Correspondence of Generals Botha and Smuts , 1907-1943

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MS. Eng. c. 7351/1

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Letters predominantly from (or on behalf of) General Louis Botha to Sir Francis Hopwood, as well as letters from and to General Jan Christian Smuts. Includes

(fols. 1-10, 16-18, 20, 29-35, 39-42) Letters from Botha, 1907-10, 1912, 1914, including

(fols. 17-18) copy letter from Botha to British Prime Minister, Herbert Henry Asquith, suggesting Hopwood as Governor-general of South Africa, 1909
(fols. 36-8) to Colonel John Edward Seely, later 1st Baron Mottistone, re accepting a military distinction, 1912
(fol. 21) Letter from Herbert Henry Asquith to Hopwood relating to General Botha's request to appoint Hopwood as Governor-general of South Africa, 1909
(fols. 22-8) Letter to Botha from Hopwood, 1910
(fols. 13, 43-6, 48-51) Letters and telegrams from Smuts, 1909, 1917-18, 1921, 1924, 1939, 1943
(fols. 11-12) Letter to Smuts from John Xavier Merriman, 1908