Copies of correspondence between G.H. Beaumont, Barkly West, and Col. R.G. Kekewich (Commander of the troops, Kimberley) re the state of the war, 1900, together with a letter by M. Beaumont written in 1912 claiming that her husband had saved Barkly West Bridge.
Copy of the diary of a Frenchman found in Bloemfontein after its capture by the British 13 Mar. 1900 and list of French dead, wounded and prisoners of war.
Correspondence between R.G. Kekewich, C.J. Rhodes and W. Pickering (Secretary of De Beers) relating to the siege, notes by Kekewich on Rhodes and the siege, copies of telegrams, press clippings from the Diamond Fields Advertiser, statistics of rounds fired from 24 Oct. 1899 to 16 Feb. 1900, and letter of thanks to Lord Roberts from citizens thanking him for relieving Kimberley.