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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.
Letters were either addressed to Lord BATHURST,
Secretary of State for the Colonies, (starting My Lord), or to his deputy Henry
GOULBURN (starting Sir). 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. If a page number is not given then
the date of the letter will give a good idea of its whereabouts in the file.
Names in red actually became 1820 settlers to
BROWN
& STUBBS re Henry
DANIEL (Filed under D)
722
No. 190
27 August 1819
The humble
Memorial of John BROWN and John STUBBS respectfully states
That since they had the
honour of submitting their former memorial to Your Lordship’s consideration an
Application has been made to them by an intimate Friend Mr. Henry DANIEL to
join them at the proposed settlement at the Cape of Good Hope, himself as a
Partner and nine individuals as labourers.
That deeply impressed
with the conviction that their individual success and the general Prosperity of
the Settlement may be greatly promoted by an increase of their Commercial
Strength and disposable Capital having also every Confidence in Mr. DANIEL’s
Integrity they humbly request that upon his fulfilling the conditions under
which assistance is granted them that he may obtain your Lordship’s approbation
[to] be allowed with his followers to strengthen [those] of your Lordship’s
Memorialists, who beg to Subscribe themselves My Lord,
Your Lordship’s most obedt. & Humble [Servants]
John BROWN
John STUBBS
DAGNALL,
R.W.
6th
Aug 1819
Sir,
Having
been informed that Government intend sending out [settlers to] the
You will oblige your most obed’t humble serv’t
R.W. DAGNALL
To care of
681
August 9th
1819
My Lord,
Having
read the last sercular and seeing thear is another you will be pleased to
favour me with the same
You will much oblige your most ob servant
R.W. DAGNALL
Please to direct to
696
25 Storey
Gate
Aug 12th
1819
Sir,
I
duly received yours dated Aug 12 finding thear is another giveing the full
particulars what luggage each person is allowed and also where and when the
person are to be examined for wich I am ready with several very respectable men
who intend going to the Cape.
I am respectably yours
R.W. DAGNALL
DALE, Daniel
610
No.3
24th
July 1819
My Lord,
I
have taken the liberty of troubling you to request you would have the goodness
to order the information I require to be given at your convenience.
I
have some thoughts of availing myself of the offer Government has made to
Persons wishing to emigrate to the
I have the honour to be your Lordship’s most humble
obedient servant
Dan’l DALE
DALGAIRNS,
Charles
725
21 New Court
25 August 1819
Sir,
I beg leave to state you, that with a view to avail myself of
the benefits held out by the British Government to settlers at the
With much
respect I remain Sir,
Yr obt Sevt
C.
DALGAIRNS
DALGLEISH,
Adam
795
Anderston
Oct 16th
1819
My Lord,
Having
seen the circular respecting emigration to the Cape of Good Hope – ten Heads of
families having agreed to emigrate under the Terms of the circular and have
appointed one of there number to be there leader.
We consider
it necessary to know when you intend to send the Emigrants from
I
hope you will send an answer to the above that we may ascertain the time and be
in readiness to come forward and embrace the offer. Please give us every information.
We remain your humble servants
Adam DALGLEISH &c &c
NB Direct to me Adam DALGLEISH,
DALTON,
Francis
651
Please my Lord SIDMOUTH,
We hav seen in the Yorksh gazette a statement of
50000£ granted by Government in order to assist Them
who are desirous of going to the
Direct for Francis DALTON
Currier
643
Clerkenwell
July 30 1819
Sir,
Having
a desire to take advantage of the present opportunity to emigrate to the Cape
of Good Hope and having been given to understand it is necessary to apply to
you for a circular stating particulars, I beg leave to state that I am myself a
married man 30 years of age and one child under 12 yrs & that together with
two friends single men aged 20 & 23, at the same time a probability
existing of more joining us if the nature of it should appear sufficiently
advantageous upon perusal of the circular here solicited
We beg Sir to remain your most obedient servants
J.
[illegible signature]
R.G. CATRELL
DALTREY,
James Elijah
594
July 21st
1819
James Elijah and Sarah DALTREY & wife by Traid Fan
Stick Makers livin at No.12 Hunt Cort, Hunt Street, Mile End New Town having
Littel or No Woorck to Do for the Last Three Years Wishing to Leave Is Country
for the Cape of Good Hope if it meets with your Apprbaion [Approbation]
I remain with due Respect
J.E. DALTREY
DAMANT,
Edward
659
Fakenham
Aug 1st
1819
Sir,
I
have the honour to inform you that in consequence of the encouragement promised
to persons emigrating to the Cape of Good Hope I have engaged twenty labourers
of different descriptions with their families to proceed with me to that
Colony, and as it is the particular wish both of myself and those people that
we set off as soon as we can after Harvest I should be obliged by His Lordship
allotting us to the first vessel appointed to proceed to that place.
Having
relatives who have long been settled in the interior of this colony & who
have pointed out the great necessity of improvements in the breed of cattle it
is my intention to take out with me some for that purpose, and hope your
Lordship will be pleased to grant a passage for them, together with the most
approved agricultural implements now used in this country.
Trusting
that I shall be favoured with an early answer, I have the honour to be Sir
Your
most obedient servant
Edw.
DAMANT
771
No.8 Paragon
Blackheath
20th
September 1819
Mr. E. DAMANT presents his respectful compliments to
Mr. GOULBURN and would be exceedingly obliged by Mr. G. informing him if there
is any answer to Mr. D’s proposal of taking out people to the Cape of Good
Hope, the men he has engaged being distressed beyond measure at the uncertainty
of their situation & they would be deprived of work the whole of the
ensuing winter should the proposition not be acceded to and they not know it
before Michaelmas, but were they now acquainted with it they would be able to
renew their present engagements if necessary.
An early answer will much oblige.
739
Fakenham
8th
October 1819
Sir,
On
the receipt of your circular accepting my application for taking out twenty three
able bodied settlers to the Cape of Good Hope I proceeded immediately to this
[place?] in order to transmit you a correct list agreeably to your [request].
On my arrival I find a great many more people are desirous of going and men of
good character, strong and healthy, most of them married with families, and as
it is my wish to take these people I should feel particularly obliged by being
informed if it is necessary for me to make a fresh application [to] include
them in the list I am directed to forward and whether by my taking out fifty
settlers I might be allowed a passage for my Surgeon, as from so many families
going a medical man would be actually necessary.
I have the honour to be Sir
Your most obedient servant
Edw. DAMANT
793
Fakenham
14th
October 1819
Sir,
I
have the honour to transmit to you a correct list in triplicate of the names
for the twenty three settlers His Majesty’s government have been pleased to
grant me permission to take to the
I
also forward a list of two men who receive a pension from Government and who
wish to be allowed to secure it at the
I have the honour to be Sir
Your most obedient servant
Edw. DAMANT
797
Fakenham
18th
October 1819
Sir,
I
have the honor to transmit you herewith the list in triplicate filled up
agreeably to your directions and which I hope is correct. I also send you an
account of the men receiving pensions but not knowing the exact kind of John
PAGE’s admittance I fear it will not be sufficiently satisfactory.
I have the honour to be Sir
Your most obedient servant
Edw. DAMANT
815
Fakenham
3rd
November 1819
Sir,
Having
settled for the passage of myself and people going out to the Cape of Good Hope
and obtained the receipt from the Commissariat Department, I take the liberty
to request that you will have the goodness to inform me the name of the ship
and the day the people must be at Deptford to embark, as it will take some time
to collect them together.
Mr.
WOODHOUSE, the Member for the County, promised to write to you to request
permission of Government to allow me the privilege of taking with me a breeding
Horn with a Devon bull or two, and as he is at present from home I trust you’ll
excuse my troubling you to inform me if that request is granted or not. In
anxious expectation of an early answer
I have the honour to be Sir
Your most obedient servant
Edw. DAMANT
823
No.8 Paragon
Blackheath
21st
Nov 1819
Sir,
I
have the honour to inform you that myself and party are appointed to the Ocean
Transport but, as there is some little attention in the names in the list, in
consequence of the men who were Pensioners and were ordered to join at the
several Depots and two or three also who have fallen sick, all of which are
filled by men of the same description, but different names & ages, there is
some ?? in taking these men
on board. I should therefore be particularly obliged that as this alteration
was owing to entirely unforeseen circumstances and in some measure the
Government’s own act, you will have the goodness to give directions that the
Party may be received which ?? have
at Deptford. Requesting the favour of an answer.
I have the honour to be Sir
Your most obedient servant
Edw. DAMANT
DANIEL,
Henry
721
190
August 25th 1819
The
Memorial of Henry DANIEL respectfully states
That having been brought up in the
knowledge and exercise of agricultural pursuits, and being possessed of a
Capital which however inadequate to the maintenance and support of a Wife and
Family under his present circumstances he doubts not might be [made]
subservient to that end, and would [prove] amply sufficient for the purpose,
under the direction of the skill and industry [he?] would have it in his power
to apply to [it]upon the proposed Settlement at the Cape of Good Hope, your
Memorialist is ardently solicitous to obtain, with that view, your Lordship’s
permission to be added to the Party of his Friends Messrs. BROWN & STUBBS, who are desirous
to admit him [to] the participation of an integral share in the undertaking, in
which he understands them to be already engaged.
