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- 1818 - 1847 (Creation)
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245 items
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Archival history
Also those items which survived the fire at the University of the Witwatersrand on 24 December 1931 when two packing cases of original Dr John Philip papers were destroyed by fire.
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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.