Bechuanaland,1860

includes letters from: John Mackenzie, Cape Town, Fauresmith and Likatlong [Likhatlong/Lekatlong] - disasters to Mokololo party William Ross, Likatlong [Likhatlong/Lekatlong] - report; describes three African teachers Mrs Moffatt [née Mary Smith], Kuruman Wilberforce Buxton Philip, Philippolis Willi...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/Africa/South Africa/Incoming correspondence/Box 32
Date(s) of creation: 13 Jan - 26 Dec 1860
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: CWM/LMS/Africa/South Africa/Incoming correspondence/Box 32
Summary: includes letters from: John Mackenzie, Cape Town, Fauresmith and Likatlong [Likhatlong/Lekatlong] - disasters to Mokololo party William Ross, Likatlong [Likhatlong/Lekatlong] - report; describes three African teachers Mrs Moffatt [née Mary Smith], Kuruman Wilberforce Buxton Philip, Philippolis William Ashton, Philippolis and Kuruman - his marriage to Catherine Ainslie [?Catherine Henslie]; fighting, and killing of messengers to party in Interior; brandy brought by Europeans Isaac Hughes, Griquatown [Griekwastad] - moving to Backhouse [Douglas] because Griqua springs run dry; report Robert Moffat, Kuruman - report; news of Livingston [David Livingstone], deaths of Holloway Helmore and Mrs Helmore [née Ann Garden] and children
Extent: 15 items
Access status: Open
Language: English
File number: Folder 1, Jacket A
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