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Contains 19th century prints, mainly French and English royalty, nobility, men of letters and ministers of state, 1648-1837. Also printed poems and letters, handwritten notes and programs for the 'Order of Fire-works in St. James and Green Park for the Grand Jubilee, 1 Aug. 1814'. Inscription on title-page reads 'Mrs Edward Millers, Parsonage, Bognor, Sussex, 1839'.
Rev. Thomas Laidman Hodgson, Journal
Wesleyan Missionary, Journal, 17 July 1819 - 21 June 1841 June 21
Describes his journey to South Africa in 1821 and the difficulties he met at Maquassi mission station in the Western Transvaal, where he tried to convert the Barolong and Griquas to Christianity and to teach them the elements of agriculture. Also covers the years he spent in missionary work in Cape Town.
The scrap-book contains broadsides pertaining to the theatre and one of a scurrilous nature; press clippings of poetry, anecdotes, cartoon and news events of the day such as the death of George III in 1820 and Napoleon in 1840; coats of arms and manuscript lists of jurymen for the county of Norfolk (UK). The name Hambleton Custance (High Sheriff for Norfolk) appears on some of the press clippings and he may have been the compiler of the scrap-book.
Historie van de Kaap/zeer Krachtig/1795/Gekeurt en waarachtig/Met droefheid en Pret/In vaersen gezet/Door een Nieuwe Poeet/Zo als ieder een weet. 12p. Ms vol.
'Gecopieerd voor haren geliefden vriend F.W. Fagel door C. Maria Brink, Kaapstad den 24 Mei 1842'. Written in poetic form, it describes the British capture of the Cape in 1795. Bears the book-plate of Myles E. Bourke.
Circular to the widow C.H. Hertzog re the administration of her husband's estate from Clerke Burton, Master of the Supreme Court.
In her diary she describes social activities in India and at the Cape of Good Hope. 44 pages relate to the Cape, where she was married on 19 April 1836, and where she and her husband stayed for two periods from 22 April to the 22 September 1836 and again from 9 February 1839 to the 17 September 1840.
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Jacobus Nicolaas Boshoff, Letter
President of the Orange Free State
Letter, Pietermaritzburg, to Thomas Muller, Graaf Reinet.
Describes the confusion felt by Dutch citizens in Natal as to whether Natal was to be English or Dutch, their fears that they will lose their liberties and their lands and that the Zulus under Panda (Brother of Dingaan) will rise again.
Christopher Thomas Bird, Journals
Classical scholar and Captain H.M. 55th Regiment
'Journals of a residence in South Africa kept by C.T. Bird while in charge of a flock of sheep, the property of Colonel the Honourable H. Hely Hutchinson and himself'.
'12 jaaren speculatien sedert 1st Maart 1833 tot ultima February 1845 onder bestuur van L. Cauvin als agent', 1845.
A balance sheet for 12 years' operation of the South African Wine Depot. Includes names of ships, captains and destinations to which wine is being exported.
George Thompson (1796-1889), Cape merchant, traveller and author
Letter from Cape Town, to Thomas Maclear, Lily Fountain, Kamies Berg, Namaqualand. Gives news of frontier war against Africans and of the impending arrival of Sir H. Pottenger who is to succeed Sir Peregrine Maitland as governor.