Includes 'A South African familie's contribution to naval history". mimeograph incomplete, 5 pages and other miscellaneous notes.

On subjects such as freedom of the press, iniquities of Lord Charles Somerset, frontier disturbances etc.

Includes typescript copy of letter 1818 January 12 from H. Nourse to Lord Sidmouth, 2 pages, advocating that unemployed in Britain be allowed to settle at Cape. (Records of Cape Colony Vol. 2 1815-1818).

Also manuscript transcripts of excerpts from Letter 1824 January 30 from H. Nourse to Commissioners of Enquiry, 3, 9 pages explaining his connection with the Cape, of how he advocated emigration to Cape, how he settled in Cape himself, having secured grant of land from Sir R. Donkin.

Ms transcript of letter 1825 March 25, which was received from Commissioners of Enquiry Thomas Bigge and William M.G. Colebrook by Earl Bathurst, 6p, on grant of land to Nourse in Albany on bank of Kowie River.

London Missionary Society missionary

Diary, 1825 Jan.1-Mar.16 and 1826 Mar.10-Nov.25 with a résumé of events between 1825 Mar.16 and 1826 Mar.10.

Regrets that the mission at Bethelsdorp is not more successful and mentions Dr. John Philip and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Pringle.

Parts of the Journal are published in The Kitchingman Papers (Johannesburg, The Brenthurst Press, 1976), edited by B. Le Cordeur and C. Saunders.

Letters, 1826, signed by Richard Plasket, Secretary to the Government, to J. de Wet, Secretary to the Committee appointed by the Inhabitants, 22 Jul. 1826, for preparing a memorial to the King-in-Council relative to the Slave Ordinance.

Captain of L'Océanie

Report of Captain Coste to F. de Lettre. French consular agent at the Cape; 2 death certificates of crew members and inventories of their belongings.