[SOUTH AFRICA Town Plans KURUMAN] scale 400 feet Rhynland to 1 inch Eng; Plan of the missionary station Kuruman, Bechuana Country, S Africa. Surveyed and plotted...[signed] Robert Moffat junior, surveyor to the Orange Riv. Sovereignty

coloured manuscript plan 46 x 63, mounted in card; sub-title "Property of the London Missioary Society as purchased in May 1824 from the then reigning chief of the Batlapis, Mothibi, by the Revds Robert Hamilton and Robert Moffat, missionaries - for sundry useful article to the value of £50 sterling...

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Order number: CWM Map E 78:30 Kuruman
Date(s) of creation: Apr 1850
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Order number: CWM Map E 78:30 Kuruman
Summary: coloured manuscript plan 46 x 63, mounted in card; sub-title "Property of the London Missioary Society as purchased in May 1824 from the then reigning chief of the Batlapis, Mothibi, by the Revds Robert Hamilton and Robert Moffat, missionaries - for sundry useful article to the value of £50 sterling. [signed] Robert Hamilton, Robert Moffat. Map also signed by Gasibone, by his mark x who was the reigning chief of the Batlapis, acknowledging the rights of LMS. Note at foot of map [now concealed by mount] "Brought back by J T Brown in connection with land settlement disputes"
Extent: 1 item
Access status: Open
Language: English
Finding aids: card index available in SOAS Library
Format: Archive