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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Australia: Letters from Secretary of State. Domestic, 1832 |
| Author | Hay, R W; Elliot, Sir Thomas Frederick |
| Date | 9 Mar-23 Aug 1832 |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Reference | CO 385/14 |
| Library / Archive | The National Archives |
| Collection Name | War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: Emigration Entry Books |
| Description | Letters concerning emigration to Australia, with particular focus on who could and could not be assisted. Many mention limiting the travel of single men, while loans and grants were restricted to certain specialists, such as mechanics. Discussion over what should happen to convicts' wives also appears in these letters, as does information on conditions on board the ships. |
| Series Description | This series contains entry books of correspondence on emigration. |
| Theme(s) | Ships and Shipping Lines; Politics, Legislation and Governance |
| Country (from) | Great Britain; Ireland |
| Country (to) | Australia; Canada |
| Places | New South Wales, Tasmania, Australia; New Brunswick, Quebec, Canada; West Indies; Aberdeen, Scotland |
| Ports | Cork, Ireland |
| Nationality | English; Irish; Scottish; Welsh; French; European |
| Ships | Cleopatra; Princess Royal; Mary; Renown; Clyde; Guardian; Brutus; Arundel; Madeline; City of Rochester; Sarah; Jane & Henry |
| People | Elliot, Sir Thomas Frederick; Hay, R W |
| Keywords | finance, money, census, administration, politics, assisted emigration, family, convict, marriage, female emigration, steerage, emigrant, emigration, religion, church, Christianity, navy, loan, engineering, education, quarantine, business, surgeon, medicine, health and sickness, court, law |
| Language | English |
| Copyright | Crown Copyright documents © are reproduced by permission of The National Archives London, UK |
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