Letters from Maund to the Secretary of the Rhodes Trust, enclosing papers arising from the controversy with Marshall Hole concerning alleged errors in The Making of Rhodesia, and giving the text of cables exchanged between Maund and the Exploring Company in Jan 1889, 1885; 20 Dec 1926-24 Feb 1927

Item

Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 229/IV, fols. 228-286 and items 1-5

Held at the Weston Library

Related enclosures, in envelope annotated by Maund (item 1), include:

letter from Lobengula to Queen Victoria (Colonial Office copy, with covering letter), 24 Nov 1888
letter from Maund to the Editor of The Times, giving the text of Lobengula's letter (cutting), 1 Nov 1926
Rand Daily Mail, Johannesburg, 2 Nov 1926
article on Lobengula's letter (cutting).

Also, copies of correspondence between Maund and Marshall Hole (4-15 Oct), annotated by Maund, with related enclosures (1885-1890) and three maps by Maund of Matabeleland:

(items 2-3) map of territory claimed by Lobengula, used by Lord Salisbury at the Anglo-Portuguese Convention (20 Aug 1890), the second showing the boundaries recognised by the Convention, Feb 1890
(item 4) mounted map illustrating Maund's paper for the Royal Geographical Society, showing Matabililand (sic), Mashonaland (Zimbabwe), Manica, and Gaza, Jan 1891

(item 5) Impressions of Lobengula's seal, 24 Nov 1888.

Dates

Creation: 1885; 20 Dec 1926-24 Feb 1927

Extent

59 Leaves

Language of Materials

English

Shelfmark

MSS. Afr. s. 229/IV, fols. 228-286 and items 1-5

Former reference:

Original Chronological Order (Restored): [No. 15-16?] (Sequence here confused Maund himself)

Metcalfe's Numbering: 15-16

Interim Numbering: 9, 29, 30.

Additional Description

Arrangement

The correspondence between Maund and Marshall Hole has been placed in chronological order rather than the confused sequence in which it was forwarded by Maund to the Rhodes Trust.