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has miscarried. I have received a Copy of the notice to the
Colonial Government, and James's Letter in which there is
something more in detail, with a promise that I am to
have a specification of the kind of Servants to be engaged –
As soon as I know how many Persons have engaged
themselves, I will make the best Terms I can for their Passage
The English Peasantry are accustomed to so many little
conveniences in their Cottages, that I fear the transition to
such habitations as you can yet have for them, will be
I fear a great Trial to their habits.

The Pamphlets on the advantages of Emigration to New So Wales
I find of very great assistance in promoting this great
object upon which I feel the Salvation of the Colony, as
a respectable Community hangs in a great degree depends.
They have been circulated very widely through the United
Kingdom – Several influential Gentlemen, in the North of
Ireland are quite delighted with them – and Mr. West, the
Clergyman at Chettle, whose active Benevolence has induced
him to aid my views, in rescuing the Poor from their hard
state of Servitude in Poverty, assured me that his Parishioners
and those of the Neighbourhood had read them with the
same feeling. It is only by following up this object that
any good can be produced. Any immediate Result is not
to be expected. I have heard nothing more from Mr Schutze
on the subject of his last Letter to me, which was sent to
you; nor have I heard any thing from Frankfort, to which
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by the Flock owner in his Calculations The weight of a according to this Rule.
There are no other topics upon which I have time to enter today
With affectionate Love to our Mother and all the dear Members of the Family
Circle believe me My dear Brothers – Your affectionate Brother

Edw. MacArthur