South Africa,1851
includes letters from: Joseph Gill, Fort Beaufort Theophilus Atkinson, Pacaltsdorp - annual report for 1850 William Thompson, Cape Town - financial and annual reports; resignation of Van Soelen; Theopolis destroyed; J C Silberbaur, Cape Town Charles Lennox Stretch, Richmond and Glen Avon - opposes...
| Order number: |
CWM/LMS/Africa/South Africa/Incoming correspondence/Box 26 |
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| Date(s) of creation: |
8 Jan - 27 Dec 1851 |
| Level: |
File |
| Format: | Archive |
| Order number: |
CWM/LMS/Africa/South Africa/Incoming correspondence/Box 26 |
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| Summary: |
includes letters from:
Joseph Gill, Fort Beaufort
Theophilus Atkinson, Pacaltsdorp - annual report for 1850
William Thompson, Cape Town - financial and annual reports; resignation of Van Soelen; Theopolis destroyed;
J C Silberbaur, Cape Town
Charles Lennox Stretch, Richmond and Glen Avon - opposes policy of 'extermination' favoured by colonists
Robert Taylor, Cradock
Thomas Hood, Avontuur, Long Kloof
J F Pocock, Cape Town, secretary to committee, Union Chapel
Richard Birt, East London, Wagon-makers Valley and Cape Town - Peelton station in ruins through 8th Xhosa War; UK government should investigate frontier warfare
Frederick G G Kayser, Knapps Hope
James Cameron, Cape Town - wishes to visit Madagascar
John Brownlee, Williams Town [King William's Town] - his son James Brownlee killed by war raiders
James Read, Philipton and Alice - causes of war/rebellion and results
George Christie, Hankey
William Elliott, Cape Town and George Town
James Green, Balfour [Kat River]
Charles Lennox Stretch (diplomatic agent), Glen Avon [Somerset East]
Charles Brownlee, King Williamstown
Thomas Philip, Hankey - death of John Philip
L A G Merrington, Upper Clapton
M Vogelgezang, Cape Town
E F Beck, Cape Town
James Read (junior), Lovedale, Alice
Nicholas Smit, Graham's Town [Grahamstown]
James Clark, Kruesfontein [Kruisfontein]
W Y Thomson, Graham's Town
Frederick Gottlob Kayser, Bethelsdorp
joint letter of James Read and James Read (junior), Alice
Thomas Edwards, Grahamstown - losses at Theopolis
Wilberforce Buxton Philip, Cape Town
J C Minto, Fort Beaufort
C J Vanderschalk, Colesberg
Reports from the following on their respective stations:-
William Elliott, George Town
William Passmore, Port Elizabeth
Thomas Hood, Avontuur, Long Kloof
Thomas Paterson, Uitenhage
Daniel Helm, Zuurbraak
James Clark, Kruesfontein [Kruisfontein]
Bartholomew Anderson, Dysselsdorp
Theophilus Atkinson, Pacaltsdorp
Reinhold Gregorowski, Somerset [Somerset East] (in Dutch)
Civil Commisioner's office, Uitenhage - warning re vagrants
Correspondence between C D Van Soelen and William Thompson re LMS appointment
letters dealing with Kat River rebellion and Theopolis
Port Elizabeth Telegraph - recruiting at Bethelsdorp
Council of Loyal Burghers, Kat River
William Thompson, Cape Town - attacks on Kat River
James Read, Uitenhage
H C Rutherford, Cape Town -
James Read (junior), Lovedale
Edward Solomon, Philippolis
Joseph Kitchingman, Bethelsdorp
bill of costs in case The Queen v Botha |
| Extent: |
109 items |
| Access status: |
Open |
| Language: | English Dutch |
| File number: |
Folders 1 (Jkts B,C,D)2,3,4,5 |
| Finding aids: |
Detailed lists for incoming correspondence from Southern Africa, 1797-1899 (lists E6 & E7), are available for consultation in the Special Collections Reading Room, SOAS Library. Includes detailed precis of letters up to 1866. |
| Format: | Archive |