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ZA HPRA A195
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Chapman family, Papers
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- 1863-1945 (Creation)
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Draft memorial from James Chapman (1831-1872, explorer and hunter) to H.E. Sir P.E. Wodehouse, Governor of the Cape, undated (water-mark 1863), explaining the purpose and extent of his travels and requesting a civil service post; short Ms (1p.) by Chapman on his travels with a poem on the reverse; letter from the Royal Geographical Society, 11 Dec. 1867, electing him a fellow.
Also obituaries of Henry Samuel Chapman (1834-1922, brother of James) and of Edward Henry Chapman (1885-1945, Bechuanaland pioneer).
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"f" collection