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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.

NIND & COTTERRILL re William WAIT, 1820

Written by Sue Mackay on .

National Archives, Kew, CO48/53, 128

Throgmorton St

Jany 20 1820

Messrs NIND & COTTERRILL have the honour of informing Mr. GOULBURN that the partnership disputes between Mr. LAFOSSE and Mr. WAIT have been settled by Mr. WAIT's assigning to trustees the whole of his property except for his household furniture linen & cloathes & his interest in the grant of land at the Cape of Good Hope, and the Injunction out of Court of Chancery has therefore been abandoned.

At the same time Messrs NIND & COTTERILL submit to Mr. GOULBURN their client's claim under the assignment to the money deposited by Mr. WAIT or at least so much of it as was deposited for persons who have not actually proceeded to the Cape. Messrs. N & C have the honour of returning Mr. WAIT's letter.

[pencilled note at foot: for letter vide WAIT's correspondence]

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