Fonds A735 - Earl George Macartney

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ZA HPRA A735

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Earl George Macartney

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  • 1798 (Creation)

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(in the Oppenheimer Library).

This manuscript, No. 4050 II is from the Phillips Mss 25485 and is entitled "Cape of Good Hope 1798". It was compiled by Lord Macartney, although it is not in his own hand.

There are 203 pages, bound into a volume, and made up as follows:

"Note of possession, taken of the Bay of Saldanha by Andrew Shillinge and Humphrey Fitzherbert 3rd July A.D. 1620, in the name of the King of England. Extracted from the records of the East India Company by Mr James Cobb in December 1796 for Lord Macartney".

This describes the peaceful possession taken by Saldanha (Table) Bay, in the presence of the Dutch and explains why these two commanders of the east India took this actions without order (1) to prevent the Cape falling into Dutch hands and (2) to secure it as a refreshment station for British ships. 6p.

A general description of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope and of the 4 districts of which it is composed, Cape Town, Stellenbosch and Drakenstein, Swellendam and Graaf Rein et.

Subjects covered include geographical.features, climate, boundaries of the districts, anchorages, whale fishing, agriculture, game, goods produced at the Cape and imports into the Cape, justice and revenue.

Statistics are frequently quoted, showing, for example, how the population is increasing and how many people have suffered the death penalty. 102p.

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Copyright Historical Papers Research Archive, The Library, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

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Alternate title: Macartney, Earl George

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