Papers clipped together, concerning George Thomas and Sydney Boyle, 11 Jun 1940-17 Jan 1941

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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/86, folder 2, fols. 17-46

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(fols. 17-38) letter signed '4954' [from Thomas] to Creech Jones, about Wallace-Johnson, government injustice and oppression in Sierra Leone, Thomas's experience in hospital, and problems with newspaper production, with a request for Creech Jones to send him new types and a supply of newsprint for the production of the African Standard, 17 Jul 1940
(fols. 39-42) letter from Thomas to Creech Jones, about the imprisonment of himself and Boyle on a charge of sedition, with an account of the trial before Mr. Graham Paul. The following papers (fols. 43-46) were enclosed, 17 Jan 1941
(fol. 43) copy of letter from the Acting Colonial Secretary, Sierra Leone, to Thomas, in reply to one from Thomas to the Governor about a police search of Thomas's premises, 22 Jul 1940
(fols. 44-45) copy of letter from Thomas to the Colonial Secretary about the injustice of his detention, 16 Jan 1941
(fol. 46) copy of Order signed by the Governor, Jardine, about the detention in custody of Thomas and Boyle, 11 Jun 1940.

See also MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/86, folder 1A, fols. 27-42.

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MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/86, folder 2, fols. 17-46

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