That being provided with the
requisite number of individuals of honest and industrious habits as well as
with the sums of money necessary to be invested on their behalf, that being
well acquainted with the best authenticated accounts of the District proposed
for the new Settlement, and confident therefrom, that it is capable of being
rendered a source of prosperity to individuals in the Colony and to the Mother
Country, objects which it would be his constant endeavour to study and to
promote, and [obscured] that being sure he has it in his power to offer to your
Lordships the strongest recommendations in his favour from [gentlemen?] of the
very highest respectability, and when the proper time shall arrive to
[obscured] the several facts here stated app[ear to?] Your Lordships’
satisfaction Your Memorialist is most anxious to secure on conditions a timely
and favourable reply to this earnest and humble application.
Trusting therefore that under all circumstances of his case
your Lordships will see sufficient reasons to grant the petition of his
memorial in allowing him to be added as a principal to the Party of his
Friends, Messrs. BROWN & STUBBS
Your
Memorialist begs most respectfully to subscribe himself
Your
Lordships’ Most obedient and Most humble svt.
Henry
DANIEL
DASTON, John
627
July 28th
1819
Having seen the settlement that is proposed by Government
for the settlers that immigrate to the
Jno. DASTON
PS I have only my self and Whife our age is 32 &
35
Please to direct for Jno. DASTON, No.14 Play House
Yard,
686
Capesthorne
Near
Knutsford
Aug 10th
1819
Dear Sir,
As
one of the Members for this County (
I have the honour to be.. most truly
D.
811
22 Oct 1819
My Lord,
Understanding
that officers half pay will have his Majesty’s permission to settle in the Colony
going to be formed near the Cape of Good Hope I beg leave to offer my services
to be employed in any way your Lordship may think fit. Any references your
Lordship may deem necessary on the matter shall be glad to forward immediately.
I have the honor to be your Lordship’s obedient humble
servant
J.
Lieut. Royal Berks Militia
DAVIDSON,
G.M.
688
Warmley
House
Near
August 10th
1819
My Lord,
The
letter on the subject of emigration to the Cape of Good Hope which has been
made public, not containing information as to their maintenance after their
arrival & previous to their gathering of any crops &c, or for how long
afterwards they may be supplied with necessaries by Government nor anything
relating to husbandry tools, seeds &c, induces me on the behalf of many
numerous families to request your Lordship to favor them with a copy of all the
conditions & particulars on which they may avail themselves of the kindness
of Government. The individual families in question are in prime of life, active,
sober & industrious, much accustomed to agricultural pursuits but are
partly able to turn their hands to masonring & carpentring, in a rough way,
for settlers themselves or neighbours – but are capable of agricultural
pursuits. I have reason to think very satisfactory testimonies of disposition,
conduct & merits could be produced to your Lordship if they can avail
themselves of the [offer?] but their apprehensions are principally as to their
subsistence after arrival and [before] any crops are returned. I am per[fectly]
aware of the number of 10 applicants above the age of 18, mode of return of the
money to the Emigrants but no so how much money will be [obscured] to maintain
them till after their arrival or how long Government will advance to them before
they may reasonably expect a return of crops. An early communication will
confer a great obligation on them & a favor on me, whom they have requested
on their behalf thus to intrude on your Lordship.
I have the honour to be my Lord
Your Lordship’s most obed’t humble servant
G.M. DAVIDSON
DAVIDSON,
Thomas
663
No.2
4th
August 1819
Sir,
As it
is my wish to go to the
1st In the event of a certain number of
persons being fully prepared, will the Government allow them to depart before
Nov’r
2nd What tonnage will
government allow to each individual or will it be allowed to take out with you
Bed and Cooking utensils
3rd What compliment will government allow
4th Shall the settlers have the protection
of a military post
An early reply to the above will oblige
Yr hbl obt st
Thomas DAVIDSON
DAVIES, John
677
No.1 Mead
Row
Lambeth
7th
Aug 1819
Sir,
Hearing that
Government were going to send a number of People to the Cape of Good Hope as
Mechanics, Labourers &c and some in other situations I wish to know how far
this statement is authentic as well as what prospect there may be of obtaining
a living.
I apply on
behalf of myself and a Matthew NELSON. I have been a Serjeant and Clerk
in the Grenadier Guards and have Recommendations from Lord BENTINCK of the
Grenadier Regiment and Colonel J. CLITHEROW of the 3rd Guards. I am
27 years of age, my wife is 26 years, and one boy four
years old and my trade a Hair Dresser.
NELSON is about 24 [sic] years of
age, has a wife and 3 children viz: one [girl] 11 years, a boy 6 years and a
girl 2 years and he is by trade a Sawyer.
Should you
think proper to accept our services I beg you will have the goodness to inform
me what are the terms upon which we are allowed to emigrate.
I have the honour to be Sir
Your most
obedient servant
John DAVIES
[transcriber’s note: Nash has
Matthew NELSON’s age as 32, which is much more likely given that he had a
daughter of 11]
DAVIS,
Francis
760
Islington
8 Sept 1819
Sir,
Intending
to avail myself of the assistance of His Majesty’s Government to settle in the
Colony of the
When the people will be landed
What tonnage is allowed for each family
*Whether they will be allowed to take out with them
ammunition and arms
In what kind of necessaries the deposit money made
here will be returned
I am very respectfully Sir
Your most obed’t sevt
Francis DAVIS
* [written as a pencilled note in a different hand]
Gunpowder is offered to Peasantry in Border Districts
under Regulations
DAVIS, John
571
Cloth Fair
5th
July 1819
My Lord,
That
your humble Petitioners are all Natives of Great Britain and that having
scarcely half employment and some of your petitioners not that, your
petitioners being informed that such of His Majesty’s subjects that [you] shall
think proper on application made to your Lordship are allowed to emigrate to
His Majesty’s settlements at the Cape of Good Hope and to have a certain
proportion of land granted to them from the Crown, which if the case your
petitioners would be very thankfull to accept, and your humble petitioners
would be very thankfull to receive information how & in what manner they
are to go out. As thro’ trades being so [down] your petitioners have not the
means of defraying their own expences for such a voyage, unless assisted by the
Generosity of the Crown. Your petitioners would have no objection if a free
passage should not be allowed to pay for the same by instalments as your
Lordship may please to Direct. Your humble petitioners pray that your Lordship
will take it into consideration and your petitioners as in Duty bound will ever
pray for your Lordship
Your most humble
and obedient servant
John DAVIS
Names and Ages &c of your Petitioners
|
Names |
Age |
Married or
Single |
Number of
Children |
Profession
or Trade |
Remarks |
|
Thos. CASSLES |
38 |
Single |
None |
House & Sign Painter |
Lately discharged from HM 17th Foot. Has
been 6 years in the |
|
Thos. TIFF |
24 |
Single |
None |
Labourer |
|
|
Jos’h IVORY? |
30 |
Single |
None |
Painter & Glazier |
|
|
Dan’l PAUL |
36 |
Married |
None |
Smith |
|
|
Jno. MASLIN |
39 |
Married |
5 |
Wheelwright |
|
|
Thos.DAVIES |
40 |
Married |
1 |
Smith |
Chelsea Pensioner |
|
Jno DAVIS |
40 |
Married |
3 |
Smith |
|
DAVIS,
Robert Martin
684
Cove of
August 10th
1819
My Lord,
I have
the honour of addressing your Lordship praying that your Lordship would be so
kind as to inform me if the Government would accept of my services as a
Physician to the new colony about to be established at the Cape of Good Hope
and should the Government give me such an appointment I will proceed at the
shortest notice. What I should wish for would be a salary for my attendance on
the colony.
I can
produce the best authorities of my being regularly qualified both in Physic and
Surgery, having received my education at the
I
have the honour to be my Lord
Your
most humble servant
Robert
Martin DAVIS MD & Surgeon
DAWKINS,
James re Daniel MILLS
700
Pembroke House
12th
August 1819
My Lord,
In
consequence of the indulgence held by his Majesty’s Government to send persons
under the conditions laid down as settlers to the
I have the honor to be my Lord
Your Lordship’s faithful and obedient servant
James DAWKINS
[Transcriber’s note: a lot of this letter was obscured
in the binding and not legible on the photograph. Nash refers to the letter on
p.93 of The Settler Handbook]
DAWSON, John
588
Gt. Bentley
Green
20th
July 1819
My Lord,
Having
been employed some time in the Medical Department of the Army, and now out of
employ, I feel a strong desire to emigrate to some other country and being at a
loss how to gain proper information as to the conditions which is consistent to
be obtained from British Government in procuring land &c but through the
influence of your Honorable situation which is so readily made known to persons
in similar circumstances I humbly submit my case for your Lordship’s favouravble consideration and beg to remain
Your Lordship’s most obedient and very humble servant
John DAWSON
Surgeon
Great Bentley, Colchester,
DAY, George
578
4 Church Row
Stepney
17th
July 1819
My Lord,
It is
with humble submission and respect I beg leave to submit to your Lordship a question
relative to the emigration of subjects from this country to the
Permit
me my Lord briefly to submit that I early imbibed an anxious desire for a
military life and that I had the honour to serve his Majesty fourteen years in
the 1st and 7th Regiments of the line through the
interest and under the patronage of His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent and
accompanied the Peninsula Army during the late campaign in Portugal, Spain
&c.
