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Papers of Sir William MackinnonPP MS 1

Balinakill EstatePP MS 1/BAL

British India Steam Navigation CompanyPP MS 1/BISN

City of Glasgow BankPP MS 1/CGB

CorrespondencePP MS 1/CORR

Emin Pasha Relief ExpeditionPP MS 1/EPRE

Imperial British East Africa CompanyPP MS 1/IBEA

Correspondence and papers relating to the Imperial British East Africa CompanyPP MS 1/IBEA/1

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A. Sharpe to William Mackinnon. report on his journey to Moero, Kazembe's, Luapala & Msidi's Garanganza Country following Jan 1890 instructions from H.H. Johnstone, making protectorate treaties for Brit Govt., & gaining agreement to mineral concessions for Br. South Africa Co. Major traders en route Arab & helpful. One chief, Kazembe signed treaty & concession agreement; his enemy, Msidi, on missionary advice, refused. Latter also prevented Sharpe's attempt to get to Katanga copper & gold mines. Describes in detail Lake Moero, an old salt lake, section of Luapala river. Finds trading station nearby has little cloth to trade though much ivory available - fears German Ujiji station benefits. Recommends new L. Moero trade station with ample cloth & trading goods; deplores prohibiting the sale of gunpowder, & denies present existence of slaving - Arabs are liked, their trade legitimate.PP MS 1/IBEA/1/59/1

Arch. Smith to William Mackinnon. Badger, arriving Apr 29, to house prepared by Sultan; Walter sharing; road-surface instructions passed to Mayes. Unable to use heavy carts as keeping open through shortage of trained bullocks. Aden steamer takings down because of opposition from Br. India & Union, a steamer chartered Bombay-Zanzibar by Tana Topan, free-lancing French vessal. Missionary attempt to replace coolie transportation by bullock-cart failure through tse-tse fly. Comments on photos of Dar-es-Salaam em-closed (inside the envelope).PP MS 1/IBEA/1/59/2

C.S. Smith to William Mackinnon. Zanzibar official asks for assistance for wife & family on the voyage outPP MS 1/IBEA/1/59/3

Walter de Souza to William Mackinnon. request for position as surgeon on Zanzibar for protg.PP MS 1/IBEA/1/59/4

Capt. W.G. Stairs to William Mackinnon. reports interview with King Leopold over Congo affairs; Leopold anxious about South African Cos. [companies] attentions to Katanga copper, disposed to accept Lord Salisbury's assurances, wanting H.H. Johnstone reprimanded or removed; Stair's concerned about prevention of enlistment of men in Zanzibar by Br. Consul; fears Rhodes' pressure on Lord S.; Leopold or advisors doubt feasibility of Nyassa or Congo route.PP MS 1/IBEA/1/59/5

Andrew Stein to William Mackinnon. appeal for the Mauritius Hurricane Fund (no note of a contribution on letter)PP MS 1/IBEA/1/59/6

Robert Stirling to William Mackinnon. possible medical post in IBEA Co. mission in their territoryPP MS 1/IBEA/1/59/7

Mary Stuart to William Mackinnon. grateful for order carried for IBEA Co.PP MS 1/IBEA/1/59/8

Raoul van Sulper to William Mackinnon. left Congo post through disagreement; has some useful information; hints at a future post.PP MS 1/IBEA/1/59/9

E.S. Thomson to William Mackinnon. seems to be to Mrs. Mackinnon regarding planned meeting & chance of catching William Mackinnon at the Br. E. Africa offices with open or closed carriage or brougham as health & weather suggestPP MS 1/IBEA/1/59/10

W. Towers-Smith to William Mackinnon. persuaded Chairman of Docks, Southampton & Company to take up shares in British East Africa AssociationPP MS 1/IBEA/1/59/11

Hugh Tuite to William Mackinnon. Mr. Mackenzie about in Africa, writes William Mackinnon regarding promised consideration for IBEA Co. appointmentPP MS 1/IBEA/1/59/12

James Stewart to William Mackinnon. re further steps about mission to the East Coast of Africa; Mr. Young promised £100 a year; meeting proposed Mr. James Stevenson, Mr. Young & William Mackinnon ; provided details for editor's article in Daily Review; Herald article forwarded to Sir Bartle Frere.PP MS 1/IBEA/1/59/13

James Stewart to William Mackinnon. about proposed mission & settlement requesting William Mackinnon 's support; enclosed draft Minute & marked Sunday Magazine, missing.PP MS 1/IBEA/1/59/14

