Las Cases (1766-1842) was a French official and writer, secretary to Napoleon at St. Helena

Two letters written on silk by Las Cases's son at his father's dictation; one of 1 Aug. 1816 to Prince Lucien Bonaparte is incomplete and gives an account of the voyage to St. Helena and of Napoleon's health and manner of living. The second of 10 Nov. 1816 to Lady Clavering complains of the rigors of their life on St. Helena. Also an Ms letter signed by the Comte de Las Cases, recommending his valet, James Scott, to Lady Clavering and an Ms business letter to Monsieur Packette, signed by Las Cases's son for his father. These letters were sewn into the waistcoat of Las Cases's valet, James Scott, but they were discovered by the governor, Sir Hudson Lowe, who banished the Comte de Las Cases to the Cape of Good Hope for this indiscretion.

231 letters to Miss Alice Wills, Mission School, Walthamstow, 1829-1845 from Mrs. Jane Philip, Mary Christie (née Philip) and George Christie from South Africa and from T. Durant Philip in Britain. The letters are personal but contain references to mission work in South Africa.

Also included a torn fragment of a letter by Dr. Philip c.1830, letter from Captain Campbell to Thomas Pringle, 28 Mar, 1826, re an agricultural fair, letter from Thomas Phillips to Pringle, 26 Jul. 1827, re Cape politics, 2 letters from Pringle to Dr. Philip, 19 Jan. 1833 and 23 Aug. 1834, re Cape politics, and a letter from Kitchingman to Dr. Philip, 26 Dec. 1834, re an attack by the Xhosas. In addition there is a diary letter 1818-1819 to Dr. Philip, from a minister of religion in Scotland, on church affairs, portraits of Mr. & Mrs. William Philip and press clippings on the 1820 Settlers and the death of Mrs. Jane Philip.

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.

Commemoration scrap-book, 1820-1920.

Contains press clippings, programmes of services, banquets, lectures, etc. commemorating the landings of the British settlers at Algoa Bay in 1820.

Extracts from the church register showing that Joannes Arnoldus, son of Arnoldus Bartman and Wilhelmina Bradenbrink, was baptised on 20 May 1799 and that Wilhelmina Bradenbrink, wife of Arnoldus Bartman, was buried on 25 May 1809. Certified true copies, 26 April 1820.

Lt. Donald Moodie (1794-1861) was a 1820 Settler and South African historian

Letter, from Cape Town to Benjamin Moodie, Groote Vaders Bosch, Swellendam. Gives family news and announces his arrival in South Africa.

Memorial to Lord John Russell (Colonial Secretary, Great Britain) from inhabitants of the Cape of Good Hope, urging that revenue received from the sale of waste lands in the Colony be diverted to the transportation of emigrants from the United Kingdom.

Letters from missionaries in South Africa

Includes letters from S. Broadbent, E. Edwards T. Hodgson, S. Kay and G. Sass to the Secretaries of the Wesleyan Mission, London. Also letters from Rev. R. Moffat to Dr. J. Philip and Rev. R. Miles. The letters describe the efforts of the missionaries to overcome native superstition, to learn and translate into the native languages and their setbacks due to inter-tribal warfare.

Letters sent by Mrs. Anne Hodgson, wife of the missionary T.L. Hodgson, to her sisters and mother in England. These letters cover the years 1821-1829 and describe the difficulties they experienced in their missionary work. Hg extracts from T.L. Hodgson's Journal for the period 4-13 Mar. 1841 giving an account of a visit to the Rhenish institution at Ebenezer and to a Boer household in the Karoo. Also a notebook of T.L. Hodgson containing family records and extracts from the letters of missionaries. A printed obituary notice of T.L. Hodgson, in front cover of the Memoir of Rev. T.L. Hodgson and a page from the Week End Advertiser, 31 Dec. 1927, relating how Maquassi mission was founded and how the first white child in the Transvaal was born there. A letter, 9 Jan. 1939, from T.S. Leask to Mrs. Symons, telling how he had discovered the site of old Maquassi with the help of an aged Bushman. The "Journal of an expedition to the Zoola country in the year 1849" by John and Joseph Archbell and James E. Methley describes a journey, 11 Jan.-5 Mar. 1849, to the Zulu royal kraal with details of the scenery they saw, the difficulties they met in fording rivers and the delights of hunting.

London Missionary Society Missionary

'A grammar and vocabulary of the Hinzuan language'. Written during a residence on the island 'Joana' in the years 1821 and 1822.

The original Ms is in the Grey collection, South African Library.