Box 606761863
Container
Contains 115 Results:
'Charter' (the British South Africa Company), 1889-1891
File
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C3A/1
To avoid overburdening an already lengthy list, readers are referred to the card-index for the many references to individuals involved in planning and executing the occupation of Mashonaland (Zimbabwe) contained in the letters from, for instance, Johnson, Jameson, Pennefather, and, in particular, Rutherfoord Harris. MSS. Afr. s. 228, C3A/1, items 9-14, filed out of sequence, appear from the original numbering to have been enclosed in a covering letter, now missing.
Extents: 113 Leaves
Dates:
1889-1891
Letter from E.A. Maund, Bulawayo, 9 Dec 1889
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C3A/1, item 1
Interior evidence points to a later date. About:
Queen Victoria's letter to Lobengula
Portuguese infiltration of the Mazoe district
preparations for occupying Mashonaland (Zimbabwe)
Jameson's success in getting the Rudd concession confirmed
J.S. Moffat's appointment as Government Agent
his own position...
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
9 Dec 1889
Correspondence between J.C. Juta and Co. Ltd., Cape Town, and F. Rutherfoord Harris, Secretary, British South Africa Company, Kimberley, about printing maps of Southern Africa and Rhodesia (Zambia and Zimbabwe), 7-13 Jan 1890
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C3A/1, item 2
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
7-13 Jan 1890
Report by Alfred H. Haggard to the Austral Africa Exploration Company on his efforts to hold Rhodes, as agent of the Central Search Association, to the terms of an agreement on mineral rights in Lobengula's country and to reach Mashonaland (Zimbabwe) himself, 23 Jun 1890
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C3A/1, item 3
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
23 Jun 1890
Letter from the Matabeleland Co. Ltd. to the Directors of the British South Africa Company objecting to the sale of shares in their company to the vendors of the Rhodes-Rudd concession because of the prior existence of the Baines concession (and reply), 27 Jun-3 Jul 1890
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C3A/1, item 4
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
27 Jun-3 Jul 1890
Letter from Capt. Tomkins suggesting that the Company introduce camel transport; with a covering note from C.H. Weatherley, Secretary, British South Africa Company, London, and a related note by Harris, 8 Jul 1890
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C3A/1, item 5
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
8 Jul 1890
Letter from Bourchier F. Hawksley intended to accompany copies of items 3 and 4 and reporting on meetings of the Central Search Association Ltd. Enclosures include a notice of a meeting to endorse the winding-up of the Association, and a cutting from the London Gazette of a proclamation relating to the Bechuanaland Protectorate (Botswana) (30 Jun), 11 Jul 1890
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C3A/1, item 6
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
11 Jul 1890
Letter from Edward Lippert to J.H. Hofmeyr, MLA (Member of the Legislative Assembly) (Cape Colony (South Africa)), then in Pretoria, stressing the influence of E.R. Renny-Tailyour, his representative, with Lobengula, and his willingness to assist the British South Africa Company if the claims of the two rival groups could be adjusted; with a reference to the Indunas' mission to the Governor, 11-12 Jul 1890
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C3A/1, item 7
Copy forwarded to Rhodes via the Imperial Secretary.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
11-12 Jul 1890
Letter from Leander Starr Jameson, Umshabetse River, reporting progress in cutting a road to Mashonaland (Zimbabwe) for the Pioneer column, with comments on Lobengula's attitude, trouble with the Company's rivals, and Moffat's CMG (Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George), and many references to associates, 13 Jul 1890
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C3A/1, item 8
The letter is intended to accompany an enclosure from Bulawayo.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
13 Jul 1890
Letter from Sir Philip Currie, U-S/S, Foreign Office, passing on a report from the Vice-Consul at Delagoa Bay that a Portuguese expedition was about to set off from Gungunyana's kraal in Gazaland (copy), 9 Jul 1890
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C3A/1, item 9
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
9 Jul 1890
Letter from Harris, Kimberley, about the Portuguese expedition: it might become necessary for the Company to retaliate by occupying Manica (copy), 4 Aug 1890
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C3A/1, item 10
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
4 Aug 1890
Letter from A.R. Colquhoun about the progress of the Mashonaland (Zimbabwe) expedition and reasons why it would be difficult for Lobengula to withdraw his permission; with many references to associates and an accompanying note to Harris (copy), 15 Jul 1890
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C3A/1, item 11
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
15 Jul 1890
Letter from [Ben] Wilson to Jameson: he is detained at Bulawayo by Lobengula and fears he will lose the land grants promised to the Pioneers as he cannot join the expedition. He hopes for its success and reports on Lobengula's attitude to Denis Doyle (copy), 25 Jun 1890
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C3A/1, item 12
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
25 Jun 1890
Letter from Lt. Col. E.G. Pennefather to Harris reporting progress, lack of Matabele opposition, transport, and communication difficulties, and the importance of an outlet on the east coast (copy), 17 Jul 1890
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C3A/1, item 13
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
17 Jul 1890
Letter from Colquhoun to Harris outlining plans for the expedition and reporting on its progress; with a statistical note (copy), 13 Jul 1890
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C3A/1, item 14
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
13 Jul 1890
Telegram from Harris about arrangements to supply the expedition, 18 Jul 1890
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C3A/1, item 15
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
18 Jul 1890
Letter from Harris about supplies and costs, with related statistics and estimates, and a lengthy postscript about a supply swindle, office and company matters, and transactions with the Central Search Association, the Exploring Company, Barnato, Sivewright, and Michaelis, some relating to railway land rights and some to the personal finances of Rhodes and Harris, 19 Jul 1890
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C3A/1, item 16
Also, a copy of a letter from Harris to Colquhoun instructing him to deal firmly through Moffat with rival claims to concessions from Lobengula.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
19 Jul 1890
Letter from Harris to the Imperial Secretary, Cape Town, replying to points raised by Major-General Methuen in his report on supplies and equipment for the Company's force (copy), 24 Jul 1890
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C3A/1, item 17
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
24 Jul 1890
Heated letter, marked private, from H.H. Johnston, London, urging acceptance of the Anglo-Portuguese agreement to forestall Belgian and other interlopers in Central Africa, and inveighing against the apparent indifference of Rhodes, Cawston, and the other Directors to the territorial acquisitions he is seeking on behalf of the Company and the Empire, 25 Jul 1890
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C3A/1, item 18
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
25 Jul 1890
Cable from Beit counselling Rhodes to accept refusal [by the Portuguese to ratify the Anglo-Portuguese Convention?], 25 Jul 1890
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C3A/1, item 19
In cypher, with translation. Also, a cable (15 Jul) from [C.?] Schwabacher, London, congratulating Rhodes [on becoming Premier of the Cape Colony (South Africa)?].
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
25 Jul 1890