Since
I have been engaged in a civil line of life my endeavours have been most ardent
to procure for myself and [family] a respectable livelihood but it is a
lamentable fact my Lord that all my efforts hitherto have proved unavailing and
I find it impossible to procure such an employment [or] business as will enable
me to provide for [obscured] a necessary maintenance.
Thus
situated therefore, my Lord, I am induced to ask the question which in
reference to the address lately voted in the House of Commons, my service in
the {??]dence of any department in that part of the colony in which this
settlement is to take would be accepted by Government provided I procure
satisfactory testimonials of my talents, respectability and character, which I
flatter myself I am able to do from His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent
[obscured] and my friend.
My
Lord, although it has not been my lot to be brought up to land labour, [so?] as
to answer the description of the persons to be sent out for improving the
agriculture of the settlement in question, still I [obscured] that Government
will send out certain individuals to superintend the various arrangements and
carry on the plan to be adopted and it is equally hard, my Lord, on me as it is
with a labourer out of employment that possessing abilities rather beyond
mediocrity it should not be in my power to employ them in this country so as to
procure the bare necessaries of life for myself and family.
I am my Lord with every mark of esteem and respect
Your Lordship’s devoted and obedient humble servant
Geo. DAY
Age 32
Wife and 3 children
Profession: The Law (with the exception of Military
Services
596
4 Church Row
Stepney
22nd
July 1819
Sir,
I was
honoured with your printed circular of the 20th instant in reply to
my letter of the 17th. Permit me Sir to submit to you the
accompanying questions, to which I beg the favour of your reply, not only for
my own but for the information of several other persons.
I have the honour to be Sir your most obedient servant
Geo. DAY
[no list of questions
attached]
787
4 Church Row
Stepney
8th
Oct 1819
Sir,
Having
a desire to emigrate to the Cape I beg the favour of your forwarding me the
several printed circulars, also any instructions you can favour me with ,
information as to the precise period when the Embarcation takes place also the
printed form of application I must make to Government & you will greatly
oblige Sir
Your obed’t servt
Geo. DAY
DEAN, E
817
4th
Nov 1819
Sir,
Having
made myself acquainted with the circular of the terms offered by his Majesty’s
Government to persons wishing to settle at the Cape of Good Hope I beg leave to
state that I have so far complied with them by procuring the number of persons
pointed out in order to obtain the grant of 1000 acres & I am also prepared
to pay the sum of £100 deposit.
I
have therefore to request you will be pleased to acquaint Lord BATHURST I
should be happy to embrace the opportunity offered to emigrants to that place.
I am not aware what else is necessary to mention [obscured] I have formerly
served but should it be requisite by your having the goodness to point out what
further his Lordship may require it shall be immediately complied with
I have the honour to be Sir
Your obed’t hble sevt
E. DEAN
819
6th
Nov 1819
Sir,
I
have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 4th inst
informing me that Government do not intend to hold out any further
encouragement to settlers proceeding to
I have the honor to be Sir
Yr obedt hbl svt
E. DEAN
DEAN, John
608
No.7
June 22nd
1819
Sir,
I
received a copy of the circular agreeable to my request this day, for which I
humbly thank you. I hope you will not feel that I intrude too much upon your
valuable time if I solicit the favor of further instructions, so as to enable
me to proceed to the attainment of my desires, viz. to emigrate to the Cape of
Good Hope.
I have the honor to be Sir
Your obed’t humble servant
John DEAN
DEARMAN,
Joseph
29th
December 1819
Sir,
I beg
to take the liberty of representing to you that in October I entered into an
engagement with Mr.
WILLSON of
In
November I understood that Mr. WILLSON would leave
On
the 2nd instant the difficulty which had prevented the fulfilling my
engagement being removed, I communicated the fact to Mr. WILLSON, and informed him I was
prepared to go with him and hoped he would reinstate my name in his list, when
he informed me it could not be accomplished unless I could point out a vacancy
and obtain your permission to go.
I beg
leave to acquaint you that I hear a vacancy has occurred by Mr. ROE and his
family being unable to accompany Mr. WILLSON and humbly hope you will be
pleased to give directions for my name being inserted in Mr. ROE’s stead and
that myself and family may have permission to proceed with Mr. WILLSON and his perty to the
Cape.
I
also beg to observe that I have exhausted the whole of my property in fitting
out myself and family, consisting of a wife and 4 children, for the emigration
and that if I am prevented from proceeding to the
I have the honor to be Sir
Your most obedient and very humble servant
Joseph DEARMAN
PS I can have no possible objection in taking out Joseph DEARMAN and
his family in lieu of Robert ROE in case such a vacancy takes place, as [long
as] it receives the concurrence of the Secretary of State.
Thos.
WILLSON
[written across corner by
official: that if a vacancy occurs and Mr.WILSON recommends his being replaced
on his list Lord B has no objection]
[Transcriber’s note: Nash states that no reference has
been traced in colonial records of Joseph DEARMAN and it is not certain whether
he reached the
DEER (or
DYER), John re James ERITH
Admiralty Office 14 Aug 1819
Being acquainted with some of the
[??]sions of Mr. James Thomas
ERITH the writer [of] the accompanying Petition, I beg leave to
[acqu]aint you that I understand him to be a [man]of good character and
integrity and in possession [of] about £1000. It is right however to observe
[it is] some time since he applied for permission to proceed to the
I have the
honor to be Sir your most obedient and humble servant
J.W.DEER
[transcriber’s note: the name is given as DEER in Nash, but
the signature looks more like DYER]
DELL, Joseph
621
No.101 Long
Alley
New
Morefields
July 28 1819
Sir,
I take
the liberty of addressing myself to you in consequence of information from your
office that this being the regular mode of application I have brought this as a
description of my affairs and family. Being by trade a shoemaker and
understanding a little of agriculture and having a wife and three children and
having seen a little of that country am desirous of emigrating to the same and
should be thankful to have a plan of rules and regulations.
I remain your humble and devoted servant
Joseph DELL
692
No.101 Long
Alley
Bishopsgate
August 12
1819
Sir,
Having
received from your office the circular letter and much approve of your
proposals and have ten familys ready to deposit the sum required but should be
glad to know how we are to obtain the necessaries such as implements for use or
how to gain provisions when Government shall lease [?those?] allowance. Next if
we are supply’s with arms to defend our selves from
the natives by Government and plants or seeds or what is required for the
climate. Next whether the Director which we nominate is over us when we land or
whether every man is free.
And you much oblige your humble Petitioner
Joseph DELL
DELL,
Matthew
704
No.9 Crown
Court
Sun Tavern
Fields
St.George’s
August 12th
1819
Sir,
Sending
men to the Coolines therefore I should be very glad to go on Government terms.
My wife and one son 16 years of age, I am by trade a Sawyer and has been
brought up a great deal in my youth in the Farmering Line and has no objections
to turn my hand to any thing I am capable off. Please Sir to be so kind to
direct for me
Matthew DELL, Sawyer
Matthew DELL 39 years of age
Elizabeth DELL 42
George DELL 16
DELMEGE,
James
777
Oct 4th
1819
My Lord,
May I
beg your Lordship will have the goodness to let me know the encouragement I
receive from Government by emigrating to the
My Lord with [respect]
Your Lordship’s very obedient servant
James DELMEGE
Lieut. half pay 23rd
foot
DETHERIDGE,
Watkins
762
9th
Sept 1819
Dear Sir,
I
have been perusing your circular and should wish to embark for the
I am Sir your humble and obedient servant
Watkins DETHERDIDGE
DEUSCHLE,
Matthew
577
No.33
Bawling Street
Clerkenwell
July 1819
Sir,
I
humbly beg your assistance I have a wife & two small children not constant employment
for two months. Sir I humbly hope you will assist me with going abroad to seek
our living.
I am your humble obedient servant
Matthew DEUSCHLE
DEVEREUX,
G.A.
694
August 12th
1819
My Lord,
Having
heard that Government [has] made an offer to persons who are desirous [to]
become settlers at the
I am your Lordship’s obedient servant
G.W. DEVEREUX
DEW, Thomas
657
August 1819
The humble petition of Thomas DEW praying that your
Lordship would be pleased to grant a free passage for him and his family, a
wife and two children, to the Cape of Good Hope, in consequence of his being
intirely destitute of employment and unable to provide for his family. If your Lordship would be pleased to grant his request the
petitioner is in duty bound and will ever pray
Thomas DEW
PS The money required for deposit he will have ready
when called for
DEXTER, J.P.
