Edward Luttrell Quotes
I should Sir deem it politic in the Federal Commonwealth, or for several States to hold out such aid and assistance, as would enable virtuous, and industrious Emigrants from Europe, possessed of some Property, to overcome the first difficulties in settling such as procuring laborers to clear their plots of land, erecting their Log Houses …. A number of people possessing a few hundred pounds, and who depend on a precarious livelihood in England, would gladly embrace the opportunity of settling in America provided the first risks of settling were over come.
Luttrell was interested in buying some Western land and moving to America. His advice regarding assistance to immigrants was never adopted by the Federal Government even though shortage of manpower was a critical problem for early America. There was so much public debt that Federal funds were too short for the purpose. Several of the States however did provide varying forms of assistance to immigrants. See {57719}.
Edward Luttrell, ?-1832, English Physician and Émigré, Surgeon General of Australia, Letter to Thomas Jefferson, January 11, 1789
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