PHILLIPS, James
189
No.3 Tann St
Aldersgate St
3 Sept 1819
Cape of Good Hope Colonization
Sir,
I have to apologise for troubling you, but understanding that a Mr. Thomas WILSON is officially employed by Government in collecting persons and sending in statements for the above purpose to your office and having seen a letter of his of which I beg to trouble you with a copy on the other side, and being desirous of avoiding the possibility of becoming a dupe to an artifice, I respectfully request to be informed if what he states is the fact, as the terms proposed by him are that £5 be paid the first week of the current month into his hands without any security for its proper appropriation, £5 in Octr & £5 the last week in the same month, which last sum is for the purchase of stores of him on landing at the colony.
You will observe by his letter that it is necessary I should determine by the 8th inst and will therefore I trust excuse my pressing for an immediate answer.
I am Sir most respectfully
Your obed’t humble svt
Jas. PHILLIPS
190 [copy]
Bridge Cottage
Chelsea Water Works
3 Sep 1819
Sir,
In conformity to the Government regulation for settling at the Cape of Good Hope your name has been duly entered to proceed under my direction and you are therefore required to pay your fitst deposit on or before the 8th inst otherwise you will be excluded the present opportunity. The vessel for your conveyance will be ready to sail in November.
I am Sir
Your obedient servant
(signed) Thos. WILSON