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

Correspondence 1821 to 1837.

Here only letters by known settlers or their families, or letters of great relevance to the 1820 settlers, have been transcribed, whereas ALL the 1819 correspondence was transcribed (see CO48/41 through CO48/46) whether or not the writers emigrated to the Cape.

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.

NAVY BOARD re Abeona, 1820

Written by Sue Mackay on 05 January 2011.

National Archives, Kew CO48/52, 154

Navy Office

15^th August 1820

Sir,

In return to your letter of the 10^th instant we acquaint you for the information of Earl BATHURST that the persons undermentioned may embark on board the Abeona Transport of 328 tons at Deptford about the 25^th instant for passage to the Cape of Good Hope.

Viz:

John GEORGE late Troop Serjeant Major of the 21^st Light Dragoons

Thomas BOTHANS late Farrier Major in Do.

Martha ROONEY, wife of a Serjeant in the Cape Regiment

We are Sir your very humble servants

Rd. SIPPINGS

H. LEGGE

[illegible signature]

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