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LevelFile
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)JC11/17/1-35
TitleCorrespondence with the Governor of the Cape Colony
Extent56 items
Date1900-1903
DescriptionCorrespondence with Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson [Governor of Natal and Zululand, 1893-1901; Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Cape Colony, 1901-1910]
Including /3-4 Copy letter from Joseph Chamberlain relating to presentation of resolution by Guild of Loyal Women of South Africa to Duchess of York during tour, with duplicate copy, Mar 1901; /6 Letter from Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson relating to general situation in colony [attitudes towards General Kruger, minor social disturbances, and possible outbreak of plague], with wrapper, Mar 1901; /25-26 Correspondence between the War and Colonial Offices relating to correspondence between Hely-Hutchinson and Onslow [William Hillier Onslow, 4th Earl of Onslow: Under-Sec of State for Colonies, 1900-1903] concerning forcible return to England from South Africa of Miss Hobhouse and the general situation in colony, 1901-1902 [for enclosed correspondence to Onslow, and typescript copy of letter from farmer in Barkly East see /20-21]; /27-31 Correspondence from Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson relating to suspension of Cape constitution, with typescript copies of correspondence from H. Settle and F. A. Newdgate, and wrappers, May-Jun 1902
Access StatusOpen
Physical Description/1-4 damaged correspondence, in need of repair

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