James Stewart to William Mackinnon. gives names of new missionaries for Mombassa; £300 received from Mr. John Steven; proposes that Moderator, an old missionary, should give general address & prayer for the new men, and would give extra publicity to the missionPP MS 1/IBEA/1/59/15

James Stewart to William Mackinnon. envelope unstamped. Encloses private report to Bruce & William Mackinnon on Kilwezi Mission staff & expenditure. (missing). Drawn up list of instructions to be sent to Dr. Moffatt which outlines - discipline & punishments (to be warned for excessive severity) & need for tidiness, commented on particularly. For F.C. dissension, deplores as distraction from proper tasks home & abroad.PP MS 1/IBEA/1/59/16

Mina Stewart to William Mackinnon. Latest news from Dr. Stewart regarding mission at Kibwegi having been established & his imminent homecomingPP MS 1/IBEA/1/59/17

Gerald Walker to William Mackinnon. a covering letter for Gordon quotations about elephant usage; arrangements regarding meeting of his brother Horace Walker & William Mackinnon ; cuttings appended from Telegraph of 15 July regarding London visit of Sultan Barghash & a French proposal for a trans-Saharan railway; enclosed, the Gordon extracts - stopped elephant export, crushed slave trade, long training required; Indian elephants tractable, wild African formidable; mahouts untrustworthy & dishonest, Sudanese askaris better handlers; marched from Cairo to Lake Albert; very useful in road-making. Also enclosed G.W.'s letter of May 27, 1879, regarding Beardall's road report (missing). Zanzibar instructions, Sultan's dealings with Mr. Bradshaw & his land concession; post-script refers to Beardall's plan of elephant-catching, & Gordon's resignation in the Sudan. See miscellaneous files (1-4) on Zanzibar matters.PP MS 1/IBEA/1/59/18

Gerald Walker to William Mackinnon. now back in London sends covering note to copy of Beardall's General Report & Roadwork Report. both dated 16 June 1879(a) General report - routing problems avoiding forest at Warst, finding rivers fordable by elephants (which not yet arrived); Schlinko sick; materials problem, - stone, sand, scarce, & expensive, brick-making must be taught, woods vulnerable to ants - bungalow & bridges already collapsing; studies native customs, preparing paper thereon.(b) Road-making - bridges replaced by stone drifts; German assistant Schlinke better than Mayes; native superintendants hardworking but local labour unaccustomed to steady routine; travel difficult for them because lack of real villages; bullocks, bought previously, ill but local might serve; donkeys unaffected, but few & riding ones; carrying largely by men; soil seems fertile, much gum copal, little india rubber; notes no cattle, goats, sheep, even fowl scarce.PP MS 1/IBEA/1/59/19

Gerald Walker to William Mackinnon. sends long cutting regarding Belgian African elephant expedition from Telegraph (which thinks by Stanley); details of holiday arrangements & visit to William Mackinnon. 's & King Leopold influence; enclosed article (re import of Indian elephants for roadmaking; annotated angrily by both Gerald Walker & William Mackinnon (the company's ships probably the transport) with latter's first reference to StanleyPP MS 1/IBEA/1/59/20

Gerald Walker to William Mackinnon. encloses a letter from Beardall (missing); Sir Fowell Buxton ordered letter sent 27 Aug terminating the roadwork; the 70 miles to be handed over to local chiefs for repair; Beardall to be offered another post? other letter, sent by Sanford, Florida man wishing to sell fruit grove to start bank - filed elsewhere under man's name after being separated.PP MS 1/IBEA/1/59/21

Gerald Walker to William Mackinnon. now a market gardener at Southwold Suffolk, asks Willam Mackinnon's help in disposing of family heirlooms, relics of Napoleon 1st, given father by Napoleon III & Baron de las Cas, to create capital for his garden - e.g. King Leopold interested(?)PP MS 1/IBEA/1/59/22

Horace Walker to W. Mackinnon to William Mackinnon. Enclosing map of possible trade routes in E. Africa. List of teas - note from this letter(?)PP MS 1/IBEA/1/59/23

J. Milne Watt to William Mackinnon. requests meeting to reveal momentous African planPP MS 1/IBEA/1/59/24

R.C. Wilson to William Mackinnon. friend of Douglas Murray sends local news, reminds that available for the East African administration, apparently as head.PP MS 1/IBEA/1/59/25

M.B. Wright to William Mackinnon. remote acquaintance seeks post for ex-army Major son in East Africa MiscellaneousPlan of Suez area with part marked out "ground to be applied for"PP MS 1/IBEA/1/59/26

MiscellaneousPlan of Suez area with part marked out "ground to be applied for"PP MS 1/IBEA/1/59/27

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