602
City Road
St.Luke’s
22 July 1819
Hon Sir,
I have
been informed that persons wishing to emigrate to the
Your humble obedient servant
J.P. DEXTER
DIBBS,
Charles Frederick
727
Near
St.George’s
Fields
27th
August 1819
May it please your Lordship
Having been informed that his Majesty’s Government
send out settlers to the Cape of Good Hope free of expence to the said
settlers, and also provide them with rations, tools and other equipments
necessary for their first establishment [at] the Colony, I beg leave to inform
your Lordship of my desire to become a settler in the said Colony, not being
able to procure employment in my business (the building line) and also having a
desire to improve my little property in a small farm for the support of myself
my wife [two?] children and the prospect of a [larger?] family. What I
therefore have to solicit of your Lordship is such information on the subject
as may be suitable to my prospects and the means I may be able to employ. I
understand gardening and something of farming, but not intensively. I mention
these particulars [obscured] your Lordship’s trouble. I beg leave to add that
my means are not equal to the expences of the voyage and my establishment also,
but are I trust such that with frugality and industry upon a small farm would
enable me to live peacably and comfortably with my family. I should be glad to
know if the land given is freehold. I have a br[other?] at present teaching a
school upon the National System and also a young acquaintance who contemplate
going in company with me, should your Lordship’s answer prove [favor]able to out
views. I hope your Lordship will pardon the length of my en[quiries?]
which are prompted by my anxiety on the subject. If my brother &c can
accompany me I suppose it will be necessary for them to make an application to
your Lordship, but we wish to embark on one ship as we (at first as regards
ourselves) should [obscured] a common cause. Your Lordship [being] better able
to inform me than [obscured] to request what may be useful for guidance in this
object and therefore beg to leave myself in your Lordship’s [hands?] awaiting
your Lordship’s answer, as I do most anxiously.
I remain most respectfully
Your Lordship’s devoted humble servant
Charles Frederick DIBBS
DICKSON,
James
616
Low
7th
July 1819
Sir,
I am
your humble petitioner wishing wishing to become a Settler of the
I remain your humble servant
James DICKSON
720
Mile
Aug. 27, 1819
My Lord,
I beg leave to present the undermentioned names in
conjunction with my own being desirous of obtaining the grant as specified in
the circular agreeable to the terms & conditions as appointed by Government
for emigration to the Cape of Good Hope Colony whose testimonials as to character
I can vouch for. Should we meet with your approbation it will greatly oblige.
Your
Lordship’s most obedient humble servant
John Henry
Names, Age,
Family, Occupation
John Henry DIXON 32 Six Joiner & cabinet maker
Margaret
Mary
Emma
Eliza
Sarah
Thomas
HOBBS 45 Six Smith & [lost in binding]
Mary
Mary Eliza
Ann Bath
Henry HOBBS
19 Smith & [lost in binding]
Thomas
LAWRENCE 39 Nine Bricklayer
Elizabeth LAWRENCE
39
Elizabeth
LAWRENCE 13
Mary Ann
LAWRENCE 12
Thomas
LAWRENCE 10
Sarah
LAWRENCE 8
Maria
LAWRENCE 6
Matilda
Jane LAWRENCE 8 months
James
LAWRENCE 19 Bricklayer
Robert HENMAN 34 Four Carpenter
Mary Ann HENMAN 36
Mary Ann HENMAN 7
Elizabeth HENMAN 2
Henry
LATIMER 24 Three Leather [second word lost in binding; could be “dryer”]
Ann LATIMER
34
Ann LATIMER
2 months
John CLARKE
26 No family Farmer
Seaman
KINDRED 25 No family Carpenter
John PATTEN
21 No family Gardner
758
Mile
Sept. 7 1819
My Lord,
The annexed is a correct list of persons with their families
whom I wish to take under my direction assuring your Lordship I am ready to
comply to all the conditions as contained in the circular not doubting you will
convey your early information should we be approved of in order that we may
have time to dispose of our property &c. and to provide such things as may
be necessary, resting assured that Government will afford that accommodation to
the females becoming their situation. The annexed are all stout able bodied men
of general good character who with myself will lend
every assistance for the good of this Government as well as for ourselves.
I remain
your Lordship’s most obedient servant
John Henry
DOGHERTY, James
779-781
4 Oct 1819
Most
Honored Sir,
We the under named
persons do feel ourselves desirous to emigrate to the Cape of Good Hope,
according to the late Act of Parliament, with your Honour’s permission and
direction.
James
DOGHERTY, aged thirty four years
His wife Elizabeth
DOGHERTY aged 32 years
His eldest
daughter Eliza aged 11 years
His second
daughter Susan aged 9 years
His third
daughter Mary aged 5 years
His fourth
and last Ann aged 2 years
I James
DOGHERTY is a miner and slate quarry man and Farmer and a hedge carpenter and
[obscured] arms serving his Majesty since the year ?? in the Ross Yeomanry
Thomas
MURPHY aged 40 years
His wife Elizabeth ?? aged 34 years
His eldest
daughter Margaret aged 18 years
His son
John aged 17 years
His second eldest
daughter Nelly aged 13 years
His second
son Thomas aged 11½
His third
daughter Eliza aged 10
His
youngest son Edward aged 8
His nephew
Thomas MURPHY aged 13
Thomas
MURPHY is Linen and Cotton [Draper?] and his son Farmer nurcery man and ga[rdener?] and his daughters spinners of linen and
[cottton?] Manufacturers said Thomas MURPHY [obscured]
Wm.
DOGHERTY aged 27 years
His wife
Ann aged 25
His son
Joseph aged 10
His
daughter Marta aged 7
His son
John aged 5
Wm.
DOGHERTY is a Farmer and served in His Majesty’s Service since the year of 9? In the Ross Y.
John LOVE,
widower, aged 37 years
His son
John LOVE aged 13
John LOVE
is a farmer and served in the Killogharim Yeomanry
Richard
LOVE aged 30 years
His Mother
aged 50
His brother
Samuel LOVE aged 21
His sister
Susan aged 19
His son
James aged 1
Richard
LOVE is a farmer and served with the Killoghrim Yeomanry. His brother Samuel
Farmer, sister Susan spinster
[James?]
LOVE aged 40 years
Wife Jane
aged 40 years
Son Samuel
aged 16
Daughter
Susan aged 12
[James]
LOVE is a farmer and served in the Killoghrim infantry
John SMITH
aged 30 years
Wife Rachel
aged 28
Son John
aged 7
Son Samuel
aged 5
Daughter
Ann aged 3 years
Daughter
Sarah aged one month
John SMITH
is a Miller and Farmer and served in the Innescorthy Infantry
George
GIFFORD aged 27 years
His wife
Mary aged 26
His son
George aged 9
His son Wm.
Aged 6
His
daughter Mary aged 4?
His son
James aged 7 months
His servant
girl Mary KIERNAN aged 20 years
George
GIFFORD is a farmer and served in the Ross Yeomanry 12 years
William
DOBBIN aged 36 years
His wife
Mary aged 34
His son
John aged 13
His son
William aged 9
His
daughter Mary aged 7
Wm.DOBBIN
is a carpenter and served in His Majesty’s Service since the year 90
Wm.JAMES
widower aged 50 years
His son Wm.
aged 24
His son
Richard aged 22
His
daughter Mary aged 20
Hid
daughter Hanagh aged 18
His
daughter Eliza aged 16
His
daughter Rachel aged 13
His son
Humphrey aged 11
His son
Benjamin aged 9
His grand
daughter aged 4
Wm. JAMES
is a Linnen Waver and his sons labourers and his
daughters spinners [for] Flax and Woollen Manufacturers. Wm. JAMES and sons
served in the Killoghrim Yeomanry
John JAMES
aged 32 years
His wife
Catherine aged 32 years
His son Wm
aged 12
His son
Henry aged 10
His
daughter Catherine aged 8
John aged 6
His
daughter Rachel aged 4
His
daughter Ann aged 2
John JAMES
is a farmer and served in the Killoghrim Yeomanry
DOLD, John Matthew
671
Mile End
New Town
Augt 6 1819
Sir,
I am instructed to apply to you for
information concerning the plans adopted by Government relating to Emigration
to the Cape of Good Hope as I am authorised to use the names of ten persons,
some with families, is willing to emigrate if the plans are satisfactory.
I remain
Sir your humble obed’t sevt
J.M. DOLD
705
Mile End
New Town
Augt 13th 1819
Sir,
As the representative of the
undermentioned individuals I have taken the libert of addressing you a second
time informing you that we received your letter of the 8th inst and
that we are perfectly satisfied with the proposals therein contained. But as
they do not altogether seem to be so explicit as we
could wish I humbly beg to ask the following questions.
1st
Whether there will be any Camp or Shelter provided for us by Government on our
arrival till such times convenient habitations are erected.
2nd
Will Government provide us with provision for a certain time after our arrival
at the Colony; if not [how will] it be procured at the place.
3rd
Whether on our arrival implements and seeds necessary for the cultivation of
the land will be provided by Government, or if not can they be procured at the
Colony.
