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LevelItem
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)JCLAdd/460
TitleLetter from Joseph Chamberlain to [Sir Michael] Hicks-Beach
Extent1 item
Date1899
DescriptionLetter written from Highbury, Birmingham, dated 17 September. Chamberlain writes to Hicks-Beach [1837-1916, politician and first Earl St Aldwyn] about a negotiation, discussing what they should include in their demands. He writes that they must not make things impossible for the Government of the Transvaal, stating: 'It must be a Republic - or a self-governing Colony'. He wonders whether they will have to consider an ultimatum and whether the Boers will 'take the offensive'.
Access StatusOpen
Physical DescriptionPhotocopy

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