| Description | Official sequence of correspondence between Joseph Chamberlain, as an MP and Secretary of State for the Colonies, and other officials and public servants; it is accompanied by a contemporary index register which contains, on its inside front cover, a list of 26 subjects (classified by Roman numerals) into which the correspondence was apparently arranged; the subjects include I Miscellaneous 1895-1897, II Colonial Office -- General, 1895-1900, III Colonial Office -- South Africa 1895-1900, and IV Foreign Affairs (including Venezuelan dispute); the correspondence itself is very incomplete; the surviving correspondence has been arranged by the contemporary subject organisation and each letter bears the contemporary letter code and number |