the letter more easily.

NORDEN, Benjamin, 1833

Written by Sue Mackay.

National Archives, Kew CO48/152, 356

 

Graham's Town
Cape of Good Hope
3rd May 1833

Sir,
    I have the honor to state to you by direction of the Committee appointed to correspond with the Society for the Suppression of Juvenile Vagrancy in London, that in the event of no provision having been made for the removal of the Boys embarked in the Charles Kerr from Table Bay to this place, that they themselves will defray the expenses thereof.
I have the honor to be Sir
Your most obed't humble servant
Benj'n NORDEN
Treasurer to the Society at Graham's Town

 

 

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