South Africa,1853

includes letters from: Frederick Gottlob Kayser, Bethelsdorp and Knapps Hope Thomas Philip, Hankey - irrigation scheme at Hankey; formation of committees George Christie, Cape Town Robert Taylor, Cradock and Bethelsdorp William Thompson, Cape Town - financial; banishment of Inglis and Edwards; C J V...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/Africa/South Africa/Incoming correspondence/Box 28
Date(s) of creation: 11 Jan - 28 Dec 1853
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: CWM/LMS/Africa/South Africa/Incoming correspondence/Box 28
Summary: includes letters from: Frederick Gottlob Kayser, Bethelsdorp and Knapps Hope Thomas Philip, Hankey - irrigation scheme at Hankey; formation of committees George Christie, Cape Town Robert Taylor, Cradock and Bethelsdorp William Thompson, Cape Town - financial; banishment of Inglis and Edwards; C J Vanderschalk going to Britain; starting again at Peelton; Frederick Kolbe's application Theophilus Atkinson, Pacaltsdorp Dr Charles Orpen, Colesberg Reinhold Gregorowski, Somerset [Somerset East] Thomas Paterson, Uitenhage W Y Thomson, Graham's Town - Madagascar opening-up again Joseph Gill, Fort Beaufort - his Umxelo people gone Sechele, Cape Town - Boer attack and enslavement of children Adam Robson, Port Elizabeth J C Silberbaur, Cape Town - resignation as accountant William Elliott, Cape Town - description of a converted liberated African James Read, Philipton copy of LMS power of attorney for William Thompson John Brownlee, Williams Town [King William's Town] - work started again there Reports from the following on their respective stations:- Arie Vos, Tulbagh (Dutch and English) Robert Taylor, Cradock Daniel Helm, Caledon (Zuurbraak) George Barker, Paarl James Read, Kat River Thomas Hood, Avontuur, Long Kloof Reinhold Gregorowski, Somerset [Somerset East] Joseph Kitchingman, Graaff-Reinet Adam Robson, Port Elizabeth Nicholas Smit, Graham's Town Frederick Kolbe, George Richard Birt, Peelton Joseph Gill, Fort Beaufort John Brownlee, Williams Town [King William's Town] James Clark, Kruesfontein [Kruisfontein] Thomas Philip, Hankey proof sheets of general report from Cape Town circular from William Thompson notes from James Read on Kat River commission inquiry
Extent: 69 items
Access status: Open
Language: English
Dutch
File number: Folders 2,3 and 4
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