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CWM/LMS/Africa/Matabeleland/Incoming correspondence/Boxes 1 & 2B
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| Summary: |
includes letters from:
David Carnegie, Hope Fountain and Bulawayo - gold prospecting on mission land; happenings re war; attitude ofthe Matabele; position of mission property; murder, power of witch doctor; sufferings of Africans from famine
Cullen Reed (secretary), Dombodema, Bulawayo and Hope Fountain - district committee minutes; 3 farms to start work in Bulilima
joint letter from David Carnegie and Bowen Rees, Bulawayo - left station because of Matabele Rising [Second Matabele War/First Chimurenga]
William Ashton, Barkly West - Matabele Rising
Charles Helm, Barkly West and Sea Point
George Wilkerson, on board Norham Castle and at Palapye and Inyati [Nyathi] - description of condition of Hope Fountain and Inyati
Bowen Rees, Bulawayo - details of war
Colonel Johan William Colenbrander, Bulawayo - offers to buy Hope Fountain for agriculture
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| Extent: |
27 items
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| Access status: |
Open
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| Language: |
English
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| File number: |
B1,F5,JB,C&D and B2, F6, JA
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| Finding aids: |
A detailed list for incoming correspondence from Matabeleland, 1835-1899 (list E4) is available for consultation in the Special Collections Reading Room, SOAS Library. Includes detailed precis of letters up to 1866.
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| Format: |
Archive
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