| Title: | M. Forrestall, [?], to Secretary Gregory, Dublin Castle. |
|---|---|
| ID | 1088 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Forrestall, M/124 |
| Year | 1814 |
| Sender | Forrestall, M. |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | merchant |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Destination | Dublin, Ireland |
| Recipient | Secretary Gregory |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | business |
| Source | OP/413/4: |
| Archive | The National Archives, Dublin |
| Doc. No. | 9801334 |
| Date | 21/01/1814 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LET |
| Log | Document added by LT, 12:01:98. |
| Word Count | 368 |
| Genre | |
| Note | |
| Transcript | To Mr Secretary Gregory, Dublin Castle The memorial of the undersigned native of Ireland, and resident Merchant in Halifax, Nova Scotia, humbly Sheweth:- That your memorialist has visited in Halifax these fourteen years past; that having a trade with Waterford in Ireland, he was induced to apply to the Governor & Council last Summer, for grants of wilderness lands to such immigrants as he might bring out to Halifax;- that the province being but thinly inhabited, and the price of labour enormously high, the Governor & Council assure your memorialist, in their reply to his Memorial, that in order to encourage his plan of settling the unimproved lands in Nova Scotia, the Government will grant one hundred acres of land to each head of a family male & female, and fifty acres to each child which he may bring out to Halifax:- That your memorialist, about 6 or 8 weeks ago, called on the Mayor of Waterford wishing to be informed if his Worship would permit those people to emigrate as aforesaid:- that His Worship informed your memorialist he could not suffer them to emigrate without permission from you Sir; that your memorialist expects to be in Waterford with his brig about the middle of next month to proceed on a voyage to Newfoundland and Halifax; that he is assured he will get many passengers, they may be allowed to emigrate and finally, as the Government abroad manifested their full approbation of your memorialist's projected plan to benefit that young, promising and Loyal Province, your Memorialist therefore humbly prays he may receive permission to take emigrants in his brig, the Hibernia from Waterford to Halifax and your Memorialist will even pray for your good Health and long life. M Forrestall. Reference to Mr Allen, 2, Skinner Row; and to Jonathan Gatchell, Waterford. The permission is granted, your memorialist wishes to be sent to the Mayor of Waterford, or to Jonathan Gatchell who will hand it to His Worship, and inform those disposed to emigrate that permission is granted. The answer to the memorial in Halifax with the seal of the province affixed to it, will be shown to the Mayor of Waterford and others desirous of seeing it. Liverpool England, No 2 King Street January 21, 1814 MF. [M. Forrestall?] |