4th
Will the land appointed for each person or family be in a fit state of
cultivation at the expiration of 3 years
5th
What weight or size will be allowed for each person or family to carry out with
them
6th
Whether we shall be freed from Military [{obscured] and have protection from
the attack of an enemy
7th
When the time pf paying the deposit will be
8th
Whether the land assigned by Government for each person or family will be for
them and theirs for ever
9th
How are we to know whether we, the under [mentioned] persons, are approved of?
|
Men |
Women |
Children |
|
Matthew DOLD |
J. DOLD |
|
|
Thomas FODEN |
M. FODEN |
2
children |
|
Joseph
CROWTHER |
|
|
|
Andrew
DOLD |
M. DOLD |
|
|
Wm. WALL |
H. WALL |
|
|
Wm. HALEY |
|
|
|
George
FOWLER |
__ FOWLER |
2
children |
|
George
STOBBS |
__ STOBBS |
2
children |
|
William A. DOLD |
J. DOLD |
|
|
Samuel
FRENCH |
A. FRENCH |
|
|
Frederick
BEERMAN |
__
BEERMAN |
2
children |
|
George
ALLSOP |
|
|
|
John AYLIFF |
|
|
|
George
WALTERS |
|
5
children |
|
John
BROWN |
|
|
|
William
HEARN |
|
|
|
John M. DOLD |
S. DOLD |
|
An
attendance to these lines will very much oblige Sir, with all due respect
Your most
obed’t humble serv’t
J.M. DOLD
711
Mile End
New Town
Augt 19th 1819
Hon Sir,
As the representative of the undermentioned
able bodied individuals I once more presume to address you on the subject of
emigration at the
Sir, with
all due respect
Your humble
& obed’t sev’t
J.M. DOLD,
representative
Names on
the other side
|
Matthew
DOLD |
Carpenter |
|
Thomas FODEN |
Boot
& Shoe maker |
|
Joseph
CROWTHER |
Ditto |
|
William
WALL |
Painter |
|
Andrew
DOLD |
Agriculturalist |
|
William
HALEY |
Ditto |
|
George
FOWLER |
Tin Plate
Worker |
|
George |
Printer |
|
William A. DOLD |
Carpenter |
|
Samuel
FRENCH |
Sawyer |
|
Frederick
BEERMAN |
Sugar
Baker |
|
George
ALLSOP |
Gardener |
|
George
WALTERS |
Dyer |
|
John
BROWN |
Gardener |
|
William
HEARN |
Tanner |
|
John AYLIFF |
Weaver |
|
John M DOLD |
Carpenter |
DONALD, J
600
23 Grosvenor Market
July 22nd 1819
Honored
Sir,
We received your letter and
was satisfied with the contents but we wish to see you and enquiring at the
Department they desired us to write to you again for further particulars
concerning how to proceed, hoping you will excuse the liberty we take in so
doing for they told us you would give us further information and remain Sir
your humble and obedient servants
J. DONALD
F. MOLTBY
R. LANGDON
645
23 Grosvenor Market
July 30th 1819
Honored
Sir,
Having received no answer to a
letter sent on Friday last I fear it has not reached your hands, therefore we
have taken the liberty of writing once more as we are anxious for an answer for
we was satisfied with the contents of your letter and wish to know how to
proceed. When enquiring at the Department we was desired to address you again
for further particulars and remain Hon’d Sir
Your most
obedient and humble servants
J. DONALD
F. MOLTBY
F. FALKNER
(R. LANGDON
declined going)
715
23 Grosvenor Market
August 21st 1819
Hon’d Sir,
Receiving the second circular from
you for I took the liberty of addressing you as we particularly wish to give
our consent as we approve of the terms much Sir but will wait for your
appointment Sir as we wish much to go to the Cape.
We remain
your humble and obedient servants
J. DONALD
F. MOLTBY
S.
FAULKENER
DONOGHUE, Michael
719
Cork, August 23rd 1819
Sir,
Being informed that two gentlemen in
this [city] were going to carry over a colony to the coast of Africa in
consequence of having accepted the proposals offered by Government, we (12
young men) applyed to emigrate but [were] informed their number was full. We
would want to be informed whether we would get a passage from government for
ourselves and families to the coast of Africa provided we were able to carry
over utensils and every other necessary on our own account, we would want to be
informed also of the names and residence of all the proprietors going there in
that some may have their number complete, others may stand very much in need of
such persons. With humble diffidence I beg leave Sir to express my opinion so
far as to say that the inhabitants of this city (of the poorer class) is all
Idle almost and Idleness among the populace is always productive of the most
dangerous consequences, consequently when some are [out of] the country they
that remain will get work and the calm of the present clamours will be the
produce of emigration.
I remain in town awaiting the answer of the letter as we all
live in the country. {there is] expence to remain therefore I humbly presume an
answer as soon as convenient
I remain with respect my Lord
Your obed’t sevt
Michael DONOGHUE
NB Direct
to Mr. WHITE,
DONOVAN, Joseph
766
No.4
Near the Marsh Gate
Lambeth
Sept 17th 1819
Sir
I have unavoidably delayed filling
up the printed schedule I received from you in consequence of several of my
party having withdrawn their names from the original list which I addressed to
you in a letter some days ago, but having now supplied the vacancy I again beg
leave to call your attention to the inclosed list
I remain
Sir your most obed’tsevt
Joseph
DONOVAN
Name and
Description of Person taking out the Settlers:
Joseph DONOVAN, Nationalist & Artisan*
My wife# and
two male children under seven years of age
* age 26 years
# age 27 years
|
Name of Settlers |
Profession or Trade |
Age |
Women |
Age |
Male Children |
Ages |
Female Children |
Ages |
|
Chas.
WHITE |
Carpenter |
27 |
Ann |
27 |
|
|
Two |
6/2 |
|
John
JOLLEY |
Hatter |
26 |
Mary |
21 |
Thomas |
2½ |
Ann |
1½ |
|
James
RANDAL |
Harness
Maker |
25 |
Ann |
25 |
|
|
Ann |
2½ |
|
Thos.
RANDAL |
Butcher |
23 |
Widower |
|
|
|
Matilda |
3 |
|
Chas.
DAVIS |
Carpenter |
27 |
Widower |
|
Two |
6/7 |
|
|
|
John
KEELER |
Farmer |
29 |
|
30 |
Two |
10/1 |
|
|
|
Geo. MOOR |
|
30 |
|
24 |
|
|
Susannah |
6 |
|
Thos.
DAWSON |
Gardener |
28 |
Margaret |
30 |
Robert |
9 |
Margaret |
6 |
|
William
DAWSON |
Labourer |
29 |
Sarah |
30 |
Two |
10/7 |
|
|
|
Geo.
MARIOT |
Brewer
& Distiller |
29 |
Matilda |
27 |
George |
7 |
Matilda |
5 |
|
John
BARLEY |
Builder |
28 |
Sophia |
25 |
John |
4 |
Sophia |
5 |
775
No.15
Near the Lambeth Road
Sept 29th 1819
Sir,
In compliance with the earnest
solicitations of my party whose names &c I transmitted and directed to your
office in Downing St on the 17th inst and not having rec’d an answer
I take the liberty of addressing these few lines to you begging the favour of your
opinion respecting their being anxious to ascertain what certainty we may
expect of going to the intended Colony.
I trust you will excuse our
impatience but being all more or less possessed of some property which must be
disposed of if we are accepted we shall therefore consider ourselves favoured
by the earliest information you can afford us on the subject, as we shall then
have an opportunity of preparing whatever we think necessary.
For my own part I have already put
myself to some inconvenience by letting my [house?] I held yearly for one much
too small [with] the advantage of being able to leave [without] notice.
PS A few
lines in answer to these will be deemed a particular favour by
Your humble
servant
Joseph
DONOVAN
DOW, John
The Upper End of
Alnwick
Northumberland
Aug 3 1819
Sir,
From your official circular dated
I am Sir
your very humble servant
John DOW
Serjeant from the late 2nd Royal Vet.Bttn.
679
Alnwick
Northumberland
August 9th 1819
Sir,
I return you thanks for the answer
to my letter of the 3rd instant and I beg pardon for once more
troubling you, as not knowing to whom application is to be made I shall be humbly
obliged to you if you will have the goodness to give me the address of any
Gentleman to whom application is to be made for emigrating to the Cape of Good
Hope.
I am Sir
your very humble servant
John DOW
Serjeant in the late 2nd Royal Vet.Bttn.
DOWLING, Vincent George
647/648
No.6 Lyons Inn
2nd August 1819
Sir,
Although in all probability in
comparison with many of those by whose applications you have been assailed in
consequence of the intended formation of the new settlement at the Cape of Good
Hope my reputation may stand many degrees removed from theirs, yet the ordinary
chances in the Lottery of Life which cast in favour of every individual induce
me to use a common, and perhaps on this occasion an appropriate phrase, “to try
my luck”
As in the formation of the proposed
settlement officers of different descriptions will no doubt be appointed for
whom various duties will be assigned connected with the internal management and
superintendence of the Colony, I venture humbly to offer myself as a candidate
for one of those situations.
My pretensions to such an
appointment are founded on a life hitherto devoted to the more [obscured]
pursuits of life and in channels where experience and information were most
likely to be attained. To enumerate the particular paths through which I passed
would be tedious. It will be sufficient for me to state that when a boy I was
accustomed to the management of small communities in [National?] Schools, that
from thence I became the correspondent and managing Clerk of a Contractor of
[obscured] that I subsequently had the superintendence and management of the
Royal Naval Asylum, in its infancy, for three years and that for the last
[obscured] years my engagements with the Public Press have forced me to a
diligent and watchful observation of the proceedings of all our Courts of Law,
whether [civil] or criminal, to the proceedings of the two Houses of Parliament
and in fact to every important [obscured] connected with the progress of
Society in almost every part of the Kingdom – a course of study which must have
given me advantages and enable me to obtain experience not often within the
grasp of one individual and which I may humbly venture to say qualifies me for
any situation in which such experience may be considered desirable. I may also
add with confidence that during all those labors I have obtained for myself a
character for zeal intelligence and activity at least not exceeded by any of my
competitors.
