Letters from Hawksley to Michell; with a related cable from Jameson, 1899-1902
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 229/V, fols. 359-382
Held at the Weston Library
Comprises:
- (fols. 359-360) letter acknowledging communication from Michell and giving news of Rhodes and Jameson's movements; with a reference to a railway guarantee, 11 Feb 1899
- (fols. 361-362) letter (in another hand but signed by Hawksley) giving news of Rhodes and Jameson, their rapprochement and recovery from the setback of the Raid, and success in disposing of legal actions brought by troopers involved; with references to Rudd and Beit, and to Rhodes's will, 13 May 1899
- (fols. 363-364) letter regretting the outbreak of war and expressing anxiety about the fate of Rhodes at Kimberley and the effect on the market in Rhodesian (Zambian/Zimbabwean) shares, 30 Dec 1899
- (fols. 365-367) letter about the death of Michell's son-in-law, Scott-Turner; better war news; measures to prevent defeated Boers retreating to Rhodesia (Zambia and Zimbabwe); the war's effect on Rhodes's finances; a recent Commons debate [after demands that the Raid Inquiry be reopened]; his own belief that all the evidence [of Chamberlain's complicity] should be published; Rhodes's reasons for not doing so; and the consequences for Rhodes's future, 24 Feb 1900
- (fol. 368) letter (in another hand) thanking Michell for a reply to the above letter, 17 Mar 1900
- (fol. 369) letter about Rhodes's arrival in England and future programme; his health and Jameson's; and his own reluctant acquiescence in the argument that the matter of responsibility for the Raid should be allowed to drop, 7 Apr 1900
- (fols. 370-371) letter replying to one from Michell, whose views on an unspecified matter he feels should be published, and reporting on Rhodes's health and the signing of a codicil, 28 Apr 1900
- (fols. 372-373) letter intended to accompany a copy of part of Princess Radziwill's diary [relating to Lord Salisbury] for Michell to show Rhodes, and testifying to her loyalty to Rhodes; critically endorsed by Michell, 21 Jul 1900 [see MSS. Afr. s. 229/VI/B-G, fols. 1-80; also MSS. Afr. s. 229/VI/A, passim]
- (fols. 374-375) letter about an exchange of photographs and a possible meeting; with a message conveying Lord Salisbury's [reported] wish to see Rhodes as Premier, 1 Nov 1900
- (fols. 376-377) letter (in another hand) about legal communications received [in connection with the Louw case]; news that Rhodes is returning from Egypt; and Princess Radziwill's finances, 21 Dec 1001
- (fols. 378-379) letter (in another hand) about correspondence connected with the Louw case; the possibility of Rhodes applying for an affidavit for non-attendance on the grounds at urgent business and the repercussions [on the stock market] of an application on health grounds, 28 Dec 1901
- (fol. 380) translation of cypher telegram about the importance of Rhodes giving evidence [in the Louw case]; his plan to sail at once; and other witnesses who might be called to discredit the Princess, 14 Jan 1902
- (fol. 381) translation of cypher telegram from Jameson, conveying his own and other medical opinions on the risk to Rhodes's health from the Cape summer and asking Michell to seek a postponement order, 14 Jan 1902
- (fol. 382) cable from Hawksley lamenting Rhodes's death, 26 Mar 1902.
Dates
- Creation: 1899-1902
Extent
24 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MSS. Afr. s. 229/V, fols. 359-382
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk