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- 30 January-22 July 1856 (Creation)
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Pages 268-276
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Diary of Robert Edward Eardley Wilmot (1830-1861), Captain of the 15th Company of rifle Volunteers and Magistrate of the County of Derby.
The diary, which was written between 30 January 1856 - 22 July 1856, describes a journey from Port Elizabeth through the Eastern Province of the Cape of Good Hope, during which he visited mission stations and military forts. Wilmot comments on the tribes, frontier politics, the importance of missions, natural history and on individuals such as Bishop J. Armstrong, C. Brownlee, A. de Smidt, J.B. Ebden, Bishop R. Gray, Sir G. Grey, T.J. Lucas, Chief Sandile, Sir R. Southey and Bishop T.E. Welby
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The diary "A Cape traveller's diary, 1856" was published by the Friends of the Library, University of the Witwatersrand, and Ad. Donker Publisher as a limited edition of 26 copies in 1984.
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Alternate title: Wilmot, Robert Edward Eardley
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The manuscript volume has been removed from its original binding and restored, and is placed in a custom made box.