Such are the grounds on which I
tender my services in the way to which I have alluded. My claims to your
notice, independent of these pretensions, are few. My name is no doubt familiar
to your recollection from occurrences which to me have been an increasing
source of uneasiness and which had me all the more anxious to seek a change of
scene, and especially such a change as would open a door to my advancement
through the medium of my own exertions.
Upon the subject of character I
flatter myself that no man can put down testimonials more respectable or less
questionable. In addition to those who, I have no doubt, would feel pleasure in
[promoting?] my welfare I shall perhaps be excused for [mentioning] the name of
your brother, to whom I had the [honor] of being personally introduced and who
may be kind enough to offer a word in my behalf.
I have only to add Sir that my age
is [obscured], that I am blessed with good health, that I have a wife and five
children and that I shall on all occasions, should I have the good fortune to
be included in your arrangements, prove that I am not undeserving of confidence
or [obscured] in gratitude.
I have the
honor to be Sir with great respect
Your obed’t
humble sev’t
Vincent
George DOWLING
[written across the bottom: Give him the usual answer..]
[Transcriber’s
note: From the Guardian Unlimited website:-
1812 - Observer
journalist Vincent George DOWLING had a real scoop when he not only witnessed
the assassination of Prime Minister Spencer PERCEVAL but also seized the
assassin
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DOWNER, Henry re William SMITH
682
Fleet Street
August 10th 1819
Sir,
William SMITH, the bearer of the
note, lived with me as an assistant in my business near three years. I found him
steady and attentive and I believe him to be an honest and respectable person.
I understand it is his desire to go with his family to the
Your most
obed’t sevt
Henry
DOWNER
DOWSON, Thomas
614
No.2
Camberwell
July 27 1819
Sir,
I hear as Government has offered to
send people as settlers to the
I subscribe
myself your most humble servant
Thos.
DOWSON
DOWSON, William
641
St.Lukes
July 29th 1819
Sir,
Since the circular has appeared to
promote the colonisation of the Cape of Good Hope I have turned my attention to
that object in consequence of the difficulty I now experience from the want of
trade & a large family, as my father was a farmer & in my youth I
gained some knowledge of the cultivation of land which I have not yet forgot.
By trade I am a Sadler, Harness & Collar Maker besides I well understand
all kinds of Millitary Accoutrement Work having had long practice in that. As I
am not acquainted with the proper mode to proceed to make a proper application
according to Tenor of Circular I have been informed I shall by application
receive from your office the necessary instructions. Conceiving my trade will
be absolutely necessary in a new Colony & I have no doubt in my short time
I should be [able] to cultivate & manage the land in a proper manner.
I am Sir
your most obd’t humble sevt
Wm. DOWSON
DRAKE, Samuel
621
83 St.John’s Street
23rd July 1819
Sir,
I respectfully beg leave to address
you relative to the Emigrating to the Cape of Good Hope and at the same time I
beg to offer myself to your notice to take charge of some settlers, and in
reply to the circular I beg to say that I could conform myself to each
particular and further beg to state that should you be pleased to inform me at
what time I could pass an examination I shall feel happy in attending. I have 9
families that are willing to join me, all respectable and able bodied persons
who possess the means of paying the deposit required & having a small sum
left for stock &c
I humbly ask the favour of what
information as to what part of the
Awaiting
the favour of your consideration
I remain
your most obedient humble servant
Samuel DRAKE
DRAKE, William
629
Clement inn
29 July 1819
Sir,
Having been informed that it remains
to you to arrange with Persons desirous of emigrating to the Cape, I beg leave
to request that you will favour me with a specification of the terms (that is)
whether the settler bringing with him ten families has power to set apart for
the individual use of each family the proportionate or any part of the lands to
be assigned to him after the period of three years, or whether they take the lands
in common with the individual, say 100 acres for each family, the party forming
the connection wishing to form it on such basis as may ensure that permanent
security to each settler as the case may require, whether a single individual
can obtain a grant of 100 acres and if the Government will find or provide
necessary tools and implements of husbandry, in what manner the application is
to be made, and what is the requisite for persons intending to take advantage
of this offer on the part of government. I have the honor to remain
Yr obed’t
humble sev’t
Wm. DRAKE
803
October 19th 1819
Sir,
I have taken the liberty to inclose
a list of names that wish to emigrate to the
I am Sir
with every sentiment of respect
Your
obedient servant
Wm. DRAKE
Wm. DRAKE }
Thos. REID
Sen }
Hy. REID
Jun }
John
SMITH }
15
Wm. STROUD }
E. WORMBELL
75 Leather Lane
M BROWN Green Bank,
James
HARLEY
Jubilee Place, Chelsea
John GREEN Minories
DREDGE, John
573
Mile
Next to the Black Horse
July 1819
My Lord,
I humbly take the liberty of
troubling your Lordship for the purpose of obtaining the necessary information
respecting emigration to the
Anxiously awaiting, I beg to subscribe myself my Lord
Your
Lordship’s most obed’t humble servant
John DREDGE
DREW, John
598
July 22nd 1819
My Lord,
I understand it is the intention of
His Majesty’s Government to send out to the
I rely confidently on your
Lordship’s kindness & benevolence for my excuse in thus trespassing on your
Lordship’s valuable time. I have the honour to subscribe myself
Your
Lordship’s most obed’t humble servant
John DREW
DRISCOLL,
John (filed under I in CO48/44
with John INGRAM
correspondence)
130
24th October 1819
My Lord,
Having lately underwent an
Examination before the Board I was rated an out pensioner of
My Lord,
your Lordship’s most obed’t & very humble servant
John
DRISCOLL
Out
Pensioner of
Address: John
DRISCOLL, pensioner,
Mr.INGRAM’s
address: Mr. John INGRAM, Grand Parade,
DUFF, A
690
Aug 12 1819
Sir,
Having a wish to emigrate
to the
I am Sir
your obt hby st
A. DUFF
At Mrs.
HART’s, 4 Clements
DUGMORE, Isaac
635
Fleet Street
July 29th 1819
My Lord,
A number of families in this town
together with my own for want of employment are anxious of embracing the
opportunity at this time so kindly offered by Government of emigrating to the
Cape of Good Hope, and we have made repeated enquiries of the Churchwardens,
Guardians and Overseers of the Parish to know how we are to proceed in order to
comply with the necessary Regulations, but we have not been able to obtain any
information upon the subject. We have therefore, my Lord, taken the liberty of
requesting that your Lordship will have the goodness to inform us how we are to
proceed or where we are to apply for the necessary instructions, and also what
deposit is required per person grown up who are single and how they will be
considered with respect to the land to be allotted.
Trusting
that your Lordship will excuse the liberty and favor me with an early reply, I
remain my Lord
Your most
obedient and very humble servant
Isaac
DUGMORE
DUKE, John [filed with
592
20th July 1819
My Lord,
As I am a Pensioner and would wish
to go to America I humbly solicit your Lordship to grant me a settlement there
for myself, wife and three children as I
am an out pensioner of Chelsea Hospital at 9d per day and would willingly
settle in America
I am my
Lord your humble servant
John DUKE
9d per day
Late Depot
Lemington
To the care
of Mr.GODD near the Corn Market,
DUMMANT, Henry
673
No.20 Bakers Row
Whitechapel
August 7th 1819
Sir,
I have consulted several of my
friends who with me are desirous of emigrating to the Cape of Good Hope &
as I am informed that you are transacting business as Agent for emigrants to
the above mentioned place & if you are in the habit of sending proposals to
different persons making their requests for the same, if it is so I will take
it as a great favour if you will send me the proposals & in so doing you
will oblige your humble servant
Henry
DUMMANT
DUNBAR, Daniel
633
Bainsford
Near
29th July 1819
To the
Right Honourable Mr. VANSITTERT
Honoured
Sir,
I hope you will excuse
my presumption who am not only a poor man but a
stranger to you yet from the Honourable Station you occupy your principle and
character must be known. Having read some of your speeches in Bible Societies I
have taken upon me to address your Honour asking a favour for one of my sons.
He is my oldest now about 28 years of age. When he was young I sent him to the
clock and watch maker business but before he was perfect of it he enlisted into
the 73rd Regt of Foot and went to New South Wales, where he remained
some years and then went to the Island of Ceylon where he was made Sergant and
continued so till he was discharged in the year 1817 at his own desire being
only engaged for ??. He then thought to have followed
out his business of clock & watchmaker but when he came home he could get
no work either at that branch or any other no not at labouring work and he
brought no money with him and I was unable to advance him any. I then let him
go to School for five months giving him his meal which was all I could do. He
then got through to follow some labouring work which he has lately continued
with when it could be obtained but he is far from being satisfied owing to his
wages being small and not sufficient to support him in food and raiment. Having
heard that Government was proposing to send some settlers to the
I have had a large family of nine
children which I have brought up without any help but what has been obtained by
my own [efforts] and though by a kind providence I have food and raiment in a
very moderate manner and I hope I have been enabled [obscured] murmuring
against a kind providence who has given me Wisdom has been best for me. I
confess I am not willing [that] William DUNBAR should go either of the above
places [as] to have him near me that he might be useful to me [obscured] after
he came home. I spoke to some Gentleman on this, viz George McCALLUM Esq of
Thornhill, John CAMPBELL Esq, Robert WARDAN Esq of Park Hill who were willing
on my [request] to give me their letter or recommendation in whatever way might
be best. It was then purposed by them to see and get him on to the [obscured]
and Mr. WARDAN was to speak for him but he turned unwell and [did not] get done
what he intended and I being a poor man did not [obscured] them though I know
they are ready to do still what they can though no ways connected with me but
that they believe me to be of upright character and one that fears the Lord.
