Identity area
Reference code
ZA HPRA A979-B-Ba-Ba15
Title
[Chief Montsioa, Mafeking]. To the Administrator of Britiuh Bechuanaland, [Sidney Shippard], Vryburg
Date(s)
- 1895? (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
Context area
Name of creator
(19th - 20th century)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Has received complaints from his people that the Dutch farmers in the district are having a petition signed, asking the High Commissioner to annex British Bechuanaland to the Cape Colony; was assured in 1884 and Subsequently that his country would always be under Imperial rule; encloses a petition signed by the principal chiefs and headmen of the Barolong against annexation; denies reports that the majority of the people are in favour of annexation.
Undated. letter draft ?p.