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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Emigration. North America, 1841. Commissioners. Public Offices and A to Z |
| Date | 7 Jan 1841 - 22 Feb 1842 |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Manuscript |
| Reference | CO 384/67 |
| Library / Archive | The National Archives |
| Collection Name | War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: Emigration Original Correspondence |
| Description | Letters of application from prospective settlers to North America requesting passage to, and land in, Canada. Correspondence of the Land Board, passenger lists, and cases of Captain misconduct. |
| Series Description | This series contains correspondence relating to British settlement in North America and Australasia, and to Indian indentured labour in the West Indies. Until 1857 it consists of domestic letters alone. The series then ceases and is not resumed until 1872. |
| Biographical Note / History | A Colonial Land and Emigration Commission was created in 1840 to undertake the duties of two earlier and overlapping authorities under the supervision of the secretary of state: the Colonisation Commissioners for South Australia and the Agent General for Emigration. In 1855 it became the Emigration Commission. The commission's powers were gradually given up to the larger colonies as they obtained self-government, and after 1873 it was responsible only for controlling the importation of Indian labour into sugar-producing colonies. It was abolished in 1878 and an Emigration Department was then set up in the Colonial Office. This department was merged with the General Department in 1894, and abolished altogether in 1896. |
| Theme(s) | Motives for Emigration |
| Country (from) | Great Britain |
| Country (to) | Canada; United States of America |
| Places | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Ships | Lord of Cochrane; Ponoma |
| People | Stephen, Sir James; Elliot, Sir Thomas Frederick; Grey, Sir George; Baron Glenelg (Grant, Charles); Villiers, Sir Edward; Vernon Smith, Sir Herbert |
| Keywords | emigration, colony, petition, soldier, settlement, land, travel, passenger, government, assisted emigration, money, ship |
| Additional Information | This volume includes searchable printed documents. |
| Language | English |
| Printed Documents in this Volume |
Correspondence Regarding the Passengers' Act Extracts of Correspondence between C. E. Trevelyan and James Stephen Petition of the First Glasgow Protestant Canadian Emigration Society To the Nobility, Bankers, and Merchants of Scotland, the Petition of the Glasgow East-Quarter, Calton, and Mile-End Emigration Society An Earnest and Affectionate Appeal on Behalf of The Orphans and Destitute Children of Emigrants in Canada The Relief Union. For Aiding the Destitute Correspondence Relative to Emigration to Canada |
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