J.M. Merriman to William Mackinnon. - proposal to take over Damaraland in S.W. Africa by a corporation or N. Borneo style organisation - German claim said to be unclear; fertile cattle-land near Walvis Bay Br. protectorate, has very rich copper mines at Oitavie (modern Otavi) provides a temporate route to African interior trade against the Congo tropical one; enclosures mentioned, missing


Order number: PP MS 1, Box 122
Date(s) of creation: 26 Aug 1885
Level: Item
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id PP_MS_1.CORR.2.27.7
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with PP MS 1, Box 122
callnumber PP MS 1/CORR/2/27/7
callnumber_txt PP MS 1/CORR/2/27/7
callnumber-sort PP MS 1/CORR/2/27/7
prefix_number 7
title J.M. Merriman to William Mackinnon. - proposal to take over Damaraland in S.W. Africa by a corporation or N. Borneo style organisation - German claim said to be unclear; fertile cattle-land near Walvis Bay Br. protectorate, has very rich copper mines at Oitavie (modern Otavi) provides a temporate route to African interior trade against the Congo tropical one; enclosures mentioned, missing
scb_date_creation 26 Aug 1885
scb_level Item
level_sort 8/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File/Item
format Archive
scb_access_status Open
language English
language_search English
scb_finding_aids Handlist available
hierarchy_top_id_raw PP MS 1
hierarchy_sequence PP_MS_1.00CORR.002.0027.007