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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Emigration. North America, 1826 and 1827. Colonel Cockburn's Mission, Mr. P. Robinson etc. Offices and Individuals |
| Author | Cockburn, Sir Francis; Robinson, P |
| Date | 2 Mar 1826 - 31 Dec 1827 |
| Document Type | Printed Book; Manuscript |
| Reference | CO 384/17 |
| Library / Archive | The National Archives |
| Collection Name | War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: Emigration Original Correspondence |
| Description | Reports, letters, Royal Commissions, and statements of accounts regarding the settlement of Canada by emigrants from Great Britain (including Ireland). Many of these emigrants travelled by assisted passage. Also includes a 60 page report reviewing living conditions in Ireland and the benefits of Irish emigration to North America. |
| 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) | Canada |
| Places | Halifax, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Prince Edward's Island, Quebec, Canada; London, Newton Abbot, England; Londonderry, Northern Ireland |
| Ports | Liverpool, London, England; Londonderry, Northern Ireland |
| Nationality | English; Irish |
| People | Peel, Robert; Earl of Derby (Smith-Stanley, Sir Edward); Huskisson, William; Horton, William; Gourlay, Robert |
| Keywords | agriculture, emigration, assisted emigration, land, finance, child migration |
| Additional Information | This volume includes searchable printed documents. |
| Language | English |
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| Copyright | Crown Copyright documents © are reproduced by permission of The National Archives London, UK |
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