There was another Gentleman in this neighbourhood for whom I taught a Sabbath
[school?] 12 years above 20 years ago. His name was William MURRAY of
[obscured] but he is Dead some years ago and I have no acquaintance for
[obscured] come to this place about nine years ago where I teach the school in
a small village in the neighbourhood of Falkirk, County of Stirling.
If it shall please your Honour to do
anything for my son William [obscured] him into the Customs & Excise or any
other way your Wisdom pleases you will be obliging me more than I can describe
and failing in the granting [obscured] with which I must be content as the will
of my God who does all things [obscured]. I can give you every evidence of my
own character your Honour
[image of final short third page out of focus and illegible
but the letter is signed Daniel DUNBAR]
DUNN, Thomas
Received 29 July 1819
Sir,
We the undersigned your humble
servants would wish to know the proposals concerning the
Thos. DUNN, blacksmith, and wife,
Alex. SOPER, ditto, wife& 4 children,
Rich’d
HORNSBY, ditto, wife & 3 children, Phillip St. St. Georges
Wm. PERRY,
ditto, wife & 4 children, Limehouse Fields
R. PERRY,
ditto, wife & 3 children,
E. ROBINS,
ditto, wife & 2 children, Limehouse Fields
J. COOK,
ditto, wife & 5 children,
791
Walmer
October 9th 1819
Sir,
I have the honour to inform your
Lordship that myself together with several other young
men in the town of
I have the
honour to be Sir
Your
Lordship’s obedient humble servant
H.
825
Walmer
21 November 1819
Sir,
I have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of Mr. GOULBURN’s letter of the 14 ultimo acquainting me that as the
number of persons allowed to proceed to the Cape of Good Hope for the present
year was complete that no further encouragement could be given to persons
desirous of proceeding to that Colony, and in reply thereto I beg to acquaint
you I have understood that Government charter out those who are willing to pay
the expence attendant therein. I therefore request you will inform if this is
the case, when they can proceed, and if what I have learned is untrue, when the
next year’s ships will proceed on their voyage so that I may make the necessary
arrangements with the Party emigrating with me for that purpose accordingly.
I have the
honour to be Sir
Your
Lordships most obedient humble servant
H.
DURHAM, Patrick
612
July 26 1819
Sir,
I live at
Patrick
DURIEN, H.
618
27 July 1819
Sir,
Being desirous of emigrating
to the
Myself,
aged 24 years, Mrs.Lucy DURIEN aged 20 years and an infant Emma Mary DURIEN
aged 5 months, Mr. John TAYLOR aged 45 years, Mrs. Mary TAYLOR aged 40, Thomas
TAYLOR aged 28 years, in addition to which the following individuals are
extremely anxious to join us:
Mr. John
OVERTON aged 34 years, Mrs. Mary OVERTON aged 38 years and Elizabeth OVERTON
aged 14 years.
I beg leave also to state (should
the Gentlemen appointed to conduct this Department accept us) that an early
means of departure will be a most essential favor as having no employment in
London the means now in our possession will imperceptibly dwindle away should
any length of time elapse prior to embarkation.
I am Sir
your most obdt hble sevt
H.J. DURIEN
c/o Mr.
J. SCHMIDT
Cornhill
DWYER, Thomas
586
July 20 1819
Honoured
Sir,
Thos. DWYER, wife &
2 children, one of 14 years old and the other 2 years is desirous of
immigrating to His Majestyes Colonies in the
Thomas
DWYER
DYASON,
George
712
Ramsgate
August 19th 1819
My Lord,
Having determined? after due
consideration to become Candidates for a Grant of land at the Cape of Good
Hope, agreeable to
Your Lordships official notices as appeared in the Public Newspapers, we viz.
Messrs Isaac, Joseph and George DYASON and Hougham HUDSON
are desirous to obtain a Grant of 2000 acres of land at the Cape, and for which
Grant shall be prepared to take out proper People and deposit the sums as
required for the official notice.
We can either conjointly or
separately, have the most satisfactory references as to our capability or as
to our private and Public characters not
only from our resident Ministers and Magistrates, the Deputy Mayor and
principle Inhabitants, but also from many Gentlemen in the Public situation, if
it is required.
Having obtained the Grant we propose
to admit others of our Friends [with?] the means, and to select Husband[smen] and Mechanics suitable to our ?view? &
also having Family’s of our own [Isaac] DYASON, Tin Plates worker and Brazier [39
years] of age, wife and 5 children three of [them] stout Lads, from 8 to 16
years of age are used to cattle. Joseph DYASON Master Mariner 36 years of age, George DYASON
Wine Merchant [30 years] of age, wife and two children, Hougham HUDSON, Grazier 26 years of
age and wife
We remain
my Lrd
Your
Lordship’s [obedient servant]
Geo DYASON
Isaac
DYASON
Joseph
DYASON
Hougham
HUDSON
PS An
answer forwarded to Geo DYASON 12 Old Cavendish St ,
G. DYASON
736
August 30th 1819
My Lord,
In conformity with your Lordship’s letter which I had the
honour to receive on the 22nd I herewith beg to furnish your
Lordship with the names, ages &c of the People who propose becoming
settlers, under my direction at the
I trust Your Lordship will allow me
to assure you, that I am, as well as the people, in every respect ready to
conform to all, and every conditions, upon which His Majesty’s Government have offered
to grant Land in the colony.
I am My
Lord
Your
Lordships Obt Honourable Servant
Geo DYASON
737
Name and
Description of Person taking out the Settlers
George DYASON wine merchant 30 years of age
Frances DYASON
& 1
male child 2years old
1 female child
6 months
|
Names of Settlers |
Profession or Trade |
Age |
Wife |
Age |
Male children |
Ages |
Female Children |
Ages |
|
Hougham HUDSON |
Farmer
& Grazier |
28 |
Elizabeth Ann |
23 |
|
|
|
|
|
Isaac DYASON |
Tinman
& Brazier |
39 |
Sarah |
32 |
2 |
16/11 |
2 |
9/7 |
|
Joseph DYASON |
Master
Mariner |
36 |
|
|
1 |
13 |
1 |
5 |
|
Charles
HUNTLY |
Husbandman |
23 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
James
COCK |
Husbandman |
24 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
William
AMOS |
Husbandman |
26 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Edward
AMOS |
Husbandman |
18 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Thomas
GAMBRILL |
Husbandman |
20 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Thomas RATCLIFF |
Carpenter
& Wheelwright |
27 |
|
28 |
1 |
3½ |
1 |
2 |
|
Robert |
Husbandman |
26 |
Mary |
24 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
|
Henry
BRISTER |
Butcher
& Labourer |
24 |
Susanah |
31 |
1 |
1½ |
|
|
|
Richard
SMITH |
Husbandman |
22 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Joseph
HUNTLY |
Labour |
23 |
|
22 |
|
|
|
|
|
John AUSTIN |
Baker |
24 |
Catherine |
22 |
1 |
6 mo |
|
|
|
William
FITTALL |
Bricklayer |
34 |
Sophia |
34 |
3 |
10/8/6 |
3 |
12/4/1 |
|
Henry
BILSY |
Husbandman
& Salt Maker |
40 |
Ann |
36 |
3 |
7/4/1 |
3 |
19/16/6 |
|
William
MILLER |
Labourer |
43 |
Henrietta |
45 |
|
|
|
|
|
Joseph WRIGHT |
Butcher
& Grazier |
28 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
James
GRAY |
Gardener |
30 |
Ann |
28 |
2 |
13/11 |
5 |
9/7/5/3/1 |
|
Henry
ROWLAND |
Carpenter
& Sawyer |
34 |
Sarah |
35 |
2 |
13/9 |
3 |
11/6/3 |
785
Old
October 5th 1819
Sir,
I have the honour herewith to return
the three separate Lists, filled up agreeable to the directions contained in
your official letters of the 30th of September and I beg to be
informed whether any Goods that I may take and will be subject to a duty and
what that duty will be and if I am allowed to furnish my Party with Guns and
Ammunition, also whether I am at liberty upon my arrival at the Cape of Good
Hope to make a selection as respect the District or situation as a Settlement for
my Party.
Further I beg also to be informed whether any distinction
will be made on board the Transports with respect to the accommodations.
I have the
honour to be Sir
Your Most
Obedient Honourable Servant
Geo. DYASON
824
14th Nov 1819
Sir,
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter
of the 10th instant & in reply beg to state, I was not aware of
any arrangement having been made for payment of any deposit, which I can only
attribute to my having been absent in France upon urgent business; but trust
the payment of it on Wednesday next will receive that permission for my Party,
that I am so anxious to obtain.
