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ZA HPRA A230
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John Fairbairn, Papers
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- 1827-1859 (Creation)
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19 items
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Champion of the Freedom of the Press and of the Anti-Convict movement, M.L.A., editor of the South African Commercial Advertiser
Letters addressed to Fairbairn as editor of the South African Commercial Advertiser from correspondents including W. Porter, W. Robertson and Sir J. Wylde. Subjects are rainfall, shortage of money, South African College and the assault on a "Hottentot".
Also Ms poem 'The Cape of Good Hope', 1836, and an article on Fairbairn from the Cape Argus of 26 Mar. 1921.
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"f" collection