JACKSON, William
National Archives, Kew CO48/44, 6
Cumberland Street
Leicester
July 16th 1819
My Lord,
I beg to inform your Lordship that I am a framework knitter of this town out of employ and seeing in the public paper that his Majesty's Government are willing to give some encouragement to persons so situated to emigrate to the Cape of Good Hope and being desirous of availing myself of that encouragement I shall be obliged if your Lordship will be so kind as to inform me of the terms of settling in the above place. I have only to add that should I be able to comply with them my wife & family will accompany me.
I am my Lord
Your Lordship's most obed't hbl sev't
Wm. JACKSON
National Archives, Kew CO48/44, 87
Cumberland Street
Leicester
Aug 18th 1819
My Lord,
The undersigned being desirous of emigrating to the Cape of Good Hope beg to solicit information as to the following points:
1st Whether the 100 acres of land proposed to be given for each family will be conveyed bona fide to the person acting as agent for the whole, or whether it will be conveyed to each family according to the above proportion of one hundred acres providing an agreement is made with the agent to that effect.
2nd Whether pensioners emigrating to the Cape of Good Hope can receive their pensions as in England
3rd Whether the parties proposing to emigrate will be examined by a medical man, if so when and at what place
I have to inform your Lordship that the parties for whom I write will each furnish their own deposit money and they want to know whether they can by any means be each entitled to the 100 acres of land, that is whether his Majesty's Government will convey the land separately to each, or if that cannot be done whether an arrangement with the agent, whom they employ for him to convey the land in equal proportions to each family, will be binding upon him according to the laws and usages of the colony or the regulations of His Majesty's Government.
I have also to inform your Lordship that five of the parties are pensioners who are extremely desirous of the information I have solicited.
Your Lordship's most obed't hbl sev't
Wm. JACKSON
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Wm. JACKSON
Thos. CHAMBERLAIN
Wm. BROWN
Wm. SAMUELL
Jas. TAYLOR
Ed'd GARRETT
Jos'h CART
Jos'h GARNER
John ADDISON
Joseph MARTIN
Robert HALL
John CHANDLER
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