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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.

PARKIN, John, 1820

National Archives, Kew, CO48/53, 145

On board the Weymouth

Portsmouth

Jan 2 1820

My Lord,

I have to inform your Lordship of altering my shudel [schedule] that Benjamin LEECH he may take out his son Richard LEECH aged 12 years hold. I reckmend him to your Lordship.

I beg to rimen your Lordships verry humble sirvent

John PARKIN

Conductor No.20 to the Cape of Good Hope

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