Miscellaneous holograph letters and notes, n.d. [1887-1893]

Item

Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. t. 5, fols. 1-36

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Comprises:

(fols. 1-2) list of names, n.d.
(fol. 3) list of names, n.d.
(fol. 4) draft telegram about a grant to Capt. Lindsell, n.d. [after Jameson Raid?]
(fols. 5-11) notes for speech, n.d.
(fols. 12-16) notes for speech, n.d.
(fol. 17) notes, n.d.
(fols. 18-19) draft [telegram?] about financing the Mafeking (Mahikeng)-Bulawayo railway extension, n.d.
(fol. 20) draft telegram about expenditure on railway and electric light, n.d.
(fols. 21-22) draft letter to a representative of the Syndicate holding the Adendorff Concession, offering to submit the dispute to arbitration by the Chief Justice of the Orange Free State (South Africa) and Cape Colony (South Africa), n.d. [c. 1891?]
(fols. 23-26) draft letter to President F.W. Reitz, clarifying a speech made by Rhodes at Kimberley on customs union, railway communications, and free trade, which had been misrepresented, n.d [c. Jul 1893?] [possibly related to MSS. Afr. s. 229/V, fols. 124-125]
(fols. 27-28) letter to Chief Justice J.H. de Villiers about their negotiations over forming a new cabinet, n.d. [c. May 1893] [a reply to MSS. Afr. s. 228, C2A/1, item 65]
(fol. 29) agreement between C.J. Rhodes and other members of the Rhodes family (signatures missing) endorsed by Rhodes 'Final settlement family dispute' [damaged in Groote Schuur fire?], 21 Aug 1887
(fols. 30-31) letter to Maguire about a share transaction involving Dr [Hans] Sauer and his brother J.W. Sauer, n.d.
(fols. 32-33) draft telegram [to Sir Gordon Sprigg] about reports of an agreement between Sprigg and Kitchener that the Cape Colony (South Africa) should pay the cost of the [Boer?] War, n.d.
(fol. 34) note on the various human instincts, written at Sandringham, n.d.
(fols. 35-36) extract from a classical author about leaving a monument to posterity, n.d.

Dates

Creation: n.d. [1887-1893]

Extent

36 Leaves

Language of Materials

English

Shelfmark

MSS. Afr. t. 5, fols. 1-36

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Presented by the Rhodes Trustees in 1938.

Separated Materials

List of papers originally forming part of MSS. Afr. s. 228:

MSS. Afr. t. 5, fols. 1-2: originally numbered MSS. Afr. s. 228, C27, item 143 (2)
MSS. Afr. t. 5, fol. 3: originally numbered MSS. Afr. s. 228, C27, item 143 (3)
MSS. Afr. t. 5, fol. 4: originally numbered MSS. Afr. s. 228, C27, item 143 (4)
MSS. Afr. t. 5, fols. 5-11: originally numbered MSS. Afr. s. 228, C27, item 143 (5)
MSS. Afr. t. 5, fols. 12-16: originally numbered MSS. Afr. s. 228, C27, item 143 (6)
MSS. Afr. t. 5, fol. 17: possibly originally numbered MSS. Afr. s. 228, C27, item 143 (10)
MSS. Afr. t. 5, fols. 21-22: originally numbered MSS. Afr. s. 228, C28, item 73
MSS. Afr. t. 5, fols. 30-31: originally numbered MSS. Afr. s. 228, C28, item 73
MSS. Afr. t. 5, fols. 32-33: originally numbered MSS. Afr. s. 228, C27, item 143 (9)
MSS. Afr. t. 5, fols. 35-36: possibly originally numbered MSS. Afr. s. 228, C27, item 143 (8).