MITCHELL, William
522
24 Argyll Street
Oxford Street
27th July 1819
Sir,
I shall feel obliged by your informing me the particulars relative to the intended settlement at the Cape of Good Hope and what will be required of any person wishing to become a settler there. My family consists of myself wife and nephew. I shall likewise esteem it a favor to be informed if there be any appointment likely to take place in the ship building line in that or any of the colonies.
I remain Sir with due respect
Your obed’t serv’t
Wm. MITCHELL
24 Argyll Street
Oxford Street
30th July 1819
Sir,
In the circular letter I have had the honor to receive from you I see that any person taking out ten settlers will be required to deposit one hundred pounds to be repaid as therein mentioned but no notice is taken of the capital necessary for the person to possess over and above the hundred pounds deposit to enable him to cultivate the grant of land, or what security he has of the persons taken out remaining in his service when landed at the Cape. Does the money granted by Parliament go no further in its application than to defray the passage and victualing or is any assistance given to the person not possessing a sufficient capital himself.
I remain Sir very respectfully
Your most obd’t sv’t
Wm. MITCHELL