Memorial from the Colonists 1822

On the 2nd September 1822, a selection of Colonists wrote to Governor Thomas Brisbane about the method of payment by the Commissariat in Spanish Dollars. These men listed themselves as “Inhabitants, Landholders, Merchants & Free colonists of New South Wales”. The inhabitants were concerned with the financial loss as well as the depreciation of their property and they wished to be paid in Sterling. The memorialists gave their “support for measures of economy” but hoped the Governor would give the matter his full attention. The signatories to the letter were many influential men of the time as well as signatures from the districts of Liverpool, Parramatta, Castlereagh and Windsor. The signatures from Windsor (in full) are recorded here.