Letters from and to Rutherfoord Harris, May 1894-Mar 1895
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C16, item 41
Held at the Weston Library
And related papers:
- C7360 Africa No. 4 (1894): Papers relating to the agreement between Great Britain and H.M. the King of the Belgians, Sovereign of the Independent State of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo), containing a map annotated [by Harris], 'They have given us away', May 1894
- copies of correspondence between representatives of the British South Africa Company and of the Foreign Office about the above agreement and a refund of part of the £10,000 given by Rhodes to H.H. Johnston for the Makanjira campaign (annotated by Harris), 15-22 Feb 1895
- copy of letter from Harris to L.M. Moir, African Lakes Corporation, asking help in obtaining confirmation of concessions obtained by Charter (the British South Africa Company)'s representatives in Northern Nyasa, 26 Feb 1895
- letter from Edmund Garrett to Harris, and note from Harris to Rhodes, about the appointment of Sir Hercules Robinson as Governor of the Cape Colony (South Africa), and a related agreement between Rhodes and Garrett in which Harris acted as intermediary (see MSS. Afr. s. 228, C16, item 73), 27 Feb 1895
- letters from Harris to Rhodes about the terms on which Robinson is prepared to accept the Governorship (with a copy of a related letter from Harris to Edward Fairfield, Colonial Office); and about the projected Van Riebeeck Statue and Tweed's plaques for the Wilson memorial, [Mar] 1895.
Dates
- Creation: May 1894-Mar 1895
Extent
1 item
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MSS. Afr. s. 228, C16, item 41
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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