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West Africa, 1888-1899

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Shelfmark: MSS. Perham 300
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Comprises:

  1. folder 1 (fols. 1-179) notes from the Foreign Office records and from published French official documents on foreign policy concerning Anglo-French relations over West Africa, 1888-1895
  2. folder 2 (fols. 1-72) notes from the Salisbury Papers, 1888-1897
  3. folder 3 (fols. 1-8) copy of the memorandum of agreement concerning the appointment of Guy Nasmith Mottram to serve under Lugard in the region of the Niger as an employee of the Royal Niger Company, 1894
  4. folder 4 (fols. 1-123) notes on West Africa drawn from articles, books, Lugard's Borgu diary, and other papers, 1894-1895 (marked by Margery Perham 'IV, V & VI')
  5. folder 5 (fols. 1-164) notes from Colonial Office records and confidential print and from John Flint's thesis on Sir George Goldie, with part of a letter from Sir John Kirk to Lugard and a transcript, 1895-1899.

Dates

  • Creation: 1888-1899

Extent

5 folders

Language of Materials

  • English

Shelfmark

MSS. Perham 300

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

Contact:
Weston Library
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