Letter from [M. M. W.?] to L.T. Hobhouse

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Letter from [M. M. W.?] to L.T. Hobhouse (1864-1929), social philosopher and journalist, asking Hobhouse whether he was aware that Delagoa Bay [Maputo Bay] becomes British territory on 1 October 1899, with the only confirmation he could find being a remark in the Cape Town correspondence in the Daily Mail, and congratulating Hobhouse on his opposition conflict in the Transvaal.