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ZA HPRA A55
Title
Richard Thomas James
Date(s)
- 1860s (Creation)
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Fonds
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Typescript, 45 pages
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'Reminiscences'. Some of the reminiscences were published in the Pretoria Chronicle, 27 Aug. 1908, The Sunday Times, 27 Aug, 1911 and in Pretoria Suburban and Premier Mine Advertiser, 5 Nov. 1913. They give an account of early trading conditions in Natal and Transvaal from his arrival in 1862, the establishment of the gold fields at Lydenburg and Pilgrims Rest and the Sekukuni uprising. James mentions Herbert Rhodes and Captain Alfred Aylward.
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"f" collection