I am Sir
Your
Obedient Honourable Servant
Geo. DYASON
DYKE, Thomas
623
No.6
Walworth
28th July 1819
Sir,
I understand there is a certain
quantity of land to be given at the
Sir I
remain your humble servant
Thos. DYKE
aged 22
John
VAUGHAN 19
Fred’k
EXALL 21
Thos.
WILLETT 22
Hy.
WILLETT 20
Josh HOOK
22
735
No.6
Walworth
30th Aug 1819
Mr.
GOLDBURN,
Having received the
circular would wish to know whether there is any habitation after we get over
and should be glad to know when and where we are to pay the paid ten pounds and
to give us all the information you can in order that we may prepare ourselves?
Sir I am
your obedt hbl sevt
Thos. DYKE
GIBSON, W.D. (filed under D)
801
Cummertree
7 Oct 1819
Dear Sir,
Mr. THOMSON late of Charlesfield,
who has an idea of going with his family to the Cape of Good Hope as a settler,
applied to Lord QUEENSBERRY yesterday [obscured] you would have the goodness to
make some [obscured] as to the encouragement given by Government to settlers
going to that Colony, but his Lordship being from home to Edinburgh and not
having time to write, desired me to do so on that subject. Lord MELVILLE was
applied to some time ago by THOMSON, who wrote to Lord BATHURST on the Aug last
in Mr. T’s favour, but as no answer as yet received and being very anxious to
get as much information as possible, he would be much obliged to you if you
would apply to Lord BATHURST on his behalf.
Mr. THOMSON can get many
recommendations in his favour such as Lord QUEENSBERRY’s, General DIXON’s, Mr. CURWEN’s and many others; and as you know
Mr. THOMSON personally you can recommend him yourself to his Lordship as a
person of respectability and very capable of taking a charge in the settlement
under Government if it should be necessary. Mr. THOMSON’s family consists of 5
sons, his wife and daughter who are to go with him, besides some workers to
assist him in carrying on his agricultural pursuits, and wishes to be informed
how much land will be allowed to himself and family
and for the workmen he may take with him. Mr. THOMSON has already been making
arrangements with the hopes of succeeding in getting out and will be much
disappointed if he does not. When you write to Mr. THOMSON, address him at
Foulsby, by Annan.
I am dear
Sir your obed’t sevt
W.D. GIBSON
MacDONALD, Duncan (Filed under D)
675
Dornie Kintaill
By Lochalsh
Aug 7th 1819
Sir,
Having with pleasure considered the
encouragement given by Government to settlers to forward to the Cape of Good
Hope & I having collected above the number stated viz 15 settlers, the half
of which having families & none of the children above 14 years of age, so
that I request you would be pleased to let me know if Lord BATHURST will accept
of these & if his Lordship will, where will the money be paid, the place of
embarkation or when, as the above number are ready any time.
I am Sir
your most devoted humble servany
Duncan Mac
DONALD
McDONALD, John (1) (Filed under D)
604
No.8
July 23rd 1819
May it
please your Lordship
Understanding it to be the intention of His
majesty’s Government to encourage emigration to the Cape of Good Hope I have
taken the liberty to address to your Lordship a few lines of explanatory of my
uncomfortable situation in the hope that it will excite the interest and
compassion of your Lordship.
I have been studying medicine some
time in the
My case, my Lord, is one of peculiar
[obscured]. I might be of considerable use in a Colony [such] as it is
described, when I must inevitably be a burthen to myself and others in this
overgrown country. I humbly entreat your Lordship not to turn a deaf ear to my
respectful [petition?]. I could not have had the freedom to intrude upon your
Lordship’s precious time under any but the most urgent circumstances. Under the
humble and confident hope of hearing from your Lordship I beg leave to
subscribe myself
Your
Lordship’s most humble and obedient servant
John
McDONALD
McDONALD, John (2) (Filed under D)
813
Kilmuir
24 October 1819
My Lord,
From motives of humanity & my
affection for my countrymen I in my individual capacity tke the liberty to
represent to your Lordship that several of the inhabitants of this remote
island have in consequence of the late encouragement from Government upon the
subject signed to emigrate to His Majesty’s Colony in the Cape of Good Hope to
become settlers & agriculturalists in that place. A Gentleman name Mr. John
CAMPBELL having undertaken to become Agent obtained authority but to the
surprise and disappointment of the poor individuals preparing emigration he
would not admit any person but such as would content themselves with 50 acres
of land for every settler.
The poor enslaved people being so
anxious to obtain freedom consented to sign even upon the terms the said
CAMPBELL had laid own but merely upon the belief that Government would direct
all laid down by way of encouragement to persons desirous of going as settlers
to the Cape be made good & the Agent’s plans disassembled upon their
arrival, particularly that setting forth 1000 acres to every ten able bodied
settlers.
My request is now that your Lordship
be in mercy pleased to return an answer hereto acquainting me whether our
Agents or Leaders have the authority from your Department to retain for
themselves one half of the grant of land pointed out for each settler, when the
settlers themselves are depositing the necessary sums of money before their
embarkation agreeable to rules upon the subject.
Tho’ I am a stranger to your
Lordship & infinitely inferior to him who might [obscured] your humble
servant yet I look with [confidence?] that I shall be heard in my prayers on
behalf of poor individuals of the human race who have hitherto laboured under
bondage. In the event that my Lord thinks proper to order an answer to be returned
the address is below subjoined. I have the honor to be my Lord
Your
Lordship’s most obedient & most humble servant & subject
John
McDONALD
Address Mr.
John McDONALD, Farmer in Kilvaxter Kilmuir Skye Portree by
NEAD, Joseph
(Filed under D)
733
Dear Charles,
I know not
what apology to make for again becoming so troublesome as to offer myself a
candidate for your additional assistance but must rely on your known goodness
for pardon and the interest which you have always taken in the welfare of my
beloved Jane and myself assures me of being in forgiveness. I wish therefore to
proceed to the nature of my present request.
You
must know my dear friend that Jane and myself have made up our minds to become
emigrants to the Cape Colony about to be established if the advantages are as
good as they appear to be from the statements in the public prints, and I have
no doubt from the nature of the climate & soil, emigration to the Cape of
Good Hope offers advantages that no other can. I will now state what my own
means are and crave your assistance for what information you may be able to
give and shall be very much obliged indeed if you will read my application for
the grant of one thousand [acres] for me, made at the Colonial Department. I am
not aware of the form or way of doing [it] and I fear no time is to lose from
those applications made. I of course am willing to make the deposit required by
Government to take out nine individuals, myself making the tenth. Do you think
Jane would be allowed [as one?] of the nine as she does not go out with me
& most likely will not leave this country for years? If I could have the
grant with her as one of the ten I would take but eight [with me] instead of
nine, but in this I must be sure of [the] circumstances. The sum I shall have
at disposal [for] this undertaking will be about three hundred, a hundred of
which will go for the deposit, one to be left with Jane to bring her out and
for things which it may be necessary she should [take?] out with her and the
third hundred would be for settlements &c & to take to purchase stock
on arrival and to furnish a few comforts for me for the [pass]age as I should
not be able to mess with the labourers that would be taken out. My ideas of
remunerating the individuals that may be willing to go with me are these, that
each one has twenty acres of land put at his disposal on arrival [paper torn]
serves me five years, at the expiration of which the twenty acres will be
granted to him as property, also a gift of ten pounds, a cow & pig – on
these terms supposing I take with me about the same number of male & female
and they should marry amongst each other they would find themselves possessed
in five years of forty acres and twenty pounds, two cows & two pigs, besides
being cloathed and well fed for five years – these ideas are quite my own, I
have not spoken to a person on the subject. I know not if [next line obscured
in fold as the writer begins to write crossways across the first page of the
letter] I should much wish your advice. I an extremely anxious to secure a
grant of a thousand acres and a passage for the persons I may take out as I
shall not like to give Mr. HADWEN notice until I am secure and I shall have but
little time to spare as the transports are to sail in November. I will with
many think upon what expences there may be if you think it necessary to employ
any one to forward the application. As to myself I am quite ignorant as to the
method to be taken to obtain the grant, but I understand there is a committee
which sits at the Globe Coffee House, Fleet Street who will give what
information they have collected, but I am so situated with respect to the time
of giving notice that I cannot afford the time which it would take to write and
receive an answer from them. May I then dear Charles venture to be so
troublesome as to require a few lines per return post saying if you think I may
get the grant as I should not like to throw myself out of a situation on an
uncertainty and I must give Mr. HADWEN a sufficient time to get some one to
take my situation. I have little doubt that you will think my prospects as a
settler at the Cape will be much better than here, with a hundred a year and no
prospect of increase it would be but a triffle for myself and beloved Jane to
live on and I am very anxious to fix a period when I may again enjoy this
society without the prospect of being again obliged to separate, and I think we
could fix it as two or three years at the farthest if I go to the Cape, by
which time I should I trust have things comfortable round me, the difficulties
with which emigrants have to struggle would then be gone by, as well as those
debts discharged, by which yourself and I MERRYWEATHER have been such sufferers
[next line obscured in fold]
Your very obliged friend
Jos’h NEAD
PS Please direct for me to the care of Jos’h HADWEN. I
shall await your reply with much anxiety. Will you say if you think there will
be any difficulty in getting men to accompany me – it is twenty I think of
putting as the disposal on arrival of each person. I
have stated that again fearful that the seal may hide that part