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Letter from Sir Charles Eliot, H.M. Commissioner, Nairobi, to Robert Chamberlain advising him about his application for land in the Naivasha Province, 29 Jun 1903
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 589, fols. 1-4
Letter from Eliot to Chamberlain, referring to the official reply to his application and the alterations recommended, 7 Jul 1903
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 589, fols. 5-7
Letters from Chamberlain to Eliot, applying for the 99-year lease of 32,000 acres of grazing land in the Naivasha district, giving details of boundaries, 23 and 30 Jul 1903
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 589, fols. 8-11
Letter from the Land Officer, Nairobi, to Chamberlain, about possible local objections to his application for land, 14 Aug 1903
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 589, fols. 12-13
Letter from Eliot to Chamberlain, suggesting a meeting with him and Mr A.S. Flemmer, with whom he was associated in his application, 26 Aug 1903
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 589, fols. 14-15
Copy of a letter from Chamberlain to the Land Officer about the payment of a year's rent of land at Lake Nakuru, 23 Feb 1904
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 589, fol. 62
Copy of letter from Eliot to Chamberlain about the establishment of waterworks at Mombasa, 31 Aug 1902
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 589, fol. 18
Letter from the Land Officer to Chamberlain about the payment of rent [see fol. 62], 27 Feb 1904
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 589, fol. 64
Copy of a letter from Chamberlain to Eliot about (a) his dealings with Messrs Pullinger Brothers and Africa Farms Ltd., and (b) the question of gold exploitation, 27 Feb 1904
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 589, fols. 65-67
Copy of an Agreement between Eliot and Chamberlain to lease 32,000 acres of land from 1 Mar 1904, 1904
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 589, fol. 68
Letter from Chamberlain to Eliot about his proposed purchase, in partnership with African Farms Ltd., of the Kipevu Estate, 2 Mar 1904
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 589, fols. 69-70
Telegram from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Lord Lansdowne) to Chamberlain, informing him that he cannot be allowed the areas applied for by him and Flemmer on the Nderit River and near Lake Elmenteita, 11 Mar 1904
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 589, fol. 71
Letter from Eliot to Chamberlain and Flemmer explaining the above telegram from the Secretary of State, 11 Mar 1904
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 589, fols. 72-75
Letter from Chamberlain to Eliot acknowledging his letter and asking for an explanation, 12 Mar 1904
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 589, fol. 76
Letter from the Land Officer to Chamberlain, giving the terms of H.M. Commissioner's agreement to the lease, 23 Nov 1903
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 589, fol. 23
Copy of a letter from Chamberlain to Eliot elaborating the claim of himself and Flemmer to the land, deploring the repudiation of this claim by H.M. Secretary of State, and referring to the possible intervention of Mr Russell Bowker and Mr Macallister (rival applicants for concessions) in this matter, 12 Mar 1904
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 589, fols. 77-83
Letter from Eliot to Chamberlain and Flemmer, saying that H.M. Secretary for Foreign Affairs is not prepared to make so large a grant and offering a smaller area, 12 Dec 1903
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 589, fols. 24-25
Letter from Chamberlain to Eliot about Kipevu Estate, 12 Mar 1904
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 589, fol. 84
Letter from Eliot to Chamberlain about the current rate of rent of grazing land, 15 Dec 1903
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 589, fols. 26-27