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ZA HPRA A979-D-Da-Da51
Title
Plaatje, S T, Kimberley. To Morolong
Date(s)
- 6 November 1918 (Creation)
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typed letter signedExtent1 page
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(19th - 20th century)
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Arrived home from Basutoland on October 4 to find his wife and nearly all the children ill, as well as relatives from Pniel; relates many deaths of family and friends including Elias Plaatje, the Evangelist, his brother [Ramokoto?'s son and Lucas Mashoko; there were also deaths at Thaba Nchu; at home Richard Mojanaga has a lung disease and Robert Setlogelo and his wife, the daughter of Mbelle have died a few daps after their marriage; at Bethany people were sick but did not die and at Lovedale School where his wife Ma Sainty teaches, ssven hundred were ill but only six died; Kimberley has been left desolate.
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- Tswana