Box 606755177
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Contains 88 Results:
To his mother, from Palapye, describing his new post (now a corporal); lunch with Mr and Mrs Colenbrander; and rumours about the Northern Ndebele, 16 Sep 1893
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 2328/1, folder 1, fols. 76-77
To his father, from Palapye, discussing British South Africa Company shares, 'curios' he was sending back to England, and the character of some of his fellow policemen, 24 Sep 1893
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 2328/1, folder 1, fol. 78
To his mother, from Palapye, describing an arrest and the imminent departure of 1000 indigenous people to join the force at Macloustie to defend the country against the Northern Ndebele, 9 Oct 1893
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 2328/1, folder 1, fol. 79
To his mother, from Palapye, describing church and Sunday service, his garden, smallpox among the amaNdebele, and the Bechuanaland Border Police (BBP) leaving for Matabeleland, 15 Oct 1893
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 2328/1, folder 1, fol. 80
To his mother, from Palapye, mentioning the Bechuanaland Border Police (BBP) men waiting to cross the swollen Tati River into Matabeleland, 4 Dec 1893
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 2328/1, folder 1, fol. 81
Letter to his mother, with envelope [stamp missing], from Palapye; discussing Lobengula's war dress and making Christmas pudding and cakes, 11 Dec 1893
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 2328/1, folder 1, fol. 82-83
To his mother, from Palapye, mentioning the rumour of a disaster in Matabeleland, 18 Dec 1893
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 2328/1, folder 1, fol. 84
To his father, from Palapye, discussing Chartered Company shares and Mr Knight, The Times correspondent, who wrote an article on the Northern Ndebele while in Palapye, 15 Jan 1893-1894
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 2328/1, folder 1, fol. 85
To his mother, from Palapye, about to leave for Bulawayo, 2 Apr 1894
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 2328/1, folder 1, fol. 86
To his mother, from Bulawayo, describing his quarry business and helping out in a store, 22 Jun 1894
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 2328/1, folder 1, fol. 87
To his father, from Bulawayo, discussing his business prospects, 29 Jun 1894
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 2328/1, folder 1, fol. 88
To his mother, from Bulawayo, 24 Aug 1894
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 2328/1, folder 1, fol. 89
List of items sent back to England by Jobson, Sep 1894
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 2328/1, folder 1, fol. 90
Delivery of One Thousand Good Wishes to the Jobson family, written as an invoice on headed paper of 'M.B. Jobson & Co., Bakers and General Dealers', 1 Nov 1894
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 2328/1, folder 1, fol. 91
Letter to his mother, from Bulawayo, describing prizes won on a sports day, the formation of the British South Africa Company Volunteers, and his election as Lieutenant in the Artillery Troop, [Jun 1895]
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 2328/1, folder 1, fol. 92
Postcard mentioning a possible appointment in Salisbury (Harare), 16 Oct 1896
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 2328/1, folder 1, fol. 93
Letter to his mother, discussing his familiarity with the Maxim gun, 22 Jan 1897
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 2328/1, folder 1, fol. 94
To his mother, from Bulawayo, mentioning articles written by him on the Rhodesia (Zambia and Zimbabwe) campaign in the African Review, 3 and 31 Oct 1896, 22 Feb 1897
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 2328/1, folder 1, fol. 95
To his mother, from Bulawayo, predicting war between the Dutch and English and mentioning Jubilee festivities planned at Salisbury (Harare), 8 Mar 1897
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 2328/1, folder 1, fol. 96
To his mother, from Bulawayo, 15 Mar 1897
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 2328/1, folder 1, fol. 97