Letters to Honiball in the Cape from his brother Thomas in London, and from his nephews and nieces, Henry and Elizabeth Jervis and John and Jane Honiball mainly about family matters.

'Maria Stella, ou echange criminel d'une demoiselle du plus haut rang, contre un garcon de la condition la plus vile. A Paris et dans les departements chez les principaux libraires, 1838'.

Maria Stella was the daughter of Lorenzo Chiappini. Her first husband was Thomas Wynn, who became Baron Newborough, and after the latter's death, she married Baron Edward Ungern Sternberg, a Russian. Maria claimed to be the legitimate daughter of Louis Philippe, duke of Orleans, and to have been exchanged at birth for a male child afterwards Louis Philippe, King of France. A. Castelot in his Philippe Egalite, 1950 has finally demolished the legend. Maria's brother Antonio settled at the Cape and is the founder of the family Chiappini at the Cape.

Pass issued to Fingo male to fetch his family from Uitenhage, signed by G. Mole, Justice of the Peace, Fort Beaufort.

Includes Ms letter, of a personal nature, undated but probably about Christmas 1837, to Jane from a friend. Also an eyewitness account of the massacre in 1838 of Piet Retief's party of Boers at Dingaan's kraal, where Mrs. Bird was one of a party, including the Rev. Francis Owen, who intended to establish a mission station. The account was narrated and signed by her on 6 Nov. 1877 at Klipplastfontein and witnessed by Charles Tobias and Charles Orpen.

Assistant Surgeon on H.M.S. 'Melville'

Describes a stay in Cape Town when the 'Melville' went to St. Helena and Tracey remained behind to look after the Admiral's family, the dockyard officers and men left behind from the 'Melville'. He comments on the social customs of Cape Town and the Malay Khalifah ceremony. Included are sketches of Farmer Peck's Inn, Muizenberg, called 'The Gentle Shepherd', Newlands House, Wynberg Church, Cape Flats and a water-colour of Simon's Town Martello Tower and Battery.