LETTERS FROM JOHN FLEMING

Scope and Content

John (Jack) Fleming was a friend of Addis in Edinburgh who left for South Africa at the same time as Addis started work for the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) in London having failed to persuade Addis to come with him. Despite high hopes he seems to have found it difficult to establish himself and in 1886, when this series of letters ends, his father paid for him to visit home. His subsequent progress is mentioned in letters to Addis from his family and the letter books have three letters to him from Addis when abroad. He died at the Cape in 1889.

Access Information

Open

Conditions Governing Use

For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance