Record

LevelFile
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)JC9/5/2/1-10
TitleColonial Office papers relating to affairs of the Gold Coast
Extent14 items
Date1897-1898
DescriptionMemoranda relating to the Ashanti Goldfields Corporation Ltd; and correspondence and press cuttings from 'The Manchester Guardian' relating to alterations to proposals for construction of railway in Gold Coast and implications for colonial trade [correspondence between Thomas Cochrane [1st Baron Cochrane of Cults: MP; Parliamentary Private Sec to Rt Hon Joseph Chamberlain], and Sir William Houldsworth [MP Northwest Manchester], and typescript correspondence from James Irvine and Elijah Helm [sec., Manchester Chamber of Commerce] to the editor of 'The Manchester Guardian']; with wrapper
Access StatusOpen

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