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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Emigration. North America, 1847. Commissioners, Public Offices and A to Z |
| Date | 21 Jan - 22 Dec 1847 |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Manuscript |
| Reference | CO 384/79 |
| Library / Archive | The National Archives |
| Collection Name | War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: Emigration Original Correspondence |
| Description | Correspondence and reports regarding emigration from Great Britain and Ireland to Canada and the United States of America. Correspondence regarding ships violating the Passengers' Act and surgeons for emigrant ships. Colonization from Ireland in connection with the railways. |
| 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) | Politics, Legislation and Governance |
| Country (from) | Great Britain; Ireland |
| Country (to) | United States of America; Canada |
| Places | Liverpool, England; New York, United States; Vancouver, Canada; Grosse Île, Quebec, Canada |
| Nationality | Irish; English |
| Ships | Sarah; Elizabeth; Lady Milton; Amelia |
| Keywords | land, ships, Passengers' Act, quarantine, railway, government, settlement, poverty, journey conditions, military |
| Additional Information | This volume includes searchable printed documents. |
| Language | English |
| Printed Documents in this Volume |
Colonization Circular Papers Relative to Emigration to British Colonies in North America Seventh General Report of the Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners Proceedings of the Meeting held in St John's Sunday School Room, on Monday Evening May 9th 1845, In Furtherance of the Establishment of A Free Church for the British Emigrants, at the Port of New-York |
| Copyright | Crown Copyright documents © are reproduced by permission of The National Archives London, UK |
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