South Africa,1853

Scope and Content

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

Access Information

Open

Other 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.

Archivist's Note

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